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Entries tagged with: Dan Pink


Do the Most Important Task First

31 May 2016

Allison watched Pinkcast 1.2: A simple trick for getting the right stuff done and decided to experiment with adding this strategy to her daily approach for getting things done.

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Anticipating (and Preventing) Project Mishaps

16 August 2016

Janie watched Pinkcast 1.6: How to anticipate (and prevent) big mistakes and decided to try incorporating this technique the next time she’s managing a large scale project.

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Maintaining Better Focus

6 December 2016

Janie watched Pinkcast 1:13 The power of an hourly beep, and was intrigued by a new idea for maintaining better focus at work.

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What Motivates You?

18 July 2017

Janie read Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink, and contemplated Pink’s research on the science behind motivation.

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To Type or Not to Type

13 February 2018

Eden watched Pinkcast 2.2: Why You Should Take Notes By Hand and reflected on the benefits of taking handwritten notes.

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Take a Break for Better Decisions

27 February 2018

Janie read When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, by Daniel Pink and enjoyed learning more about the science behind timing.

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Unpacking the CEO Genome

31 July 2018

Eden read The CEO Next Door by Elena L. Botelho, Kim R. Powell, and Tahl Raz, and thought about the ordinary behaviors exhibited by extraordinary CEOs.

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Try a Little Shift in How You Talk to Yourself

4 September 2018

Barbara watched Pinkcast 2.22: This is how to talk to yourself and learned a different way to use self-talk in stressful situations.

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Strategies for Better Meetings

23 July 2019

Janie watched Dan Pink’s Pinkcast 3.6 This is how to make your meetings less awful and appreciated the suggestions for making some meaningful changes to improve meetings.

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Developing Intellectual Humility

23 June 2020

Janie watched Dan Pink’s Pinkcast 3.09: This is how to boost your intellectual humility and it prompted her to look for pleasure in unexpected places.

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Moving Others

23 April 2024

Janie read To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Dan Pink and considered different ways to implement what she learned.   

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