In movies, you have popular characters like the hero, the villain, the rebel, the mentor, the trickster, and plots like the tragedy. the quest, the voyage and return, and Hollywood's oh-so-favourite - conquering the monster. These are all archetypal social roles and stories. Archetypes are the reason you move away from where you see a spider-like or snake-like form. Archetypes are the reason you associate Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods with Nike, and rough-and-tough outlaws with Harley-Davidson, all this and more in this episode based on an excerpt, from the Universal Principles of Design.

Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344

You can find me at https://rounakbose.in

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/

https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy

https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/

~

The 31.5 Guy

Your life and work are not two liquids in the same bucket that you need to keep a tab on to make sure that none of them exceed the limit and overflow. No. Your personal life and your professional life are two very distinct buckets that you're holding in separate hands. The reason this analogy is important is not to create a compartmentalisation - but to help you understand how important it is to counter-balance both weights such that you can stand upright - and walk on to achieve extraordinary results. Don't try to attain "balance" - that's impossible. Instead, counter-balance - based on an excerpt, from The One Thing, by Gary Keller.

Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344

You can find me at https://rounakbose.in

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/

https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy

https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/

~

The 31.5 Guy

Coca Cola bottles have been evolving for over a century now. But the more curvier and hourglass shaped bottles stand out from all the other designs. They have a unique aesthetic and create a positive emotional appeal. They were called the "Mae West" bottle, because like her, the bottle with its unique design, had projections of health, vitality, sexiness and femininity - like the actress Mae West, the bottle demanded, and justifiably received, attention from all people. This is the power of Anthropomorphism in design - based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design.

Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344

You can find me at https://rounakbose.in

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/

https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy

https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/

~

The 31.5 Guy

What is bad strategy? What is good strategy? How did Steve Jobs save Apple? How did David beat Goliath? What is the reason behind Walmart's success? Was Kennedy's goal of landing a man on the moon, actually a strategy? How does IKEA excel? Why is the Disney brand so strong? How did software help Cisco rise to the pinnacle? What could be the future for newspapers? How did Nvidia become a superpower? How did Starbucks become a giant? All this and more in Good Strategy Bad Strategy, by Richard Rumelt. This episode is a review of this book, focusing on one very significant story - of Hannibal's victory over the Romans, making him the Father of Strategy.

Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344

You can find me at https://rounakbose.in

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/

https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy

https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/

~

The 31.5 Guy

Your road to success is always under construction. If you build strong foundations, and have a smooth top, there can be no stopping you from smoothly rolling ahead to success. But, if the physical environment is distracting, and if the people around you are not actually providing support, you might need to rethink your choices. Do not take a detour to your goal, just because the people or place is not up to the mark - instead pave your path with the right people and take ownership of your environment - your productivity depends on it. This episode is based on an excerpt from The One Thing, by Gary Keller.

You can find me at https://rounakbose.in

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/

https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy

https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/

~

The 31.5 Guy

When playing with Legos, do you imagine any other way that allows 2 Lego bricks to stick other than the obvious pimples-in-dimples way? When using a screwdriver, do you hold the metallic end, and use the rubber grip to tighten a screw? Do you think of sitting on an upright Coca Cola bottle, and of drinking water out of a wooden stool? No, no, no! All this is because of affordances - good affordances in design make it inconceivable for us to imagine using a tool any other way than its "meant" to be. A thorough understanding of positive and negative affordances, dealt out in this episode, based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design.

Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344

You can find me at https://rounakbose.in

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/

https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy

https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/

~

The 31.5 Guy

It's surprising how many people seem to feel pride in their bad daily habits - working and gaming throughout the night, way into early dawn, getting 3 to 4 hours of sleep and then starting off again. They might feel very productive from all the hours spent waking up, but personal energy mismanagement is a silent thief of productivity. Extraordinary achievements demand high energy, and that can be attained only through rigorous development of good habits - based on an excerpt from, The One Thing, by Gary Keller.

Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344

You can find me at https://rounakbose.in

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/

https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy

https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/

~

The 31.5 Guy

Why did some of the first Nokia cellphones come with customisable back covers, and coloured key rings? As it turns out, the things that look good and pretty to us, are more likely to be tried, to be accepted, to be displayed, and even to be repeatedly used, than ugly things. This happens because beautiful-looking things - aesthetic objects - are perceived to be way easier to use, than ugly things. This is the Aesthetic-Usability effect - based on an excerpt from the Universal Principles of Design.

Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344

You can find me at https://rounakbose.in

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/

https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy

https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/

~

The 31.5 Guy

"People don't buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it." Every entity has a WHY - a purpose, a HOW - a simpler term for a value proposition, and a WHAT - the self-explanatory products/services. Mishaps happen while communicating with the world, when these entities start from the WHAT, move onto the HOW, and end with the WHY. The only correct way, is to start with Why - people need a belief to identify with - people want a purpose to support. We need to know why we exist, and why people should care that we do - a review of one of the most famous books of Simon Sinek - Start With Why.

Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344

You can find me at https://rounakbose.in

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/

https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy

https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/

~

The 31.5 Guy

Extraordinary achievements mandate the need for tremendous amounts of energy. The main thing to learn is how to create this energy, and sustain it. There is no substitute for using this energy to fuel your work - and in this process, all other work would for sure start to pile up - this is actually good. You need to protect your work-time by letting this chaos develop around you. If you fight, or try to resolve the chaos, you lose. Embrace the chaos, and trudge along on the path to great results - all this and more in this episode based on an excerpt, from The One Thing, by Gary Keller.

Please rate & review this podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-31-5-guy-podcast/id1528897344

You can find me at https://rounakbose.in

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/the31point5guy/

https://twitter.com/The31point5Guy

https://medium.com/the-31-5-guy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakbose1997/

~

The 31.5 Guy