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I had the chance to interview Dan Pink about a little more than a month ago to talk about his new book and a few other things. He gave me so much great stuff, but unfortunately all of it couldn't fit in this month's article (Shameless self-promotion: Read the article here). That's why I was so happy when he brought something up in his presentation this morning that I couldn't fit in print, and that was the whole idea of asking yourself two questions.

The first: What's your sentence? "When it's all said and done, ask yourself what it's all about?" says Pink. He gave the example of President Lincoln's sentence: "He preserved the union and freed the slaves."

The second question: Was I better today than yesterday? Pink admitted to the audience that most of the time his answer to this is "no," but very rarely does he have that answer two nights in a row.

So as you wrap up your Great Ideas experience and head to the airport, keep these two questions in mind.