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

90% of your productivity comes down to just 3 things:

1. Energy.
You can’t manage time if you don’t manage energy.
Sleep, movement, and breaks. That’s your real fuel.
Run out of energy, and no system or app can save you.

2. Focus.
Distraction is the enemy.
Every notification is a tax on your brain.
The best performers protect their attention like it’s gold… because it is.

3. Priorities.
Most of what we do doesn’t matter.
The key is knowing the few things that do and doing those first.
Everything else is noise.

Master these 3 and the rest takes care of itself.

#1 New York Times bestselling author of 7 books.

The most important thing isn’t “how” we are living, it’s “why”.

I’m 61.
Don’t work with jerks — no matter how talented they are. They tax your energy, slow your growth, and quietly ruin the work.

Your 20s and 30s aren’t about having it all figured out. They’re about building the habits, systems, and courage that future you will thank you for.

I'm 61

Is there a best time for everything?
Science says yes.

When to schedule a doctor’s appointment
Research shows 3:00 PM is the Bermuda Triangle of healthcare.
In the afternoon:
-Anesthesia errors are 4× more likely
-Doctors detect fewer cancers
-Handwashing and vaccine recommendation rates drop
Morning = maximum alertness.
Afternoon = avoid for anything serious.

When to drink coffee
Don’t drink coffee right after waking.
Wait 60–90 minutes.
Your cortisol (natural alertness hormone) is already high when you wake up.
Caffeine too early can actually make you more tired later.

When to shower
The best time depends on your goal.
Night → better sleep
Warm water → body cools afterward → signals rest.
Morning → better focus
Cooler water → wakes your nervous system.
Either works. Consistency matters most.

When to exercise
Morning
-Discipline
-Up to 20% more fat burned
-Easier habit formation

Afternoon
-Better performance
-Warmer muscles
-Stronger lungs
-Fewer injuries
Same workout. Different results.

When to nap
Best window: 2–3 PM
Ideal length: 10–20 minutes
Longer naps = groggy brain.
Pro move: a nappuccino ☕
Coffee → 20-minute nap → wake as caffeine kicks in.

When to start fresh
Use a Fresh Start Date.
Psychologists call this the Fresh Start Effect.
New Year’s Day.
Birthdays.
Mondays.
Your brain loves clean slates.

People say “timing is everything.”
They’re wrong.
Everything is timing.
Learn to use it, and time becomes your unfair advantage.

Full video breakdown:
https://lnkd.in/gN-jRwYa

This will help you keep momentum in the New Year.

Dr. Sarah Porter

Design and deliver highly engaging and accessible virtual and in-person trainings and keynotes to corporate clients with a focus on positive psychology practices that benefit organizations and individuals alike. Recent topics have included fostering resilience, increasing psychological safety, cultivating a growth mindset, giving and receiving effective feedback, managing stress, saying no, navigating workplace relationships, and tackling public speaking anxiety.

Consult with organizations on program design and implementation as well as policies/processes that contribute to healthy workplace culture.

Conduct in-depth research reviews to ensure that all deliverables are evidence-based and reflect current best practices.

Share knowledge about well-being via guest appearances on podcasts and interviews with other media outlets.

Speaker | Trainer | Consultant

Austin Community College

Teach Learning Framework: Effective Strategies for College Success (EDUC 1100, EDUC 1200, and EDUC 1300), a twenty-five person success course for first time in college (FTIC) students.

Utilize adult learning theory, universal design principles, human-centered design thinking, and cooperative learning best practices for heterogeneous classrooms to create curricula that is equity-minded, meets the needs of diverse learners, and encourages a sense of belonging.

Design and deliver courses in distance education and face-to-face modalities. For my asynchronous course, completed a rigorous review process, earning a perfect score and national Quality Matters (QM) distinction for implementing student accessibility and engagement best practices in an online learning environment.

Consistently receive overall teaching evaluation of "excellent" (highest possible) each semester, including a student satisfaction rating of 100%. Recognized as a Teaching & Learning Champion.

