Simon Sinek’s great and inspiration quote makes us aware that winning or losing does not matter in an infinite game of life. Effort should be directed towards playing the game rather than focusing on results.
Nir Eyal has very nicely mentioned the truth around the lifecycle of habit forming products in his book Hooked. Read this wonderful insight to know more about habit forming products.
“Habit-forming products often start as nice-to-haves (vitamins) but once the habit is formed, they become must-haves (painkillers).”
Hooked – Nir Eyal
Further to the lifecycle of habit forming products, read another wonderful insight on habit forming products.
To know about a similar insight on habit forming products, read this blog post.
https://viewpointsunplugged.com/ultimate-goal-of-a-habit-forming-product/
And finally to know more about the author Nir Eyal read this link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nir_Eyal
Also please do not forget to grab a copy of the book named Hooked from Nir Eyal. This is your first step towards building a habit forming product.
https://www.amazon.in/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products-ebook/dp/B00NW01MKM
Charles Duhigg illuminates us with this fascinating insight in The Power of Habit.
“As people strengthened their willpower muscles in one part of their lives—in the gym, or a money management program—that strength spilled over into what they ate or how hard they worked. Once willpower became stronger, it touched everything.”
The Power of Habit – Charles Duhigg
“Be wary of those who speak a lot but say little.”
Simon Sinek
A small step towards being more productive in life.
“Ten-minute rule.” If I find myself wanting to check my phone as a pacification device when I can’t think of anything better to do, I tell myself it’s fine to give in, but not right now. I have to wait just ten minutes.”
Hooked – Nir Eyal
Following this principle can help us getting distracted for small reasons.
The following metric provided by Nir Eyal in his best selling book named Hooked illuminates us on this metric. Whether you too are addicted to your phone will become clear through this metric.
“79 percent of smartphone owners check their device within 15 minutes of waking up every morning.”
Nir Eyal – Hooked
Thus being aware of your phone addiction can take you a step closer to exercising self restraint for the a healthy lifestyle.
Jim Collins’s in his best seller Built to Last makes a mention of Walmart’s Ledger Book and how it continues to be a masterclass for Continuous Improvement.
This teaches us to improve ourselves by the day without being bogged down by competition.
Simon Sinek’s great insight illuminates us on our true competitor in the infinite game of life or business.
Thus stop competing with others and focus on bettering yourself.
Visionary companies have utmost SELF CONFIDENCE and un-reasonability bordering around HUBRIS. It is this factor that makes them a class apart. Had this not been the case IBM, Boeing, Disney would never have been able to take risky bets that eventually paid off.
Very nice insight that Jim Collins has shared from his book Built to Last.
Jim Collins mentions about this fascinating insight in his best selling book Built to Last.
Thus continuous experimentation & learning out of lessons learnt is the only way to progress. Visionary Companies time and time again bear ample testimony to the same.
Thus if you are building a visionary company be prepared to experiment, branch out and prune as needed.