Role of Faith in Success

 The role of spirituality in your professional Success.

How do we attain it? 

Tips to weave your faith in your aspirations:

 Go in Search of the Golden Fleece!

Step 1. Be Clear of you want. Be specific. Use singular words. Define One Parameter. Refine your thoughts to the bare minimum.
Step 2. Now, Wait.
 The game of Faith has begun. The nature, universe and God will play with your Asking now. You will tempted to add IF's and Buts to your wish. You will start reconsidering. Its a game of universal forces. They will throw temptations at you. They will create apprehensions in your heart. They will create sense of urgency. They will divert your attention to Exceptions.
Don't deter! Stick to your Wish. Your asking. Your prayer.
This is where most people fail. This is where most people give in. This is where the conscious mind will try to overcome subconscious mind. This is where sensible people will bring in their sensibility. This is where we start forgetting our SINGULAR words and start adding ANDs and PROVIDED.
But remember, the battle conquered here, will be the battle worth winning. Stick to one parameter. One word. And you will get it.
Because this will.. just be a start. After a small win, you will find the second win easier. And as the time will progress, you will get the practice of doing it.

STEP 3. The key lies in sticking to your Asking, just stick to it. Dont accept anything more or anything less. Till the time your wish comes true, you would have to wait it out. You would have to be extremely patient. You will have to show courage and faith in God.

Thieves of Faith
Fear:  Fear is the biggest enemy of Faith. To the extent where it majorly wins. It does, always. So, have no room for fear.
For eg, in your asking to God, you have asked for one parameter and thats :  you need a Job which pays you $100K . Now, suddenly your ex employer gives you a call and offers you $100K. And you start getting thoughts like...How can I go to the same job back again. What if I am still dissatisfied? What if the same other problems arise? etc. If you get all this sensible objections in your mind...that means you have Fear.
Remember, you asked for just one parameter? You got it, right? Now, just Grab it!
 If you ask me now, " what if I am dissatisfied again?". I will tell you, You just achieved one milestone with your faith. Accept the offer. Join the Job. And on your first day, ask God, I want to be most satisfied with my Job. And leave it at that. The whole day, and days in a row. Just stick to your asking and that will be, I want to be most satisfied with my Job. Repeat the two steps mentioned above. You will feel feel immensely confident. You will get a complete balance of sensitivity, where you need to say what ...to your Boss and do what... with your time.

Many:  Another Anti-Prayer word is Many. We live in a world full of responsibilities. Our success is not just defined by professional angle but personal too.
We can be tempted to fixing ourselves against parenting Goals, social Goals, Health Goals, career goals etc all at the same time. Its very very tempting.
A mountain like courage is required to hold our aspirations and just stick to one. Its very difficult. Because there's no time limit. We are not talking of weekly goals or monthly goals. WE are talking of Faith. The people with stronger faith will achieve faster results and thus can achieve many in a month(one at a time). But the step 2 mentioned above plays its tricks. It can delay your achievement and thus keep you deprived of one part of your life.
But thats the rule of the game. One wish at a time. You will be meddling with the science of faith if, even by mistake, you focus on more than one asking. All efforts will be jumbled up and it will lead you nowhere. You might have to start the whole process again. It will then require much more faith. Phew!

The keyword here is SUCCESS
You don't want to be the child of the God, praying hard, doing the good Karma and still struggling.
 
Yes, I know success isn't everything, but come on! Isn't the Faith in God suppose to make you emerge stronger?

Am I Immature?

What’s Maturity?

Maturity is a sense of understanding where you are able to decide for yourselves what’s best in your situation.

We, as humans have needs. Social needs, physical needs, spiritual needs, emotional needs etc.
The ability to build a structure in life to fulfill our needs optimally is Maturity.

I will call it absolutely Immature to give in to the Status Quo or any sort of Obligations.

Immature people don't have Guts. They are like a Football to their own apprehensions. They move their concern on a scale of more or less depending on their convenience.
Whereas Mature people sit and assess their needs. Acknowledge them and try and form a structure around it. 

Immature people can’t decide for themselves what suit them the best. They are overly worried for someone; they are full of fear of being judged or being cut off from a social circle etc.

Mature people, on the other hand, seek the concerned people. Clarify, remove any buds of misunderstanding and push ahead their sense of maturity...

