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When we make progress and get better at something, it is inherently motivating. In order for people to make progress, they have to get feedback and information on how they're doing.

~Dan Pink

Topics: Better Doing Feedback Get How Information Inherently Make Motivating Order People Progress Something

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Education in general, and higher education in particular, is on the brink of a huge disruption. Two big questions, which were once so well-settled that we ceased asking them, are now up for grabs. What should young people be learning? And what sorts of credentials indicate they're ready for the workforce?

~Dan Pink

Topics: Asking Big Big Questions Brink Credentials Disruption Education General Higher Higher Education Huge Indicate Learning Now Once Particular People Questions Ready Should Sort Them Two Up Were Which Workforce Young Young People

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Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree: it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better.

~Dan Pink

Topics: Better Compliance Did Engagement Forever Going Great Invented Management Mean Nature Notions Set Somebody Television Television Set Traditional Tree Want Work Works You

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Succeeding makes us feel good. But beating someone else makes us feel really good. Comparing ourselves to others and coming out on top creates a sense of entitlement. And when we feel entitled, we cheat more because, of course, the rules don't apply to awesome people like us.

~Dan Pink

Topics: Apply Awesome Beating Because Cheat Coming Comparing Course Creates Else Entitled Entitlement Feel Feel Good Good Like Makes More Others Ourselves Out People Really Rules Sense Someone Succeeding Top Us

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Too often, when you are close to people in power, you're trying to make them happy; you're trying to tell them what they want to hear. But I find that really good leaders don't want that. They want the truth. And you do them a service, and yourself a service, by just being honest and straightforward.

~Dan Pink

Topics: Being Being Honest Close Find Good Happy Hear Honest Just Leaders Make Often People Power Really Service Straightforward Tell Them Too Truth Trying Want You Yourself

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Autonomy: the urge to direct our own lives. Mastery: the desire to get better and better at something that matters. Purpose: the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves. These are the building blocks of an entirely new operating system for our businesses.

~Dan Pink

Topics: Autonomy Better Blocks Building Building Blocks Businesses Desire Direct Entirely Get Larger Lives Mastery Matters New Operating Operating System Our Ourselves Own Purpose Service Something System Than Urge Yearning

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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.

~Dan Pink

Topics: Contribute Contributing Deceive Everybody Money Motives Order Others People Person Places Raise Same Some Somebody Them Treating Understand Well Who Why Would You

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I think that designers and architects need to educate the people who don't quite know what they do and make a strong case for why it's valuable and why it changes the game. I think waiting for people to come around to it just won't do.

~Dan Pink

Topics: Architects Around Case Changes Come Designers Educate Game Just Know Make Need People Quite Strong Think Valuable Waiting Who Why I Think

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A lot of times, when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will take the low road there. They'll become myopic. They'll crowd out the longer-term interests of the organization or even of themselves.

~Dan Pink

Topics: Become Crowd Even Goals Happen High Interests Lot Low Nasty Organization Out Particular Payoff People Road Short-Term Take Themselves Things Times Very Will You

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Traditional performance reviews have passed their sell-by date. Big time. There's research showing that roughly two-thirds of performance appraisals have either no effect - or a negative effect! - on employee performance.

~Dan Pink

Topics: Big Big Time Date Effect Either Employee Negative Passed Performance Research Reviews Roughly Showing Time Traditional Two-Thirds

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Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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