The Big Book of Motivation Games
by Jessica Rogers, Robert Epstein
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Author: Jessica Rogers, Robert EpsteinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-05-23
ISBN: 0071372342
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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- ISBN13: 9780071372343
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of The Big Book of Motivation Games
Book Review: Way Below a Trainer's Expectations
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this book after reading "The Big Book of Humorous Training Games" (an excellent handbook). It was way below my expectations. It is not really a book for a trainer. Perhaps it never claimed to be one, but I was left with that impression, because these "Big Books" are something of a series, right?
About this one - there is a nice short presentation of motivation and a useful interpretation of it as a set of skills. You can make some training exercises for those skills. But not with this book. After the intro, the games are almost useless. Evidently Dr. Epstein is not a trainer - he doesn't have our approach to make an experience out of an idea/theory. He just mechanistically turned some ideas into short (really short) activities, most of them verbal or mental, without much interaction or immersion. The ideas themselves are not astounding or attitude-shifting - they are good old wise ideas about motivation that everybody knows but forgets to use. I also don't think these ideas grow out of a wide base of psychological research and knowledge. It's mainly from Behaviorism, and a tiny vein of it.
So, the book might be good for self-monitoring. For training - well - depending on your own experience and current problem, you can come up with a few ideas reading the book. But all in all, it is not worth the money (not the time, because you can read it in an hour).
Summary of The Big Book of Motivation Games
This addition to the best-selling Big Book of Business Games Series is packed with over 40 original games and exercises managers can use to motivate their teams?and themselves. The Big Book of Motivational Games presents managers with a variety of games that can be customized to suit their specific needs and group size. The book provides games designed to: - Stop Procrastination - Beat burnout - Fight boredom - Boost performance - Overcome failureMotivational Books
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