It Is All About Perspective

A college freshman wrote a letter to her parents. In the beginning, she told her parents that her skull fracture was healing, the fire wasn't so bad after the janitor offered to let her stay with him, and, oh, by the way, they were expecting a baby together. Her last paragraph revealed that she had no skull fracture, no fire, no janitor, & pregnancy, but she did get a “D” in chemistry & just wanted to put the bad grades into the proper perspective. - From Influence: Science and Practice by Robert Cialdini,

INSIGHT
Success or Failure, Happy or Sad, everything is relative - a matter of perspective.

Living By The Pareto Principle

"I really want to clear my life to make it so that I have to make as few decisions as possible about anything except how to best serve this community….And I feel like I'm not doing my job if I spend any of my energy on things that are silly or frivolous about my life.” - Mark Zuckerberg on why he wears a grey t-shirt all the time.

INSIGHT
Zuckerberg is very clear about the vital few in his life.
He believes in serving his FB community to the bare inclusion of everything else in his life. But on becoming a father in November last year, he took two months off to help his wife take care of the baby. Being a competitive person, he even invested time and effort in trying to bring his baby’s diaper changing time down to 20 seconds. He succeeded!

Work-Life. Or Just Life?

Are work and life two separate compartments? Do we need to maintain separate personal life-professional life lists? TCS chief N Chandrasekaran doesn't think so. He believes you have to keep a very simple priority list and keep it short. This, he says, makes life easier. His list comprises building a strong team and long-distance running, music and photography his interests.

Insight
Life's priorities can be sliced in many ways - there is no one best way to it. Just do what you feel comfortable doing.

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Ruthless Prioritisation

“The conversation with you”, said client B, “made me realize that I am spending only 0.5% of my time on my key priorities“.

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This kind of a realisation is a result of a deep dive into what you really want in life, and how you want to take your business to new heights. It’s a process Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook would call ‘Ruthless Prioritisation’.

Want to know what your Ruthless Priorities are and fast track your personal and business growth? Get in touch.