When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. ~ Lao Tzu A physician gave some rather whimsical advice to a patient who was an aggressive, go-getter type of businessman. Excusing himself, the businessman told the doctor what an enormous amount of work he had to do and that he had to get it done …Read the Rest
Welcome to "Radhanath Swami | Leadership and Spirituality".Though an American by birth, Radhanath Swami is today one of India’s most renowned spiritual leaders. Radhanath swami travels the world teaching devotional wisdom, spearheads some of India’s most acclaimed social action programs, and develops sustainable spiritual communities.When it comes to ‘Leadership’, Radhanath Swami’s views could unsettle you with paradoxes. Since the blogs here are based on his teachings, we advocate to you an open-minded approach. And such an approach, we promise, shall help you see all puzzles fall into a striking pattern—heralding a new vision of leadership.
Blend of Wisdom and Action
The Business Magnate and the Spiritual Magnet
Mr. Hrishikesh Mafatlal is the Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of the multi-million dollar Arvind Mafatlal Group of Companies (AMG). AMG has major interests in Textiles (Mafatlal Industries Ltd.), Denims (Mafatlal Denim Ltd.), Rubber Chemicals (NOCIL Ltd.) and Fluorochemicals (Navin Fluorine International Ltd.). With his AMD from the Harvard Business School, USA, Mr Mafatalal has, in addition to his major corporate …Read the Rest
Are you ready to pay the price?
“I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (legendary American Basketball player) The countless books and gurus on leadership spur us on, “dare to dream big”, “discover the leader within you”, “you are born to be a leader”… Is leadership simply about dreaming big or is there more to it …Read the Rest
Press the ‘pause’ button
“There is more to life than increasing its speed”- Mohandas Gandhi As the machine of our body and mind produces ‘results’, meets ‘deadlines’ , completes ‘reports’, and achieves ‘targets’, we need to ‘pause’ and ‘oil’ our machines. Steven Covey calls this as the P/PC -Production/Production capability- balance. As our accomplishments double, we need to see the capacity of our machines …Read the Rest
Sleep baby sleep
“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” (Benjamin Franklin) What is the common factor amongst Apple CEO Tim Cook, Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior, Starbucks president Michelle Gass, Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin? Apart from being successful, they all attribute the most crucial factor for their success to their waking up …Read the Rest
Never Say Die!
‘Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really! Double your rate of failure… You’re thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all… You can be discouraged by failure–or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that’s where you’ll …Read the Rest
Being ‘quietly effective’
“Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man” – Ian Duncan Smith. When I first read the term ‘quietly effective’ in Wayne Dyer’s ‘Pulling your own strings’, I was fascinated and pondered on the need for a leader to be ‘quietly effective’. Dyer refers to ‘quietly effective’ as being focused on our inner drives based on ethics and positive …Read the Rest
Leadership element series: ‘Thought’ Leadership
Have we ever stopped to think what our mind is? Or rather what our mind is made up of, though we engage it in various activities from dawn to dusk? Our mind is made up of thoughts. Thoughts have different colors to it–good, bad, pleasant, unpleasant and so on. It could be surprising for some of us who have not …Read the Rest
Increasingly we see top leaders, CEO's falling from fame
due to some or the other transgressions they make. During the recent recession it was noted that as the US
government was bailing out banks and insurance companies, top CEO's of those very companies made millions in
insider tradings.