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.
