Daniel Pink

Daniel Pink opens up his speech by telling a personal story about his experience in law school, how he did not do well in it, but how he was going to try to make his best case to the audience, or "jury" about his viewpoint on motivation. He uses a cartoon, the candle problem, to as an example that he references throughout his speech, and it is also a way to get the audience involved and thinking. He uses many facts or quotes from studies done in different countries and schools- unbiased, reliable information, but he also slides in a joke to keep the audience interested. Daniel does not keep his voice cool and calm, but flexes it- you can tell that he is passionate about what he is talking about. Though he doesn't seem to keep a conversational tone, he keeps the audience's attention. I took away from this video that though there may be a common, easy solution to things, you should stretch your mind to find unique ways to do things, and that the more we care about something, the more motivated we are to work harder to achieve it; money isn't going to boost performance in most situations. This relates to me because I am passionate about my sport, and I am willing to work hard to have a good outcome. In education, I think students are much more motivated to do homework and do well on tests in a subject that they care about rather than if their parents are just pushing them to do well.