As a salesperson I always look forward to witnessing live performance of my favorite artists. There are quite a few commonalities between a salesperson and an artist which is really fascinating.
To me the most apt definition of an artist is as follows:
“An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.”
This is why live performance by my favorite artists always keeps me on the edge.
Depending on your daily pattern, there is a way to gauge our productivity during the day.
Read this insightful post from Daniel Pink’s book When to know more on the pattern based on understanding whether you are an OWL (late riser), LARK (early riser) or normal bird.
Schools are the basic foundation of a modern society. I was lucky enough to be part of a great school. The two things that all great schools teach have been mentioned in this post.
Our daily mood routine follows a pattern. Being aware of this enables us to take control of our lives.
Whether you are a late riser (OWL), or an early riser (LARK) or a normal bird, the pattern depends.
Read this wonderful insight from WHEN by Daniel Pink, to know more:
The question I hate to be asked is how am I faring with respect to Competition. This blog post will show how the adoption of growth mindset will make competition irrelevant.
Adoption of an infinite mindset as mentioned by Simon Sinek in these blogs is another reminder to make competition irrelevant.
Knowingly or unknowingly we are all sellers. As a salesperson, there are 3 objects you cannot live without. These are the ABC of a salesperson.
Daniel Pink mentions these as A (Attunement), B (Buoyancy) & C (Clarity) in his best seller named To Sell is Human.
Over the past few years, I have invented the benefits of REGRET, otherwise considered as a NEGATIVE EMOTION.
Daniel Pink goes to great lengths in The Power of Regret to explain the many benefits of embracing regret.
Having gone through this book i have now realized how to make sense of REGRET without running away from it.
To enlighten yourselves on similar insights on REGRET, read the following blogposts.
And finally read this fascinating book at your convenience.
I love to cook my own food. I love to bake cakes & many other items that keep me fit and healthy. Cooking is by the way great for mental health as well.
Research has related cooking with happiness, relaxation, increasing self confidence to name a few.
Research has also proven that baking your own cake can increase your levels of serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin — all positive brain chemicals directly associated with overall mood and happiness. This in turn drives away all DEPRESSION and ANXIETY.
Thus if you have not yet started the journey would encourage you to take up cooking.
To understand more about right brain skills like cooking, read these insightful blogs.
Cooking is a form of PLAY, a right brain skills that adds more meaning to our lives.
Not exactly an ATTRACTION but a place I CRAVE to VISIT each weekend is a LAUGHTER CLUB, just a few miles from the town I stay. I love Laughter clubs since they encourage PLAYFULNESS.
Laughter Clubs are ones wherein people from different parts of the city, different walks of life assemble and spend quality time SIMPLY LAUGHING.
Research has shown that LAUGHING stimulates RIGHT BRAIN thinking and encourages PLAYFULNESS.
This brings more meaning in our lives and make them fulfilling.
Daniel Pink mentions about the same in his book A Whole new Mind.
Also take out some time to read this wonderful book from Daniel Pink.
Play is one of the six most essential right brain skills as mentioned by Daniel Pink in his path breaking book A Whole New Mind. This is a key reason I adopt PLAY in my daily life to remain in flow.
The following are the SIX RIGHT BRAIN SKILLS mentioned by Daniel Pink in his book:
Research has proven that as professionals we are more efficient when we PLAY at WORK. Look at the below startling observation that makes PLAY indeed a necessary component of our everyday lives.
