Daniel H. Pink Quotes

I have to have a creative role; otherwise, I simply wouldn't come into work.

I never do anything for money; I get paid a lot of money as a by-product.

I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.

It's not always about the money.

Money and salary is not a particularly good motivator in the long term.

Best way to measure your passion is simply asking would you do it for free? If money is your motivation, then it's not really your passion.

I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.

Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.

Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building stuff that they're proud of.

I can see my work as a job. I do it for money. I likely already look forward to the weekend on Thursdays. And I probably will need a hobby as a leveling mechanism. In a career, I'm definitely more engaged. But at the same time, there will be periods when I think, 'Is all that really hard work really worth my while?'

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.

You try to get the most out of the talent. Make 'em work and let 'em play.

Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.

I always want to work.

The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.

Behavior used to be reinforced by great deprivation; if people weren't hungry, they wouldn't work. Now we are committed to feeding people whether they work or not. Nor is money as great a reinforcer as it once was. People no longer work for punitive reasons, yet our culture offers no new satisfactions.

I have never been motivated by money.

Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the body and influence the mind, but it cannot touch the heart or move the spirit; that is reserved for belief, principle, and morality.

You have to be engaged, or else you're not going to want to show up and go to work.

Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.

How do you make people do the best work? You make them feel comfortable, so you can feel comfortable - and then you can have a really good ballgame!

I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.

Work to me has become kind of a hobby. I was a part of something that gave me financial independence and the rent is paid. Now it's just about projects that turn me on.

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.