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Category: Motivational

  • Information to Conceptual Age – This is where our modern day economy stands at

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book A Whole New Mind

    We are moving from an economy and a society built on the logical, linear, computerlike capabilities of the Information Age to an economy and a society built on the inventive, empathic, big-picture capabilities of what’s rising in its place, the Conceptual Age.

  • If you are FACED with CHANGE , remember this advice..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book A Whole New Mind

    Change is inevitable, and when it happens, the wisest response is not to wail or whine but to suck it up and deal with

  • These are the SKILLS needed to stand out in the modern day CROWDED marketplace

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book A Whole New Mind

    Mastery of design, empathy, play, and other seemingly “soft” aptitudes is now the main way for individuals and firms to stand out in a crowded marketplace.”

  • If you are one of this kind , the future belongs to you.

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book A Whole New Mind

    The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind—creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers, and meaning makers.”

  • The modern era demands a mix of Left and Right brain capabilities.This insight explains

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book A Whole New Mind

    Today, the defining skills of the previous era—the “left brain” capabilities that powered the Information Age—are necessary but no longer sufficient. And the capabilities we once disdained or thought frivolous—the “right-brain” qualities of inventiveness, empathy, joyfulness, and meaning—increasingly will determine who flourishes and who flounders.”

  • It’s never too late to start your second innings in life.This wonderful insight will force you to think

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book A Whole New Mind

    Set aside a half hour to picture yourself at age ninety and to put yourself in the mind of ninety-year-old you. What does your life look like when you view it from that vantage point? What have you accomplished? What have you contributed? What are your regrets? This isn’t an easy exercise—neither intellectually nor emotionally. But it can be enormously valuable. And it can help you satisfy one of Viktor Frankl’s most powerful imperatives: “Live as if you were living for the second time and had acted as wrongly the first time as you are about to act now.”

  • The feeling of TRUST has remained same right from the CAVEMAN times

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last

    Trust is not formed through a screen, it is formed across a table. It takes a handshake to bind humans . . . and no technology yet can replace that. There is no such thing as virtual trust.”

  • This is what the “COST of LEADERSHIP” is..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last

    The cost of leadership,” explains Lieutenant General George Flynn of the United States Marine Corps, “is self-interest.

  • Truly human leadership is all about this

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last

    Truly human leadership protects an organization from the internal rivalries that can shatter a culture. When we have to protect ourselves from each other, the whole organization suffers. But when trust and cooperation thrive internally, we pull together and the organization grows stronger as a result.”

  • Leadership should not focus on the rank but the people.Nothing explains better than this

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book Leaders Eat Last

    All the perks, all the benefits and advantages you may get for the rank or position you hold, they aren’t meant for you. They are meant for the role you fill. And when you leave your role, which eventually you will, they will give the ceramic cup to the person who replaces you. Because you only ever deserved a Styrofoam cup”