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Srikumar Rao
Srikumar Rao
Indian Educator
Born: Apr 11, 1951
Change Good Life Will You Yourself
Related authors: Bill Nye Booker T. Washington Horace Mann John W. Gardner Maria Montessori Michael Pollan Michael Porter Timothy Leary
I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don't come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don't feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste. Srikumar Rao
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There's no destination. The journey is all that there is, and it can be very, very joyful. Srikumar Rao
Journey Destination Joyful Very
When you look on the bright side, you're acknowledging that there is a dark side at which you are choosing not to gaze. If you think that the darkest hour is before the dawn, you accept that you are moving from darkness to light. Srikumar Rao
You Dark Darkness Light Dark Side Darkest Before Think Side Gaze Dawn Hour Look Accept Which Acknowledging Moving Choosing Bright
Life is a university, and you never graduate. Accept that whatever happens to you, no matter how terrible, is there to teach you. Your job is to learn and do what you have to. Srikumar Rao
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When the flower blossoms, the bee will come. Srikumar Rao
Will Flower Come Bee Blossoms
We have the ability to craft a life where we are completely fulfilled. We think it is dependent on outsiders, and to some extent it is, but it is much more dependent on the attitude we bring to life. Srikumar Rao
Life Attitude Think Ability Some More Outsiders Craft Dependent Where Much Fulfilled Bring Extent
When you try to bring about behavioral change by an effort of will, you actually do violence to yourself, and the chances are very good that you will not succeed. This is so universally true that you can actually make money from it. Srikumar Rao
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Most of us function under the model we have to get something in order to do something, in order to be something. If this happens, then I will be happy. And I'm suggesting to you that we live our entire lives based on that model, and that model is fundamentally flawed. Srikumar Rao
You Be Happy Happy Will Live Our Entire Entire Lives Something Most Model Get Order Happens Flawed Then Us Function Based Lives Fundamentally Suggesting
If I can impact an executive and his or her team, I can help to change the culture of an organization. Srikumar Rao
Change Culture Organization Impact Executive His Team Help Her
Positive thinking is so firmly enshrined in our culture that knocking it is a little like attacking motherhood or apple pie. Srikumar Rao
Positive Culture Motherhood Thinking Our Positive Thinking Enshrined Attacking Firmly Knocking Like Pie Little Apple Apple Pie
Can you actually go through life without labeling what happens to you as good or bad? Sure you can. You have to train yourself to do this. You have been conditioned to think of things as bad or good. You can de-condition yourself. It is neither easy nor fast but it is possible. Srikumar Rao
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When you say 'I want to be an inspiring leader,' the operative phrase is 'I want.' This is inherently me-centered and self serving whether or not you recognise it. What you are really saying is 'I want to get people to do what I would like them to.' Perhaps they don't want to do that. So you have to somehow get them there. Srikumar Rao
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I don't believe that being an inspiring leader is a goal that you can aspire to. It is a by-product. Srikumar Rao
You Leader Believe Inspiring Goal Being Aspire By-Product
Being obsessed by goals is bad for you. You should set goals, even ambitious goals, regularly. But focus on them only to the extent that they give you direction. Srikumar Rao
You Goals Focus Bad Give Direction Only Obsessed Ambitious Being Them Should Regularly Even Extent Set
Certainly businesses the world over are facing greater competitive pressure than ever before, and this leads to executive stress which, in turn, tends to bring out authoritarian tendencies in many bosses. To balance this, we now know a lot more about how we can successfully cope with a situation that is not likely to improve in the near future. Srikumar Rao
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Business schools need to address students on a human being level, not as cogs in the machine to supply fresh talent to big companies. Srikumar Rao
Business Human Being Big Address Machine Students Supply Talent Schools Fresh Big Companies Human Being Companies Level Need
In terms of companies, they must stand for something bigger. They must be dedicated to something larger than financial results. I reject the Milton Friedman belief that a company's sole responsibility is to the shareholders. Srikumar Rao
Financial Responsibility Stand For Something Sole Must Something Results Shareholders Terms Than Bigger Stand Dedicated Companies Company Belief Larger Reject Milton
When you label so much of what happens to you as 'bad,' it reinforces the feeling that you are a powerless pawn at the mercy of outside forces over which you have no control. And - this is key - labeling something a bad thing almost guarantees that you'll experience it as such. Srikumar Rao
You Experience Key Mercy Feeling Labeling Control Bad No Control Something Bad Thing Outside Almost Over Powerless Forces Label Happens Which Much Pawn Thing Guarantees
The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool. Srikumar Rao
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Personal ambition is 'I want to be CEO.' Greater vision ambition is, 'I want to lead this company so that people want to work here.' Srikumar Rao
Work People Vision Ambition Lead Greater Personal Want CEO Company Here
I'm challenging the assumption that you need to be a dog-eat-dog person to survive in a corporate environment. Srikumar Rao
You Assumption Corporate Environment Survive Person To Survive Challenging Need
I have exercises that lead participants to discover for themselves that their deepest fulfillment comes when what they're doing is of benefit to larger society in some way. This really knocks some for a loop - especially those schooled in the 'take no prisoners' approach. Srikumar Rao
Society Approach Benefit Way Those Some Take Lead Participants Knocks Schooled Loop Exercises Prisoners Doing Discover Themselves Really Fulfillment Larger Deepest
Executives don't burn out and leave when they feel deep satisfaction. They don't create the human detritus that disgruntled managers do. Srikumar Rao
Out Feel Executives Leave Managers Disgruntled Human Burn Create Deep Satisfaction
My methods produce lasting behavioral change without unpleasant consequences, because the change does not come from an effort of will. It comes from examining your deep-rooted beliefs of who you are and how the world functions. As you examine these beliefs and make changes in them, you literally become a different person. Srikumar Rao
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I had a difficult time getting my arms around Einstein's work, even when I was a physics major at one of the top universities in India. Srikumar Rao
Work Time Physics Difficult Top India Had Major Arms Around Getting Einstein Even Difficult Time Universities
If the universe is friendly, then it is indeed aware of us and works to help us. So there are no 'unfortunate accidents,' and everything that happens is orchestrated in an elaborate and complicated manner to be of benefit to us. Srikumar Rao
Complicated Accidents Universe Benefit Everything Indeed Friendly Orchestrated Unfortunate Happens Elaborate Then Us Manner Help Works Aware
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