Daniel H. Pink is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including his latest, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward. His other books include the New York Times bestsellers When and A Whole New Mind — as well as the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. Dan’s books have won multiple awards, have been translated into 46 languages, and have sold millions of copies around the world. He lives in Washington, DC, with his family.

Daniel Pink

You don’t build a great company by hiring “professional managers.” You build it by growing great contributors into leaders.
The best managers aren’t chasing the title, they’d rather keep building. But they step up because no one else can do it as well as they can.
Great leadership is earned in the trenches, not in the boardroom.

#1 New York Times bestselling author of 7 books.

After 30 years studying business and human behavior, here’s the uncomfortable truth:

Some of the most popular advice doesn’t help you.

It holds you back.

You can’t be anything, but you can become something meaningful.

Do great work, follow what challenges you, and let skill lead.

You learn more in one month of doing something than in three months of thinking about doing something.

After 30 years studying human development, here’s the most underrated skill:
Design your environment, or it will design you.
You don’t need more discipline. You need fewer obstacles. Make the right thing easy, the wrong thing hard, and behavior changes on autopilot.

Here’s your reminder to spend your time intentionally.

How much time left

"Follow your passion" is a fast track to going broke, and "You can be anything" is a lie. 

After 61 years, here are the 5 pieces of popular advice I’ve learned to ignore.

Your need to be right is costing you.

We often confuse "intelligence" with the ability to win a debate. But in the real world, stubbornness isn’t a strength. It’s a liability.

Intellectual Humility

After 30 years of creative work, here’s what actually works:
Protect your best thinking time. Start before you feel ready. Step away so ideas can catch up.
Creativity isn’t talent. It’s timing, momentum, and recovery.

Here’s a question most career advice ignores: who did you marry?
Research shows your partner’s discipline and dependability quietly shape your success by reducing mental load and creating a stable base to perform from.
Choose wisely, and just as important, be that person because who you love can shape how far you go. Inspired by @profgalloway

You just have to unlearn what dimmed your creativity.

Solving all your problems won’t make you happier. Your brain just finds new ones.

We’re wired for challenge, not comfort. Do something hard, then come back and notice how different your ordinary life feels.

Shouts to Michael Easter!

Citation: Levari, D. E., Gilbert, D. T., Wilson, T. D., Sievers, B., Amodio, D. M., & Wheatley, T. (2018). Prevalence-induced concept change in human judgment. Science, 360(6396), 1465–1467. https://lnkd.in/gXyap59X

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Blue Barn Wealth

Registered Investment Advisor

Alpine School District

Marketing and Business Instructor, Financial Literacy, DECA club advisor, Internship & Work Based Learning Coordinator, Alpine School District CTE Program Area Specialist

Teacher & Work Based Learning Coordinator

Alpine School District - Career and Technical Education

Alpine School District is the largest school district in the state of Utah.  There are over 20,000 students in career and technical education courses in Alpine School District.   I have worked with Business, Information Technology, Marketing, and Work Based Learning areas.  My current assignment is to support the Business and Marketing CTE program areas.

CTE District Business & Marketing Program Area Specialist

Mountain View High School

DECA advisor

Utah DECA - Collegiate DECA

Assistant

University of Delaware

Master's in Economic & Entrepreneurship Education 

Alpine Education Association

Building Rep and then AEA Board Member 
Participated on a UEA Quality Teaching Committee

Former Board Member

Nauvoo Family Inn and Suites

I assisted with the conception, development, and implementation of the Marketing strategies and plans, for the Nauvoo Family Inn and Suites.  We saw dramatic growth in reservations, sales, family reunions, group travel, food and beverage, wedding, and gift store revenues via the implementation of creative Marketing concepts.

Marketing Consultant

Collegiate DECA

Collegiate DECA National President  
Elected to be a member of a group of 5 elite student leaders that were liaisons for 15,000+ collegiate members and the organization's international headquarters in Reston, Virginia, outside of Washington, DC. We represented the student membership in working with universities, Fortune 500 companies who provide sponsorships and employment opportunities, and congressional leaders who may make decisions that affect secondary and post secondary educational programs. I worked on Chapter Development, Membership, and Recruitment.

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Collegiate DECA National President

Sales Office Manager - Do daily sales meetings, go over spiffs, policies, train, and motivate sales staff of seven.  Follow up with operations to make sure that sales - new clients - received quality and timely service. Added enough customers to the office for a new sales route and additional service person and vehicle - as well as filled up the other six routes.

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I’m going to show you how to retire early (or with more) as an educator.

Because today, you’re wondering…

“How much longer do I have to do this?”

Most teachers, principals, and administrators believe they have to wait.

Wait until they hit the “magic number.”
Wait until their pension is fully vested.
Wait until some distant future where retirement might be an option.

And districts? They don’t make it easy.

Districts may split 
The rules keep changing - early retirement stipends may or may not be there
The paperwork is a nightmare.
And even the so-called “retirement counselors” don’t have clear answers.

For 27 years, I stood where you are.

I watched colleagues assume they had to work another decade—because that’s what the system told them.

But one day, I uncovered something.

A legal, ethical strategy that allows educators to “buy years” from their pension, optimize their 401(k) and HSA…to ultimately accelerate their retirement timeline or just retire with more.

So I used it. And the result?

I retired early by buying years of pension service from the URS.
On my terms.
With full financial security.

Let me introduce you to the EducatorExit™. A proven method designed specifically for educators to unlock their wealth, accelerate their retirement timeline, and finally answer the burning question:

“Can I really retire early?”

The answer? Yes.

But only if you take the first step.

I’ll walk you through the exact strategy—no jargon, no fluff, just real answers.

Because you’ve spent years shaping the future for others.

Now it’s time to shape yours.

Message me to find out how soon you could actually retire or simply retire with more.
Unsure about medical insurance if you retire before medicare coverage.  
Stuck in high fee 403(b) - Let's chat.
I work with Blue Barn Wealth - some UVU Financial Planning Professors - to assist public employees with your Retirement and Financial Planning.  Let us help you Enrich your Life!

I taught Entrepreneurship for over 20 years and I have a lot of former students growing their businesses.  I adjusted my teaching to include cap tables and venture capital term sheets after some former students came back and said they wished they had known more about raising investment capital.   Former students have exited their businesses and stayed local, some are in Costa Rica, others in Puerto Rico.  I have learned about taxes and exiting Businesses and want to assist you if you are in that position.

Let us help you turn stress into strategy.  Have a plan and piece of mind.

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