Tag: Leadership Lessons

  • What explains the COMMON pattern in all our DECISIONS?

    The following marketing insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book All Marketers Are Liars “A worldview is the lens used to look at every decision a person is asked to make.”

  • As a MARKETEER have you exploded this MYTH yet?

    The following great marketing insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book All Marketers Are Liars “We’d like to believe that efficient, useful, cost-effective products and services are the way to succeed. That hard work is its own reward. Most marketers carry around a worldview that describes themselves as innovators, not storytellers.”

  • The TWO ingredients of all LINCHPINS..

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s Godin’s book Linchpin “The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin.”

  • Are you aware when RESEARCH on CREATIVITY first began?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive “In the mid-1960s, two soon-to-be-legendary University of Chicago social scientists—Jacob Getzels and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi—began studying the elusive subject of creativity.”

  • Does COMMON SENSE have a role to play in PROBLEM SOLVING?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Chip Heath’s book Switch “What’s working, and how can we do more of it?” Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Yet, in the real world, this obvious question is almost never asked. Instead, the question we ask is more problem focused: “What’s broken, and how do…

  • What goes into the making of a GREAT CHANGE LEADER?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Chip Heath’s book Switch “A good change leader never thinks, “Why are these people acting so badly? They must be bad people.” A change leader thinks, “How can I set up a situation that brings out the good in these people?”

  • 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.”

  • How do HABITS form in our BRAIN?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Charles Duhigg’s book The Power of Habit “This process within our brains is a three-step loop. First, there is a cue, a trigger that tells your brain to go into automatic mode and which habit to use. Then there is the routine, which can…

  • Have you started conserving your WILLPOWER yet?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Charles Duhigg’s book The Power of Habit “If you want to do something that requires willpower—like going for a run after work—you have to conserve your willpower muscle during the day,”

  • WORTHY followers make GREAT leaders?Do you agree?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s insights “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.”