Dan Pink Quotes
Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving is with the jab of a stick or the promise of a carrot. But if you look at over 50 years of research on motivation, or simply scrutinize your own behavior, it's pretty clear human beings are more complicated than that.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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A new untruth is better than an old truth.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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I don't have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee.
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My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
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I look forward to a time when my career in a place where I can get out of Los Angeles and find a nice small town like I grew up in to raise my family.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
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Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.
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I always do my interviews face to face.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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I have a great office.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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I am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.
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Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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In giving us children, God places us in a position of both leadership and service. He calls us to give up our lives for someone else's sake - to abandon our own desires and put our child's interests first. Yet, according to His perfect design, it is through this selflessness that we can become truly fulfilled.
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There are people that really live by doing the right thing, but I don't know what that is, I'm really curious about that. I'm really curious about what people think they're doing when they're doing something evil, casually. I think it's really interesting, that we benefit from suffering so much, and we excuse ourselves from it.
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Private-equity and hedge-fund guys typically come into a situation of mediocrity, where rapid change may result in a profit.
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I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.
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Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving is with the jab of a stick or the promise of a carrot. But if you look at over 50 years of research on motivation, or simply scrutinize your own behavior, it's pretty clear human beings are more complicated than that.
