How Successful People Think Flashcards
Big-picture thinking
Step back and take a broader perspective: see what others see and what others miss, and how to navigate uncharted territories
Creative thinking
Antidote to boxed-in thinking
Increase the number and quality of solutions to a problem
From “can I?” to “how can I?”
Realistic thinking
Ability to recognize the facts and build around them.
Taking your dream from “wish” to “will”
Strategic thinking
Taking control of tomorrow, by thinking about it today.
Finding opportunities by building connections early and often.
Strategic thinking - 5 elements
- Thinking consistently
- Thinking within context
- Thinking with others in mind
- Thinking on the front end
- Thinking with a return in mind
Possibility thinking
See solutions in seemingly impossible circumstances.
Positive stance
Decide to look at opportunities, and to turn challenges as new opportunities.
Reflective thinking
Consistently evaluate experience to repeat successes, and avoid repeating failures
- what do I feel?
- what do I think?
- what do I know?
Uncommon thinking
Antidote to Popular thinking.
Example : Tsahal practice of never taking unanimous decisions, if necessary appointing a “dissenting officer”
Shared thinking
Partnering with others, to take your ideas from good to great.
Also known as “collective intelligence”.
Unselfish thinking
Understanding that you cannot experience true significance, without adding value to others.
Aka “pay it forward”
Bottom line thinking
Intense focus on driving results.
Your 2 most important bottom lines:
- value added for people
- personal Return on Investment
How: aim to be the best at one thing, then build a team that will be the best at one thing.
Focused thinking
Intensive concentration, in order t gain clarity on the specifics, and reach the core of a problem
Antidote to distraction and multi-tasking
Where do you need to give 100%?
Design thinking
User-centered innovation mindset, based on
- curiosity
- empathy
- creativity
- teamwork
- agility
Complex thinking
- dialogic principle
- systemic principle
- holographic principle
Systems thinking
A system is made of multiple parts and interactions, leading to emerging properties
MRI
Most Respectful Interpretation
We frequently judge ourselves by our good intentions, even when we don’t actually get around to DOING anything. At the same time we may judge others by our fearful interpretation of their actions, even though their actions sometimes have down sides they may not have intended.
That dual standard may lead to unwarranted mistrust that can undermine progress and create unnecessary stress.
Adopting the philosophy of “Most Respectful Interpretation” (MRI) is a delightful solution. MRI says we assume the best of others. MRI suggests that you consider only the best, the kindest, the most helpful interpretation of every communication and respond solely to that version.
There may be other ways of interpreting a communication, but what is the point? Choose the higher road. Your day will be better, your life more smooth.
Try it, it works!
Mindfulness
Being present -
Antidote to multi-tasking , and to stress
Open attention : combining focus and broad thinking
Essentialism
What Is the one thing that I can do
Such that by doing it
Everything else will be easier or unnecessary?
Connected to
- lean startup
- minimalism
- frugalism
Luck
Lucky people generate their own good fortune via four basic principles:
- They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities.
- They make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition.
- They create self fulfilling prophecies via positive expectations.
- They adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.
(Richard Wiseman)
Environment - the 4 P
- people
- places
- phone (devices)
- pleasures (hobbies & relaxation)
Accountability
- stop the victim vicious circle: take ownership
- find accountancy buddies or a coach
7 habits of successful people (S. Covey)
- be proactive
- begin with the end in mind
- first things first
- think win-win
- seek to understand, then to be understood
- synergize
- sharpen the saw
Intrinsic motivation
Extrinsic motivations: what you have (depends of what you get)
Intrinsic motivations: what you become (depends on what you achieve)
IPO model:
- my identity drives my processes
- my processes drive my outcomes
Intrinsically motivated entrepreneurs celebrate the efforts, not just the outcomes.
Shoshin (初心)
Shoshin is a Japanese term from Zen Buddhism, meaning ‘Beginner’s Mind’. It does exactly what it says on the tin; it encourages people to approach tasks with a fresh set of eyes. Sort of how a child would do something for the first time.
Outgrowing my limiting attitudes per stage
Victim stage Irresponsible -> responsible Seeking pleasure -> seeking growth Driven by feelings -> ruled by facts Fear of the future -> faith in the future Indecisive -> decisive
Conflict
Defensive -> open and curious
Arrogant and proud -> humble
Quick to anger -> slow to anger
Responsibility stage
Promoting disunity -> promoting unity
Self interest -> common interest
Scarcity mindset -> abundance mindset
7 levels of consciousness
Victim (I lose) Conflict (you lose) Responsibility (I win) Concern (you win) Reconciliation (win-win) Synthesis (oneness) Creation (surpassing)
Team spirit
Success, like joy, is intended to be shared .
Only the collaborative survive… how can we improve as team players?
EAT model
K *= E.A.T K = learning & knowledge creation E = energy (health, sleep, nutrition) A = attention (focus ≠ distraction) T = time
Sources: I. Aberkane, G. Bergandi
Black box thinking
Treat each failure as an opportunity to learn something
Treat each pebble in your shoe, a a diamond that life has thrown you
Turn each problem as an opportunity
Antifragility
Fragile: each accident makes us weaker
Robust: limiting / preventing fragility by design
Resilient: we rebound (self repair)
Anti-fragile: each accident makes us stronger; uncertainty makes us stronger
Source: Nassim Nicolas TAÏEB
Motivation’s 3 sweet spots
For your daily objectives, define 3 levels:
- achievable
- respectable
- inspiring
Source: Gianni Bergandi
PLT model
Practice * Learnings = Transformation
Inspiration: intrappreneur
