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  • Steve Jobs great quotes – Number 12

    . “My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other’s kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other, and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. That’s how I see business: Great things in business are never done by one person, they’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs

  • Steve Jobs great quotes – Number 11

    “You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.” – Steve Jobs

  • Steve Jobs great quotes – Number 10

    “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”-Steve Jobs

  • Find people who believe in what you believe

    Attain fulfillment

    In this world it is impossible to satisfy everyone and neither should we attempt to do it.

    Human beings crave for social bonds and feel safe and trustworthy in the company of those who believe in what we believe.No con no trickery plain and simple truth.

    So when we attempt to do something novel there will be skeptics who will be cynical.We should choose a company of people who believe in what we believe to create magic.

    “If you want to achieve anything in this world, you have to get used to the idea that not everyone will like you.” – Simon Sinek

     

     

  • “Practice being the last to speak” – Simon Sinek

    Nelson Mandela had perfected this leadership art.Practicing being the last to speak is by no means a weak trait of leadership.

    It needs great subject matter knowledge , empathy and listening skills in giving  everyone in a group a chance to express their views and synergize the findings at the end.

    This is an art he had learned from his father while accompanying him for tribal meetings.

    True principle centred leadership needs empathy , listening skills to make the members in the group feel as if they belong..

  • Practice confidence not arrogance – Simon Sinek quote

    “Confidence is believing in yourself. Arrogance is telling others you’re better than they are. Confidence inspires. Arrogance destroys.” – Simon Sinek

  • What is meant by Vision?

    “Vision is the ability to talk about the future with such clarity it is as if we are talking about the past.” – Simon Sinek

  • Mr. Optimist – Simon Sinek quote

    “I find, when you’re an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you.” – Simon Sinek

  • The Habit Loop

    Life lessons from book  Power of Habit

    Habits develop in a region of limbic brain named “basal ganglia”.

    The habit loop consists of three components.

    1)Cue – The trigger based on which brain decides whether to consider sequence of actions as habits.

    2)Routine – Repetitive sequence of mental , emotional , physical activities that form a repetitive routine.

    3)Reward – The reward that is expected out of automating the loop whether good or bad .

    It is the ability of the brain to continuously automate repetitive patterns as habits to reduce size of brain and increase efficiency of the brain.

    This is an awesome book to understand how to develop good habits & update wrong habits with nicer habits..

  • Steve Jobs great quotes – Number 9

    “The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.”-Steve Jobs