Category: Daniel Pink

The Big Little Word: Living Life Using the ‘If … Then’ Method

If. Now there’s a trim welterweight of a word that can put you on the canvas with a single punch, or let you step from the ring with your hands raised in triumph. “I’ve always wished I stepped off that train,” says Bruce in Daniel Pink’s book “The Power of Regret.” Bruce is remembering his…


Forgiving Your Misdeeds

“Non, rien de rien Non, je ne regrette rien” Those lines to Edith Piaf’s 1960 hit song—”No, nothing at all/No, I regret nothing”—became her trademark. Many other musicians later offered their own renditions of “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,” and the song has appeared in many movies and commercials. But here’s the quandary: Can anyone…


The Gift of Gab

Some people have a talent for talk. My friend John can strike up a conversation with just about anyone. The ladies who work at the country market near my house, a woman who operates an ice-cream stand in town, a teen in the coffee shop interested in politics: All have fallen under John’s spell of…