Can Love lead to Success?
Can Love lead to Success?
This is against conventional thinking so most of us would not
have considered this aspect . I invite
you to explore this with an open mind to see how it makes a lot of sense .
Many persons get stuck in life because of a loss of personal
power due to factors like Fear ,guilt, shame, self pity, comparisons etc .
Fear blocks us from taking action. And
guilt makes us weak. A healthy dose of self love and forgiveness is enough to get back that lost Power . So
all success starts with . All Success
starts with a feeling . A feeling of self acceptance and self love , Love for
others, Peace and happiness is a space from where you can take powerful action .Negative emotions
can only block you or reduce the impact of the action . And only inspired
action can get you great results .
For only when you love
and respect yourself can others truly accept you and connect to you . We know
that one of the most critical components for Success is our ability to connect
with others at a deeper level . Every business success depends on people and
everybody understands superficiality. A sales person knows very well that it is
not just the product the buyer is buying into but also the person. A loving
person can form the bonds quickly which gives them a big edge .The same applies
for a Manager or Leader who wants to provide inspirational leadership or for a
business partnership to survive or for retaining a great subordinate. We all
know that we are not perfect and neither are others . And most of us don’t get
to choose whom we work with or our
customers or our bosses . When we operate without judgment and accept that
people as they are and provide required support, we will see that that they
will grow . And then we have an asset for a lifetime because that brings in
loyalty ,dedication, enhanced capabilities
and long term retention. It also allows people to blossom and bring out
their uniqueness which otherwise gets suppressed . Another major factor for
success is the ownership you take and the passion you bring to the table . This
is truly possible only when you can love what you do . As people are involved
in whatever you do this love has to extend there to break down ego barriers and
create good working relationships. When a group works together in this manner innovation and breakthrough results occur
.Without love it becomes just another job without passion and the results end up to be mediocre .
Another critical
component is the ability to take risks and make decisions quickly which calls
for Trust in self, the other person and
a kind Universe . Trusting is far easier where there is love as without that
you see only the flaws and the goodness or bigness is missed . And consider
that Love is your true nature
intrinsically but its just
that you have closed your heart to love
because of some past failures/rejections as you don’t want the hurt again .
Most relationships fail because you give in to the doubts which surface time
and again . Love makes it possible to take that risk again as it
can drive out that doubt and
fears because of which you are denying yourself a bright new world .
Also when we operate more from the heart the ego is kept at bay and we are able
to emotionally distance ourselves from issues .
A self-distanced perspective on an issue, for example, takes into
account the opinions of others and additional external factors and tends to
result in less personally biased judgments and reasoning and hence better
decision making.
Another big factor that blocks us is Selfishness . We have
become that way because we have had to fight for our survival for too long .
When we cross that barrier and share with others we find that our power and
reach expands exponentially . We have a benevolent universe that desires to
help us but we are blocking that help when we get mired in selfishness as the
universe can help us only through people. We have learnt in mathematics at a
young age that 1 plus 1 equals 2 . But when it comes to success the equation is
different . 1 plus 1 equals 3 . Can also be higher . Now how can that be . It
is just that individually we are all
limited but when we learn to work together putting aside our egos we become
powerful . And the results are many times beyond the sum of two
individuals. All it calls for is Love
and a shared vision which is easy to create where there is love and the results
are magical .
This love based wisdom is
already being applied in many companies worldwide . The largest and oldest
corporate group in India the Tatas is a prime example as they put the employee
first and go to great lengths to take care of them. This automatically
translates to better employee retention and greater stability . No company can
succeed in long term if this factor is ignored. So i invite you to include Love
as one of your key strategies for sustainable Success.
Comments
Post a Comment