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  • Drive – Self-directedness, Mastery and Purpose

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    I’ve just reached Daniel’s Pink book Drive toolkit, more like a catalyst to fuel our own drives. To wrap up the idea of the book, I can’t imagine a better way than relating it with my own context. I was thinking of my drive to exercise, for example. For many years, I’ve been exercising, on…

  • Drive – From Pawns to Players

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    Funny thing is never have I been so motivated to exercise! As I press the next page button on Kindle (thanks, my dear friend Dennis) and keep moving my feet on the ellyptical, my eyes are glued to the many concepts and theories in Daniel Pink’s Drive. I’m in the part he explore in more…

  • Still on Drive

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    Daniel Pink states “Greatness and nearsightedeness are incompatible”. He was making a point that in many cases, a carrots and sticks system leads to a short-sighted view of the world. People start focusing more on the rewards than in a broader sense of reality. You are into that addictive cycle of getting something back than…

  • Our Drives

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    I´ve just started reading Daniel Pink´s latest book, now better than ever with the wonderful little gadget my dear friend Dennis Oliver gave me. During my 45-minute workout I can easily flip pages in my Kindle. Never has it been so pleasant to exercise in two such good companies, the book and my new digital…

  • Empathizers, Educators

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    I must confess that I tend to go against the new buzz, trendy book, film, fashion. Seems even a bit paradoxical as I work with Ed Tech and am always tuned to the latest developments in my professional area. However, I try to give books, films some time after the excitement of their release to…