This quote of Rumi doesn’t prescribe inaction but instead asks to be patient with the results.
In today’s “Instant” World, everyone wants everything, as in yesterday and seldom wants to be patient for results or to put in the sincere efforts required to get them. Wants are unlimited, needs are limited. The distinction between the two is blurred with the “Dil Maange More” attitude and that is the cause of all the stress and anxiety in the world – it is ruled by “wants” and chases them relentlessly.
There is a terminology in the Corporate World based on which performance of an individual is evaluated and that is “KRA” – Key Result Area which is something that the Corporate ” wants” and upon which vests the Quarter to Quarter survival of the CEO and the entire organization. The same works even for personal/family/social roles wherein the KRA’s are not even formally defined and yet are expected to be achieved and mistakes are not tolerated…Then we wonder why so many people complaining of stress related disorder, heart attacks, Skewed lifestyle imbalances that make people run only after their KRA’s whether at work or at home….
If you observe, once you get what you “want” it loses value – whether it be goals, things or relationships and your mind moves on to what next? This living from one want to another is the root cause of stress and anxiety. The only way to reduce this stress is to know and accept that you already have everything you “need” and will never have everything that you “want”.
Explorer, Philanthropist, Mentor:
Exploring and researching on practices of Self Realisation
Philanthropist: engaged in projects with social and environmental impact
Mentor: guiding people crystallise and achieve their material and spiritual goals
Background:
Former CEO of Mahindra Integrated Business Solutions- an Advisory and Business Process Management Arm of the Diversified US$ 17 Billion Mahindra Group. Ajit was responsible for transforming a Shared Services Centre of the Mahindra Group into a full-fledged Advisory and Business Process Management Company with products/services spanning Strategy & Enterprise Risk Management Advisory to Digitization and Transactional Outsourcing.
He has over 23 years of experience in the industry as an Entrepreneur. He has built businesses in Music Publishing, Media (Compact Discs/DVD’s) Manufacturing, Logistics and Financial Services and is currently nurturing his own initiative called FREE (Forests, Renewable Energy and Environment) & associated with NPO Trusts/ Organizations and mentoring select people and a few start-ups in his personal capacity.
A Chartered Accountant by Qualification with extensive continuing education in Executive Management Programs @ Harvard Business School, Michigan- Ross Business School, IIM-A
He has pursued spiritual interests since an early age exploring inner facets of self through Vipassana, Isha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, other yogic approaches / meditation techniques An Avid Marathoner, trekker/mountaineer, scuba diver, writer and motorbike traveller, is passionate about exploring the outer world as much as the inner.
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