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  • Does your GOAL qualify to be a BHAG?

    Qualification criteria for Big Hairy Audacious Goals

    As mentioned by Jim Collins in his best seller Built to Last, this is when a goal that you adopt in your organization will potentially qualify to be a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal).

    Built to Last – Jim Collins

    This insight is thus a checklist which can be a ready reckoner to ascertain when a GOAL qualifies to be a BHAG for great results.

  • Have you heard about Nordstrom’s INVERTED PYRAMID?

    Nordstrom’s Inverted Pyramid and its importance

    Nordstrom’s idea of Inverted Pyramid went a long way in improving the company culture. It acted as a stimulant to make everyone feel important.

    Jim Collins makes a mention of the same in his book Built to Last.

    Built to Last – Jim Collins

    Surely a masterclass and will go a long way in improving your own organization’s culture as well, done the right way.

  • How Boeing’s Audacious Goals made it stand out?

    Boeing’s Big Hairy Audacious Goals

    Boeing’s bets on Big hairy audacious goals has set it apart as a visionary company. Read the following story of Boeing adopted from Jim Collins’s book Built to Last to understand how Boeing is a class apart.

    Built to Last – Jim Collins

    Taking big bets with a cautious first approach is quintessential to all visionary companies and Boeing is no different.

  • How can FOUNDING FATHERS of US inspire ENTREPRENEURS?

    Masterclass in Entrepreneurship

    The following insight adopted from Jim Collins’s book Built to Last would serve as an inspiration to many new entrepreneurs.

    Built to Last – Jim Collins

    The way Founding Fathers of United States created a magnificent country, the same principles can be applied to create a visionary company.

    Let’s all try to be CLOCK BUILDERS.

  • CORE IDEOLOGY of all VISIONARY COMPANIES

    Core ideology & its Two Components

    Jim Collins in his best selling book Built to Last, throws light about the CORE IDEOLOGY which is central to all VISIONARY COMPANIES.

    Built to Last – Jim Collins

    Thus as an entrepreneur, there is lots to learn from the core ideology and its components.

  • Are you a TIME TELLER or a CLOCK BUILDER?

    Time Teller vs Clock Builder

    The insight from Jim Collins’s best selling book Built to last, highlights the need of a clock builder for building a visionary company.

    Built to Last – Jim Collins

    Time you started building the clock as a leader.

  • Summary of the POWER of HABITS

    Do you realize the Power of Habits?

    In his best selling book “The Power of Habit”, Charles Duhigg has very aptly illustrated the power of human habits. This book is an inspiration to many how want to inculcate good habits in their daily lives.

    “Habits are powerful, but delicate. They can emerge outside our consciousness, or can be deliberately designed. They often occur without our permission, but can be reshaped by fiddling with their parts. They shape our lives far more than we realize—they are so strong, in fact, that they cause our brains to cling to them at the exclusion of all else, including common sense.”

    Charles Duhigg – The Power of Habit

    Let’s all motivate ourselves to develop the right habits for the benefit of ourselves and mankind.

  • The Common PATTERN with VISIONARY COMPANIES.

    Have you observed this with all VISIONARY COMPANIES?

    Visionary companies are so clear about what they stand for and what they’re trying to achieve that they simply don’t have room for those unwilling or unable to fit their exacting standards.”

    Jim Collins – Built to Last

    Come let us pile on motivation.

  • How AT LEAST works as ANTIBIOTIC?

    The Power of At Least

    To ward off harmful emotions, unleash the Power of At Least as mentioned in the following article. This insight has been taken from Daniel Pink’s book The Power of Regret.

    The Power of At Least – From Daniel Pink’s The Power of Regret

    Happy reading and come let us pile on motivation..

  • The Quirk about the PRINCIPLE of COMPOUNDING

    Don’t you hate the PRINCIPLE of COMPOUNDING?

    The Power of Regret

    For a similar post adopted from another best seller of Daniel Pink, please click on the below link –

    Arise, Awake and SELL since you are BORN to SELL.. – Pile on Motivation (viewpointsunplugged.com)

    Happy reading and let us pile on motivation..