Productivity
The Progress Principle Summary & Review: Small Wins Beat Recognition
The Progress Principle summary: small wins in meaningful work beat recognition. Amabile and Kramer's diary study, plus a 7-day TGR plan.
Read Summary →Teresa Amabile
"HBS professor emerita · inner work life · creativity"
Teresa M. Amabile is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, at Harvard Business School. A psychologist of creativity and intrinsic motivation, she spent eighteen years on the Brandeis faculty before joining Harvard in 1995. She is known for the componential theory of creativity and for the diary research behind The Progress Principle, written with Steven Kramer.
1 book·diary study, small wins, inner work life
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Key Ideas & Recurring Themes
The Progress Principle
Progress in meaningful work is the strongest daily lift to inner work life.
Inner work life
Emotions, perceptions, and motivation move with daily events and then drive performance.
Notable Quotes
"Of all the events that engage inner work life, the most important is progress in meaningful work."— The Progress Principle
Book Author Teresa Amabile
The Progress Principle Summary & Review: Small Wins Beat Recognition
The Progress Principle summary: small wins in meaningful work beat recognition. Amabile and Kramer's diary study, plus a 7-day TGR plan.