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  • Why BEST FRIENDS end up as CO-FOUNDERS?

    The book Good to Great, by Jim Collins illuminates us on the need of having best friends in life to make our lives a better and fulfilling place.

    “For no matter what we achieve, if we don’t spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect, we cannot possibly have a great life. But if we spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect – people we really enjoy being on the bus with and who will never disappoint us – then we will almost certainly have a great life, no matter where the bus goes. The people we interviewed from the good-to-great companies clearly loved what they did, largely because they loved who they did it with.”

    Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good to Great

    This is precisely the reason as to why great organizations like Apple, Microsoft have been co-founded by the best of friends.

  • How can PRODUCTIVE PARANOIA serve as a virtue?

    Jim Collins in his book Great by Choice goes ahead and explains the success recipe of 10X companies and leaders.

    Productive Paranoia is one such quality that helps these companies and leaders “course correct ” and hence achieve phenomenal success.

    10Xers remain productively paranoid in good times, recognizing that it’s what you do before the storm comes that matters most.  Since it’s impossible to consistently predict specific disruptive events, they systematically build buffers and shock absorbers for dealing with unexpected events.  They put in place their extra oxygen canisters long before they’re hit with a storm.

    Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Great by Choice

    Thus productive paranoia is a habit that needs to be practices to remain honest en-route a success journey.

  • As a LEADER do you PRACTICE these THREE TRAITS regularly?This RESEARCH will ILLUMINATE you..

    The following self help , motivational and leadership insight has been adopted from Jim Collins’s book Great by Choice and talks about 10X high performing leaders with Level 5 ambition

    “10Xers embrace a paradox of control and non-control. On the one hand, 10Xers understand that they face continuous uncertainty and that they cannot control, and cannot accurately predict, significant aspects of the world around them. On the other hand, 10Xers reject the idea that forces outside their control or chance events will determine their results; they accept full responsibility for their own fate. 10Xers then bring this idea to life by a triad of core behaviors: fanatic discipline, empirical creativity, and productive paranoia. Animating these three core behaviors is a central motivating force, Level 5 ambition.”

  • Are you into the habit of COMPARING yourself with OTHERS?Think again..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins

    “Comparison, a great teacher once told me, is the cardinal sin of modern life. It traps us in a game that we can’t win. Once we define ourselves in terms of others, we lose the freedom to shape our own lives.”

  • Are you an ENTREPRENEUR? Why is it worth marrying DISCIPLINE and ENTREPRENEURIAL spirit?

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins

    “All companies have a culture, some companies have discipline, but few companies have a culture of discipline. When you have disciplined people, you don’t need hierarchy. When you have disciplined thought, you don’t need bureaucracy. When you have disciplined action, you don’ t need excessive controls. When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great performance.”

  • Is GREAT VISION the sole criterion for GREAT LEADERSHIP?

    Adopted from the following great insight shared Jim Collins

    “Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”

  • Do you think GREATNESS is not your cup of tea?Think again..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins

    “Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.”

  • Do you want to build a GREAT COMPANY? The first step is this..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins

    “Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It is one thing above all others: the ability to get and keep enough of the right people.”