Adjunct Professor

Provided academic counseling and case management to 250+ academically disadvantaged students each semester. Helped students identify barriers to achievement, clarify career goals and values, develop strengths-based success strategies, and navigate college support resources. Refined Academic Standards of Progress process to increase student retention and better attend to equity.

Authored a Student Persistence Toolkit composed of four evidence-based positive psychology modules that enhance student engagement and completion. Conducted collegewide training with a focus on how to implement a behavioral nudge campaign and infuse academic guidance work with best practices from hope theory, gratitude, self-compassion, and self-care literature.

Facilitated 60+ student success, career development, and transfer planning workshops on topics ranging from how to thrive in an online learning environment to how to effectively manage stress.

Provided individual counseling and crisis intervention to students with mental health and career concerns. Conducted risk (SAFE-T, SIVRA-35) and vocational (FOCUS2, MBTI, Strong Interest Inventory) assessments. For five years, served as psychological consultant to a cross-functional behavioral intervention team regarding how to appropriately respond to disruptive behaviors on campus.

Completed four terms as Faculty Senator. Appointed to multiple committees to develop equity-minded policies and processes that enhance student success and faculty engagement. Selected to co-create collegewide faculty values statement and lead stakeholder dialogue sessions. Chaired culture of continued growth committee that launched a large-scale faculty climate survey.

Designed, analyzed, and presented results of counselor expertise survey and needs assessment to Vice President of Student Affairs. Compiled counselor service reports, identified utilization trends, and shared insights with leadership each semester.

Mentored and trained six counselors.

Counselor | Professor

The University of Texas at Austin

As one of ten selected Austin Community College (ACC) faculty, participated in the Global Gender and Women's Studies Faculty Learning Community (FLC), a partnership among ACC International Programs, ACC Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, and the UT Austin Hemispheres program. Attended monthly programming and collaborative discussions on how to globalize community college courses.

Engaged in a curricular re-design project entitled "Contextualizing Growth Mindset and Grit" for use in both Student Affairs programming and Learning Framework courses. Created a facilitator guide and slide deck for faculty as well as discussion prompts, self-reflection exercises, and group activities for students to encourage critical thinking about the intersection of mindset and grit with gender and culture. 

Trained academic counseling faculty on how to bring an equity lens to discussions of growth mindset and grit when working with students.

Published a blog on ACC's Teaching & Learning Excellence Division website that summarized key takeaways from my FLC experience.

Visiting Scholar | Researcher

St.Edward's University

Provided individual and couples counseling, crisis intervention, and after-hours coverage to students. Frequently consulted with faculty and staff about student mental health concerns.

Directed doctoral-level practicum training program, including recruitment, selection, training, and supervision of up to four students per academic year.  

Oversaw outreach services offered by the center. Developed and delivered 50+ presentations per year. Co-coordinated a four member peer education team. 

Launched and managed Hilltopper HealthQuest online wellness program utilized by more than 42% of the undergraduate student body. Received the EDDIE award, one of the university's highest honors given for innovation and excellence in service delivery, for helming this initiative. 

Project managed the Women’s Health Initiative, including grant writing, development of online content, marketing, supervision of a peer educator, and design and delivery of programming focused on relationship violence, sexual assault, eating disorders, stress, depression, and anxiety. Successfully secured over $20,000.00 in grant funding from Mary Kay Ash Family Foundation and Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation. 

Served as interim College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) counselor, including drop-in hours, crisis intervention, outreach programming, and consultation; increased utilization of clinical services by 98% from previous year. Co-facilitated a support and psychoeducational group for migrant students. Wrote weekly e-newsletter for CAMP students. 

Developed campus-wide wellness plan and co-chaired Division of Student Affairs Committee on Comprehensive Campus Wellness. 

Participated in Merger Task Force, Integrated Residential Complex Committee, Health & Counseling Center Director Selection Committee, Orientation Advisory Board, Staff Development Committee, and University Programming Committee. Chaired Health & Counseling Center Psychologist Search Committee.

