This morning I decided not to get into the office. We only work five days a week even though I work seven. At about eight in the morning I went to our training centre to open the Interviewing Skills course for our young managers. Felix was there right on time to conduct the course.
Right after that I decided to see the new Tamil film Dasavatharam acted by the Indian legend Kamalhassan. The story was about a Rainbow Creator. A scientist who decides to work for the right purpose rather than money. The journey filmed in a beautiful manner and acted exceptionally well with lots of positive social messages made my day.
While I did get irritated and became impatient for a little while in the afternoon, I spent the entire evening with my family in the park and play centre.
Watching a film about a Rainbow Creator Kamalhassan I think made me one too.
Even if I am blogging at 1200 mid night, I think it was a pleasant day.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Personal Responsibility
Are you personally responsible?
Do you realize it is all about YOU?
You are where you are because of who you are.
Grow Up
Brian Tracy says that thought that is all about YOU is like a parachute jump: It is scary and exhilarating at the same time. It is one of the biggest and most important ideas that can ever occur to you, or anyone else. The acceptance of personal responsibility is what separates the adult from the child. It is the great leap forward into maturity.
Fully functioning human being
Responsibility is the hallmark of the fully integrated, fully functioning human being. Responsibility goes hand in hand with success, achievement, motivation, happiness and self-actualization. It is the absolute minimum requirement for the accomplishment of everything you could ever really want in life.
Accepting that you are completely responsible for yourself and realizing that no one is coming to the rescue is the beginning of peak performance. There is very little that you cannot do or have after you accept that? If it is to be, it is up to YOU, the individualI had a personal situation recently and all I can say in a nutshell is that the person, who had everything going well, was totally irresponsible. To me, Rainbow Creators are those who are personally responsible. If only we could have every person be personally responsible and accountable, 90% of the problems we see in the world today will not be there.
YOU can make a difference
The first chapter in my book: Creating your own Rainbow – Recognising YOU can make a difference emphasizes this point. As Brian Tracy says everything that exists in your life exists because of you, because of your behavior, words and actions. Because you have freedom of choice and because you have chosen each and every circumstance of your life, you are completely responsible for all of your success and failure, your happiness and unhappiness, your present and future.
The opposite of this is being a Rainbow Chaser – finding good excuses and blaming everyone else for their mistakes. The opposite of accepting responsibility is making excuses and blaming people and things for what are going on in your life. Everything we do is a matter of habit. If we get into the habit of making excuses, we get into the habit of evading responsibility at the same time.
Are you happy with your job? Are you happy with the amount of money you are earning? Are you happy with your level of responsibility and your activities each day? If you are not, you need to accept that YOU are completely responsible for every aspect of your job and your career.
Levels of irresponsibility
If we set a goal or objective and we create an excuse to hold in reserve just in case the accomplishment of the goal is too difficult or requires more self-discipline and persistence than we had thought, then we are Rainbow Chasers. As soon as things start to go poorly, irresponsible people give good excuses and let themselves off the hook. But that will not get them anywhere in the long run.
In fact, a good definition of insanity is total irresponsibility, to the point of needing a straitjacket and a padded cell. Thomas Szasz, the great psychoanalyst, once wrote, there is no such thing as insanity. There are only varying levels of irresponsibility.
Authentic Change
You took the job, you assumed the responsibilities, and you accepted the compensation by choice. You were free to do what you wanted. . If you are not happy with any of them, for any reason, then it is up to you to do something different. YOU need t o change.You are earning today exactly what you are worth-not a dollar more, not a dollar less. In life, we tend to get exactly what we deserve. There is a famous saying that it is insanity to expect another result if you are doing the same thing again and again.
If you are not satisfied with your salary, job or environment, look around you, at people who are doing the kind of work you would like to do and earning the kind of money you would like to earn. Ask them what they are doing differently from what you are doing.
Once you know what they are, accept complete responsibility for your situation, apply your wonderful mind and abilities, back them with willpower and self-discipline, and get busy making the changes you need to make to enjoy the life you want to enjoy. The changes must be authentic. Look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself – have you changed to grow up.
