Deck1 (From Insights) Flashcards
What to do at a party
Assimilating yourself in a gathering, party, or celebration, being light spirited, and having fun, as opposed to keeping to yourself, and being isolated, withdrawn, and by yourself.
How is excellence developed
Doing something good generally requires hundred’s of hours of mentally grueling work
What are power terms or power phrases
Terms that leave a lasting impression on people. Powerful thoughts, powerful ideas, succinctly stated, and powerfully expressed
What do you think about Goals
Set clear goals – “multilayered” “macro and micro” goals
What is the importance of Financial Muscle
Financial Muscle is needed to do anything – buy an apartment, open a restaurant, travel…
What does working on these flashcards do for you
These flashcards provide constant repition and help with internalizing the thoughts, affirmations – deeply embedding them into your psyche
What does knowledge do
Knowledge gives you the confidence to move with self assurance and certainity
Draining
Stress can be Draining
What is your “Value proposition”
Value Proposition
Enfeeble
Stress or illness can Enfeeble you
What is your Public Speaking insight
Don’t speak at your audience members; speak with them. Put yourself in their seat next to them
Perseverance
It takes a lot of Perseverance to accomplish big things
What you know about interview jitters
Everybody suffers from interview jitters in the period prior to the interview
Endorsement
His great writing prompted his edoresement from the Harvard admission committee professors
What is the mindset of PAYOFF
You ask what is the PAYOFF for the other person from it…
My mindset in approaching this internship is “how do I increase the payoff for you from this internship
Swamped
Flooded, inundated
What is Collective Intellect
Every organization has a collective intellect – that guides its actions, allows it to overcome challenges and helps it succeed.
Shoot for
What are we shooting for
What is Knowledge Bank
Every organization has its knowledge bank – the collective intellect of its employees
Industrious
Untiring
What you should do daily for motivation
Reinforce your positive attitude daily by reading motivational books, listening to the messages of inspirational people, and studying affirming thoughts and sayings.
Prudence
Applying prudence in the use of time, use of words etc
What is the Iceberg Concept
The iceberg concept – behind the A’s is a lot of work underneath the surface
Bandwidth
My bandwidth can allow me to do only so much. I have exhausted my bandwidth. I just do not have the bandwidth for anything more
How do you improve your Conversation Skills
Improve your conversation skills by getting people to GET THEM TALKING ABOUT THEMSELVES
hands down the easiest thing you can do is ask them about themselves. People always have something to say about themselves.
Wear out
Worn out, drained, and enfeebled by something
What are examples of PORTALS
The NPR audio’s, the HBR podcasts, the travel channel or NGeographic videos, the encyclopedias you poured yourself into at the IIT library are and were your portal to a different world
Composed
calm, cool headed, unruffled, unperturbed, unagitated, tranquil, serene, dignified, poised, collected
What is generally the structure of things
There is the big thing and then there are smaller things within it – there is the main plot and there are sub-plots.
Cunning
Crafty, Sly, Deceitful
What question you can ask about India’s growth
What is the engine of growth for India – what are the key areas of attraction about India
Complex
Intricate, Knotty, Tangled
What is the Question about force behind the market movement
Where is the energy coming from that is driving the market today?
Question to ask about anything
What is providing the energy behind this move ? What are the main/key drivers behind this initiative
What about operational tempo
Things get done when keeping a very high operational tempo
What is a way to explain when you are loosing money
We are continuing to hemorrhage money, and just depleting the reserves
What is your thinking currently about money
I am trying my level best to build family wealth and create a blanket of security
What is being passionate about work mean
You put your heart and soul into the work, you believe in the mission
What does working passionately look like
When you are working intensely on something you become intoxicated by that work
What does a big challenge look like
We have a very very steep hill ahead of us
How do you understand things
You need to get the aerial view of anything before you get into the details of it. You have to understand things from the outside in.
Descrbing a complex situation
Somebody has to provide the narrative on what is going on here, and what needs to be done about it.
