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  • Books are our Best Friend

    Books are our Best Friend

    Daily writing prompt
    What books do you want to read?
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    Books are our best friends and provide us unconditional support, companionship and knowledge without any judgement.

    Many people question the applicability of lessons from books in our practical lives.

    In his book The Bezos Blueprint, Carmine Gallo wonderfully illustrates the names of books from whom Jeff Bezos learnt and applied his winning principles at Amazon.

    Books are our Best Friend

    In her book Bird by Bird as well, the author Anne Lamott mentions at length the value of books in our everyday lives.

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/importance-of-books-in-our-life/

    To know more insights on books as best friends, visit this link:

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/10-reasons-why-books-are-our-best-friends/photostory/69008764.cms?picid=69009238

  • Adopt BOOKS as your BEST FRIEND

    Adopt BOOKS as your BEST FRIEND

    Daily writing prompt
    Who do you spend the most time with?
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    The most time I spend with is with BOOKS. This blogpost highlights why you should adopt books as your best friend.

    Why BOOKS are our BEST FRIENDS?
    READ BOOKS and pile on INTRINSIC MOTIVATION.

    Great books have inspired AMAZON as well, as is evident from this insight from Carmine Gallo’s The Bezos Blueprint.

  • MOCK PRESS RELEASES led ICONIC PRODUCTS at Amazon.

    MOCK PRESS RELEASES led ICONIC PRODUCTS at Amazon.

    How have Mock Press Releases enabled creation of iconic products at Amazon?

    Conducting mock press releases and working backwards has led to the creation of multiple iconic products at Amazon.

    This technique has been mentioned by Carmine Gallo in The Bezos Blueprint.

    Needless to mention this idea initiated by Jeff Bezos has been adopted by number of successful organizations for their product launches.

    This is how mock press releases led to creation of iconic products at Amazon.

  • The MOST OPTIMAL TEAM SIZE

    The MOST OPTIMAL TEAM SIZE

    Two Pizzas Dozen Bagels and Roman Tents gave rise to this

    To zero in on the most optimal team size the concepts of two pizzas, dozen bagels and roman tents are very frequently used nowadays.

    Whereas two pizza teams originated from Amazon, the others were extended in other startups based on this idea at Amazon.

    Read this insight inspired from Carmine Gallo’s book The Bezos Blueprint to know more.

  • How did a SINGLE THREADED LEADER bring in INNOVATION at Amazon?

    How did a SINGLE THREADED LEADER bring in INNOVATION at Amazon?

    Single Threaded Leadership and Innovation are related

    A single threaded leader with focus on ONLY ONE OBJECTIVE was popularized at Amazon.

    Single Threaded leadership when successfully applied at Amazon resulted in a huge amount of innovation.

    Single Threaded leadership is now a popular topic in management schools around the world.

  • How METAPHORS Simplify Complex Communication?

    How METAPHORS Simplify Complex Communication?

    Role of metaphors in complex communication

    In his book The Bezos Blueprint, Carmine Gallo wonderfully illustrates the role of metaphors to simplify complex communication.

    Warren Buffett is a master of metaphors as illustrated in the example below.

  • How POWER of ANALOGY made AWS S3 LAUNCH successful?

    How POWER of ANALOGY made AWS S3 LAUNCH successful?

    Dr Werner Vogel’s Power of Analogy for AWS S3 launch

    The power of analogy was leveraged by Dr Werner Vogel to make the launch of AWS S3 successful.

    AWS S3 buckets were compared to a physical library to make people relate to the concept much better.

    Thus analogy is a very powerful tool to convey a complex message for impactful communication.

  • Do you know HOW ICONIC BOOKS have INSPIRED AMAZON?

    Do you know HOW ICONIC BOOKS have INSPIRED AMAZON?

    Iconic books have inspired Amazon’s Products

    Iconic books and their themes have inspired numerous products and innovations at Amazon.

    Jeff Bezos is a voracious reader and the following list bears testimony to this as mentioned by Carmine Gallo in The Bezos Blueprint.

    These 5 examples thus show how iconic books have inspired many of Amazon’s creations.

  • Top Four Reasons Great Leaders are Voracious Readers

    Top Four Reasons Great Leaders are Voracious Readers

    Did you know that great leaders are voracious readers?

    In his book The Bezos Blueprint, Carmine Gallo highlights the four reasons why all great leaders are voracious readers.

    Hence being in the company of books is quintessential if you want to grow in stature as a leader.

    As a result of these 4 reasons books are great friends of all leaders.

  • The FIVE STRATEGIES for writing COMPELLING NARRATIVES.

    The FIVE STRATEGIES for writing COMPELLING NARRATIVES.

    What is needed for writing compelling narratives?

    The five strategies for writing compelling narratives has been inspired from Carmine Gallo’s book The Bezos Blueprint.

    This is what was encouraged at Amazon by Jeff Bezos over powerpoint presentations.