It's not about the structure or the system or the processes or the infrastructure. It's about the people, always about the people.

Essence of a Successful Organization 

To make a kite fly higher, you need to pull it towards you. Not push it. People are like that too.

<ul><li>Learning to focus on others.</li><li>Showing that the team members are valued.</li><li>Demonstrating genuine concern for people in the frontline.</li></ul>True leaders know the importance of focusing on their team, rather than on themselves."A year from now, you won't judged based on whether they know your name. You'll be judged based on whether you know theirs." -Michelle Obama.

The True Hallmarks of a Great Leader 

If the TV Channel doesn't change when you press the button on your faithful remote, what do you do? Press harder. Slam the remote. Hit against the palm. All this, when all you need to do is change the batteries. It's like that with teams too.

Every organization sees itself as a full-to-the-brim cup when a new leader arrives. Like sugar in a cup of milk, leaders must learn to mingle with the team and be willing to let go their ego, become subservient to the needs of the team. Once the sugar dissolves in the milk, you want people to exclaim how sweet the milk is. Not how good the sugar was.

Captains are only as Good as their Teams!

The difference between good managers and truly great managers lies in their BNQ, their Bad News Quotient. Their ability to manage bad news. Both in terms of delivering it, and receiving it.

We all have moments in our lives when we seem so close to glory but suddenly lose everything. When that happens, don't worry about what you've lost. Focus on what you still have.

If you knew today that you had only six months to live, what would you do? Whatever it is, do it now! Today! Because the truth is, you never get to know when you have only six months to go.

If you have to eat the frog, it doesn't help to stare at it all day long.

Friends, family, faith and fun- these are just some of the things in our lives that our minds take for granted and get conditioned to miss out on.

Forget the snooze button. When you hear a wake-up call, wake up!

Patience has its reward. Nothing of substance happens in a jiffy.﻿

Do all that is expected. And then a little bit more.

When you are down and in trouble, keep fighting. Don't give up. Keep kicking. What you do in these difficult times often determines what happens next

Often, in our quest for more, we believe we need to abandon our current position and go out looking for success. We fail to recognize the diamonds lying right under our feet.

Focus on your strengths. And not on your weaknesses. Don't waste your time trying to set right the limitations.

We see things not the way they are, but the way we are.

When faced with the challenge of walking on a thin log across a sream, make sure your mind does not get filled with thoughts of falling into the water.

In times of abundance, it's good to be cautious. It may just help stretch the abundance a bit.

Your personal values are not just what you espouse. It's how you behave and react in the face of temptation, under pressure, even when you know no one else would know.

Two keys to success- Get started, and learn to finish.

Classic lessons on success of organizations, teamwork, true leadership and life as we (don't) know it!

Do you feel like throwing in the towel, but want to be a great leader? Would you like to build an organization? Do you want your child to be the best she can be? If you answered yes to any of these questions, The Habit of Winning is the book for you. It is a book that will change the way you think, work and live, with stories about self-belief and perseverance, leadership and teamwork—stories that will ignite a new passion and a renewed sense of purpose in your mind. The stories in The Habit of Winning range from cola wars to cricketing heroes, from Michelle Obama’s management techniques to Mahatma Gandhi’s generosity. There are life lessons from frogs and rabbits, sharks and butterflies, kites and balloons. Together they create a heady mix that will make the winner inside you emerge and grow.

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Leadership & Management

Prakash Iyer is an accomplished writer whose work has resonated with readers around the world. Prakash Iyer has published several books that explore a range of topics, from fiction to nonfiction, and has received critical acclaim for the ability to weave compelling narratives. Prakash Iyer's writing style is known for its depth and authenticity, and has earned quite a loyal following of readers.

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The Habit of Winning

Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky; a book focused on helping you optimize each day. Allowing you to save time for what matters most.The book is focused around 4 main areas:<ol><li>Highlight</li><li>Laser</li><li>Reflect</li><li>Energize</li></ol>

Brief Summary

Choose ONE important, needle-moving activity to be your highlight task of the day. If you can only accomplish one thing today, it should be this. Mile long to-do lists can be counter-intuitive.Cut it down to what matters.

