I appreciated your post “The Second-Book Problem,” as it describes (more accurately than I care to admit) the situation I’m in. My first book was published in September 2020. It was nonfiction. There ...

On Saturday mornings’s Up with Chris Hayes, journalist and MSNBC contributor Karen Hunter challenged The New York Times‘ Jodi Kantor over her motivation for writing the buzzed-about tome The Obamas.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden interviews Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. They talk about Justice Sotomayor's background and her ...

Discover Dante's motivation for writing and the power of The Divine Comedy. Discover Dante's motivation for writing, the power of The Divine Comedy, and the meaning of the character who travels ...

Intrinsic motivation is when you are motivated by personal satisfaction or enjoyment instead of external factors like reward or punishment. There are ways to make tasks more intrinsically motivating.

Extrinsic motivation is motivation that come from outside oneself. Examples include doing something for financial gain, promotion, praise or approval, or to win a competition. Depending on the ...

Sir Paul McCartney, co-founder of the Beatles and famous for his domination of the recording industry, is a subtle motivation icon—and not only for people in the music business. During his career with ...