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“Goals that people set for themselves and that are devoted to attaining mastery are usually healthy. But goals imposed by others—sales targets, quarterly returns, standardized test scores, and so on—can sometimes have dangerous side effects.”
― Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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“Wikipedia represents the most powerful new business model of the twenty-first century: open source.”
― Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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“Remember that deliberate practice has one objective: to improve performance. “People who play tennis once a week for years don’t get any better if they do the same thing each time,”
― Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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“When the reward is the activity itself—deepening learning, delighting customers, doing one’s best—there are no shortcuts. The only route to the destination is the high road. In some sense, it’s impossible to act unethically because the person who’s disadvantaged isn’t a competitor but yourself.”
― Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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“Several researchers have found that companies that spend the most time offering guidance on quarterly earnings deliver significantly lower long-term growth rates than companies that offer guidance less frequently. (One reason: The earnings-obsessed companies typically invest less in research and development.)”
― Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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