Do rewards motivate people? Absolutely. They motivate people to get re…

Alfie Kohn
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Do rewards motivate people? Absolutely. They motivate people to get rewards. ✨ Alfie Kohn (1999). Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes, p.83, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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