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Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: About Better Better Place Else Empathy Eyes Feeling Hard Heart Her His Makes Only Place Seeing Shoes Someone Standing World

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I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Books Cause Get Greater Imprint Leave Living Modest People Satisfaction Than Themselves Think Trying Want Way Writing I Think

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What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Among Artistry Become Brain Business Characteristics Empathy Equals Fields First Hemisphere Important Now Range Right Skills Thinking Whole

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I think the more important task for a young person than developing a personal brand is figuring out what she's great at, what she loves to do, and how she can use that to leave an imprint in the world. Those are tough questions, but essential ones. Answer those - and the personal brand follows.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Answer Brand Developing Essential Figuring Follows Great How Important Imprint Leave Loves More Out Person Personal Questions She Task Than Think Those Tough Use World Young Young Person 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.

~Daniel H. 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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Studying design has made me a much, much more astute observer of this aspect of business. And I'm working mightily to improve my empathic skills. I've dramatically improved my ability to read facial expressions - and I'm trying to be a better, more attentive listener.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Ability Aspect Attentive Better Business Design Dramatically Expressions Facial Improve Improved Listener Made Me More Much Observer Read Skills Studying Trying Working

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Typically, if you reward something, you get more of it. You punish something, you get less of it. And our businesses have been built for the last 150 years very much on that kind of motivational scheme.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Been Built Businesses Get Kind Last Less More Motivational Much Our Punish Reward Scheme Something Very Years You

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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.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Best Either Even Expertise Explain Failures How Industry Natural Rejections Sales Selling Success Talent Ultimate You Your

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Questions are often more effective than statements in moving others. Or to put it more appropriately, since the research shows that when the facts are on your side, questions are more persuasive than statements, don't you think you should be pitching more with questions?

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Effective Facts More Moving Often Others Persuasive Pitching Put Questions Research Should Shows Side Since Statements Than Think You Your

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I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don't know where their next meal is coming, notions of finding inner motivation are comical.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: About Autonomy Coming Drive Finding Inner Intrinsic Know Mastery Meal Motivation Next Notions People Purpose Really Struggling Survival Talk Thing Think Western Where Who You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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