Focus on the Worthy

• Law of planned neglect: The secret of getting things done is, knowing what to leave undone. Give up good for the best.
• There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all -- Peter Drucker
• Focus: The man who chases two rabbits catches neither / The person trying to do everything will achieve nothing
• It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The real question is what are you so busy about? -- Thoreau
• Lead time: Visionary leaders have the wisdom to understand that if you don’t lead your time, it will lead you
• Choice: We are being overwhelmed by choice. A plan relieves you of the torment of Choice – Saul Bellow
• As you live your days, so you live your life: The past is history and the future is just a figment. This day, the present, is really all you
• Self Discipline: The tougher you are on yourself, the easier life will be on you.
• Leadership is really simple: Planning to do things (wisely), doing what you planned to do, when you planned to do it.

Quoted from “Leadership Wisdom from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”

Random Quotes from "Leadership Wisdom"

• The arrow that hits the bull's eye is the result of one hundred misses.
• The best antidote to fear is knowledge. He or she, who learns most, wins.
• "Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them." - Marcus Aurelius
• People are rewarded in the marketplace by the value they add to it.
• Knowledge that remains unapplied is worthless

Quoted from “Leadership Wisdom from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”

See the good

• No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit -Helen Keller
• Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves -Thomas Fuller

Quoted from “Leadership Wisdom from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”

Ideas are the true commodities of success

In this new era of business you are privileged to live in, ideas are the true commodities of success. How far you go will be determined by how well you think.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts for you will never go any higher than you think

-Benjamin Disraeli

Quoted from “Leadership Wisdom from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”

யார் ஜெயம்கொண்டான் ?

A few lines from the inspiring ஜெயம்கொண்டான் movie song

... எவன் அடிக்கடி தன்னை புதுப்பிப்பான், அவன் வாழ்வில் இங்கு ஜெயம்கொண்டான் ...

... One who constantly evolves will emerge as a victorian in life ...

Not sure of the lyricist (Vaalee, Naa.Muthukumar, Kabilan, Yugabharathi are the lyricist of Jayamkondan Songs). Profound words though which are synonymous to my earlier post of "Surrendering to Change" and constantly evolving.

Inspired by Purpose

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all of your thoughts breaks their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to b e a great person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

Quoted from “Leadership Wisdom from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”

Feeding & Spoon feeding

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
- Confucius

Quoted from “Leadership Wisdom from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”

How benign is Solitude ...

“When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude”
- William Wordsworth

Quoted from “Leadership Wisdom from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”.

Work & Meaning

“Work is about daily meaning as well as daily bread: for recognition as well as cash; in short for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying...we have a right to ask of work that it include meaning, recognition, astonishment and life.”
-Studs Terkel

Quoted from Robin Sharma’s Blog.

Outlook Towards Life

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else;
And for everything you gain, you lose something else.

It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice.