“When a group shares in the suffering , it actually brings the team together”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “The Infinite Game”
Category: Book review
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Why is it natural to put numbers before people?
For finite minded leaders the natural instinct is to put profits and numbers before people.
This is because resources or profits fuel an organization’s growth and are tangible.There are various short cuts that can be adopted to report an improvement in profits and hence these short cuts are adopted by most leaders.Resource is tangible and related to financial metrics associated with an organization.
True infinite minded visionary leaders take the difficult path of putting people over resources.Putting people over resources entails investing in the intangible asset of “will” which cannot be manipulated by money.Motivating people to get the best out of them by creating a good environment goes a long way in inspiring the “will” of people to in turn take care of resources.
Thus being an infinite minded leader needs risk as well as a lot of hard work.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “The Infinite Game”
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Triggering the “Habit Loop”
Adopted from Charles Duhigg’s book titled “The Power Of Habit”
Habits develop in a region of limbic brain named “basal ganglia”.
The habit loop consists of three components.
1)Cue – The trigger based on which brain decides whether to consider sequence of actions as habits.
2)Routine – Repetitive sequence of mental , emotional , physical activities that form a repetitive routine.
3)Reward – The reward that is expected out of automating the loop whether good or bad .
It is the ability of the brain to continuously automate repetitive patterns as habits to reduce size of brain and increase efficiency of the brain.
This is an awesome book to understand how to develop good habits & update wrong habits with nicer habits..
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Work life balance comes with?
“We will only have work life balance when we feel safe at home and feel safe at work.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s famous quotes.
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Why challenges should not scare us?
“If the challenge we face does not scare us , then it is probably not that important”
Adopted from Together is Better
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It is human to NOT know everything
“When we say out loud what we do not know , it increases the likelihood that someone who does know will offer help”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Together is Better
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Why all achievers are risk takers?
“Safe is good for side walks and swimming pools.Life requires risk if we are to get anywhere”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s Together is Better.
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Adopting “disruption” with an open mind
“Where a finite minded player fears things that are new or disruptive , the infinite minded player revels in them.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great quotes
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The courage to go first
“Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first , to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great quotes
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Realizing that “no one is perfect”
“To overcome our challenges , all that is required is the courage to ask for help.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great quotes