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  • The building blocks of high performance teams

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from the book The Infinite Game

    Strong relationships are the foundation of high-performing teams. And all high-performing teams start with trust.”

  • This is why great leaders strive to be “better” not the “best”

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his 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.”

  • This explains the difference between FINITE and INFINITE thinking

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book The Infinite Game

    To ask What’s best for me” is finite thinking. To ask, “What’s best for us” is infinite thinking.”

  • Successful decision making needs to consider these two components

    Adopted from the following great insight of Malcolm Gladwell from his book BLINK.

    This first is that truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking

    The second lesson is that in good decision making, frugality matters.

  • Do you know this KEY INSIGHT on SNAP JUDGEMENT?

    Adopted from the following great insight of Malcolm Gladwell from his book BLINK illuminates us on the key insight on snap judgement.

    “We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation. The first task of Blink is to convince you of a simple fact: decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately.

  • Understanding this truth can improve the quality of decisions we make

    Adopted from the following great insight of Malcolm Gladwell from his book BLINK.

    “The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.”

  • “Insights” are valuable and need to be carefully nurtured , this explains why

    Adopted from the following great insight of Malcolm Gladwell from his book BLINK.

    “Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out.”

  • This insight aptly brings out to light the power of snap judgement

    Adopted from the following great insight of Malcolm Gladwell from his book BLINK.

    “In the military, brilliant generals are said to possess ‘coup d’oeil’ – which, translated from the French, means ‘power of the glance’: the ability to immediately see and make sense of the battlefield.”

  • How to choose the best fit organization to work for?This would help

    To choose the best fit organization for ourselves –

    1) Our individual WHY should align with the WHY or purpose of the department to which we belong to

    2)In turn these should roll up to the overall WHY or purpose of existence of the organization

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Together is Better compares an organization with a tree , department with nest and individual with a bird

  • This educates us on the need to relax our brain

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Cal Newport from the book Deep Work

    “’Decades of work from multiple different subfields within psychology all point toward the conclusion that regularly resting your brain improves the quality of your deep work. When you work, work hard. When you’re done, be done.”