Robert K. Gardner Quotes

Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful.

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion.

Reinforcement is being right.

The basic idea that incentives can be used to motivate behavior is a powerful one. It works for employees, and it has a clear place in parenting, as anyone who has tried to potty-train a recalcitrant toddler with sticker rewards knows.

All we can do is apply the physical stimuli which we have at our disposal to bring about a change of mind in these recalcitrant persons. Of this you may be sure: we shall continue to operate on the Italian donkey at both ends, with a carrot and a stick.

When people succeed they party, when people fail they ponder.

Without impact, innovation is just an idea with promise.

Focus on money and we will make money. Focus on impact and we will make an impact.

Success is like failure, It's how you perceive it, It's what you do with it, not how you achieve it.

When people 'succeed' they tend to party, when they 'fail' they tend to ponder.

Success is one thing, impact is another

I don't mean to sound corny, but it's one word: results. If you get results, you can get anyone.

Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.

We're not the cause, we're the effect.

People say, "I wish I had more motivation today, because then I would try something." But our thinking is backward. The way our brain works is that dopamine - the so-called feel-good chemical - is released the second we actually do something. So the motivation doesn't come before, it comes after.

Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome

Most of what we do to get people ready to act in situations of encounter consists of drilling these lists into them sufficiently deeply so that they will be evoked quickly at the time of the decision.

The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow and who make an impact . . . those people have goals.

Nobody wants to hear about process. They want to hear about results. They want to be inspired. They want to aspire to something. And so often in our communication, we will explain why - sorry, we will explain how but not why.

You need to feel that you're making a difference.

Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.

Attitude determines how well you do it.

Each choice has a consequence. Each consequence a destination.

Nowadays I find chocolate and/or chocolate-based snacks to be great motivators. Everyone loves chocolate. If someone has a lot of work to do, put a piece of fudge in a glass container (so they can see it) and let them know that if they accomplish their tasks, they can eat the fudge. You'll definitely get a reaction!

My actions speak louder than my words.