Infinite minded leaders are never worried about challenging the STATUS QUO and bringing in DISRUPTION.
The following quote from Simon Sinek , aptly highlights the difference:
“Where a FINITE minded player FEARS things that are NEW or DISRUPTIVE , the INFINITE MINDED player REVELS in them.”
An iconic and infinite minded leader who loves his organization is one who does thorough and precise succession planning to ensure that the organization is in good hands even after he/she leaves the organization.
In essence the reason the organization exists i.e. the WHY should not be lost when the visionary leader leaves.
Nothing summarizes this better than the following great quote of Simon Sinek , adopted from The Infinite Game.
“The ability to adopt an INFINITE MINDSET is a pre-requisite for any LEADER who aspires to leave their organization in better shape than they found it.”
Great leaders who possess an infinite mindset focus on the long term instead of quick wins in the short term.
Investing in Resources over Will seems the most appropriate strategy for a short term oriented finite minded leader in order to show quick wins.
A long term oriented mindset focusing on “Will” or people , inspires them so that they feel motivated to take care of “resources” in the long run.
This is by no means easy and takes risk taking ability on behalf of the visionary leader.
Needless to say long term oriented mindset results in fulfillment and satisfied employees who in turn make customers happy.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game.
Life is NOT a competition , it is an INFINITE GAME where we all are PLAYERS.
The only choice that we have is to play with either a FINITE or INFINITE mindset.
The following inspirational quote from Simon Sinek summarizes this very fact:
“In the GAME of LIFE , we only get ONE choice.
Once we are born we are PLAYERS.
The only choice that we have is to play with a FINITE mindset or an INFINITE mindset.”
“The ability to adopt an INFINITE MINDSET is a pre-requisite for any leaders who aspires to leave THEIR organization in BETTER SHAPE than they FOUND it.”
Think about Apple , SouthWest , CostCo etc. all of them have been led by such infinite minded leaders
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s quotes.
To get short term benefits and returns “Manipulation” and trickery by means of risk/reward behavior manipulation becomes the strategy of choice for most companies and marketers.
As with short cuts this has its own share of pitfalls in the long run.This is because NOT manipulation but INSPIRATION results in loyalty which results in long term benefits.
Organizations who have STARTED with WHY and build customer loyalty for e.g. Walmart , Apple etc. have struggled when their WHY went fuzzy due to the presence of a finite minded leaders.When this happens it becomes difficult to maintain the growth , loyalty and to inspire employees.
Time is witness that in order to bring such iconic companies back on track has needed an infinite minded leader back at the helm.Steve Jobs , Doug McMillon , Michael Dell the list goes on have returned to get their respective companies back on track by reviving the WHY.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why
The following insightful quote aptly highlights the difference between finite minded and infinite minded players.
“Where a FINITE minded player fears things that are NEW or DISRUPTIVE , the INFINITE MINDED player REVELS in them.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s leadership quotes
“Stand for people , not a product or service or metric or number.Stand for real , living , breathing people and we will change the world.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great quotes
Will is intangible and entails motivating and inspiring the feelings of people so that they give off their best at the workplace.
Resources or profits on the other hand is easier to measure , tangible and relates to the financial metrics that contribute to the health of an organization.
Focusing on Resources leads to benefits in the short term and hence finite minded short sighted leaders sacrifice people for resources to show profitability to shareholders.
The harder aspect wherein focus on people leads to satisfied customers and hence profits is not something for the faint hearted. This is why the true visionaries focus on this for realization of long term benefits and the benefit of the entire ecosystem.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game
The three pillars of a business’s responsibility are:
The order of communication of its responsibility separate an infinite minded business from a finite minded business.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game