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11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle November 3, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1.ThoughtAt some point, even your cupboards have had enough of your perfectionism. Diwali cleaning has a pattern. The first hour is productive. You clear the clutter, find things you forgot you owned, and feel wonderfully accomplished. Three hours later, you’re reorganising a drawer that nobody has opened since Diwali last year. And by evening, you’re wondering whether that perfectly arranged spice rack has changed anyone’s life. Welcome to the Law of Diminishing Returns: beyond a point, every additional unit of effort produces progressively smaller gains. Leadership has its own version. The presentation gets its twelfth revision. The decision goes through one more review. The leader who has already delegated steps in to improve something that’s perfectly good. The intention is excellence. The outcome may be diminishing returns—and time taken away from something that actually needs your attention. The question isn’t whether you can make something better. It’s whether making it that little bit better is worth what it costs elsewhere. Where are you investing disproportionate effort in improving something that is already good enough? How to become executive ready, so that you are in line for the next promotion 1.Quote“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1.WordTemperance (n.) The discipline to moderate effort, ambition or intervention when more is no longer better. [#WordChallenge: Use this word in your Executive vocabulary this week] 1.HumourIf you liked this and want to share this issue of 11:11 Tuesdays with your friends and colleagues, just send them this link: https://zenesse.kit.com/posts/20261103 Warmly, Vaishali WagleAuthor, Coach, Speaker Zenesse (n.) [Zen-s] My 3 recommendations to re-evolve to a career and life you love......within 90 minutes Let's connect on socials.About this newsletter: You are receiving this email since you are a valued member of the Zenesse community or have shown an interest in Zenesse coaching programs or my book, Scaling Peaks. Every Tuesday, I share 11:11 - 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word & 1 Humour - for you to reflect upon and bring it into practice. Update your subscription preferences: |
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11:11 Tuesdays is designed for talented professionals become high-performing leaders. It's a weekly newsletter with 1 Thought for you to reflect, 1 Quote to ponder upon, 1 Word for your indulgence, and 1 Humour for reminding that life is not about being dead serious. Hope you enjoy!
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle October 27, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought Sometimes, the solution creates a bigger problem. The Cobra Effect derives its name from a fiction story during British rule in India, where the government offered a financial bounty for every dead cobra to lower the snake population. Locals began breeding cobras to collect the reward. When the government canceled the...
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle October 20, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought The three KPIs you missed can overshadow the seven you delivered. A team member achieves seven out of ten goals. The seven wins become background. The three misses become the main story. That's Zeigarnik Effect, which suggests that unfinished tasks tend to hold our attention more strongly than completed ones. In...
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle October 13, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought When a measure becomes a target, it can stop being a good measure. This is Goodhart’s Law —and one of the most consequential traps in management. Why it happens? The problem isn’t measurement. Leaders need metrics. The problem begins when the metric becomes the mission. Because people are remarkably good at delivering...