Training Director | Wellness & Outreach Services Program Director | Licensed Psychologist

Provided brief and long-term individual psychotherapy and couples counseling to diverse clientele at the Counseling and Mental Health Center. Completed up to six weekly intakes and carried a caseload of 50+ clients. 

Facilitated a semi-structured group for clients with anxiety disorders and supervised a doctoral-level clinical psychology practicum student co-leader. Co-facilitated a structured social anxiety group, a structured perfectionism group, and a process-oriented psychotherapy group for students age 23+. 

Supervised a doctoral-level clinical psychology practicum student's individual therapy caseload.

Acted as first responder during a weekly emergency services shift. Provided consultation to fellow members of a multidisciplinary crisis team. Participated in trauma response for campus events.

Performed telephone triage services for incoming clients to facilitate appropriate services.  

Conducted 16+ hours of outreach presentations each semester. Updated psychoeducational brochures to reflect current research and best practices. 

Served on the Diversity Task Force and Intern Selection Committee.

Counseling Specialist | Predoctoral Intern

UC Santa Barbara

Conducted quantitative research on women’s academic and career self-efficacy in mathematics/science as member of a five-person team under Tania Israel, PhD from 2002 to 2007. Drafted human subjects and conference proposals. Second author on a manuscript accepted for publication. 

Conducted quantitative research on differential status identity as member of a six-person team under Michael T. Brown, PhD from 2001 to 2006. Responsibilities included writing career-focused portion of a manuscript; sample site selection; and data collection, coding, and analysis.

Graduate Student Researcher

Co-led a drop-in women’s support group open to community members who identified as lesbian, bisexual, and/or questioning at the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. Explored issues related to sexual orientation, coming out, relationships, family, spirituality, and work/school.

Received Gavin Newsom Award for service to the LGBT community for launching and leading this group offering.

Group Leader

Provided career advising to undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni through drop-in and individual appointments at UCSB Career Services. Interpreted career assessments, including the Strong Interest Inventory and MBTI, in individual and group settings. 

Delivered quarterly workshops on career exploration and graduate school admissions. Gave semi-weekly outreach presentations to incoming students at summer orientation. 

Provided consultation to career counselors from nine agencies about working effectively with LGBT clients.

Practicum Career Counselor

Provided long-term individual counseling to adult clients from diverse backgrounds about issues including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, Axis II personality disorders, family problems, sexual identity concerns, and school/work concerns at the Ray E. Hosford Counseling Clinic.

Completed structured intake interviews. Managed client crises. Consulted with psychiatrist regarding psychopharmacological treatment options. 

Conducted vocational and cognitive batteries as well as integrated assessments.

Counselor

Provided direct supervision to three doctoral-level and two masters-level student counselors in individual and group settings using video review at the Ray E. Hosford Counseling Clinic.

Supervised up to twelve student counselors during weekly shift, including leading training on writing reports and following clinic policies and procedures. Collaborated with counselors and faculty supervisors to resolve client crises, including suicidality and abuse reporting.

Conducted phone and in-person intakes.  

Promoted clinic services through outreach to local agencies.

Clinic Supervisor

Planned and led fifteen-person discussion sections for Education 165: Introduction to Applied Psychology during Winter 2004 and Spring 2005 quarters. Helped students develop basic counseling skills via role-play and modeling. Guest lectured on graduate school pathways. 

Facilitated fifteen-person discussion sections in which students participated in values clarification exercises, skills assessments, and job skill role-plays for Education 164: Introduction to Career Planning during Winter 2003, Spring 2003, and Spring 2004 quarters. Provided feedback on résumés, professional correspondence, and personal reflection papers. Prepared and delivered three guest lectures for a forty-person class. Designed and wrote a manual for facilitating discussion sections for use by all future teaching assistants.

