Mason Cooley Quotes

Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome

I don't think people do anything out of fear very well. So I think the only choice is to have them intrinsically motivated.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.

People rise and fall to meet your level of expectations for them. If you express skepticism and doubt in others, they will return your lack of confidence with mediocrity. But if you believe in them and expect them to do well, they will go the extra mile trying to do their best.

Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that's not in me. I want to lift people up.

I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.

Well done is better than well said.

We are human beings. We operate from wanting to be rewarded.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

This is what we do!

If you treat people fairly, you can get the best out of them.

I give people what they want in the hope that they will begin to want what I want to give them!

You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be.

You can get people to work by using threats or by promising rewards.

There is power in helping people get excited about what they do and inspiring and motivating them to unleash their full potential.

As every successful parent learns, one way to encourage good behavior, from room-cleaning to tooth-brushing, is to make it fun. Not surprisingly, the same principle applies to adults. Adults like to have fun, too.

Keeping people on their toes is the best way to get the best out of people.

Goals aren't enough. You need goals plus deadlines: goals big enough to get excited about and deadline to make you run. One isn't much good without the other, but together they can be tremendous.

Remember: Rewards come in action, not in discussion.