“The Goldilocks Rule states that humans experience peak motivation when working on tasks that are right on the edge of their current abilities. Not too hard. Not too easy. Just right.”
The above figure explains that maximum motivation occurs when facing a challenge of just manageable...
Friday, August 16, 2019
Sunday, July 21, 2019
That's one small step for a man
-Neil Armstrong ,Apollo 11 astronaut - the first person to walk on the Moon.
July 20, 2019, was the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing when American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person ever to plant boots on the dusty lunar surface.
Buzz...
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Addition by Subtraction
"Addition by Subtraction" is a phrase used by coaches to mean that sometimes your team can get better not by adding more talent, but by shedding some people or practices that are interfering with or inhibiting your success.
In his book “Atomic Habits” author James Clear mentioned about...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Strategy of the aggregation of marginal gains …
Since 1908, British riders had won just a single gold medal at the Olympic Games, and they had fared even worse in cycling’s biggest race, the Tour de France. In 110 years, no British cyclist had ever won the event. In fact, the performance of British riders had been so underwhelming that one...
Friday, June 28, 2019
You get in life what you tolerate
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When you’re creating an environment to support your goals, remember that you get in life what you tolerate.
This is true in every area of your life—particularly within your relationships with family, friends, and colleagues. What you have decided to tolerate is also reflected in the situations...
Monday, June 24, 2019
Is it always not necessary to make it to the TOP?
Infamous Traffic Jam on Mount Everest ,Photo Credit : Climber Nirmal Purja, 19th May 2109
In an interview to Times of India Vamini Sethi who attempted the climb Mount Everest too caught in the jam and decided to return after making it to within 500m of the peak said “ For me , my life matterred...
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Sheer innovation is not enough
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In 1912, Otto Frederick Rohwedder an American inventor and engineer who created the first automatic bread-slicing machine for commercial use. It was first used by the Chillicothe Baking Company.What a great idea: a simple machine that could...
Don’t try to be the ‘next’
“Don’t try to be the ‘next’. Instead, try to be the other, the changer, the new.” -Seth Godin
John Francis "Jack" Welch is an American business executive, author, and chemical engineer. He was chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. During his tenure...
WHEN TO STICK AND WHEN TO QUIT
“Think of those who, not by fault of inconsistency but by lack of effort, are too unstable to live as they wish, but only live as they have begun.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND,
In his book The Dip, Seth Godin draws an interesting analogy from the three types of people you see in line at the supermarket. One gets in a short line and sticks to it no matter how slow...