“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.” GivingPersonsSpaceAdviceProjectsPsychologicalContemplatingSpace BetweenPredicaments Author: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, a piece of sculpture. Catering to that need is the best business strategy.” PeopleKnowsNeedsGivingArtistPiecesMissingPaintingStrategySculptureBusiness StrategyBest BusinessCatering Author:Daniel H. Pink
“Newtonian physics runs into problems at the subatomic level. Down there--in the land of hadrons, quarks, and Schrödinger's cat--things gent freaky. The cool rationality of Isaac Newton gives way to the bizarre unpredictability of Lewis Carroll.” WayGivingProblemRunningLevelsLandCatPhysicsRationalityBizarreNewtonIsaacUnpredictabilityFreakyQuarksGents Author: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 and feel obligated to interpret, and give expression to it in a way that makes the reader understand how that world runs. Poets, those unheralded systems thinkers, are our true digital thinkers. It is from their midst that I believe we will draw tomorrow's new business leaders." --Sidney Harman, CEO Multimillionaire of a stereo components company” WorldWayGivingFeelsBelieveRunningI BelieveCompanyLeaderPoetExpressionReaderTomorrowDrawsOriginalsManagersDigitalMidstThinkerContemplatingCeoComponentsBusiness LeadersNew Business Author:Daniel H. Pink
“As Carol Dweck says, “Effort is one of the things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it. It would be an impoverished existence if you were not willing to value things and commit yourself to working toward them.” IfsGivingMeanImportantWould BeCareValuesEffortExistenceWillingCommitMeaning LifeCarols Book:Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Source: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
“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.” GivingMindChildrenHardTodayJobsOrderParentLeadershipClassGenerationsMiddleLawyerMiddle ClassEngineersMy GenerationAccountants Author:Daniel H. Pink
