7 Secrets of Great Leaders: Use What They Know to Get to the Top

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Great leaders know the roots of motivation

‘To thine own self be true.’

William Shakespeare¹

You’ve probably worked out that we’re going deeper and deeper into what makes you tick, and now we’re going to look at what motivates you and where that motivation comes from. Before you skip this chapter assuming that your career is entirely motivated by getting your salary as high as possible as quickly as possible, remember that, in Secret 3, we explored how instant assumptions about what really drives us are often wrong.

People have different motivators in different contexts. What motivates you at work will not be exactly the same as what ...