A focus on results may yield short-term gains. However, those gains are at risk and compromised when people feel pressure instead of autonomy, disconnection instead of relatedness, and a sense of being used without a sense of the competence they have gained.
The evidence is clear: people can achieve the results you want, even if their psychological needs are thwarted in the process. But their negative energy and lack of well-being make it rare for them to sustain or repeat those results –– let alone exceed them.
Reframe the belief that the only thing that matters is results. Consider this optimal motivation belief instead: In the end, what really matters is not just the results people achieve but why and how people achieve them.