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All Quotes by author - Srikumar Rao
" Acceptance does not mean that you placidly acquiesce to the myriad injustices that are all around you. In fact, that you are incensed about these injustices is the very reason you need to try your level best to 'right' these 'wrongs.' "
You
Need
Try
" Before you can follow your own drummer, you have to hear the drummer. "
Own
Follow
You
" 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. "
Goals
Bad
Direction
" Business schools need to address students on a human being level, not as cogs in the machine to supply fresh talent to big companies. "
Students
Need
Human
" 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. "
Train
Think
Life
" 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. "
Stress
Balance
Future
" Consciously be sensitive to others, and try to elevate their level of consciousness. Don't do this by being preachy and telling them that they 'should' do this or that. Do it by raising your own level of energy and recognizing what's best in others. "
Best
Try
Own
" Do you feel bored and stuck in a rut? Is work drudgery? If so, you are spending far too much time bemoaning your fate and how the universe is not cooperating with your desires. Be present with and in your current situation. "
Present
Time
You
" Executives don't burn out and leave when they feel deep satisfaction. They don't create the human detritus that disgruntled managers do. "
Satisfaction
Create
Burn
" Galileo got it wrong. The earth does not revolve around the sun. It revolves around you and has been doing so for decades. At least, this is the model you are using. "
Sun
Doing
Earth
" I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract by being positive. That is an artificial duality. "
You
Thinking
Positive
" 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. "
Grateful
Good
Day
" I don't believe that being an inspiring leader is a goal that you can aspire to. It is a by-product. "
Aspire
Leader
Goal
" I don't believe that you have a work life and a home life. I believe that you have one life, and either it's working or it isn't working. "
Believe
Work
Working
" I don't focus on happiness as a goal or an end. "
End
Focus
Goal
" If I can impact an executive and his or her team, I can help to change the culture of an organization. "
Team
Organization
Her
" If something comes that it is so extreme that you have difficulty thinking of it as a good thing, don't think of it as a good thing and kid yourself. To the extent that you can, don't label it a bad thing. Refusing to label something a bad thing opens you up to possibilities you would not have even considered otherwise. "
Yourself
You
Up
" 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. "
Universe
Help
Complicated
" If you embrace 'positive thinking,' you are - by definition - spurning 'negative thinking.' So it's as if you were on a teeter-totter and are trying desperately to put all your weight on one side - the 'positive thinking' side. "
Positive
You
Thinking
" If you have an ongoing relationship with a person, think of everything positive about that person that you possibly can and enter your interaction from that space. Ignore all the crap that used to drive you up the wall before. You will be amazed at what a change this attitude shift brings about. "
Relationship
Attitude
Change
" If you want to experience joy in your life, you have to be able to step outside yourself and become part of a cause that is much larger than you; one that brings a greater good to a greater community. "
Life
Joy
Experience
" 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. "
Difficult
Work
Time
" 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. "
Way
Deepest
Doing
" I'm challenging the assumption that you need to be a dog-eat-dog person to survive in a corporate environment. "
Survive
Environment
Person
" 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. "
Responsibility
Financial
Stand
" It does not matter whether I am in Hong Kong or Sao Paolo - people always want to talk about toxic bosses and what to do about them. "
People
Matter
Talk
" It is indeed possible to change your view of the universe from indifferent to friendly. I have helped thousands of persons make this transition in my workshops. "
Your
Change
Transition
" It's wonderful to be grateful. To have that gratitude well out from deep within you and pour out in waves. Once you truly experience this, you will never want to give it up. "
Grateful
Deep
Experience
" I wouldn't change my life for anything. I am exactly where I want to be and have no plans to ever retire. "
Want
Change
I Am
" Just being aware of what you are about to do greatly diminishes the tendency to do what you don't want to. You will pull your hand back from that pizza slice, tell the waitress that you are passing on dessert, put on your gym shoes instead of going under the comforter, and take several deep breaths instead of screaming at your daughter. "
Daughter
Shoes
Pizza
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