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  • Are you too OPTIMISTIC about yourself?This is your reality check..

    The following great insight has been adopted from Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational

    We usually think of ourselves as sitting the driver’s seat, with ultimate control over the decisions we made and the direction our life takes; but, alas, this perception has more to do with our desires-with how we want to view ourselves-than with reality”

  • Why is our LIMBIC brain in LOVE with the STATUS QUO?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book All Marketers Are Liars

    The limbic brain fears change and hence makes us reluctant to challenge the STATUS QUO as beautifully mentioned in the insight below.

    The reason so many effective solutions take forever to get implemented is that the fear of change is greater than the cost of sticking with what you’ve got. In other words, people wait until they have a heart attack or get diabetes before they go on a diet.”

  • Have you gauged your own WORLDVIEW yet?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book All Marketers Are Liars

    A worldview is the lens used to look at every decision a person is asked to make.”

  • Why should a MARKETEER be an expert STORYTELLER ?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book All Marketers Are Liars

    Stories (not ideas, not features, not benefits) are what spread from person to person.”

  • If you are a MARKETEER does this RING a BELL?

    The following marketing insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book All Marketers Are Liars

    All marketers are storytellers. Only the losers are LIARS

  • Why being ENERGETIC is NOT same as being CHARISMATIC?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why

    Charisma has nothing to do with energy; it comes from a clarity of WHY. It comes from absolute conviction in an ideal bigger than oneself. Energy, in contrast, comes from a good night’s sleep or lots of caffeine. Energy can excite. But only charisma can inspire. Charisma commands loyalty. Energy does not.”

  • Have you experienced this JOY of competing with YOURSELF?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why

    When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. But when you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help you.”

  • How can you make your VALUE SYSTEM more effective?

    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 as verbs gives us a clear idea – we have a clear idea of how to act in any situation.”

  • Is there any other way to influence human behaviour?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why

    There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.”

  • Each one of us has the power of SNAP JUDGEMENT , isn’t it?

    The following great insight has been adopted from Malcolm Gladwell’s book Blink

    Next time you meet a doctor, and you sit down in his office and he starts to talk, if you have the sense that he isn’t listening to you, that he’s talking down to you, and that he isn’t treating you with respect, listen to that feeling. You have thin-sliced him and found him wanting.”