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  • Best Advice on Excellence

    Best Advice on Excellence

    Daily writing prompt
    What’s the most profound piece of advice you’ve been given? Did you take it?
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    The need of Grit for Excellence

    The best advice on achieving excellence that I have ever received is via Angela Duckworth’s book Grit.

    In this book the author enlightens us on the need of grit and constant determination to achieve and sustain excellence.

    Research says that passion alone cannot take us towards our goal. What is needed is the perseverance in conjunction with passion, a quality exhibited by most achievers.

    The central quality to achieve the same is grit or the perseverance that keeps us going in spite of all odds.

    I find this particular insight very inspiring.

    Best Advice on Excellence

    For another inspiring insight from the same book, please read the below insight:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/do-you-have-grit/

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  • Day out with my Idols

    Day out with my Idols

    Daily writing prompt
    If you had an unlimited budget for 24 hours, what would you do?
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    A Day Filled with Inspiration

    If I had unlimited budget for 24 hours I would have travelled to different parts of the world as part of a day out with my idols.

    These are some of the great people whom I idolize and would love to have discussions around remarkable work done by each of them in respective areas:

    1. Simon Sinek -> For work done around helping me FIND a WHY in my life and for helping me realize that life is indeed an INFINITE GAME. His work around OPTIMISM and FULFILLMENT is inspiring to the core.
    2. Cal Newport -> For making me realize the virtues of DEEP WORK and the need of a CRAFTSMAN MINDSET over a PASSION MINDSET to get your rightful place.
    3. Carmine Gallo -> For enlightening me on PRESENTATION SECRETS of STEVE JOBS, coaching people around the world to TALK like TED and finally making me realize the importance of PRACTICE for any PRESENTATION
    4. Daniel Pink -> For make me realize the POWER of REGRET as an EMOTION to course correct in our lives and via WHEN enlightening me on the importance of timing and guarding the golden hour in our daily lives.
    5. Finally Angela Duckworth and Susan Cain for enlightening me on the merits of exhibiting GRIT in our lives and that the POWER of INTROVERTS is undeniable.

    I would like to take a moment to share an insightful post around introverts from Susan Cain’s book The Power of Introverts that has changed the world’s perspective around introverts.

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/north-star-of-introversion/

    Day out with my Idols

    Do you idolize anyone? Do let me know in comments..

  • Relation between Grit and Life Satisfaction

    Relation between Grit and Life Satisfaction

    What does the relationship between Grit and Life Satisfaction reveal?

    Research has shown that there is indeed a relation between grit and Life satisfaction. To know more read this blog post inspired from Angela Duckworth’s book.

    Research has shown that as people get grittier their satisfaction levels increase as shown in this following curve.

    Thus talent alone cannot guarantee satisfaction. Perseverance and passion in the right combination results in a fulfilling life.

    Relation between Grit and Life Satisfaction

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

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/find-the-purpose-of-your-life/

    To know more about Angela Duckworth and her work, please visit the following link:

    https://angeladuckworth.com

  • Find the Purpose of your Life

    Find the Purpose of your Life

    Simple tip to find the purpose of your life

    To find the purpose of your life this simple tip can help you get started.

    Thinking is small steps is the key to make a large impact. In our everyday lives in whatever work we do once we think how we can make it better to align with our core values we find our life’s calling.

    This will make our lives more fulfilling and transcend all short term materialistic goals.

    The same has been elaborated in the insight inspired from the book Grit.

    Find the Purpose of your Life

    For another similar insight inspired from Grit, please read below:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/do-you-have-grit/

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

    https://angeladuckworth.com

  • How to nurture Interest for Greatness?

    How to nurture Interest for Greatness?

    6 steps to Nurture your interest for achieving Mastery

    For any successful person the first step starts with interest in a subject which is difficult to master. How to nurture the interest for Greatness? Read this blog post to know the steps.

    In her book Angela Duckworth mentions about the steps to make this start to aim towards future mastery.

    If you read this insight carefully, you will understand that having a mentor who constantly encourages is equally important for taking the interest to the new level.

