Daniel H. Pink
Daniel H. Pink
Daniel H. Pinkis a best-selling author and has written five books about business, work, and management that have sold more than two million copies worldwide and have been translated into 35 languages...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
motivation block inspiration
If you want people to perform better, you reward them, right? Bonuses, commissions, their own reality show. Incentivize them. ... But that's not happening here. You've got an incentive designed to sharpen thinking and accelerate creativity, and it does just the opposite. It dulls thinking and blocks creativity.
people creative three
The three things that motivate creative people - autonomy, mastery, purpose!
engagement compliance autonomy
Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.
education asking-why understanding
Asking "Why?" can lead to understanding. Asking "Why not?" can lead to breakthroughs.
education technology artist
The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind-computer programmers who could crank code, lawyers who could craft contracts, MBAs who could crunch numbers. But the keys to the kingdom are changing hands.The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind-creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers and meaning makers.These people-artists, inventors, designers, storytellers, caregivers, consolers, big picture thinkers-will now reap society's richest rewards and share its greatest joys.
mistake
Do what you can't and experience the beauty of the mistakes you make.
self people motivational-sales
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.
leadership brain mind
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.
matter want bigger
All of us want to be part of something bigger than ourselves, something that matters.
creativity play rewards
The misuse of extrinsic rewards, so common in business, impedes creativity, stifles personal satisfaction and turns play into work.
mind different patterns
The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind - creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers and meaning makers.
natural-talent rejection motivational-sales
One of the best predictors of ultimate success in either sales or non - sales selling isn't natural talent or even industry expertise, but how you explain your failures and rejections.
motivation creativity artist
For artists, scientists, inventors, schoolchildren, and the rest of us, intrinsic motivation-the drive to do something because it is interesting, challenging, and absorbing-is essential for high levels of creativity.
jobs talking opposites
For many of us, the opposite of talking isn't listening. It's waiting. When others speak, we typically divide our attention between what they're saying now and what we're going to say next - and end up doing a mediocre job at both.