Seven Steps to Succes According to Daniel Pink

by: Anita Santa-Coloma

Students are usually confused

about their path to a productive

career,but thanks to Daniel Pink,

featured in The New York Times,

Texas State University students

learned the steps to success on

Wednesday afternoon.

Pink focused his speech on his seven steps introduces in his latest novel,

"The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll

Ever Need."

1. There is no plan

2. Focus on your strengths

3. It’s not always about you

4. Persistence trumps talent

5. Make excellent mistakes

6. Leave an imprint

7. Stay Hungry

Pink emphasized on the importance of deciding on a career through

fundamental reasoning rather than instrumental reasoning, even if is not as

lucrative.

“Instrumental reasons don’t work,” Pink said. “It’s too complicated out

there, you don’t know what’s going to happen.”

According to Pink, persistence is essential to a career. He explained that

talent is not enough when it stands alone.

“Pink had a very good point when speaking of persistence, you usually have

to try in order to get something, you can’t just wait for it to hop into your

hands,”said Rebecca Barrientos, a biology major at the University of Texas at

San Antonio.

Pink also expressed the importance of making excellent mistakes because

they are usually mistakes you will never repeat.

“ I can definitely agree with the fact that mistakes have an impact on a

person,” said Laura Reyes, an advertising major at the University of Texas at

San Antonio. “ I usually don’t repeat the mistakes that are too embarrassing to

forget because they are the things that are obvious.”

Pink chose to write his latest

graphic novel in Manga while he

was in Japan a few years ago.

He observed how most people

would walk around reading comics

of every genre in Japan.

“ In Japan, comics are

ubiquitous, a mass medium,” Pink said.

Comics represent 22% of all print mediums in Japan.

“I find Japanese culture very fascinating,” said Regina Miller, an

international business major at Texas State University. “It’s interesting to see

people of all ages reading comics as a novel, it’s probably the smartest idea in

order to catch and keep people’s attention.”

Pink is also the author of "A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will

Rule The Future" and "Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working For

Yourself." Pink's articles on technology and business can be found in

The New York Times.