It's Monday, January 14th, 2019, and you're listening to Inquiring Minds. I'm Indravis

Gontes. Each week, we bring you a new, in-depth exploration of the space where science, politics,

and society collide. We endeavor to find out what's true, what's left to discover, and why it all

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patreon.com slash inquiring minds. And you can subscribe to the show on iTunes or any other

podcasting app. It's the beginning of the year, and a lot of us are probably thinking about ways in which we

might make 2019 slightly better, if not immensely better, than 2018. In these turnover moments,

we think about the things that we want to change. But we don't often think about when is the best time to

actually do the changing. And yet, timing is everything. And a lot of us already know that. If you're

in the right place at the right time, then good things can happen. But oftentimes we miss

opportunities just because we weren't prepared or because we didn't see them

happening soon enough. If you look back on your life, you might notice that when you made a

particular decision was just as important as the ultimate decision itself. And yet we don't actually

often put a lot of time into thinking about when is the best time to make a particular decision.

Even in our daily routines, we might think about the things that we want to accomplish in a day,

but not what the best time of day is to tackle each of the things on our to-do list.

And yet there is a best time of day.

This week's episode is an interview with Daniel H. Pink. He's the author of many

best-selling books, including Drive, one of my personal favorites, and the Adventures of Johnny

Bunko, the last career guide you'll ever need. And he's been a contributing editor at Fast

Company and Wired, as well as a columnist for the Sunday Telegraph, and his essays

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