The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers
“Those three things – autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward – are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying.”
The following self help and marketing insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book Purple Cow
“Do you have the email addresses of the 20 percent of your customer base that loves what you do? If not, start getting them. If you do, what could you make for these customers that would be superspecial?”
The following self help and marketing insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book Purple Cow
“The old rule was this: CREATE SAFE, ORDINARY PRODUCTS AND COMBINE THEM WITH GREAT MARKETING. The new rule is: CREATE REMARKABLE PRODUCTS THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE SEEK OUT.”
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book Purple Cow
“In your career, even more than for a brand, being safe is risky. The path to lifetime job security is to be remarkable.”
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book Purple Cow
“If you’re remarkable, it’s likely that some people won’t like you. That’s part of the definition of remarkable. Nobody gets unanimous praise–ever. The best the timid
can hope for is to be unnoticed. Criticism comes to those who stand out.”
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book Linchpin
“Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you’re doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they’re hiding out in the comfortable zone. When your uncomfortable actions lead to success, the organization rewards you and brings you back for more.”
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book Linchpin
“Perhaps your challenge isn’t finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen.”
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book Linchpin
“The lizard brain is the reason you’re afraid, the reason you don’t do all the art you can, the reason you don’t ship when you can. The lizard brain is the source of the resistance.”
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book Linchpin
“If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.”
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book Linchpin
“What makes someone an artist? I don’t think is has anything to do with a paintbrush. There are painters who follow the numbers, or paint billboards, or work in a small village in China, painting reproductions. These folks, while swell people, aren’t artists. On the other hand, Charlie Chaplin was an artist, beyond a doubt. So is Jonathan Ive, who designed the iPod. You can be an artists who works with oil paints or marble, sure. But there are artists who work with numbers, business models, and customer conversations. Art is about intent and communication, not substances. “