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  • Best Definition of Grit

    Best Definition of Grit

    How do you define grit?

    Research says that passion alone cannot take us towards our goal. What is needed is the perseverance in conjunction with passion and is a quality exhibited by most achievers. Read this blog post to understand the best definition of grit.

    In her best selling book, Angela Duckworth mentions the importance of deliberate practice and a sense of purpose for reaching our desired north star.

    The central quality to achieve the same is grit or the perseverance that keeps us going in spite of all odds.

    Mentioned below is the insight inspired from her book, that enlightens us on the true meaning of this quality.

    Best Definition of Grit

    For another interesting insight around the same topic please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/givers-obsess-with-grit/

    If you have not already read this wonderful book, go and grab a copy today:

    https://www.amazon.in/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108

  • Resistance to Change Core Beliefs

    Resistance to Change Core Beliefs

    What is the biggest Resistance to Change Core Beliefs?

    Whenever our core beliefs are challenged, we face a huge resistance to change these core beliefs. Have you ever wondered why? Read this blog post to know more.

    Human brain has mainly two parts: 1) The Limbic brain inherited from apes and 2) the new brain or rational brain.

    Whenever faced with a challenge to rethink our beliefs, we face a severe resistance from the limbic brain

    As a result of which we seldom rethink and change or core beliefs for the better.

    Resistance to Change Core Beliefs

    For another such insightful post inspired from the same book, please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/characteristics-of-good-forecasters/

    To know more about Adam Grant and his work, please visit this link:

    https://adamgrant.net/

  • Why should you BLOG?

    Why should you BLOG?

    The importance of blogging regularly

    Have you ever wondered, why should you blog? In this post I will take a cue from Seth Godin’s take on the same topic and highlight why you should do it regularly.

    Seth Godin encourages readers to ship out content regularly. According to him blogging and hence shipping our content regularly helps us overcome the resistance of the limbic brain.

    This would silence self doubt and encourage us to become gritty via deliberate practice.

    Once we break the shackles and ship regularly, we would continually improve and eventually reach a state of flow.

    Our purpose of enlightening the world via the content of blogs will eventually become real.

    As mentioned by Seth Godin:

    Why should you BLOG?

    For another insightful blog on the same lines from Seth Godin’s book The Practice please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/your-north-star-to-transition-from-an-amateur-to-a-professional/

    To know more about Seth Godin and his work please visit this link:

    https://www.sethgodin.com

  • Characteristics of Good Forecasters

    Characteristics of Good Forecasters

    What are the characteristics of good Forecasters?

    This blog post will enlighten you on the characteristics of good forecasters.

    These are people who are constantly rethinking and calibrating their existing learnings and knowledge.

    As mentioned by Adam Grant in his book Think Again, they constantly update their existing beliefs by triggering rethinking cycles.

    They constantly question their own ideas and see their opinions more as hunches rather than as truths.

    Characteristics of Good Forecasters

    For another insightful post inspired from the same book Think Again, please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/high-performing-teams-embrace-conflict/

    To know more about the author Adam Grant and his work, please visit this link:

    https://adamgrant.net/

  • Confident Humility Meaning

    Confident Humility Meaning

    What is the meaning of Confident Humility?

    Confident humility meaning and its understanding stems from finding the right balance between competence and confidence.

    One one end of the spectrum is Armchair Quarter Back syndrome wherein confidence exceeds competence. This is when we show off more than our credentials.

    On the other side of the spectrum though is Impostor Syndrome wherein competence exceeds confidence and we feel diffident to show off our justly earned skills.

    The ideal zone is to strike a balance between the two as shown in this insight, inspired from Adam Grant’s book Think Again.

    Thus mixing the right amount of humility with confidence leads to most optimal results.

    Confident humility meaning

    For another insight inspired from the same book, please visit the below link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/rethinking-is-key-to-confident-humility/

    To know more about the author Adam Grant and his work, please visit the link:

    https://adamgrant.net/

  • The Art and Fear relationship

    The Art and Fear relationship

    For most of us the word fear has a negative interpretation. The art and fear relationship mentioned in this post shows the need of fear in the life of an artist.

    As mentioned by Steven Pressfield, fear is a constant reminder to us of our task at hand. To realize a calling this serves as a great indicator.

    Research shows that all great performers are scared before their live performances.

    The insight mentioned below, inspired from the book The War of Art, builds on this fact.

    The Art and Fear relationship

    For another such insightful post inspired from the same book please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/omnipresent-resistance-in-war-of-art/

    To know more about the author Steven Pressfield, please visit this link:

    https://stevenpressfield.com/

  • High Performing Teams embrace Conflict

    High Performing Teams embrace Conflict

    How do High Performing Teams embrace Conflict?

    High Performing Teams are characterized by their ability to embrace conflict.

    In any team we frequently associate two kinds of conflict i.e. Task Conflict and Relationship Conflict.

    Whereas relationship conflict is detrimental to performance, task conflict in some amount while maintaining healthy relationships go a long way in pathbreaking inventions.

    This is elaborated in the below insight inspired from Adam Grant’s book Think Again.

    High Performing Teams embrace Conflict

    Innovative organizations encourage task conflicts to challenge the status quo which reduces over a period of time. This increases again for a subsequent challenge and so on.

    For another such interesting insight from the same book, please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/downside-of-high-iq-for-rethinking/

    To know more about the author Adam Grant and his work, please visit this link:

    https://adamgrant.net/

  • Impostor Syndrome Positives

    Impostor Syndrome Positives

    What are the positives of Impostor Syndrome?

    Though regarded as negative, this blog post will let you know how even the impostor syndrome can have positives associated with it.

    This is a syndrome wherein we feel less confident even though we are competent.

    Impostor syndrome can inspire us to work harder by remaining grounded.

    As shown in the below insight this can make us better learners as well.

    Impostor Syndrome Positives

    For another such insightful post that will make you think, please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/rethinking-teaching-and-learning/

    To know more about the author Adam Grant please visit this link:

    https://adamgrant.net/

  • Fear of Rejection Demystified

    Fear of Rejection Demystified

    Demystifying the Fear of Rejection

    In this blog post the fear of rejection which comes naturally to human beings, has been demystified. This post has been inspired from Steven Pressfield’s book The War of Art.

    This is a commonly associated fear with many human beings. This happens mainly due to the intense arousal of our limbic brain which is responsible for resistance.

    Right from the caveman times our brains are programmed for this feeling of resistance.

    Hence to break the fear we need to face fear eye to eye.

    This would help overcome the innate resistance of our limbic brain as mentioned in the below insight.

    Fear of Rejection Demystified

    For another similar insight inspired from the same book, please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/overcome-resistance-of-ego/

    To know more about the author and his work, please visit the link:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pressfield

  • Learn to Enjoy Writing

    Learn to Enjoy Writing

    Do you enjoy writing?

    If you are scared of writing content, this blog post will inspire you to learn to enjoy your writing.

    Many a times in life we miss out on the chance to ship quality content to inspire audiences. All we need is the boldness to nurture our writing skills to make this happen.

    If you are a good reader all you need is to channelize your knowledge and start writing compelling content in any shape or form e.g. posts, blogs, articles etc.

    When you ship quality content you will feel fulfilled.

    Carmine Gallo has mentioned these seven wonderful techniques which I find very crucial while writing any content.

    To learn the Warren Buffet way of writing in a crisp, concise yet compelling manner, read this insightful post:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/learn-the-warren-buffett-trick-for-crisp-writing/

    To know more about Carmine Gallo and his writing techniques, please visit this link:

    https://www.carminegallo.com/