Dan Pink – The scientific secrets of perfect timing, the new world of work and a bestselling author's advice to writers

Dan Pink is author of 6 New York Times bestsellers and has been named one of the top 15 business thinkers in the world. It's a particular treat for me to speak with Dan because his early books like Free Agent Nation and A whole new mind inspired my first book Screw Work Let's Play. And his most recent book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing is absolutely fascinating too.

We cover a lot of ground in this interview from what time you should get up in the morning in order to be productive to the new skills you need to stay valuable in the 21st century to how to write a New York Times bestseller. I hope you enjoy it.

Before venturing out on his own 20 years ago, Dan worked in several positions in politics and government, including serving as chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore.

Daniel H. Pink is the author of six provocative books — including his newest, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, which has spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list.

"Early to bed, early to rise, makes you healthy, wealthy and wise........ Nope."

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Welcome to the Ideas Lab Podcast, where you can learn from the world's greatest creative and entrepreneurial minds to help you turn your ideas into original businesses, books and brands – because in a crowded world, it pays to stand out.

Your host is John Williams, bestselling author of 'Screw Work Let's Play' and 'Screw Work Break Free' and founder of The Ideas Lab London.

This the first episode is to give you a quick introduction to John and what's coming up on the podcast.

Our focus is on the rebels, creatives and innovators with a new take on their topic that has allowed them to carve out a space that is all their own - from Saskia Nelson, the world's first dating profile photographer, to the New York Times bestselling author, Dan Pink exploding myths about productivity, to therapist Jerry Hyde taking his clients on a unique experience with plant medicines in Nepal.

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