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How great leaders inspire their teams?

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Truly infinite minded great leaders understand the psychology of their team members to perfection

When faced with crisis situationsn, the natural instinct of the rational mind is to think too much about the problems.

The emotional or limbic brain as well , lacks direction from the rational brain and sends negative vibes

A visionary calms down the rational mind with crystal clear direction to remove any ambiguity.Such a direction by focusing on bright spots send right signals to the limbic brain.

To add on to this , the leader motivated motivates the limbic brain by showing the way to dispel any negativity

These end up inspiring the teams to fight crisis situations.

Adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s book titled “Switch”

Overcoming “resistance” towards change

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The human rational brain has an inherent tendency to look out for problems

When faced with change the problems associated with the change take centre stage.

The best way to thus calm down the rational brain is to provide a crystal clear direction that the rational brain can follow to avoid ambiguity.

Adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s book titled “Switch”

Pros & Cons of the human rational brain

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Adopted from the book totled “Switch” by Chip and Dan Heath

The human rational brain has the capacity to analyze and solve problem.This is unique and makes us separate from other animals

Pros-

1) Visionary

2) willing to make short term sacrifices for long term gains

3) Is able to follow a map , perfectly

Cons-

1) Has limited reserves of self control beyond which it gets exhausted

2)In the face of multiple options & ambiguity undergoes “analysis paralysis” and cannot make up mind

3) Relentless focus on problems than solutions

Pros & Cons of the human rational brain

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Adopted from the book totled “Switch” by Chip and Dan Heath

The human rational brain has the capacity to analyze and solve problem.This is unique and makes us separate from other animals

Pros-

1) Visionary

2) willing to make short term sacrifices for long term gains

3) Is able to follow a map , perfectly

Cons-

1) Has limited reserves of self control beyond which it gets exhausted

2)In the face of multiple options & ambiguity undergoes “analysis paralysis” and cannot make up mind

3) Relentless focus on problems than solutions

Pros & Cons of the human rational brain

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Adopted from the book totled “Switch” by Chip and Dan Heath

The human rational brain has the capacity to analyze and solve problem.This is unique and makes us separate from other animals

Pros-

1) Visionary

2) willing to make short term sacrifices for long term gains

3) Is able to follow a map , perfectly

Cons-

1) Has limited reserves of self control beyond which it gets exhausted

2)In the face of multiple options & ambiguity undergoes “analysis paralysis” and cannot make up mind

3) Relentless focus on problems than solutions