When the going gets
tough the immediate reaction for most human beings is to respond with fear,
doubt and trepidation. The fear of the unknown when your life feels like a
tsunami - drowning in raw emotions that send chills up and down your spine. You
can hardly breathe as your mind races trying to figure out to many things other
than yourself. You feel exposed and vulnerable. You get jumpy and over react
when asked to do the simplest thing, Perhaps you find yourself crying in the
bathroom covering your mouth so no one hears your pain. Even I carried the same
apprehensions on the day I joined SOIL. During the early days of SOIL life I
attended one of the amazing sessions of our life, answering all my queries and
solving all my apprehensions. It was the session of Self Leadership by MR Anil
Sachdev- CEO and Founder School of Inspired Leadership.
The session covered
the 6 Layers of Learning, Taking the control of the senses (the exercises
covered really helped in introspection and how one can leverage the capacity of
the senses).
This was followed
by Appreciative Inquiry > which I feel is one of the most powerful tools
enabling a person to know his real self, understand his greater purpose in life
and strike out how he with his existing knowledge & strengths have the
capability in achieving it. It tells you that you have all what you NEED! Then
we did the burning candle exercise, discuss getting rid of Ego, how to bring
the Mind and the Heart parallel, the Fears we live with and how to make smart
decisions, smartly.
During the 4 months
journey of SOIL we all have had the chance to interact with Anil Sir a lot and
he has highlighted the following
things:-
Try to uncover your passion
and start building yourself towards it.
Try to figure out what you are good at and back your strengths driving
that activity.
Today when I look back and
think about those two things which he mentioned , a gentle smile runs across my face as I followed his instructions to actually do
the things he suggested , I am a
successful and happy person right now. I can tell you the methodologies Anil
Sir followed were simple and systematic that made me a cheerful and contented
person which I am? His emotional connect with me has been mesmerizing, helping
me out in difficult times.
“I have realized that there are only 2 things in life that
can help you attain the escape velocity to break out of an existing paradigm.
One is PAIN and the other is ASPIRATION. It is as true of organizations as it
is for individuals that the desire to change is really triggered by one of the
two.”
Thus I went
through a complete transformation in last four months. I am able to rediscover
and rejuvenate myself. I used to be a firm believer that being an “emotional
fool” whom I used to call myself and thought it is one of the major weaknesses
that I have carried which have hindered my path to success in many ways. Guess
what? After the time that has passed in SOIL I am still an emotional person but
not a fool. I am an emotionally balanced person who utilizes and channelizes
his emotions in the right manner. I am a people’s man and love to emotionally
connect with them.
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