During one of my Design Thinking sessions, someone asked me a question.

What is the algorithm for making an ordinary person perform extraordinary?

I was not ready for this difficult question. I have been struggling with this in our HR department and have been designing various frameworks like competency frameworks etc. Right now, we have heuristics patterns.

Then he asked me the next question, “How did you accomplish extraordinary results during 1993 to 2000 when Polaris grew at a CAGR of 115% consistently?”

Now, this question forced me to think and get into a reflective mood.

I acknowledged to him humbly that I don’t know the answer and that I will reflect and maybe come back to him with some patterns and anti-patterns later.

Now, I am posing a question to this august and experienced group to help me. I need help.

To me, being part of this group in itself qualifies for being in the extraordinary performance bracket.

I am looking forward to your responses in this group or my personal mail describing your personal moments of change from ordinary fresher to extraordinary performer. What changed in your thinking which accelerated your journey? It can be at any stage, when you were in your 20s or 30s or 40s or 50s.

You may narrate the incidence or the person who trusted you or the environment. 

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