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Watch this Simon Sinek video to understand the concept of Infinite Game and its applicability in our everyday lives as well as business..
Infinite Game
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Tag: The infinite game
Are you FEELING LONELY because of your SUPER FAST LIFE?Compete with YOURSELF and see the DIFFERENCE..
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Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek
“When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. But when you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help you.”
Are you KNOWLEDGEABLE and RESTING on past LAURELS?Hang on , the NEXT STEP is WISDOM..
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Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek
Knowledge is related to someone being intelligent with good IQ levels in learning things really fast.
Wisdom comes with emotional intelligence in being able to see patterns and connecting the dots..
What counts is wisdom since it is based on context.Ability to apply knowledge by being mindful of the context is wisdom.
Nothing explains the difference better than the following great saying of Simon Sinek.
“Knowledge is understanding based on what has been studied and learned. Wisdom is understanding based on what has been felt and experienced.”
As a BUSINESS LEADER are you AWARE that the GAME of BUSINESS is indeed INFINITE?Learn to be an INFINITE PLAYER..
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Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book The Infinite Game
Finite players – Obsessed with beating the competition , believe in short term gains
Infinite players – Obsessed with the journey in trying to make a better version of their ownselves everyday.Not pertubed by competition.
As an ENTREPRENEUR are you AWARE of a WORTHY RIVAL?This will ALWAYS KEEP you in the GAME..
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Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book The Infinite Game
In a finite game e.g. football there are fixed set of players , rules are fixed , duration is fixed.As a result of this “winning” , being the “best” are options.
In infinite games where duration in unknown , rules are not predefined , players are unknown it is of paramount importance to a player to keep playing with the goal of advancement of a “just cause”.
In such a game where being the “best” or “winning” does not matter , it is very important to know and pick a “worthy rival” from whom a thing or two can learnt for survival in the long run.
As a LEADER what matters to you most , IQ or EQ?This INSIGHT will change you for good..
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Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book The Infinite Game
Whereas performance relates to IQ(Intelligence Quotient) , trust relates to EQ(Emotional Quotient)
Performance is given more value by finite minded leaders who put numbers ahead of people.
Trust is given more value by infinite minded leaders who are willing to take the risks to form trusting teams.
In the modern day workplace there is an increasing emphasis being given to trust since performance can be taught whereas trust is more human in nature.
Are you looking for a new CEO?To frame the perfect job description think CVO..
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Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book The Infinite Game
“A Chief Executive Officer is actually a Chief Vision Officer, someone who is responsible for setting and articulating and ensuring the organization is heading in one direction and then hiring the people and giving them direction beyond the short term.”
For your ORGANIZATION, have your FOUND your JUST CAUSE yet?High time you found one..
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Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book The Infinite Game
A “Just Cause” is defined as the futuristic vision aimed towards engaging employees of an organization for achievement of fulfillment in their lives.This is solely driven by the sense of meaning in the vision that makes monetary short term benefits insignificant to an employee of an organization.
Needlessly to say taking baby steps towards that vision gives us a sense of fulfillment.This is why the company mission and vision statements should be oriented more towards alignment with a “Just Cause” rather than benefits which can be felt only in the short term.
All great organizations orient their vision and mission statements keeping the long term perspective in mind.
As a LEADER are you aware how “Existential Flex” TEACHES you to ADAPT BETTER ?Learn it the Steve Jobs way..
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Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book The Infinite Game
When Steve Jobs and his team at Apple visited Xerox PARC , Palo Alto CA in 1979 they were introduced to the new GUI based concept.
Though Apple had made significant investments in command based interface for its Apple PCs , being an infinite minded leader he exercised “Existential Flex” and decided to adopt GUI for its Macintosh to be released in the next 4 years.
Needless to say he faced quite a lot of resistance from his own employees who were not comfortable with disruption.
The fact that the risk paid off is ample testimony to the fact that an infinite minded leader can preempt disruption in enabling an organization to reach great heights in an infinite game.
As a LEADER are you looking for a MASTERCLASS on INFINITE MINDEDNESS?CVS Caremark is your point of reference..
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Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek from his book The Infinite Game
CVS Caremark in Feb 2014 , declared that it would stop selling cigarettes in all its stores.This was in line with the broader health care commitment it had embarked on.
For many Wall street pundits this seemed a suicidal move that would cost it revenues to the tune of billions of dollars.
But what transpired was magical.All those who predicted that cigarette sales from CVS would shift to other local stores were taken by surprise.
The move by the infinite minded player CVS had a lasting impact on the population who started reducing cigarette consumption and hence instead of shift in revenue due to sale of cigarettes the cigarette consumption itself drastically reduced.
After a initial setback due to fall in share prices , as a result of this move , the share prices of CVS recovered since this was taken in a very positive manner by the employees and population in general.
In line with its infinite minded vision CVS Caremark changed its named to CVS Health in Sep 2014.
This proves beyond doubt that an infinite minded vision is always for the long run and the risk taken proves its worth in the long run.