The Daily Highlight (HIGHLIGHT)

The more layers of separation between you and a distraction, the more likely you are to resist it.<ul><li>Log out of social media accounts</li><li>Put your phone out of reach </li><li>Set screen times limits</li></ul> Stop giving yourself the option of distraction.

Create Distraction Barriers (LASER)

We are historically hunter-gatherers:<ul><li>Walk more </li><li>Eat less processed food</li><li>Add bursts of activity in your day</li></ul> You don’t have to do HIIT every day and starve yourself to be more fit.Focus on small, sustainable changes.

Live Like a Caveman (ENERGIZE)

Effective change happens when we take time each day to reflect:<ul><li>What worked?</li><li>What didn't?</li><li>What can I do differently tomorrow?</li></ul> The systems in your life are like living things.— Constantly growing and changing as you do.

Trial and Error Daily (REFLECT)

Sources: <a href="https://rattibha.com/thread/1579422636844937216?lang=en">https://rattibha.com/thread/1579422636844937216?lang=en</a> Where to find: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Make-Time-Focus-Matters-Every/dp/0525572422">https://www.amazon.com/Make-Time-Focus-Matters-Every/dp/0525572422</a>

References

Make Time is a framework for choosing what you want to focus on, building the energy to do it, and breaking the default cycle so that you can start being more intentional about the way you live your life.

From the New York Times bestselling authors of Sprint comes a simple 4-step system for improving focus, finding greater joy in your work, and getting more out of every day. "A charming manifesto—as well as an intrepid do-it-yourself guide to building smart habits that stick. If you want to achieve more (without going nuts), read this book."—Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better Nobody ever looked at an empty calendar and said, "The best way to spend this time is by cramming it full of meetings!" or got to work in the morning and thought, Today I'll spend hours on Facebook! Yet that's exactly what we do. Why? In a world where information refreshes endlessly and the workday feels like a race to react to other people's priorities faster, frazzled and distracted has become our default position. But what if the exhaustion of constant busyness wasn't mandatory? What if you could step off the hamster wheel and start taking control of your time and attention? That's what this book is about. As creators of Google Ventures' renowned "design sprint," Jake and John have helped hundreds of teams solve important problems by changing how they work. Building on the success of these sprints and their experience designing ubiquitous tech products from Gmail to YouTube, they spent years experimenting with their own habits and routines, looking for ways to help people optimize their energy, focus, and time. Now they've packaged the most effective tactics into a four-step daily framework that anyone can use to systematically design their days. Make Time is not a one-size-fits-all formula. Instead, it offers a customizable menu of bite-size tips and strategies that can be tailored to individual habits and lifestyles. Make Time isn't about productivity, or checking off more to-dos. Nor does it propose unrealistic solutions like throwing out your smartphone or swearing off social media. Making time isn't about radically overhauling your lifestyle; it's about making small shifts in your environment to liberate yourself from constant busyness and distraction. A must-read for anyone who has ever thought, If only there were more hours in the day..., Make Time will help you stop passively reacting to the demands of the modern world and start intentionally making time for the things that matter.

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From the New York Times bestselling authors of Sprint comes “a unique and engaging read about a proven habit framework [that] readers can apply to each day” (Insider, Best Books to Form New Habits). “If you want to achieve more (without going nuts), read this book.”—Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit Nobody ever looked at an empty calendar and said, "The best way to spend this time is by cramming it full of meetings!" or got to work in the morning and thought, Today I'll spend hours on Facebook! Yet that's exactly what we do. Why? In a world where information refreshes endlessly and the workday feels like a race to react to other people's priorities faster, frazzled and distracted has become our default position. But what if the exhaustion of constant busyness wasn't mandatory? What if you could step off the hamster wheel and start taking control of your time and attention? That's what this book is about. As creators of Google Ventures' renowned "design sprint," Jake and John have helped hundreds of teams solve important problems by changing how they work. Building on the success of these sprints and their experience designing ubiquitous tech products from Gmail to YouTube, they spent years experimenting with their own habits and routines, looking for ways to help people optimize their energy, focus, and time. Now they've packaged the most effective tactics into a four-step daily framework that anyone can use to systematically design their days. Make Time is not a one-size-fits-all formula. Instead, it offers a customizable menu of bite-size tips and strategies that can be tailored to individual habits and lifestyles. Make Time isn't about productivity, or checking off more to-dos. Nor does it propose unrealistic solutions like throwing out your smartphone or swearing off social media. Making time isn't about radically overhauling your lifestyle; it's about making small shifts in your environment to liberate yourself from constant busyness and distraction. A must-read for anyone who has ever thought, If only there were more hours in the day..., Make Time will help you stop passively reacting to the demands of the modern world and start intentionally making time for the things that matter.

