Daniel H. Pink

The right brain is finally being taken seriously.

— Daniel H. Pink

“Now it’s time to create a “break list”

— Daniel H. Pink

“99 percent of us cannot multitask.”

— Daniel H. Pink

“That sleepless guy wasn’t a hero. He was a fool”

— Daniel H. Pink

Were born to be players, not pawns.

— Daniel H. Pink

“Owls, meanwhile, display some darker tendencies.”

— Daniel H. Pink

“Fully detached beats semidetached.”

— Daniel H. Pink

“Sit and talk about something other than work”

— Daniel H. Pink

“elite performers have something in common: They’re really good at taking breaks”

— Daniel H. Pink

“People born in the fall and winter are more likely to be larks;”

— Daniel H. Pink

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

— Daniel H. Pink

“He who laughs last doesn’t get it.” —HELEN GIANGREGORIO”

— Daniel H. Pink

Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.

— Daniel H. Pink

“We leave lucrative jobs to take low-paying ones that provide a clearer sense of purpose.”

— Daniel H. Pink

“morning people to be pleasant, productive folks—“introverted,”

— Daniel H. Pink

Experimentalists never know when their work is finished.

— Daniel H. Pink

People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to…

— Daniel H. Pink

The misuse of extrinsic rewards, so common in business, impedes creativity, stifles personal satisfaction and turns play into work.

— Daniel H. Pink

Create some psychological space between you and your project by imagining you're doing it for someone else or contemplating what advice you'd…

— Daniel H. Pink

I tend to pull nuggets out of many books - rather than having a handful of books that serve as guiding lights.

— Daniel H. Pink

The ability to take another perspective has become one of the keys to both sales and non-sales selling. And the social science…

— Daniel H. Pink

“The most fulfilling jobs share a common trait: They prod us to work at our highest level but in a way that…

— Daniel H. Pink

What do artists do? Artists give people something they didn't know they were missing: a dance, a piece of music, a painting,…

— Daniel H. Pink

In the past thirty years we have learned more about the workings of the human brain than in all of previous history.

— Daniel H. Pink

For many of us, the opposite of talking isn't listening. It's waiting. When others speak, we typically divide our attention between what…

— Daniel H. Pink

With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book. Now I think I've…

— Daniel H. Pink

Traditional performance reviews have passed their sell-by date. Big time. There's research showing that roughly two-thirds of performance appraisals have either no…

— Daniel H. Pink

Rewards can deliver a short-term boost—just as a jolt of caffeine can keep you cranking for a few more hours. But the…

— Daniel H. Pink

While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires…

— Daniel H. Pink

In large organizations there are discrete functions. I do this; you do that. I swim in my lane; you swim in your…

— Daniel H. Pink

I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You…

— Daniel H. Pink

Questions are often more effective than statements in moving others. Or to put it more appropriately, since the research shows that when…

— Daniel H. Pink

“Of course, the starting point for any discussion of motivation in the workplace is a simple fact of life: People have to…

— Daniel H. Pink

“in flow, the relationship between what a person had to do and what he could do was perfect. The challenge wasn't too…

— Daniel H. Pink

“The course of human history has always moved in the direction of greater freedom. And there’s a reason for that—because it’s in…

— Daniel H. Pink

“We know that human beings are not merely smaller, slower, better-smelling donkeys trudging after that day’s carrot. We know—if we’ve spent time…

— Daniel H. Pink

I say, 'Get me some poets as managers.' Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the world in which we live…

— Daniel H. Pink

The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind-computer programmers who could crank…

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“richest experiences in our lives aren’t when we’re clamoring for validation from others, but when we’re listening to our own voice—doing something…

— Daniel H. Pink

“At the end of each day, ask yourself whether you were better today than you were yesterday. Did you do more? Did…

— Daniel H. Pink