Cranston and Daniel Pink of Drive fame both recommend finding meaning in your work.

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Fortunately, Daniel Pink has provided me with some clues to this mystery in his new book, To Sell is Human.

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My apologies, in advance, to Daniel Pink whom I deeply admire, and to Malcolm Gladwell and many researchers yet I have a different take, in part, on how we are motivated.

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