Jake Knapp created the Design Sprint at Google, where he also helped build Gmail, cofounded Google Meet, and was a design partner at GV. He has since coached hundreds of teams on product strategy at places like Miro, Slack, Nike, LEGO, IDEO, the Wall Street Journal, and the Harvard Business School. Today, Jake is a cofounder at Character, where he helps startups find product-market fit with Design Sprints.


Jake Knapp

John Zeratsky is a design partner at GV and the co-author of Sprint. Before joining GV, he was a design lead at YouTube and an early employee of FeedBurner, which Google acquired in 2007. John has written about design and productivity for Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Wired, and Time. Originally from rural Wisconsin, John now lives in San Francisco with his wife.

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Make Time

What is the difference between a wealthy filthy rich person and a cubicale dweller 9-5 working person?  The purpose of this book is to understand what world traveling and luxury life freedom is. And to get to the answer to this question.

The 4-hour Work Week 

<ol><li>TIME </li><li>MOBILITY</li><li>LIBERATION</li></ol>

There are 3 ingredients for a luxury diet:

"Someday" is a curse to your dreams, because you'll take your dreams to the grave.

Life is about moving and getting things done. We live in a giant rock with water and dirt, and we walk around like bags of meat and bone. What is really life about?Leaving a legacy behind. Being remembered. But to achieve this we must work, work , work.For that reason, don't postpone something just because the timing isn't right, if it is important to you and you want to do it eventually just go it and correct the course along the way of any obstacles if you find.

Getting done

Understand that if something you want do doesn't devastate those around you, TRY IT and THEN justify it!People, in order to look after you, will deny you things on an emotional base. So just do it.

Get good a troublemaking and then apologizing 

The DEAL Method is something used in the book by Tim Ferriss in order to set you free from the rat race.DEAL :<ul><li>D for Definition</li><li>E for Elimination</li><li>A for Automation</li><li>L for Liberation</li></ul>Definition - Define the problem and what makes you stuck Elimination - Find a solution for what holds you downAutomation - Making a permanent solution and resolve things by automating themLiberation - Set yourself free and work 4-hours a week

DEAL Method

When faced with a discomfort situation:<ul><li>Define your nightmare, the absolute worst that could happen if you did what you are considering.</li><li>What steps can you take to repair the damage, after you took action.</li><li>What are the outcomes/benefits of the most probable scenarios?</li><li>What are you putting off out of fear? (analyze situations)</li><li>What is costing you by postponing the action or situation?</li><li>What are you waiting for?</li></ul> Most things are temporary and if something bad happens it will, probably, be temporary. So if some action has a good outcome for you do it, if the consequences aren't the biggest.

THE ART OF DISCOMFORT

Remember this - The question you should be asking yourself (long term) is not "what do I want" or "what are my goals" but you should ask "what does excite me".Don't dreamline too low, nothing is too low for what you can achieve while on this planet! And if you don't achieve it so what? Move on!

Set your standards

Ever tried. Ever failed. Doens't matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

MOST THINGS MAKE NO DIFFERENCE - Be aware of this. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest (80/20 rule, cut 80% that brings you 20% value)Limit tasks to the important ones to shorten work time. (80/20)Interviews, non-practical/non-effective meetings, useless events.Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson's Law)Parkinson's Law is the old adage that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion.

Small things don't matter

Learn to be difficult when it counts. Be assertive towards the things that count, by building something like this around you will see people will come at you with a different mindset.But first, be assertive with yourself.

Assertive Personality

I feel this book made me look at myself and see that I want to get the f... out of the rat race we live in every day. I want to feel free I soon as I can. And for that we have to reach a level of financial stability not so easy to achieve. But with some of these tips it is possible,

Offers techniques and strategies for increasing income while cutting work time in half, and includes advice for leading a more fulfilling life.

