If you want to know the four key defining aspects of art and an artist read the below insight from Seth Godin’s Linchpin.
Category: Motivational
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Is your LIZARD BRAIN dominating you?
Check out for these 5 symptoms to find whether your lizard brain is dominating you.
If it yes then it is high time to calm down, think rationally and win over the lizard brain.
Lizard brain’s dominance will never let you be an artist and prevent from being at your best.
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Top Four Aspects of Storytelling
Public speaking does not come naturally come to humans and hence many of us suffer from glossophobia. Well in this blog post I will enlighten you on top four key aspects of storytelling for a compelling speech.
A compelling story via your speech will have these four key aspects:
- Result in NEURAL COUPLING so that the audience will feel inspired to hear more of our talk
- Make their HEART SING
- MOOD CONTAGION happens when the speech is delivered that elevates the mood of the target audience
- The key aspects will serve as POST IT NOTES for the AMYGDALA of the audience brain.
Carmine Gallo mentions all of these and the fact that a compelling speech should adhere to a 18 minute rule for best effect.
To know more about the 18 minute rule and glossophobia read the below links:
GLOSSOPHOBIA 18 MINUTE RULE 
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Can SPRINTING control RESISTANCE of BRAIN?
Though not always advisable there are situations wherein sprinting can control excessive resistance of the brain.
In these situations keeping oneself engaged can indeed avoid stress and anxiety due to resistance of the brain.
Seth Godin fascinates us with this insight from Linchpin.
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Three Situations a Linchpin is needed
The three situations a linchpin is needed has been highlighted by Seth Godin in his book Linchpin.
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Why is SOCIAL MEDIA a deterrent to DEEP WORK?
If I could have done something better over the last year, it would be deep work. In this blogpost I will enlighten you how social media is a deterrent to deep work.
Cal Newport mentions at length about the importance of deep work in his iconic book.
This book does have a lot of relevance in the modern day economy wherein doing a work of art via deep work indeed matters.
Social media and other networking tools cause a lot of distraction and hence act as a major deterrent to doing deep work.
Hence my advise is to use social media as well as other networking tools a little judiciously in order to save you time to perform deep work.
Stay away from distractions 
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Play the Game of Life with an Infinite Mindset
Daily writing promptWhat positive events have taken place in your life over the past year?Over the past one year I have realized that life is an infinite game and all of us need to play the game of life with an infinite mindset.
As Simon Sinek mentions in The Infinite Game, we are all players in an infinite game of life. We have no choice but to play, the only choice we have is to adopt the right mindset.
To not bother about competition, worrying about making yourself a better version demands an infinite mindset.
Simon Sinek quote
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Are you Brilliant in Tiny Bursts?
Seth Godin mentions that if you are brilliant in tiny bursts, it is sure to pay off.
A linchpin is one who does all work as any regular person does, just that he is brilliant in tiny bursts.
In Linchpin, Seth Godin cites the example of Sir Richard Branson and says how by being brilliant in tiny bursts he makes all the difference at Virgin group.
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What’s special about Seth Godin’s blog?
If there is a favorite place which I like to visit very often it is Seth Godin’s blog. To understand what’s so special about Seth Godin’s blog, I would encourage you all to visit his blog:
What is striking about this blog is that he posts regularly and takes it as his responsibility to post regularly for this target audience.
This is a lesson in itself for bloggers like me. If ever you wonder why you should post regularly look no farther than Seth Godin’s blogsite.
Seth Godin has himself said that regularly posting makes you a better blogger by the day.
Seth Godin an inspiration to many and his blogsite bears ample testimony to the fact that success has no shortcuts and needs hard work, focus and dedication.
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The Four Quadrants of Discernment
Read this blog to understand about the four quadrants of discernment and where exactly a Linchpin fits in.
A Linchpin is one who puts the right effort at the right place to provide the desired outcome.
The other quadrants show why bureaucrat, whiner and fundamentalist zealot pale into insignificance when compared to a Linchpin.
