Positive thinking is so firmly enshrined in our culture that knocking it is a little like attacking motherhood or apple pie. — Srikumar Rao Apple Copy Share Image
We have the ability to craft a life where we are completely fulfilled. We think it is dependent on outsiders, and to… — Srikumar Rao Ability 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 Burn Copy Share Image
When you try to bring about behavioral change by an effort of will, you actually do violence to yourself, and the chances… — Srikumar Rao About 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
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
If you embrace 'positive thinking,' you are - by definition - spurning 'negative thinking.' So it's as if you were on a… — Srikumar Rao Definition 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 Actually Copy Share Image
When you say 'I want to be an inspiring leader,' the operative phrase is 'I want.' This is inherently me-centered and self… — Srikumar Rao Get 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
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
No matter what happens to us in life, we tend to think of it as 'good' or 'bad.' And most of us… — Srikumar Rao Bad Copy Share Image
Acceptance does not mean that you placidly acquiesce to the myriad injustices that are all around you. In fact, that you are… — Srikumar Rao About Copy Share Image
When you label so much of what happens to you as 'bad,' it reinforces the feeling that you are a powerless pawn… — Srikumar Rao Almost 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
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
Can you actually go through life without labeling what happens to you as good or bad? Sure you can. You have to… — Srikumar Rao Actually Copy Share Image
Before you can follow your own drummer, you have to hear the drummer. — Srikumar Rao Before Copy Share Image
My methods produce lasting behavioral change without unpleasant consequences, because the change does not come from an effort of will. It comes… — Srikumar Rao Because 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 Address 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
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
When something happens to you, suffering doesn't begin. Suffering begins at the instant you label a bad thing - as something that… — Srikumar Rao Bad 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 Benevolent Copy Share Image
