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  • Why should you BLOG?

    Why should you BLOG?

    The importance of blogging regularly

    Have you ever wondered, why should you blog? In this post I will take a cue from Seth Godin’s take on the same topic and highlight why you should do it regularly.

    Seth Godin encourages readers to ship out content regularly. According to him blogging and hence shipping our content regularly helps us overcome the resistance of the limbic brain.

    This would silence self doubt and encourage us to become gritty via deliberate practice.

    Once we break the shackles and ship regularly, we would continually improve and eventually reach a state of flow.

    Our purpose of enlightening the world via the content of blogs will eventually become real.

    As mentioned by Seth Godin:

    Why should you BLOG?

    For another insightful blog on the same lines from Seth Godin’s book The Practice please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/your-north-star-to-transition-from-an-amateur-to-a-professional/

    To know more about Seth Godin and his work please visit this link:

    https://www.sethgodin.com

  • Characteristics of Good Forecasters

    Characteristics of Good Forecasters

    What are the characteristics of good Forecasters?

    This blog post will enlighten you on the characteristics of good forecasters.

    These are people who are constantly rethinking and calibrating their existing learnings and knowledge.

    As mentioned by Adam Grant in his book Think Again, they constantly update their existing beliefs by triggering rethinking cycles.

    They constantly question their own ideas and see their opinions more as hunches rather than as truths.

    Characteristics of Good Forecasters

    For another insightful post inspired from the same book Think Again, please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/high-performing-teams-embrace-conflict/

    To know more about the author Adam Grant and his work, please visit this link:

    https://adamgrant.net/

  • Benefits of Mindfulness

    Benefits of Mindfulness

    What are the major benefits of Mindfulness?

    The benefits of mindfulness and hence its need in our everyday lives has been highlighted in this post. Needless to say this is the habit I recommend you to practice on a daily basis.

    Being mindful does not come naturally to our brain and due to the numerous distractions around us, being mindful turns out to be a huge challenge.

    Research has proven that mindfulness is the director of our brain and focusing on the present moment can increase immunity as well.

    Being mindful is related to unleashing our creative powers and alleviation of stress and anxiety.

    David Book in his book Your Brain at Work has illuminated us on the numerous benefits of the same.

    To gauge how mindful you are, you can check out the Mindful Awareness Attention Scale.

    Benefits of Mindfulness

    For another engaging post from Your Brain at Work, please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/how-is-mindfulness-the-director-of-brain/

    If you have not already read this book, what are you waiting for? Grab a copy today..

    https://www.amazon.in/Your-Brain-Work-Strategies-Distraction/dp/0061771295

  • Confident Humility Meaning

    Confident Humility Meaning

    What is the meaning of Confident Humility?

    Confident humility meaning and its understanding stems from finding the right balance between competence and confidence.

    One one end of the spectrum is Armchair Quarter Back syndrome wherein confidence exceeds competence. This is when we show off more than our credentials.

    On the other side of the spectrum though is Impostor Syndrome wherein competence exceeds confidence and we feel diffident to show off our justly earned skills.

    The ideal zone is to strike a balance between the two as shown in this insight, inspired from Adam Grant’s book Think Again.

    Thus mixing the right amount of humility with confidence leads to most optimal results.

    Confident humility meaning

    For another insight inspired from the same book, please visit the below link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/rethinking-is-key-to-confident-humility/

    To know more about the author Adam Grant and his work, please visit the link:

    https://adamgrant.net/

  • Build your Daily Mood Tracker

    Build your Daily Mood Tracker

    Do you know your daily mood pattern?

    To know how simple it is to build your own daily mood tracker read this insight. This insight has been inspired from Daniel Pink’s book When.

    After knowing about this you would be able to related to and understand the best time of the day that works for you.

    If you are an early riser or a late riser, chances are that you will have the following mood patterns.

    The crests and troughs will vary by your sleep patterns. The crests being the points which are the best times of the day.

    Thus depending on your sleep patterns i.e. early riser or late riser you can build your own mood tracker.

