Generosity is doing something selflessly for someone without expecting anything in return. This blogpost shows the relation between generosity and flow of oxytocin.
The human brain is oriented towards fulfillment by such acts of generosity.
This leads to the stimulation of the love hormone named oxytocin which is known to increase immunity.
Thus acts of generosity help us lead a happy and fulfilled life
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Leaders Eat Last”
Taking the example of Navy Seals , more than performance the need is of a trustworthy individual.
A high performing individual low on trust spoils the environment and the team morale.
Whereas a highly trustworthy individual even though lacking in performance is much more in demand since IQ related to performance can be taught
EQ cannot be taught and is the most important prerequisite that a leader seeks in an individual to keep playing the infinite game
The ideal scenario is to have the balance between IQ and EQ
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game
Human beings are social animals driven by the power of social bonds
It is our basic nature to seek for company of like minded people in order to feel safe.
The true bonds are formed by touch and feel , in person communication and hence nothing for e.g virtual video calls can substitute in person communication
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s youtube videos
Leadership is not a rank or position to be attained.
Leadership is a service to be rendered to followers
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Together is Better”
The infinite game of business is where the players are unknown , time in unlimited and the rules are unknown.
The goal of players in an infinite game is to keep playing the game.
10X companies or high performing companies in the infinite game of business , exercise productive paranoia , empirical creativity and fanatic discipline to create huge margins of safety.
In the infinite game of business when the tide is rough these huge margins of safety safeguard a high performer being knocked out.During good times for luck to help these high performers derive high return on luck firstly they have to survive the rough times via the huge margins of safety.
Adopted from Jim Collins’s book titled “Great By Choice”
It’s the followers not the visionary who bring a leader’s vision to life.
Hence visionaries need followers as much as followers need a vision to get turned on.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled Together is Better
Chasing a dream instead of copying competition is much more involved and more difficult.
Such is the case with companies who chase the competition.Their goals are short term oriented and shallow.The culture in such companies is filled with internal politics and micro management.
On the other hand , companies who are busy chasing a dream are long term oriented and are obsessed with trying to make a better version of themselves , by the day.These are ones with a sense of purpose where people are fighting for each other rather than against each other.
Biologically our brain is oriented to derive fulfillment out of long term goals rather than “dopamine” driven short term goals.Hence chasing a dream instead of competition is better for our existence as well.
Needlessly to say this is the difficult part.
A vision is like a dream , it will disappear unless we do something with it.
Thus when obstacles appear in the way of our vision , the choice is on us to find our vision.
We can either devise innovative means to get around obstacles to climb the wall in front of us or we can stand there and stare at the wall.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Together is Better”
A leader clearly communicates a vision and provides a direction to the followers to reach the target.
When obstacles appear , the human brain is creative enough to devise creative ways to get round the obstacles reach the target provided the destination is communicated clearly.
The problem happens when the destination is not communicated clearly and confuses the human mind.
This is what separates true visionaries from others.
We can start a revolution when we know what we stand against.To create change that lasts , however we need to know what we stand against.
Knowing what we stand against can be made easier if we know about the “Just Cause”.This should be deeply personal to the person who espouses it and the followers.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Together is Better”.