Daniel Pink

So for the business people in your audience, Andy Grove, the former CEO of Intel, had a brilliant technique where he said when he was stuck on a business decision as an executive, he would say, okay, if I were replaced tomorrow, what would my successor do? And he always knew.

So for the business people in your audience, Andy Grove, the former CEO of Intel, had a brilliant technique where he said when he was stuck on a business decision as an executive, he would say, okay, if I were replaced tomorrow, what would my successor do? And he always knew.

So for the business people in your audience, Andy Grove, the former CEO of Intel, had a brilliant technique where he said when he was stuck on a business decision as an executive, he would say, okay, if I were replaced tomorrow, what would my successor do? And he always knew.

And I really think that's it. Now, we can bring those techniques to bear on our own problems, but we have to be deliberate and intentional about that by doing these kinds of sort of like Jedi mind tricks to self-distance. Again, talking to yourself in the third person, even that thing that I suggested before about talking to yourself 10 years from now, that's a form of self-distancing.

And I really think that's it. Now, we can bring those techniques to bear on our own problems, but we have to be deliberate and intentional about that by doing these kinds of sort of like Jedi mind tricks to self-distance. Again, talking to yourself in the third person, even that thing that I suggested before about talking to yourself 10 years from now, that's a form of self-distancing.

And I really think that's it. Now, we can bring those techniques to bear on our own problems, but we have to be deliberate and intentional about that by doing these kinds of sort of like Jedi mind tricks to self-distance. Again, talking to yourself in the third person, even that thing that I suggested before about talking to yourself 10 years from now, that's a form of self-distancing.

And I really think that's it. Now, we can bring those techniques to bear on our own problems, but we have to be deliberate and intentional about that by doing these kinds of sort of like Jedi mind tricks to self-distance. Again, talking to yourself in the third person, even that thing that I suggested before about talking to yourself 10 years from now, that's a form of self-distancing.

And I really think that's it. Now, we can bring those techniques to bear on our own problems, but we have to be deliberate and intentional about that by doing these kinds of sort of like Jedi mind tricks to self-distance. Again, talking to yourself in the third person, even that thing that I suggested before about talking to yourself 10 years from now, that's a form of self-distancing.

So again, so if we reframe inward, express outward, and then move forward by self-distancing, we begin to sort of develop that as a habit. And then instead of trying to bat away this negative emotion or getting brought down by it, we basically hop on it like a surfboard and ride it into better health, higher productivity, more meaning in life, and more effectiveness, especially at work.

So again, so if we reframe inward, express outward, and then move forward by self-distancing, we begin to sort of develop that as a habit. And then instead of trying to bat away this negative emotion or getting brought down by it, we basically hop on it like a surfboard and ride it into better health, higher productivity, more meaning in life, and more effectiveness, especially at work.

So again, so if we reframe inward, express outward, and then move forward by self-distancing, we begin to sort of develop that as a habit. And then instead of trying to bat away this negative emotion or getting brought down by it, we basically hop on it like a surfboard and ride it into better health, higher productivity, more meaning in life, and more effectiveness, especially at work.

So again, so if we reframe inward, express outward, and then move forward by self-distancing, we begin to sort of develop that as a habit. And then instead of trying to bat away this negative emotion or getting brought down by it, we basically hop on it like a surfboard and ride it into better health, higher productivity, more meaning in life, and more effectiveness, especially at work.

So again, so if we reframe inward, express outward, and then move forward by self-distancing, we begin to sort of develop that as a habit. And then instead of trying to bat away this negative emotion or getting brought down by it, we basically hop on it like a surfboard and ride it into better health, higher productivity, more meaning in life, and more effectiveness, especially at work.

And again, truly two takeaways from this for your listeners. One, Ask them out too. If you're stuck on a decision, ask yourself, what would I tell my best friend to do? And then do that.

And again, truly two takeaways from this for your listeners. One, Ask them out too. If you're stuck on a decision, ask yourself, what would I tell my best friend to do? And then do that.

And again, truly two takeaways from this for your listeners. One, Ask them out too. If you're stuck on a decision, ask yourself, what would I tell my best friend to do? And then do that.

And again, truly two takeaways from this for your listeners. One, Ask them out too. If you're stuck on a decision, ask yourself, what would I tell my best friend to do? And then do that.

And again, truly two takeaways from this for your listeners. One, Ask them out too. If you're stuck on a decision, ask yourself, what would I tell my best friend to do? And then do that.

we're too caught up in the details of our life. At some level, we know too much, and that blinds us from the big picture. It's like trying to understand, okay, I want to study the ocean, and what I'm going to do is I'm going to scuba dive to try to understand the ocean. It's like, well, now I'm immersed in everything. If you really want to understand, what does the ocean look like?

we're too caught up in the details of our life. At some level, we know too much, and that blinds us from the big picture. It's like trying to understand, okay, I want to study the ocean, and what I'm going to do is I'm going to scuba dive to try to understand the ocean. It's like, well, now I'm immersed in everything. If you really want to understand, what does the ocean look like?