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Productivity

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Habits

What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering the question. Depending on when you ask this controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer: “I race motorcycles in Europe.” “I ski in the Andes.” “I scuba dive in Panama.” “I dance tango in Buenos Aires.” He has spent more than five years learning the secrets of the New Rich, a fast-growing subculture who has abandoned the “deferred-life plan” and instead mastered the new currencies—time and mobility—to create luxury lifestyles in the here and now. Whether you are an overworked employee or an entrepreneur trapped in your own business, this book is the compass for a new and revolutionary world. Join Tim Ferriss as he teaches you: • How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want • How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs • How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist • How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and freuent "mini-retirements" • What the crucial difference is between absolute and relative income • How to train your boss to value performance over presence, or kill your job (or company) if it’s beyond repair • What automated cash-flow “muses” are and how to create one in 2 to 4 weeks • How to cultivate selective ignorance—and create time—with a low-information diet • What the management secrets of Remote Control CEOs are • How to get free housing worldwide and airfare at 50–80% off • How to fill the void and create a meaningful life after removing work and the office You can have it all—really. From the Hardcover edition.

Tim Ferriss is author of three #1 NYT/WSJ bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, and The 4-Hour Chef. He is also a start-up advisor specializing in positioning, PR, and marketing (Uber, Evernote, etc.). When not damaging his body with abusive sports, he enjoys chocolate, bear claws, and Japanese animation.

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The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Work Week

Sandeep Kochrar is a crazy hidden gem with his profits hidden under the stone. An IIM grad, founder, writer and a Storyteller with exponential skills & achievements.His opinions on Messiah Sydrome will reflect your mistakes on the gut.

The Born StoryTeller

Basically, you think that some strange driving force or a person may come and hold your hands to reach the apotheosis heights. You always create a toxicated help and work cycle.

Messiah Syndrome

We need a strong will to push ourselves, to succeed. It comes from a strong character. I lacked character. So I externalized my need for help.

Character Mindset

Success is a lot of hard work, we are not ready for this sacrifice. We want someone to give it to us.

Getting it easy mindset

We think the world is out to get us, so we expect someone to rescue us.

Victim mindset

We don't take responsibility or action since we are afraid of failure.

Failure mindset:

If things don't work out we can easily blame the messiah.

Blaming mindset:

We love excuses - family background, conditioning, not having money, etc. It justifies our failures, not having a messiah is another excuse.

Excuse Mindset

I realized no Messiah will arrive. I will have to be my own Messiah.

Sandeep Kochhar is the Founder and CEO of BlewMinds, the organization which acts as a step-ladder to businesses in need of introspective help. He's an MBA from IIM Bangalore, and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineer with 17 years of consulting and corporate experience. Apart from his many, many professional achievements, which include working in various capacities with IBM, HT Media, HCL Technologies and more, Kochhar is also a prolific poet and takes keen interest in the education of children. He has also authored academic papers on applying Supply Chain Management principles to recruitment processes & Demand supply forecasting of human resources. When he isn't working on his never-ending projects, he can be found relaxing himself through yoga. Sandeep Kochhar is the Founder and CEO of BlewMinds, the organization which acts as a step-ladder to businesses in need of introspective help. He's an MBA from IIM Bangalore, and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineer with 17 years of consulting and corporate experience. Apart from his many, many professional achievements, which include working in various capacities with IBM, HT Media, HCL Technologies and more, Kochhar is also a prolific poet and takes keen interest in the education of children. He has also authored academic papers on applying Supply Chain Management principles to recruitment processes & Demand supply forecasting of human resources. When he isn't working on his never-ending projects, he can be found relaxing himself through yoga. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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Learning & Education

