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  • This quote inspires us to not worry about COMPETITION

    Adopted from the following great quote of Seth Godin..

    “The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.”

  • The most simplistic yet authentic Leadership advice

    Adopted from the following great leadership quote of Seth Godin..

    “The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.”

  • This quote summarizes the benefits of moving out of comfort zone

    Adopted from the following quote of Seth Godin..

    “Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you’re doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they’re hiding out in the comfortable zone. When your uncomfortable actions lead to success, the organization rewards you and brings you back for more.”

  • This quote conveys human psychology every marketer should be aware of

    Adopted from the following great marketing quote of Seth Godin..

    “People don’t believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves.”

  • This quote is a masterclass on the “Secret of being wrong”

    Adopted from the following quote of Seth Godin..

    “The secret to being wrong isn’t to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn’t fatal.”

  • How the Hedgehog Concept is made use of for budgeting in great organizations

    Great organizations who adhere to the principles in the Hedgehog Concept undertake the process of budgeting with the following motive:

    1. All those areas that best fit the Hedgehog Concept are fully funded
    2. All those areas that do not fit the Hedgehog Concept are not considered for funding at all

    Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good to Great

  • How to Great Companies Execute ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITIES?

    Great companies know how to operate at the intersection of the three circles that are part of the Hedgehog Concept. This is what educates great companies to execute once in a lifetime opportunities.

    These three circles represent:

    1. What is the COMPANY deeply PASSIONATE about?
    2. What can the COMPANY be the BEST in the WORLD at?
    3. Is the company’s strategy ECONOMICALLY VIABLE?

    Once in a lifetime opportunities are evaluated by such companies within the bounds of this framework.Only if the opportunity falls in the intersection point of the three circles , then only great companies decide to go ahead with the opportunity..

    Great companies stay away from the enticement of all such opportunities if they fall outside the bounds of the Hedgehog Concept..

    Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good to Great

  • Fanatical Adherence to Hedgehog Concept for sustained results

    Hedgehog Concept is the intersection point of the three circles involving the following principles:

    1. What are you deeply PASSIONATE about?
    2. What can you be THE BEST in the WORLD at?
    3. Is the strategy economically VIABLE?

    The single most important form of discipline for sustained results is FANATICAL ADHERENCE to the Hedgehog Concept and willingness to avoid enticement from opportunities that fall outside the three circles , mentioned above.

    Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good to Great

  • A Culture of Discipline involves these Three Principles

    A Culture of Discipline is about:

    Getting Disciplined people who engage in Disciplined thought and who then take the Disciplined Action..

    Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good to Great

  • A Culture of Discipline involves this duality

    A culture of discipline involves this duality.

    On one hand it requires people who adhere to a consistent system , on the other hand it gives people the freedom and responsibility within the framework of the system..

    Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good to Great