Daniel Pink

Yeah, sometimes it hurts.

Yeah, sometimes it hurts.

So, I mean, I had another book that came out before that called To Sell is Human. And that was basically about the science of selling because I was interested in that. And then after that, I said, I'll just give you the genesis of the book when, and it was again, like the genesis of the other stuff. It's just something that I was curious about.

So, I mean, I had another book that came out before that called To Sell is Human. And that was basically about the science of selling because I was interested in that. And then after that, I said, I'll just give you the genesis of the book when, and it was again, like the genesis of the other stuff. It's just something that I was curious about.

I realized in writing before I wrote that book that I was making all kinds of decisions about timing in a given day. Like when do I start my work? When do I quit for the day? When do I start a project? What do I do in the middle of a project when I'm not sure it's going to work? Do I quit? Do I go forward? How do I summon the motivation to do something when I'm in that messy middle, as you say?

I realized in writing before I wrote that book that I was making all kinds of decisions about timing in a given day. Like when do I start my work? When do I quit for the day? When do I start a project? What do I do in the middle of a project when I'm not sure it's going to work? Do I quit? Do I go forward? How do I summon the motivation to do something when I'm in that messy middle, as you say?

So I was making all these questions about timing and I was doing it in a completely blind, intuitive, half-assed way. And I said, someone's written a book about this. And so I started looking around for the book and no one had written a book about it. And I was like, oh man, you know what? I need to read this book. And the only way I can read this book is if I write this book.

So I was making all these questions about timing and I was doing it in a completely blind, intuitive, half-assed way. And I said, someone's written a book about this. And so I started looking around for the book and no one had written a book about it. And I was like, oh man, you know what? I need to read this book. And the only way I can read this book is if I write this book.

And so what I did is I looked at a very large number of studies on timing, asking these timing questions. And the thing about these timing questions is that they were spread across many, many, many disciplines. They were in psychology, they were in economics, but they were also in neuroscience, they were in anesthesiology, but they were also often asking very similar questions.

And so what I did is I looked at a very large number of studies on timing, asking these timing questions. And the thing about these timing questions is that they were spread across many, many, many disciplines. They were in psychology, they were in economics, but they were also in neuroscience, they were in anesthesiology, but they were also often asking very similar questions.

How does our behavior and our mood change over the course of a day? How do breaks affect us? How do beginnings affect us? How do midpoints affect us? How do endings affect us? How do people synchronize? And so I wrote that book largely so I could read it because I was interested in it. So on your question of midpoints, yeah, I mean, one of the things is, is that Our lives are episodic in a way.

How does our behavior and our mood change over the course of a day? How do breaks affect us? How do beginnings affect us? How do midpoints affect us? How do endings affect us? How do people synchronize? And so I wrote that book largely so I could read it because I was interested in it. So on your question of midpoints, yeah, I mean, one of the things is, is that Our lives are episodic in a way.

So much of what we do has a beginning, a middle, and an end. This interview has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Any kind of project has a beginning, a middle, and an end. And those episodic moments change us in a way. And so for midpoints, Midpoints can drag us down. There's no question about it. There can be kind of a droop at the midpoint.

So much of what we do has a beginning, a middle, and an end. This interview has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Any kind of project has a beginning, a middle, and an end. And those episodic moments change us in a way. And so for midpoints, Midpoints can drag us down. There's no question about it. There can be kind of a droop at the midpoint.

We saw that until recently, sort of a U-shaped curve of well-being over time where people in the middle of their lives were the most unhappy. Some of that data has changed recently, not because people in the middle have gotten happier, but because people who are younger have gotten way less happy recently.

We saw that until recently, sort of a U-shaped curve of well-being over time where people in the middle of their lives were the most unhappy. Some of that data has changed recently, not because people in the middle have gotten happier, but because people who are younger have gotten way less happy recently.

No, I mean it.

No, I mean it.

So instead of it looking like a U, it looks like just a decline. Everybody's unhappy until you get old. Let me answer the question you actually asked, which is, what do you do at midpoint? So there are a few things that you can do. I think there's some pretty good research showing that the way you frame it can be really important. And I use this sometimes for running.

So instead of it looking like a U, it looks like just a decline. Everybody's unhappy until you get old. Let me answer the question you actually asked, which is, what do you do at midpoint? So there are a few things that you can do. I think there's some pretty good research showing that the way you frame it can be really important. And I use this sometimes for running.