"When the reward is the activity itself--deepening learning, delighting customers, doing one's best--there are no shortcuts."

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Source : Daniel H. Pink (2011). “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us”, p.49, Penguin

Daniel H. Pink

#Rewards Quotes #Shortcuts Quotes

“To be without health insurance in this country means to be without access to medical care. But health is not a luxury, nor should it be the sole possession of a privileged few. We are all created b'tzelem elohim - in the image of God - and this makes each human life as precious as the next. By 'pricing out' a portion of this country's population from health care coverage, we mock the image of God and destroy the vessels of God's work.”
“We didn't really swallow much of the Jesus thing, but we got the vocab.”
“We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.”
“It is, I guess, politically correct, widely believed, that to say that American health care is the best in the world. It's not.”

Source : Interview with Maggie Mahar, www.pbs.org. August 28, 2009.
“What you feel is wrong or missing in your relationships is an indication that something is amiss within you.”
“I am very much aware that if I am getting good press at the moment I could just as easily be getting bad press. I cannot have the good and forget the bad. You have to accept it both ways.”
“I feel non-stop Brit shame!”
“Most of the network related programming in games has to do with providing a good interactive experience when playing over the internet. This matter is very different from serving web pages. The primary concern there is to handle connection latency, latency fluctuations, packet loss and bandwidth limitations, and pretty much hide all of that from the player's experience.”

Source : "ID Software Developer Timothee Besset on Network Performance in Games". Network Performance Daily, January 29, 2007.

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