Daniel Pink
A podcast hosted by author Daniel Pink, who has spent 25 years writing about the human condition, from motivation and timing to regret. Here he makes the research personal, exploring the science of focus, better decision-making, and how to get good at things without burning yourself out. Episodes are aimed at listeners who find themselves thinking about these questions late at night. More information is available at his website, danpink.com.
Episodes
3 Ways to Ask for Help Like a PRO
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This is how an empty chair can help you do your job even better
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Daniel Pink: The Puzzle of Motivation
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Can't Focus? Watch This Before You Sit Down to Work.
Grab the free flow cheat sheet here: https://danpink.com/flowUploaded 29-05-26When we sit down to do great work, we often walk away having done only a fraction of it. Then we blame ourselves — our discipline, our willpower, our "focus." That's a mistake -- and it's holding us back. I've spent nearly 30 years studying motivation and human performance, and if there's one state that separates the w
How to Persuade Others with the Right Questions Jedi Mind Tricks from Daniel H Pink - Big Think
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How to Spend Money So It Actually Makes You Happier
Get Your Free Spending Scorecard: https://www.danpink.com/scorecard/Uploaded 05-05-26You're probably better at earning money than you are at spending it.The research is clear: it's not how much you spend that determines your happiness — it's how you spend it. So I put together 5 questions, all backed by behavioral science, to run your purchases through before you swipe.One of them flips a piece of
Driving Employee Engagement Daniel Pink
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Daniel Pink Teaches Sales and Persuasion - MasterClass Trailer
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Daniel Pink commencement speech: Regret and the good life
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The Most Dangerous Advice Smart People Believe
Subscribe to my newsletter: https://danielpink.substack.com/Uploaded 14-05-26If you liked this video, more from David and me:Stop Trying to Have Good Ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DozhVaF6jhUThe Bored Engineer Who Saved Nintendo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xjbyzc2mCkDavid Epstein's new book, Inside the Box: https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Box-Constraints-Make-Better/dp/B0FNDSKWMY/ref=
OMG, you're in charge: MCAD commencement speech - part 2
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16 Things Everybody Should Know How to Do
There are certain skills that can change the way you work, think, and live — and most of us were never taught them. In this video, I share 16 things I believe everyone should know how to do, drawn from decades of research on human behavior and performance.Uploaded 08-04-26Some of these will surprise you. None of them were on your syllabus.--To find out more about Daniel Pink, his books, and view h
OMG, you're in charge: MCAD commencement speech - part 1
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Write to Your Future Self - CRAZY Results!
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6 Things You Should Never Do in Public
Subscribe to my newsletter: https://danielpink.substack.com/Uploaded 17-08-26We all know that feeling — someone clips their nails on the train or takes a speakerphone call in a quiet car, and you wonder: is there actually a right way to behave in public? Turns out, yes. Sociologists and economists have been studying these exact situations for decades, and I've turned their findings into six rules
30 Cheat Codes to Beat Every Level of Life
Get the list of all 30 Cheat Codes: https://www.danpink.com/life-cheat-codes/Uploaded 18-09-26It’s free and you can reference back to this without having to watch the video again.Video games have cheat codes. So does life. The difference is that nobody hands you the list.These are 30 of the ones I've collected over the years, on decisions, people, productivity, work, and life itself. Some I learne
One Word that Will Change Your Life
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How to Make a Great Tagline
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11 Essential Books For 2026 (Summarized In 12 Minutes)
In this video, I share 11 books to read in 2026—not as a routine list, but as a response to the world we’re stepping into.Uploaded 25-02-26Work is evolving. Technology is accelerating. Attention is fragmented. And the skills that carried us this far may not be the ones that carry us forward. So this isn’t about reading more. It’s about reading what matters now.Each of these books offers a way to t
The 6 Skills AI Will Never Replace
What should humans do when AI can do almost everything?Uploaded 12-03-26AI tools can now generate text, images, code, music, and ideas at astonishing speed. If machines are getting better at producing answers, what will humans still be good for?In this video, I walk through six human abilities that become more valuable — not less — in the age of AI:- Asking better questions- Developing good taste-
Why Taste Matters More Than Skill
Subscribe to my newsletter: https://danielpink.substack.com/Uploaded 21-08-26AI can now make almost anything — 100 logos from one sentence, a song in seconds, three times as many books published as before ChatGPT. But when making gets cheap, judgment gets priceless, and the only thing separating the good from the forgettable is someone with the taste to tell them apart. Dan Pink breaks down why ta
Why Forcing Yourself To Work... Never Works
Subscribe to my newsletter: https://danielpink.substack.com/Uploaded 08-07-26What if the way we motivate people is mostly wrong?That was the argument at the heart of Drive. But fifteen years later, too many companies, schools, and families stubbornly cling to the old ways.So, I made a video revisiting the book and highlighting the seven ideas that still matter most.The core lesson: You don’t insta
Why The World Cup Is Not Really About Soccer...
Subscribe to my newsletter: https://danielpink.substack.com/Uploaded 18-07-26In October 2005, a soccer player took a microphone into a locker room and said something that changed his country.I've been thinking about that moment all month, because as I watched the World Cup unfold across North America, I kept noticing things that had nothing to do with the score. So this video is about three things
