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Level-Up Leadership
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Level-Up Leadership

by Dr. Michael J. Provitera
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
164 pages
3h 44m
English
Business Expert Press
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CHAPTER 3

Motivating People

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

—Abraham Maslow

Bernie Maddoff’s fall from grace was as swift and stunning as any in recent memory when it comes to financial scandals.

The worst moment was when the investors that trusted him realized that they had lost fortunes. Some people would argue that his sentence in federal prison was not enough. What motivates people to do things that are out of the ordinary like that? Greed, probably, but there is much more to it than that. People are motivated by an innate core belief system that sets them apart from others. Since motivation has been and will always be my expertise, ...

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