The Learning and Growth Cycle

Concepts of Right action                  P Rajagopal Tampi Introduction Right action is our response to a stimulus that is not coloured by any of our naturally endowed positive or negative qualities like jealousies, anger, vindictiveness, biases, likes, dislikes, life-conditioning and other such qualities. It is just the simple, correct, honest, appropriate, well thought out response required from us to factually satisfy the stimulus coming at us. It should only address and respond with integrity to the core truths and facts of the oncoming stimulus, nothing more, nothing less. Emotions, personal friendships, enmities and such aspects should not be involved in formulating our response. When our response is perfect, it can right a wrong, or meet the need, or sometimes gives just an honest answer to a question and it ends there. There are no follow-on repercussions, the matter closes. Explanation Imagine that the stimulus is like a...

  Our most important possession P Rajagopal Tampi   Introduction The most important thing we possess is our reputation. It outlives us. Some may argue that health is the most important thing we possess. I say yes too, but we do not actually possess it a hundred percent. It is not fully in our hands in the sense that one cannot guarantee health by one's thoughts and actions. Therefore, health drops out of contention. Reputation is created by how much we achieve in our lives, the quality of our work and how we achieve it. Quality of our work is unquestionably the mandatory criterion for building our reputations. This article will focus only with how we achieve what we achieve, assuming that we have done high quality work. How is reputation built up?   Whether at work or socially or in the family, the secret sauce is the same. Reputation is built upon your character. We are all given the same powers of discrimination, evaluation and ethics when we are born. I...