Research Paper 
Priyanka Shah
Writ 1301
Katherine Lee
December 3rd 2013
Research Paper Rough Draft: We live in a day and age where we are told that to be successful you must go to school, get a job, and work your whole life away in a cubicle. Society discards the possibility of you being a Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and other extremely intellectual individuals. We are told that college is a necessity to go anywhere in life. That to make a living, we must follow the formula that is life. However, there is no formula. When did following your dreams and passions turn into a bad idea? When did it become a norm that life was only about money, and that success was measured in the possessions that we attained? The two can work together. Your Passions do not have to be traded for money. When choosing what to do with your life you should follow your passions because doing something you are intrinsically motivated to do will help you to be more successful, productive and happy in life. When we are young we are asked what we want to be when we grow up, our answers would vary from doctors, firemen, police officers to princesses. But as we get older, we are hit with the reality that is life. We are told that you cannot just study history if you actually want to make a living, that art will get you no where in life. You are told the paths that will get you a job and many are forced to follow these dull choices. Daniel Pink, author of Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us, counters many of these arguments with one simple concept. Intrinsic Motivation (Pink).
Intrinsic motivation is motivation based on taking pleasure in an activity rather working towards an external reward (Pink). Basically, it’s doing the things you love. Intrinsic motivation, following your passions, can lead you to be more creative and productive in life, thus becoming more successful (Pink). To show how the idea of intrinsic motivation was really “discovered” we must look at the famous study that psychologist
Writ 1301
Katherine Lee
December 3rd 2013
Research Paper Rough Draft: We live in a day and age where we are told that to be successful you must go to school, get a job, and work your whole life away in a cubicle. Society discards the possibility of you being a Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and other extremely intellectual individuals. We are told that college is a necessity to go anywhere in life. That to make a living, we must follow the formula that is life. However, there is no formula. When did following your dreams and passions turn into a bad idea? When did it become a norm that life was only about money, and that success was measured in the possessions that we attained? The two can work together. Your Passions do not have to be traded for money. When choosing what to do with your life you should follow your passions because doing something you are intrinsically motivated to do will help you to be more successful, productive and happy in life. When we are young we are asked what we want to be when we grow up, our answers would vary from doctors, firemen, police officers to princesses. But as we get older, we are hit with the reality that is life. We are told that you cannot just study history if you actually want to make a living, that art will get you no where in life. You are told the paths that will get you a job and many are forced to follow these dull choices. Daniel Pink, author of Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us, counters many of these arguments with one simple concept. Intrinsic Motivation (Pink).
Intrinsic motivation is motivation based on taking pleasure in an activity rather working towards an external reward (Pink). Basically, it’s doing the things you love. Intrinsic motivation, following your passions, can lead you to be more creative and productive in life, thus becoming more successful (Pink). To show how the idea of intrinsic motivation was really “discovered” we must look at the famous study that psychologist