Roles Decide Duty

 

In Mahabharata, Arjuna had identity crisis on the battle field of Kurukshetra. He came as fighter on the battle ground but when he saw his relatives, guru and friends on opposite side he forgot that he is fighter and remembered just his relation with each of them.  Facing the duty as a warrior to fight the Dharma Yudhha or righteous war between Pandavas and Kauravas, Krishna counseledArjuna to fulfill his duty as a warrior and establish Dharma. This conversation in Geeta made Arjuna realize his real role and real duty. 

 

In our day to day life also we face identity crisis. Our identity changes according to people, place and circumstances. At work we are boss and at home we are life partner. With parents we are children but with children we become parent. Before taking any action if we can recall our real role in given circumstances, place and people; our actions cannot go wrong. 

 

Difficulty arises when the role is complex and duties are contradictory or conflicting. In such situation deep and clear thinking can help in realizing right duty. Many times it is advisable to be just observer and onlooker rather than taking any action. 

 

5 Tips How to decide real Role and Duty:

 

1. Think about your real role before speaking or acting. 

2. In case of confusion, clarify and get clarity about your role from all the concerned people.

3. Do not speak or act till role is ascertained. 

4. As far as possible use suggestive tone instead of judgmentallanguage in dealing with others. Use decisive language only when you have clarity about role. 

5. Take advice of right people in clarifying your role before taking any action. 

Also read Do Your Duty. 

http://www.hemantlodha.com/duty/

 

 

Praise or Criticism

Don't believe all of your praise and don't trust all of your critics.  http://www.hemantlodha.com/100-consensus-myth/

Comfort zone

Comfort zone can give you bread. For butter, step out!

Intensity of desire & the power to achieve is the thing that differentiates humans from animals. Animals are satisfied with the food they get once in a day but humans have higher desire/wants and makes effort to accumulate at least for 7 generations. Philosophically it may not be right but humans havea natural desire to grow and there is nothing wrong in making continuous efforts for achieving the growth. 

Study shows that children who are raised in a comfort zone perform poorly in studies as compared to children whose future is not secured by their parents. Comfort zone can give normal growth but to reach next level one need to step out and take risk. Why it happens that employees in private sector are more productive even though they are paid less as compared to public sector and government employees. The reason is simple. Job of government sector employees is secured and private sector employee can keep his job as long as he is performing. 

After completing education, you will find that students who choose job, deep inside they are searching for comfort zone and students who are ready to take risks and face the world, would try out entrepreneurship. If you are presently living in a comfort zone due to any reason but want to go next level and grow exponentially, step out and take risks.

5 Steps for getting out of the comfort zone:-

1. First identify, whether you are in comfort zone and do you have any need to leave it. If your growth since last 5 years is not more than 5-10% then you are living in the comfort zone.

2.  Do your SWOC analysis - Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges.

3.  Consciously search opportunities in your areas of strength.

4.  Make proper business plan and do risk analysis.

5. Choose most appropriate opportunity as per your SWOC analysis and take action to make it successful.

http://www.hemantlodha.com/comfort-zone/

Sarcastic

Never Be Sarcastic. http://www.hemantlodha.com/never-sarcastic/

What is your score?

In December 2014, visitors from 124 countries read 10,003 pages on my website. When I was going through this report from Google analytics, I realized that most goal oriented people keep a constant eye on some kind of a score. This score may be related to money, work or passion. That score gives a sense of achievement and feeling of success. Many times that score may not make any sense to others but for that person it provides the focus to stay on the path and the drive to achieve more and more and thus move closer to or even surpass the set goals. Just to make it clear, Goal is the final destination one need to arrive at and score is to keep track how far one has reached.

It is important to achieve desired goals but the kind of goals you are pursuing is more important. If you pursue insignificant things in life your success will be mediocre. Effectiveness is more important in life than efficiency. At work, bottom line may be more critical than top line. For marketing executive total value of orders may be more important than total number of orders. For sportsman number of wins may be more important cumulative scores.

5 Tips to pursue right Goal:

1.     Find out the most important and critical parameter of your success and performance. Set the worthwhile goals.

2.     Set minimum 3 and maximum 5 major targets.

3.     Create efficient system to measure and maintain your score.

4.     Review your score periodically and if needed reset it. 

5.     Take the help of experts if needed. 

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Love is Quintessence

LIQ- Love Is Quintessence. 5 tips to love universally. 

http://www.hemantlodha.com/love-quintessence/

LBL: Look Beyond Looks

http://www.hemantlodha.com/lbl-look-beyond-looks/