Immature people use the language of, "MY way or Highway" without explanation. Mature people are verbose. They try to convince and justify.
 Immature people have a superiority complex. They have an attitude that they know what’s best for others and they can decide for others. And as if this wasn't enough, after doing it, they want others to follow their authority. Mature people think whats best for them and how it can be best suited in the situation. They seek others involved only to create a supportive environment.

Mature people never play the dirty game of politics. They take the battle head on. They can be sought. They talk. They clarify.

They care a heck about how the world perceives them. Coz if they care enough, they seek the world and make them hear their end of the story. They will do this only and only when they deem it fit in the situation.


Maturity is not related to age. It’s related to realization. It’s about clarity. It’s about foreseeing. It’s about identifying yourself with something bigger than you. And that thing will be your priority. Everything else will take a backseat.  It’s about thinking of you as a part of a whole.
Majorly, it’s about being in charge to decide what’s best for you.....

JUST DO IT !!!!!!!!!!

Do you have any area or parameter where you haven't succeeded yet? or maybe not proven yourself yet?
Not just to move ahead of the Pack but even to JUST survive....You need to know this.
All you need is...

1. a small success
2. a small recognition
3. a highlight on your potential
4. a Baby step

A word of praise:

For a Beginner-Artist who's overwhelmed by so much of Practice the art demands...little words of praise by his mentor...boosts his confidence and then the Art becomes his passion.
Its only when the Beginner starts believing that HE HAS IT...He then starts refining his homework and paying a sincere attention in his class.
After which his art starts speaking his personality. His emotions get weaved in his art seamlessly.

A small recognition:

 

I studied in English medium Co-ed school but was never fluent in spoken English. I used to write, understand the language but ‘talking in English’ used to Zip my lips.

It was not until I delivered a speech on stage followed by a loud applause. At that time,  I started believing that I can do it. All by myself, without anyone’s direction.

Since then the journey is ON, till now I fumble. But I am progressing. My daughter’s schooling is a refresh button for me.

I have never been bogged down since, even after I have failed miserably by shifting to Bangalore and discovering that the English I had learnt in fact was full of artificial accent and wrong pronunciation. I caught up. I progressed. I adapted.

It all started when I experienced the loud applause, I was standing on stage and all the eyes were lit. 

A highlight on your potential

 

In Master-chef Reality show, when you get chosen for it….. you jump. You are joyous. You are elated.

You yell aloud: I am gonna be the next Master chef.

You enter the kitchen and start cooking.

You cook with all your Brains and soul.

You try and bring out all your cards on the table.

But ONLY when you experience the WOW response from judges, you feel confident. Till then you had been talking to yourself, thinking on your own, reminding yourself the reason you are there in the kitchen…

When you experience the acknowledgement from the judges, all these talks Stop! And you just focus on your performance.

A little recognition for your skill set helps you shine through.

A Baby step

What does a Baby step imply?

It implies …..

                     ……….Action

You might have been right throughout;

You would have made a complete sense.

Your voice might carry complete sincerity and honesty.

But …

If you wait for approvals, few Nods, understanding, attention, sympathy, empathy,

Nothing of above would be achieved.

To get that small success to get you going, all you need is-  action.

A baby step.

If you have a problem in relationship, stop talking…take the baby step. Stop tolerating what you shouldn’t.

If you think, as a married couple, you need to spend more time, Stop thinking about it. Take a baby step. Arrange a babysitter for your kids, book the show and go watch it.

If you think, you are facing friction with your Boss, don’t analyze. Take your stand by streamlining the process of delivering results your way. And then, that’s it. Be ready for comments and criticism but be your way. You don’t need an hour long discussion with your Boss for it. Let him detangle the threads of your changed way, attitude or style.

Just Focus on Your way, Your Performance.

If you think you are been treated with Bias, Partiality or humiliation….acknowledge it as Your Failure……..

                     ……… instead of others.

Act on it. Make yourself worthy of respect and equal treatment. Seek people who are welcoming to you. Stop spending time with people who would leave you when you are sick. Surround yourself with people who will value you, for what you are and are doing with your own life. Be with people who make you feel worthy of unconditional love and respect.

A Baby step…….is all it requires!