Most of us live our lives by accident.We live as it happens without wanting to take risks to chase our passion.
Fulfillment comes when we live our lives on purpose.
It’s upto us to choose the kind of life we want
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book “Together is Better”
All high performing leaders are incredibly ambitious.
What makes their ambition different and in turn helps them rally followers and supporters around them is that their ambition is for a “just cause” not for self.
When followers are shown a futuristic “just cause” for achieving something larger than themselves it can lead to a big impact.This is when followers get viscerally involved to realize something in order to achieve fulfillment in their lives.
Thus when ambition is directly towards the betterment of a company , a just cause it has far reaching impact.
Adopted from Jim Collins’s “Great By Choice” and Simon Sinek’s “The Infinite Game”
The high performing 10X companies are ones who maintain hypervigilance in good times as well as bad.
They are always on their toes wary of disruption and hence competing with themselves to be a better version everyday.
These companies constantly consider the possibility that events could turn against them at any moment and hence to counter such unpredictability they are always better prepared.
Such “Productive Paranoia” thus keeps a high performing 10X organization afloat to be better prepared in the “Infinite Game” of business.
Adopted from Jim Collins’s book “Great By Choice” and Simon Sinek’s book “The Infinite Game”
“If every member of a team doesn’t grow together they will grow apart.” – Simon Sinek
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Find Your Why”
Simon Sinek pioneered the concept of WHY as one which gives us purpose and meaning in our lives.We should each strive towards finding out our real purpose or “WHY” in our lives for a fulfilling life.
When we say and do the things what we truly believe our behavior is regarded as consistent.This is when people start believing in us and are loyal to us.This is true integrity that we exhibit.
This is when we are truly living our WHY.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Find Your Why”
The “Rational” human brain has great power of analysis and problem solving.It is that part of the brain that understands logic and complex analysis.
On the other hand the “Limbic” or emotional brain can understand only cues and signals and has no power of analysis.
The best quote that I have come across to highlight the difference very aptly , is the one from Simon Sinek in the book “Together is Better”.
“The mind can be convinced but the heart must be won.” – Simon Sinek
We are used to the term “Have a vision” wherein being fascinated by visionaries like Steve Jobs , Martin Luther King we try to have a similar vision of ourselves.
Not only is this stressful but at the same time does not make our lives meaningless if we don’t have one.
To make our lives meaningful we can follow the vision of great leaders and organizations and be part of them to advance their just cause.The end result would be fulfillment.
Hence “Find a Vision” is indeed a feasible options for those who are obsessed in being part of infinite minded organizations in the age of “Infinite game”.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Together is Better”.
The three chief characteristics of organizations with an infinite mindset are as follows:
Needlessly to say , as a result of the same we do not associate micromanagement and internal politics in such visionary organizations.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book “The Infinite Game”
An infinite minded leaders envisions a “Just Cause” which the followers adopt for the sake of realizing something larger than themselves.
To create a long lasting change via the “Just Cause” not only the followers but the leader as well need to know what they stand for so they each one can be viscerally involved in forwarding the “Just Cause”.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s books titled “Together is Better” and “The Infinite Game”.
“To go fast , go alone.To go far , go together.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Together is Better”.