Hi,
This week, I would be sharing with you the gist of the book, “Only The Paranoid Survive’ written by Andrew Grove, the former Chief of Intel Inc. This is one book I have read repeatedly, recommended repeatedly for people to read, and also shared the contents of it in my training programmes more frequently than those from any other books I read. Andrew presents in this book ideas from 2 sets of his experiences; one based on his years of experience leading Intel Inc into a major force and the other based on his interactions with the students of Stanford University where he cotaught a course on ‘strategic management’. Andrew writes about what it is like to lead a company out of the wilderness of change and into safer, more secure markets. He also introduces useful tools and ideas that will help the next generation of corporate scions stay ahead in times of rapid change. I would like to share the essence of one of the many powerful thoughts that Andrew prescribes through his book i.e., “Sooner or later something fundamental in your business/career will change.” You ought to be watchful. How prepared are you for taking advantage of that?
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Andrew believes that success contains the seeds of its own destruction. He says, “The more successful you are, the more people want a chunk of your business and then another chunk, and then another until there is nothing left. I believe that the primary responsibility of a manger is to guard constantly against other people’s interest and to inculcate this guardian attitude in the people under his or her management.”
He pronounces a new concept called “SIP” (Strategic Infection Point) in this book. He says that an SIP is a time in the life of a business or in a career when the fundamentals are about to change, which could bring about a profound change in one’s life. These are opportunities that one should sense, identify, and work on so as to be able to convert them to one’s advantage. He calls it a 10X force. These SIPs keep happening in every person or organization’s life. But they don’t happen in a loud and clear manner. They are very subtle, and one ought to have an eye to see them and a knack to smell them. More importantly, one ought to have the ability to manage them to turn them into 10X positive growth points. At times, lack of ability to manage SIP transitions could mean a 10X negative decline.
Ultimately, it boils down to an individual or organization’s ability to identify and manage the SIP transitions that will make dramatic growth in the life of a person or the business of an organization possible.
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Watch for the SIPs happening in your life. That could be your decision to buy a new piece of land, study a new course, or make a new business deal, join a new job, accepting to provide a service to your new customer, or the new technology that you have an opportunity to license, or a new product that you would like to add to your product portfolio, or something else. The SIPs happen on a daily basis, but won’t be noticed by those who are not willing to see them that way. If it is not you, someone out there is trying to find them, convert them into his or her advantage to outsmart you, outperform you, and knock you out of the competition. Be watchful! Andrew says, “Only the paranoid survive.”
To your SUCCESS,
With love and regards,
Siva
value4value@gmail.com
This week, I would be sharing with you the gist of the book, “Only The Paranoid Survive’ written by Andrew Grove, the former Chief of Intel Inc. This is one book I have read repeatedly, recommended repeatedly for people to read, and also shared the contents of it in my training programmes more frequently than those from any other books I read. Andrew presents in this book ideas from 2 sets of his experiences; one based on his years of experience leading Intel Inc into a major force and the other based on his interactions with the students of Stanford University where he cotaught a course on ‘strategic management’. Andrew writes about what it is like to lead a company out of the wilderness of change and into safer, more secure markets. He also introduces useful tools and ideas that will help the next generation of corporate scions stay ahead in times of rapid change. I would like to share the essence of one of the many powerful thoughts that Andrew prescribes through his book i.e., “Sooner or later something fundamental in your business/career will change.” You ought to be watchful. How prepared are you for taking advantage of that?
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Andrew believes that success contains the seeds of its own destruction. He says, “The more successful you are, the more people want a chunk of your business and then another chunk, and then another until there is nothing left. I believe that the primary responsibility of a manger is to guard constantly against other people’s interest and to inculcate this guardian attitude in the people under his or her management.”
He pronounces a new concept called “SIP” (Strategic Infection Point) in this book. He says that an SIP is a time in the life of a business or in a career when the fundamentals are about to change, which could bring about a profound change in one’s life. These are opportunities that one should sense, identify, and work on so as to be able to convert them to one’s advantage. He calls it a 10X force. These SIPs keep happening in every person or organization’s life. But they don’t happen in a loud and clear manner. They are very subtle, and one ought to have an eye to see them and a knack to smell them. More importantly, one ought to have the ability to manage them to turn them into 10X positive growth points. At times, lack of ability to manage SIP transitions could mean a 10X negative decline.
Ultimately, it boils down to an individual or organization’s ability to identify and manage the SIP transitions that will make dramatic growth in the life of a person or the business of an organization possible.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Watch for the SIPs happening in your life. That could be your decision to buy a new piece of land, study a new course, or make a new business deal, join a new job, accepting to provide a service to your new customer, or the new technology that you have an opportunity to license, or a new product that you would like to add to your product portfolio, or something else. The SIPs happen on a daily basis, but won’t be noticed by those who are not willing to see them that way. If it is not you, someone out there is trying to find them, convert them into his or her advantage to outsmart you, outperform you, and knock you out of the competition. Be watchful! Andrew says, “Only the paranoid survive.”
To your SUCCESS,
With love and regards,
Siva
value4value@gmail.com
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