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  • Do you have the guts to ask “Why Not”?

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

    Asking “Why?” can lead to understanding. Asking “Why not?” can lead to breakthroughs.”

  • Do you want to stand out in a crowded marketplace?This is for you..

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

    Mastery of design, empathy, play, and other seemingly “soft” aptitudes is now the main way for individuals and firms to stand out in a crowded marketplace.”

  • Do you know the ART of asking the RIGHT QUESTIONS?

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

    Asking “Why?” can lead to understanding. Asking “Why not?” can lead to breakthroughs.”

  • What if POETS had been modern day MANAGERS?

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

    I say, ‘Get me some poets as managers.‘ Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the world in which we live and feel obligated to interpret, and give expression to it in a way that makes the reader understand how that world runs. Poets, those unheralded systems thinkers, are our true digital thinkers. It is from their midst that I believe we will draw tomorrow’s new business leaders.”

  • As a LEADER are you OBSESSED with COMPLIANCE?

    The following leadership insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive

    While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it’s a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply meeting the demands of those in control. Yet in our offices and our classrooms we have way too much compliance and way too little engagement. The former might get you through the day, but only the latter will get you through the night.”

  • Are you STRUGGLING to get the BEST out of your EMPLOYEES?

    The following self help and motivational insight adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive talks about the need of these 3 factors to energise and motivate employees..

    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.”

  • What can make MUNDANE work TRULY CHALLENGING?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s great quote..

    Those three things – autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward – are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying.

  • Are you REHEARSING HARD for that PERFECT SALES PITCH?This is a MUST READ..

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book To Sell is Human

    The purpose of a pitch isn’t necessarily to move others immediately to adopt your idea. The purpose is to offer something so compelling that it begins a conversation, brings the other person in as a participant, and eventually arrives at an outcome that appeals to both of you.”

  • Have you WONDERED how much a SALESPERSON can LEARN from a THEATRE ARTIST?This is HOW..

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book To Sell is Human

    Sales and theater have much in common. Both take guts. Salespeople pick up the phone and call strangers; actors walk onto the stage in front of them. Both invite rejection—for salespeople, slammed doors, ignored calls, and a pile of nos; for actors, a failed audition, an unresponsive audience, a scathing review. And both have evolved along comparable trajectories.”

  • Have you wondered why OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITIES are gaining in PROMINENCE?This explains..

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

    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.”