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I'm Matt Abraham's, and I teach strategic communication at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Welcome to Think Fast, Talk Smart, the podcast.

Today, I am super excited to chat with Dan Pink.

Dan is the author of five New York Times bestsellers,

including his latest The Power of Regret,

How Looking Backward Moves Us forward. Early in his career,

Dan served as a political speechwriter, including being chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore.

Welcome, Dan. I am so looking forward to our conversation. Matt, it is great to be here,

a longtime listener, first time guest. Thank you. There's so many things that I want to talk

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