Tag: Motivational tips
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SIT BACK and GET BORED for this reason.
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work. “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.” Thus being BORED may indeed be a novel experience.
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Why are EXTRINSIC REWARDS inherently RISKY?
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive “The problem with making an extrinsic reward the only destination that matters is that some people will choose the quickest route there, even if it means taking the low road. Indeed, most of the scandals and misbehavior that have seemed…
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Choosing MEDIOCRITY comes at a PRICE..
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book Drive “The ultimate freedom for creative groups is the freedom to experiment with new ideas. Some skeptics insist that innovation is expensive. In the long run, innovation is cheap. Mediocrity is expensive—and autonomy can be the antidote.” TOM KELLEY General…
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Why ARTICULATING VALUES as VERBS can help?
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why For values or guiding principles to be truly effective they have to be verbs. It’s not “integrity,” it’s “always do the right thing.” It’s not “innovation,” it’s “look at the problem from a different angle.” Articulating our values…
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Our BRAIN’s OBSESSION for a sense of PURPOSE..
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s great leadership insight
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The FINE line between SUCCESS and FULFILLMENT is this..
The following self help and leadership insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s great leadership insight
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Aren’t ALL INNOVATORS connected by this COMMON THREAD?
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Malcolm Gladwell’s book David and Goliath “Innovators need to be disagreeable. By disagreeable, I don’t mean obnoxious or unpleasant. I mean that on that fifth dimension of the Big Five personality inventory, “agreeableness,” they tend to be on the far end of the continuum.They…
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Have you wondered why MOST ARTISTS are UNREASONABLE?
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Malcolm Gladwell’s 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.” Hence…
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When to STOP INVESTING in a PRODUCT?
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book The Purple Cow “If a product’s future is unlikely to be remarkable – if you can’t imagine a future in which people are once again fascinated by your product – it’s time to realize that the game has changed. Instead of…
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The MOST crisp definition of INTEGRITY
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Leaders Eat Last “Integrity is when our words and deeds are consistent with our intentions.” Integrity thus means walking the talk.