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Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you're conscious of the other side's posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more you subtly reflect those back - the more accurate you'll be at taking their perspective.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Accurate Back Beings Choices Conscious Human Human Beings Mannerisms More Natural Other Perspective Posture Reflect Side Taking Those Word You

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If you create something, whether it's a painting or a company, I think if you care about it, you have some obligation to go out and tell people about it.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: About Care Company Create Go Obligation Out Painting People Some Something Tell Think Whether You I Think

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Especially for fostering creative, conceptual work, the best way to use money as a motivator is to take the issue of money off the table so people concentrate on the work.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Best Best Way Concentrate Conceptual Creative Fostering Issue Money Motivator Off People Table Take Use Way Work

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You know, I'm not a huge fan of the concept of 'passion' when it comes to careers. Instead of trying to answer the daunting question of 'What's your passion?' it's better simply to watch what you do when you've got time of your own and nobody's looking.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Answer Better Careers Concept Daunting Fan Got Huge Huge Fan Instead Know Looking Nobody Own Passion Question Simply Time Trying Watch You Your

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There's an idea out there that salespeople have actually been obliterated by the Internet, which is just not supported by the facts.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Actually Been Facts Idea Internet Just Out Salespeople Supported Which

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A lot of white-collar work requires less of the routine, rule-based, what we might call algorithmic set of capabilities, and more of the harder-to-outsource, harder-to-automate, non-routine, creative, juristic - as the scholars call it - abilities.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Ability Call Capabilities Creative Less Lot Might More Requires Routine Scholars Set White-Collar Work

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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Autonomy Case Classic Doing Focused Good Good Job Happy Hitting Hours Increment Job Lawyers Mean Numbers Reason Restricted Sometimes Unhappy Want Why Working World You Your

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I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Ability Actually Better Better Off Both Chart Deeper Draw Extremely Get Happen Instinct Make Muscles Off Picture Potential Rather Sense Shape Shift Than Think Toward Trying Us

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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.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Accountant Become Being Children Class Engineer Generation Give Hard Jobs Lawyer Make Middle Middle Class Now Order Overseas Parents Sent Solid Today Will Work You

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If you understand the independent worker, the self-employed professional, the freelancer, the e-lancer, the temp, you understand how work and business in the U.S. operate today.

~Daniel H. Pink

Topics: Business How Independent Operate Professional Today Understand Work Worker You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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