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Category: Motivational

  • This is how great leaders motivate followers day in day out..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book Drive

    Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.”

  • Great leaders gleefully embrace DISRUPTION, this explains..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice

    10Xers distinguish themselves by an ability to recognize defining moments that call for disrupting their plans, changing the focus of their intensity, and/or rearranging their agenda, because of opportunity or peril, or both.”

  • This is why CHAMPIONS adhere to the “20 Mile March” philosophy..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice

    WHY 20 MILE MARCHERS WIN 20 Mile Marching helps turn the odds in your favor for three reasons: 1. It builds confidence in your ability to perform well in adverse circumstances. 2. It reduces the likelihood of catastrophe when you’re hit by turbulent disruption. 3. It helps you exert self-control in an out-of-control environment.”

  • Gauging the SPEED to move at in a FAST moving WORLD , is an ART

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice

    The idea that leading in a “fast world” always requires “fast decisions” and “fast action”—and that we should embrace an overall ethos of “Fast! Fast! Fast!”—is a good way to get killed. 10X leaders figure out when to go fast, and when not to.”

  • This is how CONSISTENT performance results from a disciplined 20 Mile March

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice

    If you want to achieve consistent performance, you need both parts of a 20 Mile March: a lower bound and an upper bound, a hurdle that you jump over and a ceiling that you will not rise above, the ambition to achieve and the self-control to hold back. “

  • Innovation is INCOMPLETE without..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great

    Innovation without discipline leads to disaster”

  • This is why a leader’s unwavering focus on REALITY counts..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great

    The moment a leader allows himself to become the primary reality people worry about, rather than reality being the primary reality, you have a recipe for mediocrity, or worse. This is one of the key reasons why less charismatic leaders often produce better long-term results than their more charismatic counterparts. Indeed,”

  • This is the BEST judge of first-rate intelligence!!

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great

    The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

  • GREATNESS is a function of..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great

    Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.”

  • This is why EMPATHY improves decision making..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book David and Goliath

    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.”