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Category: Personal Development

  • Do you know how to gauge your EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE?

    The following insight has been adopted from Travis Bradberry’s best seller named Emotional Intelligence 2.0..

    “Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships.”

    Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry

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  • Which is the BIGGEST CULPRIT towards CHANGE ADOPTION?

    The following self help and motivational insight adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s book Switch points us to the biggest culprit towards CHANGE ADOPTION.

    “The weakness of the Elephant, our emotional and instinctive side, is clear: It’s lazy and skittish, often looking for the quick payoff (ice cream cone) over the long-term payoff (being thin). When change efforts fail, it’s usually the Elephant’s fault, since the kinds of change we want typically involve short-term sacrifices for long-term payoffs.”

    Switch by Chip and Dan Heath

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  • How inculcating GOOD HABITS can help RELAX our BRAIN?

    The insight has been adopted from the following interesting piece of information provided by Chip and Dan Heath in their best selling book named Switch. This illuminates us on the reason why good habits help our brain operate in auto pilot and hence relax more..

    “Why are habits so important? They are, in essence, behavioral autopilot. They allow lots of good behaviors to happen without the Rider taking charge. Remember that the Rider’s self-control is exhaustible, so it’s a huge plus if some positive things can happen “free” on autopilot.”

    Switch by Chip and Dan Heath

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  • If your are FRUSTRATED as a MANAGER, learn to LEAD..

    The following insight adopted from another iconic leadership quote of Simon Sinek is sure to inspire many frustrated people managers to make the big leap and become LEADERS of PEOPLE..

    “All managers of metrics have an opportunity to become leaders of people.”

    Simon Sinek

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  • If you BOSS AROUND, won’t this INSPIRE you to be a LEADER?

    The following valuable leadership insight adopted from an iconic leadership quote of Simon Sinek is sure to inspire any BOSS to take the FIRST step as a LEADER..

    “A BOSS tells PEOPLE what they MUST DO to ACHIEVE a GOAL.

    A LEADER asks PEOPLE what THEY can DO to ADVANCE a VISION.”

    Simon Sinek

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  • The PERFECT MANTRA when WORK becomes our CALLING..

    The following insight shared by Seth Godin in his book The Practice, illuminates us as to what the MANTRA is for amateurs as well as professionals for our WORK to become a TRUE CALLING..

    “DO what you LOVE for AMATEURS

    LOVE what you DO for PROFESSIONALS”

    Seth Godin’s The Practice

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  • What can the DANYANG-KUNSHAN Grand bridge teach us about CONSISTENT PRACTICE?

    The following insight adopted from Seth Godin’s book The Practice teaches us a great lesson on consistent practice to sharpen the saw and make ourselves better by the day..

    The DANYANG-KUNSHAN Grand bridge is the longest rail road bridge in the world, an astonishing 102 miles long. It’s NOT a SINGLE BRIDGE but a SERIES of BRIDGES – Similarly career of every successful CREATIVE is part of CONSISTENT PRACTICE like a series of bridges each just scary enough to dissuade most people.

    Seth Godin’s book The Practice

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  • This is WHY your ANALYTICAL arguments CAN’T DRIVE CHANGE..

    The following insight adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s book Switch illustrates the folly of analytical arguments to convince people to accept CHANGE..

    “Trying to fight inertia and indifference with analytical arguments is like tossing a fire extinguisher to someone who’s drowning. The solution doesn’t match the problem.”

    Switch by Chip and Dan Heath
  • This is how a GREAT CHANGE LEADER thinks..

    The following insight on change leadership illuminates us as to why great change leaders bring about significant changes in a seamless manner..

    “A good change leader never thinks, “Why are these people acting so badly? They must be bad people.” A change leader thinks, “How can I set up a situation that brings out the good in these people?”

    Switch by Chip and Dan Heath

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  • Are you CURSING yourself for being PECULIAR? This is why the world needs you..

    The following insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book The Practice. The insight inspires us to be peculiar to bring our best selves as artists to the world at large..

    “The word PECULIAR comes from the idea of PRIVATE PROPERTY. No property is more private than your VOICE, dreams and contributions – All change comes from IDIOSYNCRACY, when you bring work outside STATUS QUO to people who NEED it.”

    Seth Godin’s The Practice

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