Some think the best way to motivate and encourage people to work hard is to pay them based on how much they produce and sell. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

To pay people on their production and selling is believed by some people the perfect method to get them stimulated and prompted. I somewhat disagree with that view. Motivating people has many methods, surely,

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is one of them, but it is not the best. We, as human beings, have different psychological attitudes. Some of us can be appreciated and be joyful with just a smile or even a thankful word. We see that clearly in one of our Prophet Mohamed’s Hadith, as he said, “Smiling at your friend’s face is considered a charity.”

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, diverse research showed the strong effect of facial expressions and body language in supporting and appreciating others. Let’s imagine if your boss rewards you

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work, with

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, but unfortunately, he did that with a frown face. I’m sure it would be much better if the amount of

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he gave you was

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he gave it with a pleased face. It is clear that

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is tremendously important; it should be a means, not an end.

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, people, who adopt the idea of being

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the only way of recognition, are indeed overlooking the real factor which motivates humans to achieve their targets, which is addressing the soul. Statistics published in the Washington Post declared that, in giant companies, there is a positive correlation between productivity and the moral appreciation of their employees.

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, the same statistics show that, in the long term for the majority of the employees, moral appreciation is more important than the financial appreciation for them. I saw that clearly in my workplace, as one of my work friends had to quit his job,

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he was well paid, just because he was under-estimated by his boss.