Be a Game Changer by Disrupting and Revolutionizing the World
Game changers are the people or the organizations that create a completely new future by making the existing or current fully obsolete.
A game changer could be defined as a
- 1.A technological or scientific milestones by nullifying all earlier methods, or making earlier impossible suppositions completely possible. Like cameras, laptops & desktops going out of popularity through revolution in mobile technology OR maybe Polio is wiped out completely in some part of the world
- 2.Discovering, creating, and proving through new shattering thinking. Like earlier perception earth is static, sun revolves around it TO the current Sun is static & the earth is revolving around it.
- 3.Creating a totally new ways of doing business, like from brick & mortar stores to Online one. Or doing business without owning any assets of that field
- 4.A visionary who impacts the world unlike any one before, e.g., Breaking of German Wall, Breaking of Russia, end of apartheid in South Africa
- 5.Introducing concepts or strategy Like raising money through Crowdfunding or involving People to get thousands of mind to work on your idea through Crowdsourcing
- 6.Like what I call "Impossible Achievers", who had everything going against them, but actually did more than what probably cannot be thought possible by people who have everything going for them. Please watch videos on YouTube by typing "Impossible Achievers", to understand this
7.They are Undeniable/Un-ignorable -Its effect on its respective industry will be empirical.
8.They Strikes Fear in many significant part of the industry, employees & consumers. Because businesses will have to change or go bankrupt, Many Jobs will be lost or get redefined, end-users will have to learn something new skills
9.They operate on Mammoth Scale. A true game changer reaches the far corners of the world. Everyone (and I mean everyone) will feel or see its effects, either directly or indirectly.
10.They create New Industries & its ancillaries
11.When a game changer is born cannot be predicted
12.They create metamorphosis, Not just a small part of the game; the whole freaking game
When faced either with an obstacle considered impossible or some idea which excites them but no one has thought about that their way,
The Game Changers ask the following questions continuously
- 1. Why it cannot be done
- 2. Why it has not been considered[they would do enough research to arrive at this answer]
- 3. Why it is considered impossible yet desirable
- 4. What I might be missing
- 5. How it can be done
- 6. What need to happen for this to take place
- 7. Could this be the future
- 8. Will this impact the big masses significantly
- 9.Whom I can enroll in my this vision
Few modern day game changers
- 1.Jeff Bezos, Retail Game Changer - Billionaire and Amazon.com, Inc. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jeff Bezos, is a widely recognized as a game changer for what the executive has managed to do with Amazon over the past couple of decades. Bezos founded the company, originally name Cadabra, in 1994 and officially launched Amazon.com in 1995.
- 2.Elon Musk, Automobile Revolutionist - While Musk's vision is often criticized when it comes to Tesla production, Teslas emergence in the electric car market is causing other car-maker to scramble and try to catch up to Tesla's impressive lead.
- 3.Jan Koum & Brian Acton – founder of Whatsapp
- 4. Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp – founder of UBER
A true game changer will have most of the following traits
- 1. They are so excited with their ideas, that their energy while thinking, implementing and overcoming the odds makes it contagious for people around them
- 2. They are the people, who when laughed at, becomes more excited, more determined & more enthusiastic
- 3. They don't have the concept of being liked
- 4. They never ever compromises on the qualitative ways. Be it thinking, be it hiring the best, be it delivering excellence or be it making
- 5. They are continuous search for improving their methods, thoughts, beliefs, ideas, solution & attitude
- 6. They have the habit of 6 sigma or Lean manufacturing principles ingrained in their nature
- 7. They assume nothing, challenge everyone & everything
- 8. They are not scared to rock the boat
- 9.They keep challenging themselves
- 10.They keep reinventing themselves by continuous learning, unlearning & relearning
- 11.They do not have ego, but are immensely proud of their qualities
- 12.They recognize that whatever they want cannot be solely achieved by themselves, therefore they always enroll people with better qualifications, experience, exposure, skills, smartness
- 13. They always appreciate & reward the doers
- 14. They are doers & initiators
- 15. Challenges, obstacles & problems makes them go
- 16. They are natural risk taker, but do not put themselves or anyone else in jeopardy by reckless risk
- 17.They are completely at ease with being & feeling uncomfortable and uncertainties
- 18.They normally, after careful evaluation, ignore the popular idea, method or presumptions
- 19. They have laser focus & they de-clutter and don't get distracted by low priorities
- 20. They are assertive inwards as well as with outside world
- 21.They are big learners, they learn from all around the world from different field & functions
- 22. They can foresee and recognize emerging trends by being updated with what is happening in your field globally as well as in others fields
- 23. They have a mindset of recognizing the opportunity in every problem
- 24. They can relate the unrelated in the ways it makes sense
- 25. They always Think wide for a larger mass & how can you help solve one of their massive common problems/irritants
- 26. They use their energy & time with utmost care
- 27. They understand making mistakes & failing is part of the deal
- 28. They can engage others
- 29. They have learnt to listen to their inner voice, the 6th sense & their gut-feeling
- 30. They influence without authority
- 31. For Them money comes second as These entrepreneur minded people are fascinated by the thought of creating something new
- 32.They are people's people and can create teams from groups
The Individual qualities of game changers are
- 1.Imaginativeness
- 2.Productive Obsession
- 3.Open-minded, Flexible & adaptable
- 4.Courage to act & follow through
- 5.Good listeners
- 6.Great Observers
- 7.Fantastic analyzers
- 8.Their passion is contagious
- 9.They make NO apologies for thinking different or doing different
- 10.For them There is no alternative Plan B
- 11.They build solid relationships through impactful networking
- 12.They are Curious & creative Disciplined Uni-Tasker as against multi-tasker
Full Funnel Mentality – do all that is needed till it is needed
They can take criticism objectively & discard what is unnecessary - 13.They are Agile, Calm and collaborative amidst the chaos
- 14.They Give Constructive feedback
- 15.Make adjustments with new direction, new tactics, and with new changes.
22. Make the job fun for employees
23. They have Strong Discipline 24. They provide Strong and Stable Leadership 25. They have very strong Ethics, Integrity & values- 26.They get into debate but rather test it. Less talk, more action. They experience what works by working, not talking.
27.They are constantly looking for the next big thing
- 28.They are Dreamer
- 29.They are Doer & Worker as they do not mind getting their hands dirty
- 30.They are Believer, believe in self, their ideas & other people[their team]
- 31.They are Builder, they create something from scratch
- 32.They are Problem Solver, they never dwell on the challenges but keep looking for ways to overcome obstacles
- 33.They are Unemployable, meaning they go for employment as a means to get experience, exposure & expertise. But in their mind they are always planning & getting ready to start their own venture
37.They Leverage Resources
38.They have Thick Skin
39.They take success & failures with equal ease
40.Ability to see and reach beyond ideas that don't work
41.They never stop, there is always another step. And another after that as Other opportunities exist, customers still have needs and consumers are still buying
42.Serial entrepreneurs know that as long as there are customers buying, if their one idea does not work they can always start another one