Srikumar Rao

When the flower blossoms, the bee will come.

— Srikumar Rao

I don't focus on happiness as a goal or an end.

— Srikumar Rao

Before you can follow your own drummer, you have to hear the drummer.

— Srikumar Rao

It does not matter whether I am in Hong Kong or Sao Paolo - people always want to talk about toxic bosses…

— Srikumar Rao

When something happens to you, suffering doesn't begin. Suffering begins at the instant you label a bad thing - as something that…

— Srikumar Rao

Galileo got it wrong. The earth does not revolve around the sun. It revolves around you and has been doing so for…

— Srikumar Rao

I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract…

— Srikumar Rao

If I can impact an executive and his or her team, I can help to change the culture of an organization.

— Srikumar Rao

Being obsessed by goals is bad for you. You should set goals, even ambitious goals, regularly. But focus on them only to…

— Srikumar Rao

There's no destination. The journey is all that there is, and it can be very, very joyful.

— Srikumar Rao

Personal ambition is 'I want to be CEO.' Greater vision ambition is, 'I want to lead this company so that people want…

— Srikumar Rao

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

When you look on the bright side, you're acknowledging that there is a dark side at which you are choosing not to…

— Srikumar Rao

Can you actually go through life without labeling what happens to you as good or bad? Sure you can. You have to…

— Srikumar Rao

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

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

Observe yourself as you go through a typical day. Stuff happens to you. As it does, you immediately judge it and label…

— Srikumar Rao

Certainly businesses the world over are facing greater competitive pressure than ever before, and this leads to executive stress which, in turn,…

— Srikumar Rao

If you have an ongoing relationship with a person, think of everything positive about that person that you possibly can and enter…

— Srikumar Rao

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

It is indeed possible to change your view of the universe from indifferent to friendly. I have helped thousands of persons make…

— Srikumar Rao

Unending joy is actually closer to us than our own skin, and there is nothing we have to do or get or…

— Srikumar Rao

I'm challenging the assumption that you need to be a dog-eat-dog person to survive in a corporate environment.

— Srikumar Rao

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

Life is a university, and you never graduate. Accept that whatever happens to you, no matter how terrible, is there to teach…

— Srikumar Rao

We, as individuals, must be responsible for our careers with the goal of reaching our highest potential. The job of a manager…

— Srikumar Rao

Knowing that you are living in a dreamworld is very liberating, because it gives you the option of waking up.

— Srikumar Rao

Many persons swear by positive thinking, and quite a few have been helped by it. Nevertheless, it is not a very effective…

— Srikumar Rao

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

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

I don't believe that being an inspiring leader is a goal that you can aspire to. It is a by-product.

— Srikumar Rao

Stress is the demon in our society, stalking the cities and the countryside, striking down young and old and growing in strength…

— Srikumar Rao

The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.

— Srikumar Rao

Once you accept, truly accept, that stuff will happen to you and there is nothing you can do about it, stress miraculously…

— Srikumar Rao

Positive thinking is so firmly enshrined in our culture that knocking it is a little like attacking motherhood or apple pie.

— Srikumar Rao

Business schools need to address students on a human being level, not as cogs in the machine to supply fresh talent to…

— Srikumar Rao

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

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

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

Do you feel bored and stuck in a rut? Is work drudgery? If so, you are spending far too much time bemoaning…

— Srikumar Rao