Comments on: Exclusive Interview: Daniel Pink’s Advice for Jumpstarting a Meaningful Post-Grad Life

By: philip

philip — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:26:08 +0000

Yes…persistence trumps talent. In the absence of talent persistence may not trump talent. When Steve Young was asked about what contributed to his MVP award, his response was that he was at every practice, meeting, and game. Ahh…talent and persistence.
On a separate note: I think that Daniel Pink would agree with an unfortunately emerging fact about our quest to earn money (sad but stated with truth)… It’s more about who you know than what you know. (social networking anyone?)
“Left brain Right brain one two three”… you, you, and you must go back to the line. – thought that up with my creative Right brain.

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By: Study Hacks

Study Hacks — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:06:50 +0000

@Chris:

I too enjoyed the fundamental/instrumental terminology. The notion that a fundamental interest is more likely to generate the innovation (to use ZV terms) than a instrumental interest, and that neither type is probably going to play out how you planned, makes the focus on the former a logical necessity.

By: Chris Yeh

Chris Yeh — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:41:53 +0000

Love the advice on fundamental versus instrumental. We needed a better way to describe the madness of those who shape their college careers based on what will get them into med school or law school, rather than figuring out what they actually like to do.

By: Michael | University Scholar

Michael | University Scholar — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:17:13 +0000

I loved that preview video!