# Optimize for motivation: Post on Lincoln Loop's blog

DevFeed: [Optimize for motivation: Post on Lincoln Loop's blog](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/optimize-for-motivation-post-on-lincoln-loop-s-blog-35263.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://darkcoding.net/behaviour/optimize-for-motivation/>)

Author: Graham King

Published: 2012-06-15T16:15:05Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Graham King](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/graham-king.md>)

Topics: [optimize](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimize.md>)

Tags: [behaviour](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/behaviour.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [flow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flow.md>), [intrinsic-motivation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intrinsic-motivation.md>), [lincolnloop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lincolnloop.md>), [motivation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/motivation.md>), [optimize](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimize.md>), [post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post.md>), [psychology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/psychology.md>), [remote](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion article about intrinsic motivation, flow, and the limits of coercion, framed around understanding motivation when working remotely with a client.

## Source excerpt

Excited to have my first post on Lincoln Loop's blog, about intrinsic motivation, flow, and why you don't find cats in offices: When your client is hundreds of miles away, but your bed only three feet, it helps to understand motivation. The first thing to understand about motivation is that it's not something you do to someone. That's called coercion. With enough power you can make anyone do almost anything, but you can't make them want to; and typically ...