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  • Are you OBSESSED with your ACHIEVEMENTS? Food for thought..

    Excitement vs Fulfillment
    Excitement or Fulfillment – The Choice is yours

    Fulfillment is always with a long term goal in mind as mentioned by Simon Sinek in this leadership insight.

  • As a LEADER do you have guts to speak the TRUTH?

    Bad leaders may edit the truth for fear of causing discomfort. Good leaders accept that the truth is often uncomfortable.”

    Inspired and adopted from Simon Sinek’s great leadership insights
  • Do you have what it takes to be a LEVEL 5 leader?

    Three qualities of Level 5 Leadership
    The THREE prerequisites to LEVEL 5 leadership

    If you want to be a LEVEL 5 leader these are the 3 characteristics which are necessary pre-requisites as mentioned by Jim Collins in his book Good to Great.

  • Why CHALLENGES should excite and NOT frighten us?

    Human beings, it seems, are at their best when immersed deeply in something challenging.

    Adopted from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work as proven by RESEARCH

  • How often do you enjoy being BORED?

    To simply wait and be bored has become a novel experience in modern life, but from the perspective of concentration training, it’s incredibly valuable.”

    Adopted from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work
  • Has any LEADER changed your SELF BELIEF?

    Has any LEADER changed your SELF BELIEF?

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s great leadership insights

  • Why is there so much to learn from a SKILLED CRAFTSMAN?

    The task of a craftsman, they conclude, “is not to generate meaning, but rather to cultivate in himself the skill of discerning the meanings that are already there.”

    Adopted from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work

  • Are you working on mastering these TWO things?

    “Two Core Abilities for Thriving in the New Economy

    1. The ability to quickly master hard things.

    2. The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.”

    Adopted from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work.

  • Which is that MINDSET that can eliminate COMPETITION?

    People can have two different mindsets, she says. Those with a “fixed mindset” believe that their talents and abilities are carved in stone. Those with a “growth mindset” believe that their talents and abilities can be developed. Fixed mindsets see every encounter as a test of their worthiness. Growth mindsets see the same encounters as opportunities to improve.”

    Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive

  • Why does it make sense to improve your RIGHT BRAIN skills?

    Today, the defining skills of the previous era—the “left brain” capabilities that powered the Information Age—are necessary but no longer sufficient. And the capabilities we once disdained or thought frivolous—the “right-brain” qualities of inventiveness, empathy, joyfulness, and meaning—increasingly will determine who flourishes and who flounders.”

    Adopted from Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind