text: what is the "carrot and stick" approach?   to make a donkey walk faster you can dangle a carrot in front of his nose on a pole with a string and the carrot on the end . the donkey tries to catch nthe carrot  this is the carrot aproach ,it means persuasion by reward.  if the carrot dont work ,you beat it with the stick  this is the punishment persuasion  this comparison is used for many human situations