Planned and led six twenty-person sections for Women’s Studies 40: Introduction to the Humanities during Fall 2002 and Fall 2003 quarters. Increased students’ understanding of feminist theory through facilitated discussion and interactive exercises. Provided feedback on weekly assignments, two major papers, and two exams. Wrote test items.

Teaching Assistant

Provided brief individual counseling to students on a range of issues including anxiety, depression, disordered eating, sexual assault, and cultural/sexual identity concerns at UCSB Counseling & Psychological Services.

Conducted intake interviews and presented cases during weekly case assignment meetings. 

Served as process observer for two quarter-long undergraduate and graduate student therapy groups.

Practicum Counselor

Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County

Provided court-mandated and voluntary counseling to adults and adolescents at a community mental health agency specializing in domestic violence and anger management treatment.  

Led a men’s therapy group for nine domestic violence offenders. Conducted quarterly assessments of mandated clients’ progress.

Counseling Intern

Antioch University Santa Barbara

Developed and taught Feminist Theories of Psychology and Psychological Practice (Psychology 502), a masters-level course about feminist psychology and psychotherapy for students in the Clinical Psychology track.

Heald College

Provided comprehensive career services to 1200 students each year, including individual career development sessions, career assessment administration and interpretation, and job placement. Designed and facilitated a quarterly career planning workshop series for all graduating students.

Developed internships and full/part-time job openings through outreach to local businesses. Matched graduating students and alumni with positions. Achieved 90%+ placement rate within graduating students’ fields of study. 

Planned semi-annual job fairs, advisory board meetings, and an annual alumni reunion event. 

Hired, trained, and managed a four-person team. Promoted from Associate Director of Career Services during time with organization.

Director of Career Services

Provided organizational development management consulting services to Fortune 500 companies. 

As a member of a four-person consulting team, facilitated the redesign of a professional services organization, using change management best practices. Responsibilities included writing and maintaining work plans, leading team meetings, managing a two-person staff, giving client presentations, designing cross-cultural teaming materials, and writing and executing a communication plan. Also led business change implementation activities and wrote policies and procedures for a major health care client. 

Served as regional newsletter section editor and recruiting coordinator for Stanford University. 

Promoted from Staff Consultant during time with firm.

Senior Consultant

I help individuals and organizations thrive. Bringing together my subject matter expertise in human behavior and brain science, my passion for teaching, and my experience in the corporate and nonprofit sectors, I am the founder of a training and consulting practice focused on sharing science-backed strategies that increase effectiveness, engagement, and - above all - well-being. 

If you're looking for an energizing virtual keynote speaker, a dynamic trainer, or an experienced facilitator for your next work session, let's talk.

To give you a sense of how I can help, here are a few snapshots of recent projects:

📸 A Fortune 500 client was struggling with setting boundaries within their culture of "nice." Team members would default to saying yes, end up overstretched, and sometimes underdeliver. They brought me in to lead a series of trainings and work sessions to empower their teams to say no - to one another, to business partners, to customers - in a way that actually built trust in those relationships and led to big boosts in performance, innovation, and morale. 

📸 Like all of us, another client realized that their organization was experiencing collective burnout, especially as they adjusted to remote work, navigated the uncertainty and loss of the pandemic, and felt the weight of the myriad other stressors we face. They asked me to teach their team about resilience: how to not just bounce back from disappointment or failure, but bounce forward. Folks shared that they left my training with renewed hope and a personalized repertoire of skills they could put into practice immediately. 

📸 And just last month, a client reported that they had a leadership pipeline issue: Many candidates for management positions either lacked presentation skills or avoided applying altogether because of fears about public speaking. They had brought in another trainer to teach people how to create compelling slide decks, which was great but didn’t tackle the underlying problem: public speaking anxiety. I came in with evidence-based strategies that helped people feel more confident about their presentation skills and pursue high-visibility opportunities.

If any of these stories resonate with you, please reach out so that we can discuss how to solve your thorniest workplace skills challenges. You can also read more about my services at www.drsarahporter.com.

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