    Thus once done carefully this will trigger deliberate practice which is so crucial to achieving mastery.

    How to nurture Interest for Greatness?

    For another such insightful post from the book Grit, please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/hard-thing-rule-to-encourage-grit/

    To know more about Angela Duckworth and her work, please visit this link:

    https://angeladuckworth.com

  • Purpose driven versus Pleasure driven

    Purpose driven versus Pleasure driven

    Are you purpose or pleasure driven?

    Research on purpose driven versus pleasure driven characteristics has shown that gritty people prefer the former over the latter.

    While the former is for long term the latter is for near term satisfaction.

    Viktor Frankl has highlighted that man’s search for meaning in life is key to deriving fulfillment as opposed to dopamine driven short term excitement.

    The below insight inspired from the book Grit, shows the curve of Gritty people where meaning dominates to realize a calling.

    Purpose driven versus Pleasure driven

    As we move higher on the grit scale the sense of meaning in our lives takes center stage.

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

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/best-definition-of-grit/

    To know more about the author Angela Duckworth and her work, please visit this link:

    https://angeladuckworth.com

  • Finnish SISU explained

    Finnish SISU explained

    What is SISU important to every FINNISH?

    The concept of Finnish SISU has been explained in this blog post.

    Sisu standards for inner strength or fortitude every inhabitant of Finland is born with.

    This is what gives them the psychological capital to fight against adverse situations and circumstances.

    There are 4 key points that make this very similar to Grit, as explained by Angela Duckworth in her book.

    Finnish SISU explained

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

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/grit-and-growth-mindset-are-intertwined/

    To know more about SISU, please visit this link:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisu#:~:text=Sisu%20is%20a%20Finnish%20word,to%20express%20their%20national%20character.

  • Grit and Growth Mindset are Intertwined

    Grit and Growth Mindset are Intertwined

    Evidence that Grit and Growth Mindset are Intertwined

    To know how Grit and Growth Mindset are deeply Intertwined read this blog post.

    In her book Angela Duckworth cites a reference from Carol Dweck’s book to prove this point.

    As proven by research gritty people develop a growth mindset that gives them the tenacity and perseverance to tide over adverse circumstances by embracing hope.

    These are the successful people who indulge in optimistic self talk that gives from the strength to face adverse circumstances.

    Grit and Growth Mindset are Intertwined

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

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/daily-deliberate-practice-limit/

    To know more about the book Mindset by Carol Dweck, visit this link:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiiEeMN7vbQ

  • Daily Deliberate Practice Limit

    Daily Deliberate Practice Limit

    In her book Grit, the author Angela has touched upon a very interesting metric of the daily deliberate practice limit.

    This metric has been derived after studying the behavior patterns of all world experts and their deliberate practice regime.

    After studying all such patterns the limit for such rigorous practice has been capped between three to five hours per day at a maximum.

    The below insight inspired from the same book elaborates on this interesting metric.

    Daily Deliberate Practice Limit

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

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/four-psychological-assets-of-grit/

    To know more about Deliberate Practice please visit the below link:

    https://sentio.org/what-is-deliberate-practice

  • Four Psychological Assets of Grit

    Four Psychological Assets of Grit

    Which are the four psychological assets of Grit?

    In her book Angela Duckworth has highlighted four psychological assets that are key to grit. The journey to greatness is incomplete without these components.

    1. Interest -> A certain amount of interest is needed to pick up a skill. This typically develops at an early age
    2. Practice -> Once interest develops, deliberate practice needs to kick in to perfect the skill and take it to the next level. Putting in the hours by moving out of comfort zone is what counts.
    3. Purpose -> No great deed can be achieved without an overarching purpose or a calling. The skill that has been developed through interest and practice makes us realize this calling.
    4. Hope -> Faith in god or optimism that the future is bright keeps us going even when the chips are down.

    These components make up a truly gritty champion who eventually makes it big in life as elaborated in the below insight.

    four psychological assets of grit

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

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/three-step-goal-setting-masterclass/

    To know more about the author and her work please visit this link:

    https://angeladuckworth.com