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When Β£10,000 isnβt a good incentive
Could no prize have been a better way to motivate snooker player Ronnie OβSullivan? And how coastlines are actually really hard to measure. Wesley Stephenson finds out.
British snooker player Ronnie Oβ Sullivan decided not to complete a maximum 147 this week because he said the prize money was too low. βIf it had been more, I'd have gone for the 147β he told ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Sport. Can incentives demotivate as well as motivate people, what makes a good incentive and do they really work?
And how do you measure a coastline? Itβs trickier than you might think.
Presenter: Wesley Stephenson
(Image: Ronnie O'Sullivan. Credit: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty)
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