The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive
“The ultimate freedom for creative groups is the freedom to experiment with new ideas. Some skeptics insist that innovation is expensive. In the long run, innovation is cheap. Mediocrity is expensive—and autonomy can be the antidote.” TOM KELLEY General Manager, IDEO”
Thus settling for mediocrity can turn out to be very expensive in the long run.
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why
For values or guiding principles to be truly effective they have to be verbs. It’s not “integrity,” it’s “always do the right thing.” It’s not “innovation,” it’s “look at the problem from a different angle.” Articulating our values as verbs gives us a clear idea – we have a clear idea of how to act in any situation.
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s great leadership insight
The following self help and leadership insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s great leadership insight
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Malcolm Gladwell’s book David and Goliath
“Innovators need to be disagreeable. By disagreeable, I don’t mean obnoxious or unpleasant. I mean that on that fifth dimension of the Big Five personality inventory, “agreeableness,” they tend to be on the far end of the continuum.They are people willing to take social risks—to do things that others might disapprove of.”
This is why those who innovate are not afraid to challenge the STATUS QUO.
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Malcolm Gladwell’s book David and Goliath
“As the playwright George Bernard Shaw once put it: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
Hence needless to say most renowned artists end up being unreasonable..
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book The Purple Cow
“If a product’s future is unlikely to be remarkable – if you can’t imagine a future in which people are once again fascinated by your product – it’s time to realize that the game has changed. Instead of investing in a dying product, take profits and reinvest them in building something new.”
This piece of wisdom can go a long way in helping us decide when to stop investing in a product.
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Leaders Eat Last
“Integrity is when our words and deeds are consistent with our intentions.”
Integrity thus means walking the talk.
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Together is Better
“Life is beautiful not because of the things we see or the things we do. Life is beautiful because of the people we meet.”
Our good memories with people whom we meet in life provides us the energy to carry on in life with greater vigor.
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book together is Better
“When we are closed to ideas, what we hear is criticism. When we are open to criticism, what we get is advice.”
Thus being open to constructive can truly enlighten us.