Adopted from the following great insight shared by Seth Godin from his book Linchpin
“If you want a job where it is okay to follow the rules, don’t be surprised if you get a job where following the rules is all you get to do”
Tag: Great Quotes
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This is the ONLY way to be indispensable
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Seth Godin from his book Linchpin
“You become indispensable merely because you are different, but the only way to be indispensable is to be different. That’s because if you’re the same, so are plenty of other people“
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This is why LINCHPINs stand out
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Seth Godin from his book Linchpin
“Now the only way to stand out is to create something worth talking about, to treat people with respect and to have them spread the word”
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Main drawback of the factory model
Adopted from the following insight shared by Seth Godin from his book Linchpin
“The goal was to leverage and defend the system, not the people”
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Stress at work , major reason
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from the book Leaders Eat Last
“Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with weak management and leadership”
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A great leader exists only due to followers
Adopted from the following great leadership insight shared by Simon Sinek from the book Leaders Eat Last
“It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.”
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This is when followers take ownership of a leader’s vision
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from the book Leaders Eat Last
“And when a leader embraces their responsibility to care for people instead of caring for numbers, then people will follow, solve problems and see to it that that leader’s vision comes to life the right way, a stable way and not the expedient way.
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Leadership comes at a price , this is what it is
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from the book Leaders Eat Last
“The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.”
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These three things ensure the work we do is truly satisfying
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book Outliers
“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.”
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This is what SUCCESS is a function of
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book Outliers
“Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.”