Daniel H. Pink

“single largest motivator was making progress in meaningful work.”

— Daniel H. Pink

“Say it with me now, brothers and sisters: Lunch is the most important meal”

— Daniel H. Pink

“sharp-minded analytic capacities peak in the late morning or around noon”

— Daniel H. Pink

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

— Daniel H. Pink

“if we stick with a task too long, we lose sight of the goal”

— Daniel H. Pink

The left-brainer and the economist in me says watch what people do, not what they say.

— Daniel H. Pink

For creative tasks, the best approach is often just to hire great people and get out of their way.

— Daniel H. Pink

“E-mail response time is the single best predictor of whether employees are satisfied with their boss”

— Daniel H. Pink

I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing…

— Daniel H. Pink

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

— Daniel H. Pink

To sell well is to convince someone else to part with resources—not to deprive that person, but to leave him better off…

— Daniel H. Pink

“The less evidence of extrinsic motivation during art school, the more success in professional art both several years after graduation and nearly…

— Daniel H. Pink

“Rewards do not undermine people’s intrinsic motivation for dull tasks because there is little or no intrinsic motivation to be undermined.”

— Daniel H. Pink

Abstract thinking leads to greater creativity... But in our businesses and our lives, we often do the opposite. We intensify our focus…

— Daniel H. Pink

“Afternoons are the Bermuda Triangles of our days. Across many domains, the trough represents a danger zone for productivity, ethics, and health.”

— Daniel H. Pink

In economic terms, we've always thought of work as a disutility - as something you do to get something else. Now it's…

— Daniel H. Pink

The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute…

— Daniel H. Pink

Human beings are natural mimickers. The more youre conscious of the other sides posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more…

— Daniel H. Pink

If you want people to perform better, you reward them, right? Bonuses, commissions, their own reality show. Incentivize them. ... But that's…

— Daniel H. Pink

“The problem is that our corporate, government, and education cultures are configured for the 75 or 80 percent of people who are…

— Daniel H. Pink

For artists, scientists, inventors, schoolchildren, and the rest of us, intrinsic motivation-the drive to do something because it is interesting, challenging, and…

— Daniel H. Pink

Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving…

— Daniel H. Pink

Education in general, and higher education in particular, is on the brink of a huge disruption. Two big questions, which were once…

— Daniel H. Pink

I think that designers and architects need to educate the people who don't quite know what they do and make a strong…

— Daniel H. Pink

“non–desk lunchers were better able to contend with workplace stress”

— Daniel H. Pink

“frequent short breaks are more effective than occasional ones”

— Daniel H. Pink

“maybe those decisions were bad because he made them in the afternoon”

— Daniel H. Pink

“continuing to think about job demands during breaks may result in strain.”

— Daniel H. Pink

“If you’re a boss, understand these two patterns and allow people to protect their peak”

— Daniel H. Pink

Asking "Why?" can lead to understanding. Asking "Why not?" can lead to breakthroughs.

— Daniel H. Pink

The science shows that the best way to use money is to take the issue of money off the people. Pay people…

— Daniel H. Pink

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

— Daniel H. Pink

Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only…

— Daniel H. Pink

“Careful consideration of reward effects reported in 128 experiments lead to the conclusion that tangible rewards tend to have a substantially negative…

— Daniel H. Pink

It seems the best approach for any venture is a combo platter - Japan's quality-consciousness paired with America's willingness to experiment and…

— Daniel H. Pink

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

— Daniel H. Pink

It's nothing short of a whole new brain... animated by a different form of thinking and a new approach to life.

— Daniel H. Pink

When the facts are on your side, there is huge power in pitching with questions. Because questions are active rather than passive.…

— Daniel H. Pink

What entrepreneurs and artists have in common is that they give the world something it didn't know it was missing.

— Daniel H. Pink

Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated,…

— Daniel H. Pink