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Book · 2009 · Business

Drive

The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Daniel H. Pink · Brought up by 11 people on 9 podcasts

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There's large studies that are done by a man named Daniel Pink called Drive. I recommend that book to anyone that's interested.
Peter Joseph · The Joe Rogan Experience · Mar 2013 Listen at 26:00

Questions about Drive by Daniel H. Pink

Who recommends Drive by Daniel H. Pink on podcasts?

Ali Abdaal (1 episode), Andrew Huberman (1 episode), Andy Ramage (1 episode) and Peter Joseph (1 episode) have recommended Drive by Daniel H. Pink on podcasts. In all, 11 people brought it up across 9 podcasts (4 people recommended it).

Which podcasts mention Drive the most?

Invest Like the Best (4 episodes), ChooseFI (1 episode), Huberman Lab (1 episode), On Purpose with Jay Shetty (1 episode) and The Daily Stoic (1 episode), among 9 podcasts in all.

Is Drive recommended, or only discussed?

Drive by Daniel H. Pink was recommended in 4 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 8 episodes, as of 2024-05-06.

What do people say about Drive?

Peter Joseph on The Joe Rogan Experience (2013-03-18): "There's large studies that are done by a man named Daniel Pink called Drive. I recommend that book to anyone that's interested."

When was Drive last mentioned on a podcast?

Drive by Daniel H. Pink was last recommended on The Rich Roll Podcast by Andy Ramage on 2024-05-06.

What they say about it

Grouped from 12 episodes
  • Discusses employee motivation concepts“what motivates employees”
    2
  • Praises the book“it's so good”
    2

The best things said about it

5 of 13 · every mention
Recommended
Drive by Dan Pink, and I'm like, oh, it's so good! This stuff is so good!
Ali Abdaal The Daily Stoic · Mar 2024
Discussed
The Daniel Pink Drive framework for thinking about professional motivation.
Jess Lee Invest Like the Best · Jul 2022
Discussed
Daniel Pink's book which outlines basically what motivates employees and you go they're motivated by mastery autonomy purpose.
David Heinemeier Hansson This Week in Startups · Feb 2020
Discussed
Daniel Pink, you know, synthesize a lot of really good literature in his book Drive, which I think holds considerable merit in some instances.
Brent Beshore Invest Like the Best · Mar 2017
Discussed
We want people to feel autonomy, to get mastery purpose. It's all the stuff that Daniel Pink put in Drive.
Brent Beshore Invest Like the Best · Jan 2017

Where and when it comes up

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Podcast episodes that discussed Drive, by year. One episode counts once, however often the book came up.

How it comes up

Recommended means the speaker tells listeners to read it.

Episodes, each counted once, by the strongest way it came up.

Most episodes, by podcast

9 shows

11 people who brought it up

Most recommendations first

Why people recommend it

Drive by Daniel H. Pink is a popular psychology and management book that explores the science of human motivation, arguing that traditional reward systems are outdated and that true engagement stems from autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Andy Ramage recommended the book on The Rich Roll Podcast while discussing intrinsic motivation and historical psychological research with primates. Ali Abdaal discussed the book on The Daily Stoic, describing how much it resonated with his views on productivity and how it initially influenced his early writing and creative process. Peter Joseph recommended the book on The Joe Rogan Experience to support the argument that external monetary incentives can stifle creativity. Andrew Huberman mentioned a similarly titled podcast during an episode outro. In other discussions, Jess Lee referenced the Daniel Pink framework to talk about designing professional motivation and supporting employee autonomy within companies. Steven Bartlett mentioned the book as the gateway content that introduced him to the author's work, including his popular TED talk, while Jay Shetty noted that Drive was the very first book he read by Pink before diving into his broader bibliography on human behavior and professional achievement.

Every mention

13 quotes from 12 episodes · 2 passing or ad reads below
Ali Abdaal Then I would read, like, I don’t know, one of your newsletter or one of your books or like 'Drive' by Dan P… 1
Discussed
“and then I would read like I don't know one of your like your newsletter or one of your books or like drive by Dan pink and I'm like oh it's so good this stuff is so good”
Recommended
“Then I would read, like, I don’t know, one of your newsletter or one of your books or like 'Drive' by Dan Pink, and I'm like, oh, it's so good! This stuff is so good!”
Andrew Huberman I highly recommend people check out Dr. Attia's podcast, "The Drive" is excellent, as you can imagine, base… 1
Recommended
“I highly recommend people check out Dr. Attia's podcast, "The Drive" is excellent, as you can imagine, based on today's conversation, and it's easily available on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Overcast, and Google.”
Andy Ramage Dan Pink writes about this in his brilliant book called Drive. 1
Recommended
“Dan Pink writes about this in his brilliant book called Drive.”
Peter Joseph there's large studies that are done by a man named Daniel pink called drive I recommend that book to anyone… 1
Recommended
“there's large studies that are done by a man named Daniel pink called drive I recommend that book to anyone that's interested”
Brent Beshore So there's been a lot of behavioral psychology books written. Daniel Pink, you know, synthesize a lot of re… 2
Discussed
“So there's been a lot of behavioral psychology books written. Daniel Pink, you know, synthesize a lot of really good literature in his book drive, which I think holds considerable merit in some instances.”
Discussed
“We want people to feel autonomy, to get mastery purpose. It's all the stuff that Daniel Pink put in drive. It's, it's those types of things.”
Brad Barrett no I did not see it beforehand but it's funny since we recorded with Don a couple months back I've actually… 1
Discussed
“no I did not see it beforehand but it's funny since we recorded with Don a couple months back I've actually read a couple of the Daniel pink books and I have watched that Ted talk I've read drive”
David Heinemeier Hansson there's been just a ton of research into this drive 2.0 was a Daniel Pink's book which outlines basically w… 1
Discussed
“there's been just a ton of research into this drive 2.0 was a Daniel Pink's book which outlines basically what motivates employees and you go they're motivated by mastery autonomy purpose”
Jason Citron And actually, there's this guy, Dan Pink, who wrote this book called Drive, which I discovered kind of afte… 1
Discussed
“And actually, there's this guy, Dan Pink, who wrote this book called Drive, which I discovered kind of after thinking about this stuff, and helped me sort of codify these ideas more.”
Jay Shetty his books include the long time running new york times bestseller when which will be dissecting today a who… 1
Discussed
“his books include the long time running new york times bestseller when which will be dissecting today a whole new mind as well as the number one new york times bestsellers drive which was actually the first book that i read from him and to sell is human”
Jess Lee i think that's the daniel pink drive framework for thinking about professional motivation or i guess just a… 1
Discussed
“i think that's the daniel pink drive framework for thinking about professional motivation or i guess just any motivation”
Steven Bartlett drive that was the the gateway piece of content that um put me onto your work specifically the ted talk 1
Discussed
“drive that was the the gateway piece of content that um put me onto your work specifically the ted talk”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“Daniel Pink is one of the most successful non-fiction writers of the past 30 years. You've probably seen his books, Drive, The Power Regret, To Sell as Human.”
Plugged
“let me tell you about purpose though because and forgive me i might owe you some money because i didn't get it quite right on that book drive”

Portraits from Wikimedia Commons: David Heinemeier Hansson, David Merrett from Daventry, England / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0); Andrew Huberman, Jamesbrianbounds / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Jay Shetty, Steven Erle / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).