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5 Tips for Becoming Fearless After 50

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 05.10.2012

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How can we ignore the noise from the media about how "younger is better" and stay on course? How can we stop fearing (and fighting) the aging process and learn to embrace it?

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Pursue Passion: Demand Google 20% Time at School

Katherine von Jan | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Google, Public Schools, Daniel Pink, 20% Time, College, No Child Left Behind, Rad, 20-Percent Time, Innovation, Rhode Island, Genius, Awesome, Colorado, Radmatter, Education News

Rather than scripting our K-12 experience, and expecting miracles when we get to college that we'll suddenly have clarity about our interests, we have to start asking students what turns them on earlier.

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The Future Of Education.. 100 Years Ago

Daniel Pink | Daniel Pink | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Daniel Pink, 100 Years, Education, Future of Education, Teaching Children, Education Future, Teaching, Maria Popova, Education News

The intrepid Maria Popova -- BTW, if you're not subscribing to her newsletter or following her on Twitter, you should -- points to a really interestin...

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Afraid Of Aging? 5 Ways To Fight The Fear

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Daniel Pink, Aging, Women Over 50, Fear of Aging, Baby Boomers, Aging Fears, Women Aging, Boomers, Age Acceptance, Healthy Living News

It isn't always easy getting older. But this is not the time to simply give up, give in and hide away in fear. On the contrary, this is probably the most important time for you to rise up and stare those fears down.

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Bestselling Author Speaks Out About America's 'Comply or Defy' School System

Shawna Vercher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Though the New York Times bestseller is catalogued in the Business genre, the Motivational 3.0 theories he outlines in Drive could play a key role in reforming education.

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Seeing God As The Ultimate Center Of Creativity

Jeffrey Small | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creativity, Daniel Pink, Education, Art, Sir Ken Robinson, Writing, Thomas Edison, Failure, Evolution, God, Learning, Creative Minds, Creative People, Creation, Religion News

Creativity is one of the characteristics of the universe. The evolution of the cosmos is characterized by a movement toward life, toward diversity, and toward consciousness.

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How the Unskilled Will Inherit the Economy

Alicia Morga | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daniel Pink, Crowdsourcing, Youtube, Unskilled Workers, Justin Timberlake, Markus Strohmaier, Mechanical Turk, Crowdflower, Justin Bieber, Acrostic, Parc, Technology News

In the labor market most make the distinction between skilled and unskilled workers. But these terms take on different meanings in the technology job market. What is skilled?

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Creating Purpose

Jen Grisanti | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daniel Pink, Stealing Fire From the Gods, Purpose, Drive, Writing, Creating Change, James Bonnet, Jen Grisanti, Los Angeles News

A word that comes to mind in the New Year is purpose. Many people no longer make New Year's resolutions because they know that resolutions often fall ...

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Is It Really All About the Benjamins?

Sam Chaltain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daniel Pink, Test Scores, Education, Arne Duncan, Pay for Performance, Teachers Union, Education Reform, Teachers, Politics News

The best learning environment for kids is an environment where highly-qualified adults work collaboratively. We need to incentivize cooperation, not competition, among our educators.

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New Research Shows Merit Pay for Teachers a Poor Idea

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daniel Pink, Education, Education Reform, Teachers, Economic Policy Institute, Merit Pay, Politics News

Teachers need to be given more respect, more autonomy, better overall pay, supplies, and more classroom support to master their teaching skills. Merit pay doesn't work for the workplace and is a terrible idea for schools.

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No Quick Fix Self-Help Books This Year

USA Today | Deirdre Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

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Perhaps because of Benjamin Franklin and his "Poor Richard" aphorisms, many Americans believe they are one self-help book away from perfection. Mix t...

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Daniel Pink On His New Book, 'Drive,' And What Motivates People

TIME | Kristi Oloffson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Motivating people by dangling money in front of them doesn't always work. Nor do a host of other traditional business incentives. Instead, argues Dani...

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The Future of Publishing: 10 Predictions Plus 2

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daniel Pink, New Decade, New Year, Books, Nostradamus, On the Road, J.G. Ballard, Publishing, Predictions, Rodeo Clowns, Vampire Novels, New Year New You, Antichrist, Comedy of Errors, Wally Lamb, Satanic Bible, Audrey Niffenegger, John Grisham, End of Days, Armageddon, One City One Book, Scott Turow, Twitter, Her Fearful Symmetry, St. Paul, Twin Cities, Oprah, Dickie, Shakespeare, Book Publishing, Bestsellers, Ebooks, Books News

I had hoped to be out in front of the pack with some pithy prophecies of my own, but the holidays got in the way. Turns out the only thing I'm better at than prognostication is procrastination.

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Games For Change

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Daniel Pink, UN Food Force, Virtual Reality Medical Center, Nintendo Game Boy, Obama, New Radicals, Suzanne Seggerman, Whole New Mind, Games for Change, Julia Moulden, Careers, Hidden Agenda, Central American Politics, Video Games, Un, Glucoboy, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News

Inspiration doesn't only come when we step away from our normal routine, yet often this is the case. Suzanne Seggerman had been a documentary filmmake...

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