Say I am responsible
Brian Tracy says your great aim in life is to develop character. Character is composed of self-esteem, self-discipline, the ability to delay gratification, and the willingness to accept full responsibility for your life and everything in it. The more you say to yourself, I am responsible, the stronger, better and finer a person you become.
And every part of your life will improve at the same time. YOU will become a Rainbow Creator.
Visit my Google Groups http://groups.google.com/group/rainbow-creators?hl=en
Do you realize it is all about YOU?
You are where you are because of who you are.
Grow Up
Brian Tracy says that thought that is all about YOU is like a parachute jump: It is scary and exhilarating at the same time. It is one of the biggest and most important ideas that can ever occur to you, or anyone else. The acceptance of personal responsibility is what separates the adult from the child. It is the great leap forward into maturity.
Fully functioning human being
Responsibility is the hallmark of the fully integrated, fully functioning human being. Responsibility goes hand in hand with success, achievement, motivation, happiness and self-actualization. It is the absolute minimum requirement for the accomplishment of everything you could ever really want in life.
Accepting that you are completely responsible for yourself and realizing that no one is coming to the rescue is the beginning of peak performance. There is very little that you cannot do or have after you accept that? If it is to be, it is up to YOU, the individualI had a personal situation recently and all I can say in a nutshell is that the person, who had everything going well, was totally irresponsible. To me, Rainbow Creators are those who are personally responsible. If only we could have every person be personally responsible and accountable, 90% of the problems we see in the world today will not be there.
YOU can make a difference
The first chapter in my book: Creating your own Rainbow – Recognising YOU can make a difference emphasizes this point. As Brian Tracy says everything that exists in your life exists because of you, because of your behavior, words and actions. Because you have freedom of choice and because you have chosen each and every circumstance of your life, you are completely responsible for all of your success and failure, your happiness and unhappiness, your present and future.
The opposite of this is being a Rainbow Chaser – finding good excuses and blaming everyone else for their mistakes. The opposite of accepting responsibility is making excuses and blaming people and things for what are going on in your life. Everything we do is a matter of habit. If we get into the habit of making excuses, we get into the habit of evading responsibility at the same time.
Are you happy with your job? Are you happy with the amount of money you are earning? Are you happy with your level of responsibility and your activities each day? If you are not, you need to accept that YOU are completely responsible for every aspect of your job and your career.
Levels of irresponsibility
If we set a goal or objective and we create an excuse to hold in reserve just in case the accomplishment of the goal is too difficult or requires more self-discipline and persistence than we had thought, then we are Rainbow Chasers. As soon as things start to go poorly, irresponsible people give good excuses and let themselves off the hook. But that will not get them anywhere in the long run.
In fact, a good definition of insanity is total irresponsibility, to the point of needing a straitjacket and a padded cell. Thomas Szasz, the great psychoanalyst, once wrote, there is no such thing as insanity. There are only varying levels of irresponsibility.
Authentic Change
You took the job, you assumed the responsibilities, and you accepted the compensation by choice. You were free to do what you wanted. . If you are not happy with any of them, for any reason, then it is up to you to do something different. YOU need t o change.You are earning today exactly what you are worth-not a dollar more, not a dollar less. In life, we tend to get exactly what we deserve. There is a famous saying that it is insanity to expect another result if you are doing the same thing again and again.
If you are not satisfied with your salary, job or environment, look around you, at people who are doing the kind of work you would like to do and earning the kind of money you would like to earn. Ask them what they are doing differently from what you are doing.
Once you know what they are, accept complete responsibility for your situation, apply your wonderful mind and abilities, back them with willpower and self-discipline, and get busy making the changes you need to make to enjoy the life you want to enjoy. The changes must be authentic. Look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself – have you changed to grow up.
Say I am responsible
Brian Tracy says your great aim in life is to develop character. Character is composed of self-esteem, self-discipline, the ability to delay gratification, and the willingness to accept full responsibility for your life and everything in it. The more you say to yourself, I am responsible, the stronger, better and finer a person you become.
And every part of your life will improve at the same time. YOU will become a Rainbow Creator.
Visit my Google Groups http://groups.google.com/group/rainbow-creators?hl=en
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