🚀 Breaking Mindset Barriers
A newsletter by Sandeep Ohri – That Strategy Guy
Understand why we do what we do — and how to think smarter, decide better, and lead with behavioural clarity.
Think of this as your behavioural science field guide—no jargon, just real insight.
🧠 Usually, every fortnight on LinkedIn
These articles were originally published in my LinkedIn newsletter. They have been enhanced with additional frameworks and practical applications for this website.
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🔹 Making Better Decisions
Making Better Decisions: What Business Can Learn from Military Strategy. How the three-level military decision-making framework can revolutionise your business and personal choices.
🔹 Instinct, Intuition and Rationality
Instinct, Intuition, and Rationality: Mastering the Three Voices in Your Head. Why understanding your brain’s three decision-making systems is the key to better choices.
🔹 Reality, Reasoning and Randomness
Reality, Reasoning, and Randomness: The Three R’s That Rule Your Life. How these interconnected forces constantly influence how you navigate life—and what to do about it.
🔹 Did You Have a Happy Year?
Do you really know the why and how of happiness? Happiness is just a D.O.S.E. away! Say hello to Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins and the chemical truth in your brains!
🔹 The FOUR of us!
Did you know that every human carries their own Fantastic Four? There’s a constant struggle to reconcile the four versions of yourselves, which are subtler, almost invisible to your conscious mind.
🔹 The Hidden Cost Of Clutter
Clutter isn’t just about messy spaces. It’s about mental overload, decision fatigue, and unnecessary stress. The more you hold on to, the less space you have—physically and mentally—for things that actually matter.
🔹 Leadership: A Privilege, not a Pedestal
Leaders who cling to privilege lose the plot—the moment they start believing they deserve special treatment, they stop leading. The real test of leadership isn’t about how you get there—it’s what you do once you arrive.
🔹 The Scent of Influence
Fragrance is an invisible influence—it shapes your mood, memory and decisions. It can manipulate, comfort, connect, or even confuse… often without your awareness.
🔹 Grades or Growth?
The hidden cost of parental pressure. Discover how parental pressure backfires and learn evidence-based strategies to support your child’s genuine growth and long-term success.
🔹 Behaviour in Fables
Explore behaviour in fables and ancient wisdom that reveals insights into psychology and decision-making via Aesop’s fables, Panchatantra stories, and Jataka Tales.
🔹 Life is a Game
Explore behaviour in fables and ancient wisdom that reveals insights into psychology and decision-making via Aesop’s fables, Panchatantra stories, and Jataka Tales.
🔹 Save or Make?
Should you promise to Save Money, triggering our deep-rooted fear of loss, or boldly say Make Money, appealing to our greed? Come find out!
🔹 What’s in a Name?
The science behind brand names that stick. Or why “Arattai” might just be too much to ask from your tongue! Naming is a strategic decision, not a creative indulgence.
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