Reflection on Ch 2 of Drive

I agree that sometimes goals and rewards are not effective. When someone does something to get paid or to be rewarded, they feel like somebody else has power over them. When you reward people for doing something that they already have done in the past and enjoy doing, you should not start adding incentives and goals to continue the behavior because the person is already doing it and might possibly enjoy doing it without feeling controlled by someone else. Some people are self motivated. They find reasons within themselves to do something or to behave a certain way. If someone else is telling them to do something or to behave in a certain way, sometimes it can be irritating and actually be less likely to produce the desired results. Short term goals can partiularly be inefective, because it makes us concentrate on immediate results instead of the best possible long-term results. Goals and incentives can be effective, but best results are reached when goals are used properly and with care.