    Build your daily mood tracker

    For a similar insight again inspired from the same book of Daniel Pink, please visit:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/does-your-performance-dip-in-the-afternoon/

    If you have not already read this wonderful book, grab a copy of this today.

    https://www.amazon.in/When-Scientific-Secrets-Perfect-Timing/dp/0735210624

  • SMAC recipe for success

    SMAC recipe for success

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    Adopt SMAC recipe for success

    There have been different gurus and books who have advised on various methods to attain success. There is none better than Jim Collins’s SMAC recipe for success which is not only practical but finds relevance in the modern era as well.

    A SMaC (Specific, Methodical and Consistent) recipe is a set of “durable operating practices that create a replicable and consistent success formula”. It is clear and concrete without fluff, precise in guiding an enterprise on what to do (and what not to do) while reflecting the outcomes of empirical validation and insight.

    SMAC recipe for success

    In his book Great by Choice the author Jim Collins shows how iconic companies like South West Airlines have applied these principles for long lasting success.

    Listed below are some of Howard Putnam’s points followed at Southwest Airlines adhering to SMaC principle for lasting success:

    – Remain a short-haul carrier, under two-hour segments;
    – Utilize the 737 as our primary aircraft for ten to twelve years;
    – Stay out of food services

    Thus adopting this recipe in our lives can guarantee long term success.

  • The Art and Fear relationship

    The Art and Fear relationship

    For most of us the word fear has a negative interpretation. The art and fear relationship mentioned in this post shows the need of fear in the life of an artist.

    As mentioned by Steven Pressfield, fear is a constant reminder to us of our task at hand. To realize a calling this serves as a great indicator.

    Research shows that all great performers are scared before their live performances.

    The insight mentioned below, inspired from the book The War of Art, builds on this fact.

    The Art and Fear relationship

    For another such insightful post inspired from the same book please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/omnipresent-resistance-in-war-of-art/

    To know more about the author Steven Pressfield, please visit this link:

    https://stevenpressfield.com/

  • High Performing Teams embrace Conflict

    High Performing Teams embrace Conflict

    How do High Performing Teams embrace Conflict?

    High Performing Teams are characterized by their ability to embrace conflict.

    In any team we frequently associate two kinds of conflict i.e. Task Conflict and Relationship Conflict.

    Whereas relationship conflict is detrimental to performance, task conflict in some amount while maintaining healthy relationships go a long way in pathbreaking inventions.

    This is elaborated in the below insight inspired from Adam Grant’s book Think Again.

    High Performing Teams embrace Conflict

    Innovative organizations encourage task conflicts to challenge the status quo which reduces over a period of time. This increases again for a subsequent challenge and so on.

    For another such interesting insight from the same book, please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/downside-of-high-iq-for-rethinking/

    To know more about the author Adam Grant and his work, please visit this link:

    https://adamgrant.net/

  • Impostor Syndrome Positives

    Impostor Syndrome Positives

    What are the positives of Impostor Syndrome?

    Though regarded as negative, this blog post will let you know how even the impostor syndrome can have positives associated with it.

    This is a syndrome wherein we feel less confident even though we are competent.

    Impostor syndrome can inspire us to work harder by remaining grounded.

    As shown in the below insight this can make us better learners as well.

    Impostor Syndrome Positives

    For another such insightful post that will make you think, please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/rethinking-teaching-and-learning/

    To know more about the author Adam Grant please visit this link:

    https://adamgrant.net/

  • Fear of Rejection Demystified

    Fear of Rejection Demystified

    Demystifying the Fear of Rejection

    In this blog post the fear of rejection which comes naturally to human beings, has been demystified. This post has been inspired from Steven Pressfield’s book The War of Art.

    This is a commonly associated fear with many human beings. This happens mainly due to the intense arousal of our limbic brain which is responsible for resistance.

    Right from the caveman times our brains are programmed for this feeling of resistance.

    Hence to break the fear we need to face fear eye to eye.

    This would help overcome the innate resistance of our limbic brain as mentioned in the below insight.

    Fear of Rejection Demystified

    For another similar insight inspired from the same book, please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/overcome-resistance-of-ego/

    To know more about the author and his work, please visit the link:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pressfield