Eric Barker and Dan Pink discuss the science—and benefits—behind strong relationships.

“You have to be willing to do what you do in the service of readers, not in the service of yourself.”

The Next Big Idea Club’s nonfiction finalists for winter 2020 have arrived.

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“This question of ‘when’ is material to our performance and to our mood. It has huge implications.”

“If all you’re asking them to do is admire your work or validate you, you’re never going to get very far.”

“You’ve got all these people who want to do stuff . . . Your job as a leader is to make it easier for them, not to tell them to sit in line.”

“When people do stuff is as important as what people do or how they do it.”

“There’s research showing that time of day explains about 20% of the variance in how people perform on cognitive tasks. That’s a big deal.”

“Genuine ambiguity is much more useful than false certainty.”

“The question you should be asking is, ‘Can I do one small thing tomorrow to make things a little bit better?’ And the answer is almost always yes.”

“Analytics are part and parcel of virtually everything we do now.”