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Pizza fans, your time has come to boast about your love for pizza! Because not only are they delicious, they’re also apparently good for making you a better at employee at work!

Bosses, please take note.

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An experiment conducted by psychologist Dan Ariely and published in his book Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations, involved sending texts to participants promising incentives of pizza, a cash bonus of £20 (approximately RM109.50), and a compliment from the boss for greater productivity. One control group where participants did not receive any text message was also formed.

Surprisingly the group of participants that received a text message promising pizza shown the biggest increase in productivity (6.7% increase over the control group that did not receive any text message).

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More surprisingly, the worst motivator was the cash bonus, managing to improve employee productivity by 4.9% over the control group.

So, there you go guys, next time you’re feeling demotivated at work, show this article to your boss!

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