Grades are a subjective rating masquerading as an objective evaluation.

Contrary to what you think, your company will be a lot more productive if you refuse to tolerate competition among your employees.

Social psychology has found the more you reward people for doing something, the more they tend to lose interest in whatever they had to do to get the reward.

Non-cooperative approaches, by contrast, almost always involve duplication of effort, since someone working independently must spend time and skills on problems that already have been encountered and overcome by someone else. A technical hitch, for example, is more likely to be solved quickly and imaginatively if scientists (including scientists from different countries) pool their talents rather than compete against one another.

If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.

There are different kinds of motivation, and the kind matters more than the amount.

To control students is to force them to accommodate to a preestablished curriculum.