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Seven motivations that override logic, and how to ethically build them into everything you design.

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Your brain is a committee, not a CEO. That's why addiction and self-control are so hard.

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Happy workers aren't productive; productive workers get happy. Much else you learned is backwards.

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The Truth About Managing People...and Nothing but the Truth

Happy workers aren't productive; productive workers get happy. Much else you learned is backwards.

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I, Mammal

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Your brain is a mammal's, chasing status not happiness. You can stop the war inside.

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I, Mammal

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