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Tag: Motivation

  • Human progress hinges on unreasonability , this highlights the paradox

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book David and Goliath

    As the playwright George Bernard Shaw once put it: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

  • Do you want to OVERCOME a GIANT?

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book David and Goliath inspires us as to how to overcome a giant.

    Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.”

  • This is when we truly feel courageous

    Adopted from the following insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book David and Goliath

    Courage is not something that you already have that makes you brave when the tough times start. Courage is what you earn when you’ve been through the tough times and you discover they aren’t so tough after all.”

  • A great leader understands this leadership mantra

    The mind can be convinced but the heart must be won

    Adopted from the great quote of Simon Sinek from his book Together is Better

  • Linchpins have mastered the art of saying NO , this is how

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Seth Godin from his book Linchpin

    There are two ways the linchpin can use “No.” The first is to never use it. Amazingly there is a second kind of linchpin. This person says “no” all the time.”

  • This is the wisdom behind EXPERTISE

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Seth Godin from his book Linchpin

    Expertise gives you enough insight to reinvent what everyone else assumes is the truth.”

  • This is when employees challenge the status quo

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Seth Godin from his book Linchpin

    When people realize that they are not a cog in a machine, an easily replaceable commodity, they take the challenge and grow”

  • This is how a LINCHPIN views a marketplace

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Seth Godin from his book Linchpin

    You can see your marketplace as being limited, a zero sum game, a place in order for one win person to win, another must lose. Or you can see it as unlimited.”

  • This is why a LINCHPIN carefully chooses a profession

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Seth Godin from his book Linchpin

    If you want a job where it is okay to follow the rules, don’t be surprised if you get a job where following the rules is all you get to do”

  • This is the ONLY way to be indispensable

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Seth Godin from his book Linchpin

    You become indispensable merely because you are different, but the only way to be indispensable is to be different. That’s because if you’re the same, so are plenty of other people