The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work and throws light on the virtues of adopting a craftsman mindset.
“If you want to love what you do, abandon the passion mindset (“what can the world offer me?”) and instead adopt the craftsman mindset (“what can I offer the world?”).”
The following leadership insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game
“When leaders are willing to prioritize trust over performance, performance almost always follows.”
The following leadership insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game
“Infinite-minded leaders understand that “best” is not a permanent state. Instead, they strive to be “better.” “Better” suggests a journey of constant improvement and makes us feel like we are being invited to contribute our talents and energies to make progress in that journey.”
The following great presentation insight has been adopted from Carmine Gallo’s book Talk Like Ted
“It takes courage to reduce the number of the slides in a presentation. It takes courage to speak for 18 minutes instead of rambling on for much longer. Leonardo da Vinci once said, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.””
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Carmine Gallo’s book Talk Like Ted
“What’s the first thing you should do when creating a PowerPoint presentation? If you’re like many people you’ll say, “Open PowerPoint.” Wrong answer. You should plan the story first. Just as a movie director storyboards the scenes before he begins shooting, you should create the story before you open the tool. You’ll have plenty of time to design pretty slides once the story is complete, but if the story is boring, you’ve lost your audience before you’ve spoken a word.”
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Leaders Eat Last
“I know of no case study in history that describes an organization that has been managed out of a crisis. Every single one of them was led.”
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Leaders Eat Last
“Leaps of greatness require the combined problem-solving ability of people who trust each other.”
The following leadership insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Leaders Eat Last
“Good leadership is like exercise. We do not see any improvement to our bodies with day-to-day comparisons. In fact, if we only compare the way our bodies look on a given day to how they looked the previous day, we would think our efforts had been wasted. It’s only when we compare pictures of ourselves over a period of weeks or months that we can see a stark difference. The impact of leadership is best judged over time”
The following leadership insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Leaders Eat Last
“And when a leader embraces their responsibility to care for people instead of caring for numbers, then people will follow, solve problems and see to it that that leader’s vision comes to life the right way, a stable way and not the expedient way.”
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive
“The problem with making an extrinsic reward the only destination that matters is that some people will choose the quickest route there, even if it means taking the low road. Indeed, most of the scandals and misbehavior that have seemed endemic to modern life involve shortcuts.”