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In order to be successful, we need two things: intelligence and sincerity. Intelligence is needed to understand what […]
“To achieve any worthy goal, you must take risks,” says writer and speaker John C. Maxwell. In his book Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success, he points to the example of legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, who set several records and achieved many firsts in her lifetime, including being the first female pilot to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean. Although her final flight proved fateful, Maxwell believes she knew the risk—and that the potential reward was worth it. “[Earhart’s] advice when it came to risk was simple and direct: ‘Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.’ ”
Such is the case with Thomas Edison, whose most memorable invention was the light bulb, which purportedly took him 1,000 tries before he developed a successful prototype. “How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?” a reporter asked. “I didn’t fail 1,000 times,” Edison responded. “The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps.”
3. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.
4. The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.
5. I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.
This really made me think… I let my mind wander free, just waiting for something to come. Suddenly I saw myself as an explorer of ancient pyramids, and that made a lot of sense to me.
‘Why a pyramid explorer?’ they asked.
‘Because when you know where to look, you can find treasures inside places where
nobody has been before. I see people like temples, with hidden treasures just waiting to be brought out!’
Tatjana: A lot of people want to achieve success in life and in business and generally in the beginning they don’t know how? Somehow they start the business, they have certain success but they get stuck somewhere. On the other hand, they start having certain discipline, and become better people and start having a better communication with their business partners because they see that this is needed. And because they hear about it or they have a family custom, they practice some type of spirituality. But it seems like there is no connection between their business life and their spiritual life. So is there a connection between business and spirituality?
Clarity might help you achieve success and happiness.
Lack of clarity is probably more responsible for frustration and underachievement than any other single factor.
That’s why we say that “Success is goals, and all else is commentary.”
People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.
“what could happen if during these tough times I focused on making all my employees, from the desk clerk to the cleaners of the rooms, truly happy?”
3. If you won a million dollars cash, tax free, tomorrow, what changes in your life would you make immediately?
4. What do you really love to do? What gives you the greatest feelings of value, importance and satisfaction?
5. If you could wave a magic wand over your life and have anything you wanted, what would you wish for?
6. What would you do, how would you spend your time, if you only had six months left to live?
7. What would you really want to do with your life, especially if you had no limitations?
3. Practice tight time planning. Imagine that you only had half the time available to get the job done and work with a sense of urgency all day long.
That evening I understood the true purport of yet another statement from the Bhagavata Purana which states that envy is nothing but appreciation that is corrupted by a strong obsession to exclusively possess what we value. Envy results from a deep-seated desire to be the lord and master of all that we survey. It is the strongest weapon of the ego in its relentless pursuit for self-aggrandizement.
Figure out the role you would like to play in life. Outside of real physical or resource limitations (e.g., I cannot be a pro basketball player at age 58, no matter how much I try), what is holding you back?
O son of Prtha, there is no work prescribed for Me within all the three planetary systems. Nor am I in want of anything, nor have I a need to obtain anything — and yet I am engaged in prescribed duties.
Body
Assume you’ve head a heart attack. Now live accordingly.
Heart
Assume everything you say about another, they can overhear. Now speak accordingly.
Mind
Assume that half-life of your profession is two years. Now prepare accordingly.
Spirit
Assume you have a one-on-one communication with your Creator. Now live accordingly.
Clarity might help you achieve success and happiness. Lack of clarity is probably more responsible for frustration and […]
Once you’ve completed this exercise, translate your answers into your life plan as S.M.A.R.T. goals and action steps to begin making positive changes in your life and share them with your Gita Coach or Adviser.
The Gita is as fresh in insight and as relevant today as it was 5,000 years ago. If only every manager, administrator, politician, employee, worker and others pick a copy of the Gita and spend a few minutes daily reflecting on its message, one can experience the positive transformation. Who doesn’t wish to be disciplined, to achieve home-work balance and bring peace and harmony in a secular environment?
The calm mind in the face of failure will lead to deeper introspection and see clearly where the process went wrong so that corrective steps could be taken to avoid shortcomings in future. The principle of reducing our attachment to personal gains from the work done is the Gita’sprescription for attaining equanimity.
The world is vastly different today and ever-changing. If we can develop leaders who can withstand and embrace the changing times by deeply rooting themselves in these principles of great leadership, then we can develop great people, great teams and great results.
Success begins when you start using your freedom of choice. At your present stage of personal growth and evolution there are specific lessons that you have to learn about yourself, about life and about other people. How can this understanding help you see your life and what you face in life differently? You are an active participant in your own evolution.
Everything is available to you if you connect properly.
Always examine each situation carefully in order to gain the maximum benefit from each interaction.
If people do not move to a deeper level, they will remain imprisoned in suffering
Do the one thing that you aren’t doing now, but if you did do it well and regularly, would have the greatest impact in your life.
The 80/20 rule. 80% of the most important things to do in life are on the top 20% of your prioritized list. Therefore, put “First things First.”
Story focuses on your values and making choices about what’s most important to you. We hope you enjoy […]
Again, failure is inevitable if you are going to tackle significant goals. You have to learn to make it work for you. In doing so, you are planting the seeds of your eventual success.
Preparation also requires patience. You would like to get going immediately but sometimes you have to wait. Maybe your plan requires a lot of practice before you are ready to go. Or maybe you might have to rely on others who are not ready when you are.
Start today to pay closer attention to the things you do. Be more conscious and aware of yourself and your actions. Think about your tasks carefully before you begin. Identify your most important tasks and concentrate on them single-mindedly.
Do fewer things of highest value.
You must be continually reducing and eliminating activities that take up too much time and contribute very little to the goals you really want to achieve.
Want to change your field of work, doing something else or living somewhere else. Now is time to do more than dream. Even if you are not ready to make the change, is time to begin planning now. Don’t wait until you are out of work.
Whether a career change is by choice or is by circumstance, a successful switch depends on some steps.
The first thing to see about such an organization (and this sometimes surprises people) is that it’s quite […]