The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Chip Heath’s book Switch..
“One way to motivate action, then, is to make people feel as though they’re already closer to the finish line than they might have thought.”
Tag: Switch by Chip and Dan Heath
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Which is that scenario where RATIONAL THINKING does not work out?
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Chip Heath’s book Switch..
“Trying to fight inertia and indifference with analytical arguments is like tossing a fire extinguisher to someone who’s drowning. The solution doesn’t match the problem.”
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How COMMON SENSE can help in PROBLEM SOLVING?
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Chip Heath’s book Switch..
“What’s working, and how can we do more of it?” Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Yet, in the real world, this obvious question is almost never asked. Instead, the question we ask is more problem focused: “What’s broken, and how do we fix it?”
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What is the SUCCESS RECIPE for a great CHANGE LEADER?
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Chip Heath’s book Switch..
“A good change leader never thinks, “Why are these people acting so badly? They must be bad people.” A change leader thinks, “How can I set up a situation that brings out the good in these people?”
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Are you COURAGEOUS enough to INVEST in FAILURE?
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Chip Heath’s book Switch..
“Failing is often the best way to learn, and because of that, early failure is a kind of necessary investment.”
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How many of you REMEMBER the ALARM CLOCK named “CLOCKY”?This is why it was so SUCCESSFUL..
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Chip and Dan Heath from Switch..
Gauri Nanda from MIT had designed a unique alarm clock with wheels named “Clocky”.
This clock was meant to start moving across the room using the wheels instead of giving the provision to “snooze”.
As a result of this the clock gave no chance to the user to neglect the alarm.
What a great invention to tame the “elephant” limbic brain.
Please see the link below(source today.com) for more details on the invention.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.today.com/today/amp/tdna133547
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Three steps to “Switch” to desired behavior
For things to change behaviour of people have to change.The change needs to impact both the rational and emotional brain.
Three steps to effect the change:
1) Directing the rational brain by a) Following the bright spots b) Scripting Critical Moves and c) Pointing to the destination
2) Motivating the emotional brain by a) Finding the right feeling b)Shrinking the change to a minimum & c) Helping people grow
3) Shaping the path from start to destination by a) Tweaking the environment to change behavior b) Build habit forming behavior & c) Rallying the herd letting the good behavior spread as a disease
Adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s book titled “Switch”
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Three steps to “Switch” to desired behavior
For things to change behaviour of people have to change.The change needs to impact both the rational and emotional brain.
Three steps to effect the change:
1) Directing the rational brain by a) Following the bright spots b) Scripting Critical Moves and c) Pointing to the destination
2) Motivating the emotional brain by a) Finding the right feeling b)Shrinking the change to a minimum & c) Helping people grow
3) Shaping the path from start to destination by a) Tweaking the environment to change behavior b) Build habit forming behavior & c) Rallying the herd letting the good behavior spread as a disease
Adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s book titled “Switch”
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Taming the “problem seeking” rational brain
Three steps involved in helping the rational mind focus towards a goal even when it is faced with a problematic situation:
1) Focus on the bright spots
2) Provide crystal clear direction to reach from start to finish
3) Script the critical moves involved with the above two points
Adopted from Chip and Dan Heath’s book titled “Switch”
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How great leaders inspire their teams?
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”