Daniel Pink

We Americans have a problem with negative emotions. We don't know what to do with them. Here's the thing. Just go back again. Positive emotions are great. I want to have a lot of positive emotions. I want you to have a lot of positive emotions. I want all the listeners to have lots of positive emotions. OK, positive emotions are great. gratitude and joy and elation. They're great, okay?

We Americans have a problem with negative emotions. We don't know what to do with them. Here's the thing. Just go back again. Positive emotions are great. I want to have a lot of positive emotions. I want you to have a lot of positive emotions. I want all the listeners to have lots of positive emotions. OK, positive emotions are great. gratitude and joy and elation. They're great, okay?

We Americans have a problem with negative emotions. We don't know what to do with them. Here's the thing. Just go back again. Positive emotions are great. I want to have a lot of positive emotions. I want you to have a lot of positive emotions. I want all the listeners to have lots of positive emotions. OK, positive emotions are great. gratitude and joy and elation. They're great, okay?

Clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk. Someone's trying to tell me something. Let me listen, not drown it out, not get freaked out by it, but listen to it, learn from it, and do better in the future.

Clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk. Someone's trying to tell me something. Let me listen, not drown it out, not get freaked out by it, but listen to it, learn from it, and do better in the future.

Clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk. Someone's trying to tell me something. Let me listen, not drown it out, not get freaked out by it, but listen to it, learn from it, and do better in the future.

Clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk. Someone's trying to tell me something. Let me listen, not drown it out, not get freaked out by it, but listen to it, learn from it, and do better in the future.

Clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk. Someone's trying to tell me something. Let me listen, not drown it out, not get freaked out by it, but listen to it, learn from it, and do better in the future.

They're part of what makes life worth living. But here's the thing. People shouldn't have only positive emotions. That's not healthy. It goes back to what you were saying before. We have adapted to the world. Negative emotions are adaptations. So if you think about this, I'll give you an example. Let's take fear. Fear is a negative emotion.

They're part of what makes life worth living. But here's the thing. People shouldn't have only positive emotions. That's not healthy. It goes back to what you were saying before. We have adapted to the world. Negative emotions are adaptations. So if you think about this, I'll give you an example. Let's take fear. Fear is a negative emotion.

They're part of what makes life worth living. But here's the thing. People shouldn't have only positive emotions. That's not healthy. It goes back to what you were saying before. We have adapted to the world. Negative emotions are adaptations. So if you think about this, I'll give you an example. Let's take fear. Fear is a negative emotion.

They're part of what makes life worth living. But here's the thing. People shouldn't have only positive emotions. That's not healthy. It goes back to what you were saying before. We have adapted to the world. Negative emotions are adaptations. So if you think about this, I'll give you an example. Let's take fear. Fear is a negative emotion.

They're part of what makes life worth living. But here's the thing. People shouldn't have only positive emotions. That's not healthy. It goes back to what you were saying before. We have adapted to the world. Negative emotions are adaptations. So if you think about this, I'll give you an example. Let's take fear. Fear is a negative emotion.

Do I want to go, if somebody knocks on my office door, some weird person knocks on my office door and says, hey, Dan, I'll give you an operation. We're going to open up your head, but it's going to be completely no pain. We're going to seal it back up perfectly. And what we're going to do is we're going to do a little tweak in your brain to ensure that you never experience fear again in your life.

Do I want to go, if somebody knocks on my office door, some weird person knocks on my office door and says, hey, Dan, I'll give you an operation. We're going to open up your head, but it's going to be completely no pain. We're going to seal it back up perfectly. And what we're going to do is we're going to do a little tweak in your brain to ensure that you never experience fear again in your life.

Do I want to go, if somebody knocks on my office door, some weird person knocks on my office door and says, hey, Dan, I'll give you an operation. We're going to open up your head, but it's going to be completely no pain. We're going to seal it back up perfectly. And what we're going to do is we're going to do a little tweak in your brain to ensure that you never experience fear again in your life.

Do I want to go, if somebody knocks on my office door, some weird person knocks on my office door and says, hey, Dan, I'll give you an operation. We're going to open up your head, but it's going to be completely no pain. We're going to seal it back up perfectly. And what we're going to do is we're going to do a little tweak in your brain to ensure that you never experience fear again in your life.

Do I want to go, if somebody knocks on my office door, some weird person knocks on my office door and says, hey, Dan, I'll give you an operation. We're going to open up your head, but it's going to be completely no pain. We're going to seal it back up perfectly. And what we're going to do is we're going to do a little tweak in your brain to ensure that you never experience fear again in your life.

Do I want that operation?

Do I want that operation?