Tag: Daniel Pink quotes

“Afternoons are the Bermuda Triangles of our days. Across many domains, the trough represents a danger zone for productivity, ethics, and health.”

“All of us experience the day in three stages—a peak, a trough, and a rebound. And about three-quarters of us (larks and third birds) experience it in that order. But about one in four people, those whose genes or age make them night owls, experience the day in something closer to the reverse order—recovery, trough, peak.”

Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book When

“Positive affect—language revealing that tweeters felt active, engaged, and hopeful—generally rose in the morning, plummeted in the afternoon, and climbed back up again in the early evening.”

Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book When

“Across continents and time zones, as predictable as the ocean tides, was the same daily oscillation—a peak, a trough, and a rebound. Beneath the surface of our everyday life is a hidden pattern: crucial, unexpected, and revealing.”

“Most powerful lunch breaks have two key ingredients—autonomy and detachment.”

“The most fulfilling jobs share a common trait: They prod us to work at our highest level but in a way that we, not someone else, control.”

“The longer it takes for a boss to respond to their e-mails, the less satisfied people are with their leader.”

Our positive mood follows this pattern as mentioned by Daniel Pink in his book When

This is why we should cash in during the CREST and REBOUND phases of the cycle during a day for better impact

“We simply don’t take issues of WHEN as seriously as we take questions of WHAT”

“Jobs that are demanding but don’t offer autonomy burn us out.”