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  • Is SELLING always a ZERO SUM game?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive

    To sell well is to convince someone else to part with resources—not to deprive that person, but to leave him better off in the end.”

  • After knowing this would you not DEVELOP a GROWTH MINDSET?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive

    People can have two different mindsets. Those with a “fixed mindset” believe that their talents and abilities are carved in stone. Those with a “growth mindset” believe that their talents and abilities can be developed. Fixed mindsets see every encounter as a test of their worthiness. Growth mindsets see the same encounters as opportunities to improve.”

  • Is INNOVATION CHEAP or EXPENSIVE in the LONG run?

    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”

  • Why is GREATNESS unthinkable without a VISION?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive

    Greatness and nearsightedness are incompatible. Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one’s sights and pushing toward the horizon.”

  • How prepared is your MIND to face the FUTURE?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind

    The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind—creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers, and meaning makers.

  • Do you have the RIGHT SKILLS to survive in the CONCEPTUAL AGE?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind

    We are moving from an economy and a society built on the logical, linear, computerlike capabilities of the Information Age to an economy and a society built on the inventive, empathic, big-picture capabilities of what’s rising in its place, the Conceptual Age.

  • How equipped is your MIND to deal with these SIX SENSES?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind

    Design. Story. Symphony. Empathy. Play. Meaning. These six senses increasingly will guide our lives and shape our world.”

  • Is your workplace troubled by unethical behaviour?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive

    The problem with making an extrinsic reward the only destination that matters is that some people will choose the quickest route there, even if it means taking the low road. Indeed, most of the scandals and misbehavior that have seemed endemic to modern life involve shortcuts.”

  • Are you able to realize this INNATE INNER DRIVE in you?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive

    “Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.”

  • Are you aware when RESEARCH on CREATIVITY first began?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive

    In the mid-1960s, two soon-to-be-legendary University of Chicago social scientists—Jacob Getzels and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi—began studying the elusive subject of creativity.”