Tag: Infinite Game
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Prioritize Building Systems over Setting Goals. Why?
Very frequently we obsess with setting goals thinking that life is a race wherein ONLY WINNING matters. Moment you realize that life is an infinite game wherein continuous improvement is paramount, you would prioritize building systems over setting goals. This wonderful insight of James Clear from Atomic Habits, justifies the above argument and encourage us…
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Why is SELLING innately HUMAN?
The insight has been adopted from the following great leadership quote of Simon Sinek.. “We don’t do business with companies. We do business with people. Business is always human.” Simon Sinek Come let us pile on motivation..
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The MERITS of an INFINITE APPROACH..
The following self help, motivational and inspirational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s lessons around Infinite Game wherein he has clearly called out the merits of an INFINITE APPROACH as follows – By taking an infinite approach, and reframing your competitors as worthy rivals, the success of your peers becomes fuel for your own…
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As a LEADER are you looking for a MASTERCLASS on INFINITE MINDEDNESS?CVS Caremark is your point of reference..
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book The Infinite Game CVS Caremark in Feb 2014 , declared that it would stop selling cigarettes in all its stores.This was in line with the broader health care commitment it had embarked on. For many Wall street pundits this seemed a suicidal…
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Infinite minded players follow the these three principles religiously
As mentioned by Jim Collins in his book Good To Great , the following are three key concepts that are part of Hedgehog Concept so religiously followed by infinite minded companies in the modern age infinite game to stay ahead of peers. What are you DEEPLY PASSIONATE about? WHAT you CAN be BEST in the…
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This piece of advice will inspire us to adopt an “Infinite Mindset”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great sayings and advises all of us to adopt an infinite mindset for a better future in the infinite game of life “Now more than ever we need to embrace an INFINITE MINDSET. The FINITE MINDSET of opportunism , selfishness and panic will hurt all of us in the long run.…
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This is a very harmful byproduct of Motivation 2.0
Motivation 2.0 , a term coined by Daniel Pink in his book Drive , based on Carrot and Stick motivational technique has had its origin right from the age of Industrial revolution and worked wonders. The rationale behind this model was : “Reward good behavior and compliance to produce more of the same.Punish undesirable behavior…
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Approaching the Infinite Game with an open mind
The following quote from Simon Sinek on Infinite game explains why an open mind is needed to play an infinite game. “Whereas a FINITE minded player fears things that are NEW or DISRUPTIVE , the INFINITE minded player revels in them.”
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We humans are born to be “players” and NOT “pawns”
Right from the caveman times we are born to be autonomous individuals , not individual automatons. Our brains are wired to be intrinsically motivated and hence we are inherently “Type I ” individuals. Outside forces including the very idea that we need to be managed have conspired from time to time to change our default…
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Knowing the differences between “Type I” and “Type X” personalities
Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive. EXtrinsic Motivation is considered the primary driver behind the Carrot and Stick method of motivating people.Reward for doing routine bound work effectively and Punishment for NOT being able to do the same , brings in compliance and is perfect for a factory model kind of work environment. Hence Type…