One truth about the stock market
You can only measure or apply mathematics to what is happening on the currency chart at this point in time or so far – you cannot predict what is going to happen next or in the future
What is the truth about making money in the stock market
The extent of money you make will depend on from the time you buy how far up it goes or from the time you sell it how far down it goes, before turning in the opposite direction – you have no control on that, that is the intrinsic characteristic of the currency at that point in time.
What is a given about the currency market oscillation movement
One of the givens of any currency movement is that it will alternately go up and go down. The question is how far up and for how long will it go before it turns and starts to go down and then how far down and how long it will go down before it starts to turn up again, and so on.
What should be your attitude to work
For any work your attitude has to be – Thanks for giving me the opportunity to work on this topic, in this area. With this attitude you have to be self driven, self motivated, intoxicated with the work.
How can you accomplish more in a day
If you can do only one thing every hour, you would have done 10 things by the end of the day.
Work on what kind of things
Work on things your heart is in. Work on things where your heart is – what would you like to do, where is your heart?
What is an effective way to handle stress
Exercise is a way of immunizing yourself against stress – by exercising you can better handle stress when it occurs
Bootcamp
Bootcamp (cooking bootcamp led by Sangeeta)
Bootstrap
Bootstrap – something, get it going
Rudimentary
Rudimentary knowledge of something
Ground Breaking
Ground breaking (something – TV show)
Igniting conversation
Igniting conversation on a subject or topic
How do you do better at all things
By making yourself
MENTALLY Stornger, and
PHYSICALLY Stronger
Improve your Inner Excellence
Why is working on an hourly basis effective
By working on a hourly basis you are in effect COMPARTMENTALIZING your mind – rather than thinking about several things you are focused on just one thing/area
What you have to guard about your skills
You do not want your skills getting diluted
What is the advantage of party’s, temple, social interaction etc
It keeps you connected and prevents you from becoming isolated
Imponderable
Complex, difficult to think through
What about effective communication
You must be able to Articulate very clearly and strongly what you want to say
What about Difficult Conversations
How do you frame this question or this thought or broach this subject…
What about experience of customers who you work for
You should be devoted to developing “terrific experiences” for all customers you work with.
This will also Power up your referral engine.
What do you have to do at any new Job, Place, or Project
You have got to develop your social support system in any new position, job, new place, country
What can relatively small or apparently insignificant – but negative things imply
The relatively small or apparently insignificant negative things can be symptomatic of bigger problems lying in the country/person/place/people…
How do you become a powerful speaker
You can become a powerful speaker. To do so, learn everything you can about your subject. About 10 days to two weeks before your presentation, spend 20 minutes writing no fewer than 50 questions about your topic. In another session, learn their answers. This will help you create an outline for your speech. Now, start rehearsing repeatedly – in your mind, in the car, before a mirror or with your friends.
Don’t memorize your speech. Your recall may fail at the podium. Instead, know it so well you can speak naturally, using your prepared answers as your main points.
What kind of ideas these flashcards represent
These cards represent Transformative Ideas for our daily lives
What is a side benefit of success
A side benefit of success is that it provides Self Esteem, it provides self assurance
What is the concept of Incubating an Idea
Ideas need to be incubated – supported in their early formative stages, run in pilot form on a smaller scale, and further developed from there. Remember – from small seeds big opporunities can grow
What is the relationship between work and oxygen
Work is like oxygen, it is our life-blood it is what drives us, it is what gives meaning and direction to our life. You must be constantly busy in one thing or another. It should not be a source of stress, rather it gives you something to do, something to focus on, something with which to grow your mind, grow your thinking, grow yourself.
How do you connect with people
Humour, light hearted attitude is very contagious. Also, jokes, stories, anecdotes, food, help to connect with people.
Playing a common sport also helps you connect with people. Actually, all group activity’s – social work, puja, gurdwara, country club, public speaking, etc help in connecting with people
