Category: Motivational
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Eight health benefits of a “warm hug”
Doctors and researchers have proved time and time again the health benefits of a “warm affectionate hug”. It is proved to stimulate “oxytocin” or the love hormone which is believed to enrich fulfillment in our lives. Source – thehealthsite.com The following are the 8 health benefits of a “warm affectionate hug”: Builds strong bond Relieves…
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“Warm Hug” and its health benefits
A warm hug of sufficient duration is believed to release “oxytocin” or the love hormone. A “warm hug” goes a long way to to enable fulfillment in our lives and to fill our lives our joy. Oxytocin is a love hormone and is believed to even increase immunity. Adopted from harvard.edu the following link shows…
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Whose business model did South West Airlines follow?
South West Airlines(SWA) is a modern day classic example of an iconic company which did not start with a unique business model of its own. Pacific Southwest Airlines(PSA) started early as a low cost carrier.SWA followed the low cost model & even the entertainment aspect from PSA.The employees of SWA were encouraged to go on…
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Does anyone remember the pioneer of excel spreadsheet?
The concept of excel was developed by VisiCorp for the Apple II computer.The program was named as VisCalc. Source – Wikipedia.com The link below adopted from Wikipedia talks about this first excel spreadsheet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc Thus contrary to popular belief Microsoft did not invent excel , it took it to the next level. Adopted from Jim…
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“First Mover” Disadvantages
Contrary to popular belief, a lot of cases exist where the “first mover” have not been able to sustain for a long in a market and the followers have taken over. Source – http://www.revelx.co The following link talks about the disadvantages of a “First Mover” https://www.revelx.co/blog/first-mover-disadvantage/ A few notable examples in this regard: Google Glass…
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Best to be “One Fad Behind”
John Brown at the iconic 10x performing Stryker Inc. believed in this philosophy. By not being too aggressive trying to over innovate , sometimes turns out to be the best strategy to survive in the longer run. USSC was Stryker’s biggest and more fancied competitor whose reputation of out-innovating competition eventually led to burn out…
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Pioneers hardly dominate a market
See below some notable examples and you would start seeing the pattern 1) Gillette did not pioneer the safety razor.Star did 2) Polaroid did not pioneer the instant camera.Dubroni did 3) Microsoft did not pioneer PC spreadsheet.VisiCorp did 4) Amazon did not pioneer online book selling Research shows that very few pioneers have gone on…
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Why top companies need not be the most innovative?
Jim Collins in his book titled “Great By Choice” shares startling insights which goes to prove just this. The iconic brand South West Airlines copied the entertainment aspect in its brand from its once famous competitor named Pacific Southwest Airlines. It was sheer discipline that made Southwest survive the test of time and Pacific Southwest…
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Difference between Boss and a Leader
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Together is Better” “A boss has a title.A leader has the people.” – Simon Sinek
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Leadership tips of the day
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Together is Better”. “The true value of a leader is not measured by the work they do.The true value of a leader is measured by the work they inspire others to do.” – Simon Sinek