“Carry a notebook and write down examples of good and poor design. After a week, you'll begin to realize that nearly everything is the product of a design decision.” WritingRealizingDecisionPoorWeekExampleDesignProductsNotebook Author:Daniel H. Pink
“The teacher showed us how to see proportions, relationships, light and shadow, negative space, and space between space - something I never noticed before! In one week, I went from not knowing how to draw to sketching a detailed portrait. It literally changed the way I see things.” WayLightSpaceKnowingTeacherWeekChangedDrawsShadowNegativeDrawingProportionNot KnowingPortraitsSpace BetweenSketchingLight And ShadowNegative Space Author:Daniel H. Pink
“Experimentalists never know when their work is finished.” KnowsFinishedFinishing Author:Daniel H. Pink
“The ultimate freedom for creative groups is the freedom to experiment with new ideas.” IdeasFreedomCreativeGroupsUltimateExperimentsNew IdeasUltimate Freedom Author: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.” YearsHumansPastBrainKnowledgeThirtyThirty YearsHuman Brain Author:Daniel H. Pink
“Money can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, encourage unethical behavior, foster short-term thinking, and become addictive.” ThinkingMotivationTermMoneyCreativityBehaviorPerformancesCrushDiminishShort TermUnethicalIntrinsic MotivationShort Term Thinking Author:Daniel H. Pink
“One aspect of play is the importance of laughter, which has physiological and psychological benefits. Did you know that there are thousands of laughter clubs around the world? People get together and laugh for no reason at all!” PeopleKnowsWorldReasonPlayTogetherLaughingBenefitsLaughterAspectImportanceClubsPsychologicalAround The WorldNo ReasonGet TogetherDid You KnowPhysiological Author:Daniel H. Pink
“Tens of millions of people have iPods, whereas eight years ago, they didn't know they were missing them.” PeopleKnowsYearsMillionsMissingYears AgoEightIpods Author: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 give to another person in your predicament.” GivingPersonsSpaceAdviceProjectsPsychologicalContemplatingSpace BetweenPredicaments Author:Daniel H. Pink