Episode 6: Motivation

What is motivation? Do we have enough of it? Do we spend too much time worrying about it?

Given the strange stage we're at in the world at the moment, we thought it was about time we had a good old chat about what's stopping us from getting up and getting on with life. We discuss the science behind motivation and the many complex factors affecting it.

Here are a few of the resources mentioned in the show:

• 5 psychological theories of motivation: https://contactzilla.com/blog/5-psychological-theories-motivation-increase-productivity/

 

• Dr Ian Taylor - motivation: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ssehs/staff/ian-taylor/

 

• All In The Mind Podcast: Motivation and procrastination: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005t4x

 

• 2008 California elections experiments: https://www.pnas.org/content/108/31/12653

 

• Adam Curtis: Hypernormalisation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b183c

 

• Jon Ronson: So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed: http://www.jonronson.com/shame.html

 

• Wilfred Zaha news article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53381586 

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