I’m challenging the assumption that you need to be a dog-eat-dog person to survive in a corporate environment. Srikumar Rao Read Quote
Executives don’t burn out and leave when they feel deep satisfaction. They don’t create the human detritus that disgruntled managers do. Srikumar Rao Read Quote
Do you feel bored and stuck in a rut? Is work drudgery? If so, you are spending far too much time bemoaning your fate and how the universe is not cooperating with your desires. Be present with and in your current situation. Srikumar Rao Read Quote
Unending joy is actually closer to us than our own skin, and there is nothing we have to do or get or be to experience it. All we have to do is stop driving it away. Srikumar Rao Read Quote
Whenever you’re feeling grateful, you are not feeling frustrated and angry and all those negative states that we go into. And that’s a big benefit in and of itself. Srikumar Rao Read Quote
Most of us function under the model we have to get something in order to do something, in order to be something. If this happens, then I will be happy. And I’m suggesting to you that we live our entire lives based on that model, and that model is fundamentally flawed. Srikumar Rao Read Quote
Just being aware of what you are about to do greatly diminishes the tendency to do what you don’t want to. You will pull your hand back from that pizza slice, tell the waitress that you are passing on dessert, put on your gym shoes instead of going under the comforter, and take several deep breaths instead of screaming at your daughter. Srikumar Rao Read Quote
I had a difficult time getting my arms around Einstein’s work, even when I was a physics major at one of the top universities in India. Srikumar Rao Read Quote
When you try to bring about behavioral change by an effort of will, you actually do violence to yourself, and the chances are very good that you will not succeed. This is so universally true that you can actually make money from it. Srikumar Rao Read Quote
It’s wonderful to be grateful. To have that gratitude well out from deep within you and pour out in waves. Once you truly experience this, you will never want to give it up. Srikumar Rao Read Quote