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  • How can a Big Hairy Audacious Goal stimulate progress?

    Big Hairy Audacious Goals – Your recipe for progress

    Big Hairy Audacious Goal or BHAG is a term coined by Jim Collins in his best seller book Built to Last, that would also keep either an individual or organization setting such a goal on their toes, keep them honest and hence motivate them for eventual progress.

    The insight adopted from Jim Collins’s book explains crisply the benefits of setting a BHAG in our lives.

    “Set goals that are so big, so hairy, they make you gulp. When you’re about to fall asleep, your BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) is there by your bed all hairy with glowing eyes. When you wake up it’s there: ‘Good morning, I am your BHAG. I own your life’.” 

    Jim Collins – Built to Last

  • Why is REGRET a STRONG HUMAN FEELING?

    Regret is indeed a strong human feeling

    As mentioned by Daniel Pink in his book, The Power of Regret, the feeling of regret is a very strong one and overpowers many other human emotions.

    The power of regret when used judiciously can move mountains since it is a very strong human emotion as illustrated by Daniel Pink.

    The Power of Regret – Dan Pink

    For a similar insightful blog on the power of regret, please refer the link below-https://viewpointsunplugged.com/how-did-regret-give-birth-to-nobel-prize/

    Daniel Pink has written many best sellers, to know more about him, please refer the following link –

    https://www.masterclass.com/articles/daniel-pink-life-and-work

  • How can STORYTELLING unleash the POWER of REGRET?

    Use Narrative Skills to unleash the Power of Regret

    Daniel Pink in his best selling book has highlighted how great storytelling skills can help unleash the true power of regret. The following insight adopted from the book is a true eye opener.

    Our capacity to respond to regret, to mobilize it for good, depends on our narrative skills—disclosing the tale, analyzing its components, and crafting and recrafting the next chapter.

    The Power of Regret – Dan Pink

    For a similar interesting insight on the power of regret please read the following

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/have-you-heard-of-regret-minimization-framework/

  • How does REGRET lead to a BETTER LIFE?

    Leading a Better Life accepting REGRET

    Accepting Regret and learning from it can help us lead to a better life. Daniel Pink in his book The Power of Regret enlightens us on this very power of regret through this wonderful insight.

    If we know what we truly regret, we know what we truly value. Regret—that maddening, perplexing, and undeniably real emotion—points the way to a life well lived.

    The Power of Regret -Dan Pink

    For another fascinating insight on the power of regret, please visit the following link –

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/how-is-the-relation-between-inaction-regrets-and-age/

  • How can you LEARN from REGRET?

    Being REGRETFUL is absolutely OK

    Daniel Pink in his best selling book, The Power of Regret enlightens us on the power of REGRET. Regret is not always negative and when used judiciously can bring a lasting change in our lives.

    The following insight adopted from the book is truly illuminating and teaches us to live with regret.

    Our cognitive apparatus is designed, at least in part, to sustain us in the long term rather than balm us in the near term. We need the ability to regret our poor decisions—to feel bad about them—precisely so we can improve those decisions in the future.

    The Power of Regret – Dan Pink

  • Do you have NON PERFORMING EMPLOYEES? Time you tried this out.

    The insight has been adopted from Charles’s Duhigg’s best selling book, The Power of Habit and can help to radically improve the performance of your employees.

    “Simply giving employees a sense of agency– a feeling that they are in control, that they have genuine decision-making authority – can radically increase how much energy and focus they bring to their jobs.”

    Charles Duhigg – The Power of Habit

  • How does CRAVING drive HABITS?

    The Psychology that Drives Habits

    Charles Duhigg mentions the power of cravings in influencing new habits. The following extract illustrates how cravings drive new habits.

    “Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier. It’s as true now as it was almost a century ago. Every night, millions of people scrub their teeth in order to get a tingling feeling; every morning, millions put on their jogging shoes to capture an endorphin rush they’ve learned to crave.”

    Charles Duhigg – The Power of Habit

  • How does Emotional Intelligence influence GOOD DECISIONS?

    The Essence of Good Decision Making

    Travis Bradberry illuminates how Emotional Intelligence has a huge role to play in GOOD DECISION making in his book Emotional Intelligence 2.0.

    “Good decisions require far more than factual knowledge. They are made using self-knowledge and emotional mastery when they’re needed most.”

    Travis Bradberry – Emotional Intelligence 2.0

  • Are you AWARE of THIS 3 STEP PROCESS in our BRAIN?

    The Habit Loop

    Charles Duhigg throws light on the working of the brain and formation of habit loop in his best selling book The Power of Habit. Great insight and a inspiration to inculcate good habits for a healthy life.

    “This process within our brains is a three-step loop. First, there is a cue, a trigger that tells your brain to go into automatic mode and which habit to use. Then there is the routine, which can be physical or mental or emotional. Finally, there is a reward, which helps your brain figure out if this particular loop is worth remembering for the future: THE HABIT LOOP”

    The Power of Habit – Charles Duhigg

  • Why is it time to EMBRACE an INFINITE MINDSET?

    The following insight shared by Simon Sinek in his best selling book, The Infinite Game, makes is very clear why we should all learn to adopt an infinite mindset.

    “An infinite mindset embraces abundance whereas a finite mindset operates with a scarcity mentality. In the Infinite Game we accept that “being the best” is a fool’s errand and that multiple players can do well at the same time.”

    Simon Sinek – The Infinite Game