Sandeep Kochhar is the Founder and CEO of BlewMinds, the organization which acts as a step-ladder to businesses in need of introspective help. He's an MBA from IIM Bangalore, and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineer with 17 years of consulting and corporate experience. Apart from his many, many professional achievements, which include working in various capacities with IBM, HT Media, HCL Technologies and more, Kochhar is also a prolific poet and takes keen interest in the education of children. He has also authored academic papers on applying Supply Chain Management principles to recruitment processes & Demand supply forecasting of human resources. When he isn't working on his never-ending projects, he can be found relaxing himself through yoga. Sandeep Kochhar is the Founder and CEO of BlewMinds, the organization which acts as a step-ladder to businesses in need of introspective help.
He's an MBA from IIM Bangalore, and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineer with 17 years of consulting and corporate experience. Apart from his many, many professional achievements, which include working in various capacities with IBM, HT Media, HCL Technologies and more, Kochhar is also a prolific poet and takes keen interest in the education of children.
He has also authored academic papers on applying Supply Chain Management principles to recruitment processes & Demand supply forecasting of human resources.
When he isn't working on his never-ending projects, he can be found relaxing himself through yoga. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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The 3 major components of trust are: Authenticity, Empathy and LogicIf you sense that I am being authentic, you are much more likely to trust me. If you sense that I have real rigor in my logic, you are far more likely to trust me. And if you believe that my empathy is directed towards you, you are far more likely to trust me. When all three of these things are working, we have great trust. But if any one of these three gets shaky, if any one of these three wobbles, trust is threatened.

3 Pillars of Trust

People just don't believe that we're mostly in it for them, and they believe that we're too self-distracted. And it's no wonder. So here's the prescription: identify where, when and to whom you are likely to offer your distraction. That should trace pretty perfectly to when, where, and to whom you are likely to withhold your empathy.And if in those instances, we can come up with a trigger that gets us to look up, look at the people right in front of us, listen to them, deeply immerse ourselves in their perspectives, then we have a chance of having a sturdy leg of empathy.

When your empathy wobbles

It's often the case that our logic is sound, but it's our ability to communicate the logic that is in jeopardy. Super fortunately, there's a very easy fix to this.Start with your point in a crisp half-sentence, and then give your supporting evidence. This means that people will be able to get access to our awesome ideas, and just as importantly, if you get cut off before you're done, you still get credit for the idea, as opposed to someone else coming in and snatching it from you.

When your logic wobbles

We as a human species can sniff out in a moment, literally in a moment, whether or not someone is being their authentic true self. So in many ways, the prescription is clear. You don't want to have an authenticity wobble? Be you. Great. And that is super easy to do when you're around people who are like you.But if you represent any sort of difference, the prescription to "be you" can be super challenging.Wear whatever makes you feel fabulous. Pay less attention to what you think people want to hear from you and far more attention to what your authentic, awesome self needs to say.

When your authenticity wobbles

What if trust is broken despite our best effort at managing and building trust? Here are some ideas on how to handle that 😊

Trust is the foundation for everything we do. But what do we do when it's broken? In an eye-opening talk, Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei gives a crash course in trust: how to build it, maintain it and rebuild it -- something she worked on during a recent stint at Uber. "If we can learn to trust one another more, we can have unprecedented human progress," Frei says.

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Frances Frei: How to build (and rebuild) trust

“I raise up my voice—not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard… We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.”

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.”

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.

“Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it.”

“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light.”

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

“Don’t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn’t.”

“I don't have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I'm as good as anybody, but no better.”

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

“If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”

“There's power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice.”

“We’re all water from different rivers, that’s why it’s so easy to meet; we’re all water in this vast, vast ocean, someday we’ll evaporate together.”

“Tolerance and compassion are active, not passive states, born of the capacity to listen, to observe and to respect others.”

“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.”

“Social change is brought about by those who dare and act, who can think unconventionally and who can court unpopularity.”

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right–for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.”

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.”

Looking for motivation? Get a dose of girl power with 50 inspiring quotes from strong women throughout history from Michelle Obama to Amelia Earhart.

Inspirational Quotes by Powerful Women in History

To learn anything:<ul><li>Step 1: Identify a topic</li><li>Step 2: Try to explain it to a 5-year-old</li><li>Step 3: Study to fill in knowledge gaps</li><li>Step 4: Organize, convey, and review.</li></ul>True genius is the ability to simplify, not complicate.

The Feynman Technique

The goal is to minimize the number of regrets in life.When faced with a difficult decision:<ol><li>Project into the future.</li><li>Look back on the decision.</li><li>Ask "Will I regret not doing this?"</li><li>Act accordingly.</li></ol>

The Regret Minimization Framework

Learn the difference between urgent and important.Place tasks on a 2x2 matrix:<ul><li>Important & Urgent</li><li>Important & Not Urgent</li><li>Not Important & Urgent</li><li>Not Important & Not Urgent.</li></ul>Prioritize, delegate, or delete accordingly.

