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Tag: The Power of Mind

  • The modern day demands these Right Brain oriented skills

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book The Power of Mind

    The R-Directed aptitudes so often disdained and dismissed—artistry, empathy, taking the long view, pursuing the transcendent—will increasingly determine who soars and who stumbles. It’s a dizzying—but ultimately inspiring—change.”

  • These are the skills needed to stand out in a crowded marketplace

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book The Power of Mind

    Mastery of design, empathy, play, and other seemingly “soft” aptitudes is now the main way for individuals and firms to stand out in a crowded marketplace.”

  • This is why Sony emphasizes so much on DESIGN

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book The Power of Mind

    At Sony, we assume that all products of our competitors have basically the same technology, price, performance, and features. Design is the only thing that differentiates one product from another in the marketplace.”

  • The scientific way of differentiating a GENUINE smile from a FAKE smile

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book The Power of Mind

    “A genuine smile involves two facial muscles: (1) the zygomatic major muscle, which stretches from the cheekbone and lifts the corners of the mouth; and (2) the outer part of the obicularis oculi muscle, which orbits the eye, and is involved in pulling down the eyebrows and the skin below the eyebrows, pulling up the skin below the eye, and raising the cheeks.Artificial smiles involve only the zygomatic major.”

  • This is why the modern day Conceptual Age demands these new skillsets

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Daniel Pink from the book The Power of Mind

    We are moving from an economy and a society built on the logical, linear, computerlike capabilities of the Information Age to an economy and a society built on the inventive, empathic, big-picture capabilities of what’s rising in its place, the Conceptual Age.”