Carrots and sticks : unlock the power of incentives to get things done
(2010)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
658.314/AYRES,I
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Bantam Books, [2010]
©2010
©2010
DESCRIPTION
xx, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780553807639 :, 0553807633, 0553807633 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Thaler's apples -- Incentives versus commitments -- Losses loom large -- That nagging feeling -- Maintenance and mindfulness -- What commitments say about you -- Antonio's problems -- A commitment store
The part-owner of StickK.com uses research into incentives and punishments to introduce the concept of "commitment contracts," an easy strategy for setting and achieving goals that is already in use by successful companies and individuals across America