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FOCUS - 10 TIPS

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    Based on the book “FOCUS- The Hidden driver of Excellence” written by Daniel Goleman, listing below 10 significant TIPS relevant to our habits.   1.       Positive Emotions ·         Positive emotions widen our span of attention 2.       Innovation ·         Innovation flourishes in free time 3.       Happiness & Peace ·         Powerful focus brings a sense of pace and with it, joy 4.       Intelligent Digressing ·         Can seek new creative possibilities, selectively detach 5.       Love and Caring ·         The more you care about someone, the more attention you pay ·         The more attention you pay, the more you care. · ...

Book Summary - “Focus” by Daniel Goleman

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  Daniel Goleman, who is also the author of the bestselling book “EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE”, describes in this book “ Focus- The Hidden driver of Excellence”, the need for paying attention and different kinds of distractions and their impacts in achieving excellence. This book also touches upon Leadership and how focus helps to become a great leader along with the need for having a big picture for long term humanity success. The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. Albert Einstein once said. “We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift”. Paying attention is a valuable skill, but it is getting forgotten due to more and more distractions in our day to day life which impacts our Focus. Understand how your brain works. Know when you are in control and when you are not in order to better focus. Focus – 3 categories ·         Inner focus attunes us to our intuitions, guiding v...

Leader and Follower- Targeting Excellence

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We often hear about “leadership” and as we grow, one gets curious when I will  become a true leader? Does it mean that am I a follower only now? If so, what is wrong in continuing to be a follower? Or is there a timeline that I need to be a leader at so and so date and time in our lifeline. I had the opportunity to go through a few books written by Robin Sharma and Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam last few weeks and this concept of Leadership and Followership was noticed significantly in their writings. Listing below a few interesting observations in my blog this week. ·         The Leader who had no title -> Robin Sharma explains anybody can be a Leader, any time. o    Turbulent Times Build Great Leaders o    You need no title to be a leader §   “ Money, Influence and Position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverance” – Orison Swett Marden o    Manage by Mind, Lead by Heart, Surrender to ch...

7 R's of LIFE

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  It is important to be aware of Life influencing attributes, which are categorized under 7R's as below   ·        Role  – Have clarity on our role in any eco system   ·         Responsibility  – Choose Response; Primary and secondary responsibilities   ·         Relationship  – Trust & Communicate; Value; Preserve    ·         Review  – Multiple checks; Multiple Eyes; Many Iterations   ·         Reflection  – Regular insight, Deep Thinking; Gives Wisdom   ·         Respect  – Character, Culture, Time, Listen, Give & Gain   ·         Recurrence  – Learn from Past, Don’t Repeat Mistakes