Before you can follow your own drummer, you have to hear the drummer. — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
Life is a university, and you never graduate. Accept that whatever happens to you, no matter how terrible, is there to teach… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
I don't believe that you have a work life and a home life. I believe that you have one life, and either… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
We, as individuals, must be responsible for our careers with the goal of reaching our highest potential. The job of a manager… — Srikumar Rao Career Copy Share Image
I'm challenging the assumption that you need to be a dog-eat-dog person to survive in a corporate environment. — Srikumar Rao Assumption Copy Share Image
Unending joy is actually closer to us than our own skin, and there is nothing we have to do or get or… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
There's no destination. The journey is all that there is, and it can be very, very joyful. — Srikumar Rao Destination Copy Share Image
Being obsessed by goals is bad for you. You should set goals, even ambitious goals, regularly. But focus on them only to… — Srikumar Rao Ambitious Copy Share Image
It is indeed possible to change your view of the universe from indifferent to friendly. I have helped thousands of persons make… — Srikumar Rao Change Copy Share Image
No matter what happens to us in life, we tend to think of it as 'good' or 'bad.' And most of us… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
Most of us function under the model we have to get something in order to do something, in order to be something.… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
Do you feel bored and stuck in a rut? Is work drudgery? If so, you are spending far too much time bemoaning… — Srikumar Rao Bored Copy Share Image
I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don't come radiantly alive… — Srikumar Rao Alive Copy Share Image
Observe yourself as you go through a typical day. Stuff happens to you. As it does, you immediately judge it and label… — Srikumar Rao Day Copy Share Image
Think of the universe as a benevolent parent. A child may want a tub of ice-cream and marshmallows, but a wise parent… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
Consciously be sensitive to others, and try to elevate their level of consciousness. Don't do this by being preachy and telling them… — Srikumar Rao Being Copy Share Image
If you have an ongoing relationship with a person, think of everything positive about that person that you possibly can and enter… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
Whenever you're feeling grateful, you are not feeling frustrated and angry and all those negative states that we go into. And that's… — Srikumar Rao Angry Copy Share Image
Personal ambition is 'I want to be CEO.' Greater vision ambition is, 'I want to lead this company so that people want… — Srikumar Rao Ambition Copy Share Image
When something happens to you, suffering doesn't begin. Suffering begins at the instant you label a bad thing - as something that… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
Galileo got it wrong. The earth does not revolve around the sun. It revolves around you and has been doing so for… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
It does not matter whether I am in Hong Kong or Sao Paolo - people always want to talk about toxic bosses… — Srikumar Rao Boss Copy Share Image
If I can impact an executive and his or her team, I can help to change the culture of an organization. — Srikumar Rao Change Copy Share Image
I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
Positive thinking is so firmly enshrined in our culture that knocking it is a little like attacking motherhood or apple pie. — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
Once you accept, truly accept, that stuff will happen to you and there is nothing you can do about it, stress miraculously… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool. — Srikumar Rao Knowledge Copy Share Image
I wouldn't change my life for anything. I am exactly where I want to be and have no plans to ever retire. — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
It's wonderful to be grateful. To have that gratitude well out from deep within you and pour out in waves. Once you… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
Business schools need to address students on a human being level, not as cogs in the machine to supply fresh talent to… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
I had a difficult time getting my arms around Einstein's work, even when I was a physics major at one of the… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
Stress is the demon in our society, stalking the cities and the countryside, striking down young and old and growing in strength… — Srikumar Rao Cities Copy Share Image
I don't believe that being an inspiring leader is a goal that you can aspire to. It is a by-product. — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
Many persons swear by positive thinking, and quite a few have been helped by it. Nevertheless, it is not a very effective… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
Knowing that you are living in a dreamworld is very liberating, because it gives you the option of waking up. — Srikumar Rao Dreamworld Copy Share Image
Executives don't burn out and leave when they feel deep satisfaction. They don't create the human detritus that disgruntled managers do. — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
Certainly businesses the world over are facing greater competitive pressure than ever before, and this leads to executive stress which, in turn,… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
You have tremendous flexibility in defining both the greater good and the greater community. If you don't succeed in this, then you… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
