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Daniel H. Pink Biography

Daniel H. Pink (born 1964) is an author of books about work, management, and behavioral science. He was host and co-executive producer of the 2014–2015 National Geographic Channel social science TV series Crowd Control.

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I think this book, Matthew Desmond's "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. ", if you have a friend who is a public official, hand him or her this book. It's that important. And this book raises some serious questions about what kind of country do we want to be.

Book, Country, Hand, Official, Think, Thinking

Create some psychological space between you and your project by imagining you're doing it for someone else or contemplating what advice you'd give to another person in your predicament.

Advice, Contemplating, Create, Giving, Imagining, Space

Anytime you're tempted to upsell someone else, stop what you're doing and upserve instead.

Tempted, Instead, Upsell, Upserve, Anytime

Today it’s economically crucial and personally rewarding to create something that is also beautiful, whimsical, or emotionally engaging.

Beautiful, Today, Whimsical, Create, Engaging

The monkeys solved the puzzle simply because they found it gratifying to solve puzzles. They enjoyed it. The joy of the task was its own reward.

Inspirational, Joy, Tasks, Puzzle, Found, Enjoyed

The three things that motivate creative people - autonomy, mastery, purpose!

Autonomy, Creative, Motivate, People, Three

In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough.

Abilities, Brain, Kind, Leadership, Matter, Mind

The capacity to see the big picture is perhaps the most important as an antidote to the variety of psychic woes brought forth by the remarkable prosperity and plentitude of our times. Many of us are crunched for time, deluged by information, and paralyzed by the weight of too many choices. The best prescription for these modern maladies may be to approach one's own life in a contextual, big picture fashion - to distinguish between what really matters and what merely annoys.

Choices, Contextual, Fashion, Psychics, Time, Times

Whenever I meet someone new, I always ask the same question. . . 'So, what do you do?

Asks, Meet, Ask, Same, Whenever, Question

We have this myth that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.

Jobs, Leadership, Likely, Result, Times, Zero

One aspect of play is the importance of laughter, which has physiological and psychological benefits. Did you know that there are thousands of laughter clubs around the world? People get together and laugh for no reason at all!

Laughter, People, Play, Reason

One source of frustration in the workplace is the frequent mismatch between what people must do and what people can do. When what they must do exceeds their capabilities, the result is anxiety. When what they must do falls short of their capabilities, the result is boredom. But when the match is just right, the results can be glorious. This is the essence of flow.

Fall, Frustration, Essence, Frequent, Capabilities, Mismatch

The teacher showed us how to see proportions, relationships, light and shadow, negative space, and space between space - something I never noticed before! In one week, I went from not knowing how to draw to sketching a detailed portrait. It literally changed the way I see things.

Teacher, Drawing, Knowing, Proportions, Space, Relationships

Carry a notebook and write down examples of good and poor design. After a week, you'll begin to realize that nearly everything is the product of a design decision.

Notebook, Writing, Design, Begin, Nearly, Poor

If you create something, whether it's a painting or a company, I think if you care about it, you have some obligation to go out and tell people about it.

Care, Company, Obligation, People, Think, Thinking

There's an idea out there that salespeople have actually been obliterated by the Internet, which is just not supported by the facts.

Facts, Idea, Ideas, Internet, Obliterated

The ultimate pitch for an era of short attention spans begins with a single word - and doesn't go any further.

Attention, Communication, Era, Eras, Further

Experimentalists never know when their work is finished.

Finishing, Knows, Finished, Experimentalists, Know, Work

I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don't know where their next meal is coming, notions of finding inner motivation are comical.

Know, Leadership, Motivation, Struggle, Talk, Thing

Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.

Drive, Lives, Motivational, People, Self

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