Why do people fail to eliminate a heavily reinforced, deep rooted acquired belief, habit or a thought? Why do they fail to develop and sustain new desired habits? People forget that beliefs, habits, norms or thoughts took so long to materialize. Eliminating a deep rooted belief system does not happen overnight. It does not work […]

If someone says let us finish this project next year. When? Which month? In March, May or September. Not timing the start and the end of the project increases confusion and distresses people. It might take between 6 to 12 months to decide your application. This is very confusing. It would be better to say […]

They agree with me and agree with them even they hold contrary views to mine. They change positions quickly. Their argument is weak. They read, but they do not understand. They take it, but they do not validate it. They talk it, but they do not have the courage to walk it. They call it […]

In Aug 1971, President Nixon ended the dollar convertibility to gold announcing the collapse of the gold standard which was created after WW2. Two years later, petrodollar system came into existence in 1973 to maintain the global demand for U.S. dollars as all oil sales will be transacted in US dollar. The United States dollar […]

Have you ever asked yourself why armies are vastly cooperative groups? Why are religious groups so coherent? Why are gangs so well organized? The answer lies in the beliefs and ideologies that people share. Ideological beliefs (i.e., culture) are what reduce conflicts of interests among the same group of individuals. The more you share the […]

Bad design and a weak foundation are the contributing factors to the collapse of any building. In these cases, certainly, the architects and the civil engineers are at fault, not the workers who build the building. Even a well-designed building will not stand on a bad foundation. The engineers’ top priority is to ensure the […]

In chessboard, the army moves to capture the opponent’s pieces. When the opponent’s king is checkmated, the game is over. The ranks from the lowest to the highest in the army die to protect the king. This contradicts the rules of true leadership where the king, namely the leader should frontline the battle and strive to face […]

It is not flipping a coin. It is not about probabilities, statistics, assumptions, presumptions and complex modelling predicting the winner. Which candidate is the best choice for the stock market or for the stimulus checks? Who will win the US presidential election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 Trump or Biden? Thinking this question causes you a blurry vision […]

The first seeks to maximize the positive impacts for people through solving the problems facing them. The other maximizes profits by ignoring or creating problems. The first one is genuinely empowering people, and the other one is negatively impacting them. Which one is your business?

Let’s start with this fact, the costs of being impatient are immense. Impatience is not a lack of patience. It is the lack of passion. If you are unpassionate about something, it weakens your determination which affects your patience. There is a huge correlation between patience and passion. This pair has a substantial effect on most […]