The Eisenhower Decision Matrix

These are:<ul><li>Financial (money)</li><li>Social (relationships)</li><li>Physical (health)</li><li>Mental (health, knowledge, faith)</li><li>Time (freedom).</li></ul>Money is NOT the only type of wealth. The pursuit of financial wealth can rob you of the others.

The 5 Types of Wealth

<ul><li>Black Lines = Paths Closed</li><li>Green Lines = Paths Open</li></ul>Stop focusing on the black lines behind you. Start focusing on all of the green lines before you. It is a future with immense opportunity.

Green Lines vs. Black Lines

Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.When you establish fixed hours, you find unproductive ways to fill them. Work more, get less done.If your goal is to do inspired, creative work, work like a lion instead: Sprint. Eat. Rest. Repeat.

Parkinson’s Law

When faced with chaos, ask yourself whether you're a local or a tourist.Tourists flee bad weather. Locals are aware of the season's change.Play games where you're a local. Never be a "Stubborn Local”—ignoring evidence that something has fundamentally changed.

Local vs. Tourist

Extraordinary achievements are often just the result of a large volume of tiny actions.Small things become big things.

Compounding

Imagine a rock is thrown into a lake. The splash is the first-order effect—the ripples are the second-order effect.The world is filled with first-order thinkers. Dig deeper—ask "and then what?” Second-order thinkers will always be in short supply.

Second-Order Thinking

You have to put in more effort to make something appear effortless.Effortless, elegant performances are simply the result of a large volume of consistent, effortful practice. Simple is not simple.

The Paradox of Effort

The energy required to refute bullshit is much larger than the energy required to produce it.This is why BS spreads so easily—especially on social media. It's also why we need to make a deliberate effort to fight back against it.

BS Asymmetry Principle

Most of us need fewer friends and more intellectual sparring partners.<ul><li>Friends are easy to come by.</li><li>Intellectual sparring partners are harder to find. They will call you on your BS, question your assumptions, and push you to think deeply.</li></ul>

Intellectual Sparring Partners

<ul><li>Occam's Razor: The simplest explanation is often the best one.</li><li>Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.</li><li>Hitchens' Razor: Anything asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.</li></ul>

The Big 3 Razors

Much of what we call "luck" is the macro result of 1,000s of micro-actions.<ul><li>Your habits put you in a position where luck is more likely to strike.</li><li>If you want to create more luck, increase your luck surface area.</li><li>Open up the aperture to let more luck in.</li></ul>

Luck Surface Area

When faced with two options, choose the one that’s more difficult in the short term. Naval calls this making "uphill decisions”.It requires a forced override of your pain avoidance instinct. It's worth it—short-term pain creates compounding long-term gain.

Uphill Decisions

<ul><li>The British offered bounties for cobra heads—so locals bred cobras to turn in their heads.</li><li>A policy designed to reduce the cobra population had the opposite effect.</li></ul>Lesson: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

The Cobra Effect

Tiny deviations are amplified by distance and time.A 1-degree error in heading will cause a plane to miss its target by 1 mile for every 60 miles flown.Small miss now = large miss later. Always make real-time course corrections and adjustments.

The 1-in-60 Rule

Observe the weekend projects of the smartest people in your circles. Odds are those will become a key part of our future.Invest accordingly.

The Weekend Test

<ul><li>Old Way: Learn to Play.</li><li>New Way: Play to Learn.</li></ul>We are living in an unprecedented era—historical boundaries are being broken, enabling anyone to participate.If you're trying to learn anything new, insert yourself into the game. It's the only way.

Play to Learn

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The Habit of Winning

Make Time

The 4-Hour Work Week

SINS : SIght to INSight | Sandeep Kochhar | TEDxPGDAVCollege

Frances Frei: How to build (and rebuild) trust

Inspirational Quotes by Powerful Women in History

Frameworks for thinking

Six Thinking Hats

Apple CEO Tim Cook quotes on success & technology

The decoy effect: how you are influenced to choose without really knowing it

It's time to Read like a Pro.

It's time to
Read like a Pro.