Values

VALUES TO DEVELOP A POWERFUL ENLIVENING FORCE

I am the Enlivening Force to the various roles of my life and it is not the roles which enable me to survive

I can change myself, if and only if, I change what goes into my mind

I understand it does not matter how much I have, but what really matters is, what I do with what I have

I will count my blessings and never my troubles

I will not imitate others.

I understand it is my prime responsibility to strive continuously, to be myself

I will put enthusiasm into life

I will be character oriented and not reputation oriented

I will vaccinate myself against excusitis

I will always operate in the circle of my influence and not in my circle of concern

I will be proactive

I will be unconditional

I will meditate



VALUES TO DEVELOP AN EMPATHIC PERSONALITY

I understand any day can be the last day of human life

I understand relationship is not built on agreement, but it is built by understanding

I understand people need people

I understand people are people, for they are not creatures of logic but creatures of emotions

I understand every human being is unique and they have the right to be different

I understand that the only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it

I understand I cannot communicate myself out of a problem, caused by my misbehaviour

I understand people treat me the way I teach them to treat me

I understand if I don't say NO within a relationship, one day I will have to say NO to the relationship

I understand intimacy in relationship is built by being transparent in relationship

I understand it is not what I feel within, but it is the expression of the feeling that makes a difference in relationship



VALUES TO ENJOY HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS

I understand it is not the question of whose mistake it is in relationship, it is the question of whose life it is

I will accept people as they are and adjust to the differences

I will respect fellow human beings for they are human beings

I will not be sarcastic and will not laugh at other's expense

I will not speak ill of anybody and speak all the good I know of everybody

I will admit it immediately and emphatically, the moment I realise I am wrong

I will maintain personal integrity

I will practice courtesy all the time

I will first listen to understand and then communicate to be understood

I will begin every conversation in a friendly way, dramatize my ideas during the conversation and communicate only to a prepared mind

I will communicate from the other person's perspective

I will ask questions instead of giving direct orders

I will clarify expectations explicity

I will pratice detached attachment in every role of my life



VALUES TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING

I understand, I have to pay an exhorbitant price for worry in terms of my health

I understand between the hater and the hated, it is always the hater who gets hurt more

I will not expect gratitude

I will not worry about the past

I will profit from my losses, for failure is an event and it is not me

I will not operate from guilt

I will face any trouble the following ways:- First ask myself, what is the worst that can possibly happen,- Then prepare mentally to accept the worst,- Finally, I will strive to improve on the worst

I understand fear of calamity hurts me more than the calamity itself

I understand more than the problem it is my reaction to the problem which hurts me more

I will not fuss about trifles

I understand as long as I can laugh at myself and at my life, life and others can never hurts me

I will cooperate with the inevitable, for I understand, in life, such is the way

I understand even when everything seems lost, me the enlivening force and the rest of my life, remains



VALUES TO BE AN EFFECTIVE LEADER

I will celebrate life and be the cause for celebration

I will be genuinely interested in people

I understand leadership is WITH people and not ON people

I understand people will follow my examples and not my advice

I will have passion for excellence

I will assume unconditional responsibility

I will always give my very best and a little more in all my actions

I will relax at my work

I will be a contributor and not a consumer

I understand leadership is in evolving transactional opportunities into transformational opportunities



VALUES TO EXECUTE EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

I will operate from "You win I win" frame of mind and heart in all human interactions

I understand that the person who follows the leader most efficiently, is usually the person who develops into a leader most rapidly

I understand that a person's name is to the person the sweetest and most important sound in any language

I will praise the slightest improvement and every improvement

I will offer criticism to the performance and encouragement to the performer

I will appeal to the nobler motives of the person

I will develop my team of offering to be the first assistant to every member of the team

I understand people are created only through delegation of accountable work, which invites consequences, favourable and unfavourable

I understand a behaviour recognised and rewarded will be repeated

I understand people need reminding for remembering

I will help people to expand themselves, by challenging them to go beyond their limitations



VALUES TO INTEGRATE STANDARD OF LIFE WITH QUALITY OF LIFE

I understand time management is not clock management, but it is life leadership

I understand I need goals to lead my life

I understand what I get by achieving my goal is insignificant compared to what I become in achieving my goal

I will detach myself from the result and intensely attach myself to the process

I understand there is no shortcut to Quality of life

I will subordinate my likes and dislikes to the purpose of my life

I understand if I am tough on myself, life will be infinitely easy on me

I will not say YES when I have to say NO

I understand things which matter most, should never be at the mercy of things which matter least, just because they are convenient

I understand while urgency acts on me, it is me who has to act on important matters

I understand I have to balance my roles and I have to balance my producing capacity with production in each of my roles

I understand redundant roles hamper the quality of my life

I will choose the best day of the week to organise my week and my peak hours of the day to execute the most important activities of the day



VALUES TO BE A COMPLETE HUMAN BEING

I understand it is not in being born as a human being, but it is in living as a human being I live a human life

I understand feeling is in the being domain and never in the becoming domain

I understand I am the creator of my own feelings

I will be the embodiment of love

I will love everything that has life and use everything that is lifeless

I understand everything has a limited life span

I will be conscious

I will do everything in life, out of happiness and not for happiness

I understand to live life in totality is to live every moment of life intensely

I understand " When ego comes, everything else goes"

I will analyse my experiences and improve myself, by standing apart from myself and practice introspection at the close of everyday

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