Category: Book review
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Realizing this truth will help achieve “Fulfillment” in our lives
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s leadership quotes: “The VALUE of OUR LIVES is not determined by what we do for OURSELVES. The VALUE of OUR LIVES is determined by what we do for OTHERS.”
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Understanding this truth about life would help us lead our lives better
Adopted from Simon Sinek”s book The Infinite Game. James Carse’s Game theory talks about infinite and finite games. Life and business are infinite games where : There are no clearly defined rules Players can come and go and there in no definite number There is no end limit or time in an infinite game It…
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Understanding the Golden Circle
As shown in the snapshot , the WHY and HOW in whatever we do relates to the LIMBIC or emotional brain which only understands signals. WHAT we do is directed related to the rational brain or neo cortex since this can be reasoned out logically Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why and this…
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Organization communication with respect to the marketplace
As shown in the image , the communication should start with WHY. The percolation of the vision should trickle down to the makers of the product so that the WHAT in the product reflects the vision and is able to communicate the message to the end customers , part of the marketplace Adopted from Simon…
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How the Idea Diffusion curve can serve as a radar to customer loyalty
The Idea Diffusion curve highlights the Innovators and early adopters as the ones who are not risk averse when it comes to trying out NEW products These are ones who love experimenting and whose word of mouth truly matters Thus a company who creates a new product should first try to impress and attract these…
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Why NURTURING of WHY in an organization is important?
Many iconic organizations go through a phase when WHY goes fuzzy. The WHY espoused by an iconic leader goes missing in the absence of an infinite minded successor whom focuses on WHAT instead of WHY.This is shown in the curve where the WHY plateaued after some time. This manifests itself in terms of lack of…
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Great Leaders have the vision to put “Will” Over “Resources”
Great leaders who possess an infinite mindset focus on the long term instead of quick wins in the short term. Investing in Resources over Will seems the most appropriate strategy for a short term oriented finite minded leader in order to show quick wins. A long term oriented mindset focusing on “Will” or people ,…
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Understanding the difference in approaches between Wright Brothers and Samuel Langley
Wright Brothers as well all know invented the first airplane. But if we look book at history we can find that Samuel Langley was more equipped than the Wright Brothers , yet could not achieve what the Wright Brothers did. Langley had a passion for aeronautics and knew WHAT he needed to do.He did not…
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Understanding differences between “Vision” & “Mission” Statements
The VISION Statement is the PUBLIC statement of the founder’s intent , WHY the company exists. It is like the VISION of the future which does not exist now. The MISSION statement is the description of the route or guiding principles , HOW the company intends to create the future. In all iconic organizations be…
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Good Successors keep the WHY alive
Visionary founders of iconic companies e.g. Apple , SouthWest , CostCo who espoused the WHY – the reason the company existed have always been meticulous doing succession planning. This is because when the visionary founder is no longer around and the WHY goes fuzzy it can even lead to the demise of the company. Hence…