Chapter 10: The Sixth Core Drive: Scarcity & Impatience
Scarcity and Impatience is the sixth core drive of the Octalysis Framework. It is the drive that motivates us simply because we are either unable to have something immediately, or because there is great difficulty in obtaining it.
We have a natural tendency to want things we can’t have. If a bowl of grapes were sitting on the table, you may not care about them; but if they were on a shelf just beyond your reach, you would likely be thinking about those grapes: “Are they sweet? Can I have them? When can I have them?”
Personally, Core Drive 6 was the last Core Drive I learned about and is the one that intrigues me the most, particularly because this core drive can feel completely unintuitive, irrational, and emotionally difficult to utilize.
In this chapter we’ll explore this Black Hat/Left Brain Core Drive, understand its powers, and learn about some game techniques that harness...