What's your financial set point?

Motivation is an important career issue, especially in the shrinking health care market. What inspires people to work hard today is often not the same thing that encouraged our parents' industriousness. What motivates you? What motivates your direct reports? Research suggests that people can't be motivated beyond their "financial set point"--the amount of money they need or want which will motivate them to work harder or smarter. The following motivators are explored: (1) Upward mobility; (2) limited goals; (3) need only; (4) revenge; (5) ego nourishment; and (6) time.