What is the Paradox?

Media descriptions of motivation are biased and flawed. Contemporary views of motivation science are incomplete. The belief that passion reigns supreme limits accomplishment, because the view ignores how our brain functions. While intense drive is beneficial, every breathing individual is also motivated by expectations, accomplishments, rewards, recognition, addiction, and power, along with many other motivators revealed and explained in the Paradox of Passion: How Rewards Covertly Control Motivation.  Read chapter summaries to find out more.