Offering prizes and points is a commonly used strategy to promote a desired behavior, but when these external rewards are used in lieu of teaching internal skills they can have surprisingly unhelpful effects that can last for a lifetime. In today’s episode we’ll dive into what we are really trying to create with rewards and how to achieve that goal in a way that creates learners with awareness of what is meaningful to them and a drive to move forward that comes from within. 

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