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The basic strategy we use for raising children, instructing students, and controlling workers can be summarized in six words: Do this and you'll get that. We dangle goodies (from chocolate pubs to sales commissions) in front of men and women in much the same way we coach the dog. Drawing on an abundance of emotional research, Alfie Kohn details the way to a more successful plan based on dealing with people instead of doing things to them. "Do rewards inspire people?" asks Kohn. "Yes. They inspire visitors to get rewards." Seasoned with laughter and familiar instances, Punished by Rewards reveals a disagreement unsettling to listen to but impossible to dismiss.
