"My generation's parents told their children, 'Become an……" — Daniel H. Pink
"My generation's parents told their children, 'Become an accountant, a lawyer, or an engineer; that will give you a solid foothold in the middle class.' But these jobs are now being sent overseas. So in order to make it today, you have to do work that's hard to outsource, hard to automate."
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74 Quotes by Daniel H. Pink
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The ultimate pitch for an era of short attention spans begins with a single word - and doesn't go any…
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One of the best predictors of ultimate success in either sales or non - sales selling isn't natural talent or…
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The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind-computer programmers who…
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Anytime you're tempted to upsell someone else, stop what you're doing and upserve instead.
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The problem with making an extrinsic reward the only destination that matters is that some people will choose the quickest…
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Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive…
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We live in a world of breathtaking material plenty. That has freed hundreds of millions of people from day-to-day struggles…
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Goals may cause systematic problems for organizations due to narrowed focus, unethical behavior, increased risk taking, decreased cooperation, and decreased…
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To sell well is to convince someone else to part with resources—not to deprive that person, but to leave him…
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As Carol Dweck says, “Effort is one of the things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about…
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When the reward is the activity itself--deepening learning, delighting customers, doing one's best--there are no shortcuts.
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Human beings are natural mimickers. The more youre conscious of the other sides posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and…
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For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living…
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The company accountant is shy and retiring. He's shy a quarter of a million dollars. That's why he's retiring.
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It's very hard to respect people on holiday - everybody looks so silly at the beach, it makes you hate…
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Day in and day out, your tax accountant can make or lose you more money than any single person in…
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The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven,…
— Ernest Newman
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When I asked my accountant if anything could get me out of this mess I am in now he thought…
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My father could have been a great comedian, but he didn't believe that that was possible for him, and so…
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If you want to be a top athlete you have to be a little bit wild, not be an accountant.
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I went to university for a couple of years and I didn't enjoy university. The studying and the accountancy, economics,…
— Gerry Harvey
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If you managed a baseball team, would you listen more closely to the team accountant or the director of player…
— Jack Welch
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Money is not worth dying for. I know, because years ago, while nearly a million dollars in debt, suicide was…
— Robert Kiyosaki
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Any analyst at any time can target anyone. Any selector, anywhere I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities…
— Edward Snowden
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