Everyone wants to be successful in
life, but not many are aware of what success really is.
Success is an attitude, not just a
phenomenon. The sign of success is overwhelming joy, confidence, compassion,
generosity, and a smile that none can snatch away. Whatever happens in life, if
you can keep these, then you have really found success.
Tough situations arise in every
business, every organization, and you need skills to handle them. These skills
come from our inner space, which I call the Spiritual Space.
1. Establishing a congenial
atmosphere: Peace and prosperity are interlinked. Prosperity cannot flourish in
a disturbed atmosphere. While working with others, you need to function as a
team. Have a sense of respect for your team members, and do not indulge in
blame games. As a team leader, you need to create an atmosphere of trust,
cooperation, a sense of belonging, and celebration. Nothing can last if the
focus is only on productivity and net result.
2. Skill in action: The whole essence
of the Bhagavad Gita is to act without being attached to the fruit of the action.
If you can manage your mind in a war-like scenario, then you can manage any
situation. This skill in action is called yoga. It is this wisdom of yoga that
transforms one’s attitude from arrogance to self-confidence; from meekness to
humility; from the burden of dependence to the realization of interdependence;
from a limited ownership to oneness with the whole. When performing action, if
the attention is only on the end result, then you can’t perform. Just give
yourself fully to the task with 100 percent sincerity and commitment.
3. Being courageous like a lion:
There is a saying in Sanskrit that says, “Great wealth comes to one who has the
courage of a lion and who puts in all his efforts.” Passion and dispassion are
complementary like the in-breath and out-breath. You breathe in but you cannot
hold the breath too long; you have to breathe out. Similarly, you need to have
passion to make things work but also the dispassion to let go. When you don’t
crave for abundance, it comes to you.
4. An atom of luck: If all that is
needed for prosperity is one’s own effort, then why are so many people who put
effort not prosperous? This unknown factor or luck is enhanced by spirituality.
The whole material world is run by a world of vibrations which is subtler than
all that we see. Spirituality enhances intelligence and intuition. Intuition
comes to you when you balance your passion with dispassion; profit with
service; aggressiveness to get things with compassion to give back to the
society. Intuition is the right thought at the right time, and is an important
component for success in business.
5. Meditation: The greater
responsibilities and ambitions you have, greater is the need for you to
meditate. In ancient times, meditation was used as a way to find the Self, for
enlightenment and to overcome misery and problems. Meditation is all the more
essential in today’s hectic lifestyle full of stress and tension. Stress is too
much to do, too little time, and no energy. It can be difficult to reduce your
workload, or increase the time that you have, but you can increase your energy
level.
Meditation gives lot of benefits, not
only relieves you of stress and strain, it also enhances your abilities,
strengthens your nervous system and mind and releases toxins from the body. We
are made up of both matter and spirit. The body has some material needs and our
spirit is nourished by spirituality. Meditation also helps us get in touch with
our inner space – the source of joy, peace, and love.
