pursuing excellence in profession - A holistic approach...© Property of CHINMAYA MISSION SUCCESS Success is a tribute that life pays to Excellence. - Swami Chinmayananda

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Pursuing Excellence in Profession - A Holistic Approach

Bombay Chartered Accountants' Society


SUCCESS

Success is a tribute that life pays to Excellence.

- Swami Chinmayananda


What is Excellence?

• Great Merit • To surpass and be outstanding • To excel is to shine. To do exceptionally

well.

• The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour.


Excellence Around

• What is Excellent Around You & at work?

• Learning to appreciate excellence is the starting point of the journey of excellence.

• Whatever we appreciate eventually appreciates and grows within us.


Vibhooti

• Whatever is glorious, splendid or powerful in any being, know that as a manifestation of a part of my brilliance. - Ch.10. 41


• I am prosperity of those who are prosperous

• I am the victory in the victorious • I am the industriousness in the determined • I am the goodness of the good Ch.7 - • I am the intelligence in the Intelligent • I am the Brilliance in the Brilliant • I am the Excellence in the Excellent

Manifestations of HIS Excellence


Observe• 4 + 1 = 5 • 8 + 2 = 10 • 12 / 2 = 6 • 7 + 3 = 11 • 5 + 6 = 11 • 12 + 10 = 22 • 45 – 10 = 35 • 3 + 2 = 5 • 10 x 20 = 210

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Relate with Excellence

• Accept Excellence • Acknowledge Excellence • Appreciate Excellence • Admire Excellence

• Don’t Envy Excellence (Eg.Arjuna) • Don’t Destroy Excellence (Eg.Drona)


Perception

• Richard Branson, CEO & British Entrepreneur echoes the pursuit of excellence as his business philosophy: – You should not be looking for people slipping

up, you should be looking for all the good things people do and praise them.


Higher Achievement

• H - Highest Goal. Best Choice. • I - Inline with Swadharma & Dharma • G - Greater Cause • H - Happy Team • E - Efficiency • R - Result Acceptance


H= Highest Vision / Goal

● Small aim is a crime.

● Keep your vision highest. One who Aspires for the highest is Partha

● Higher the Vision, greater the inspiration.


ANDRE AGASSI – AUTOBIOGRAPHY

“I play tennis for a living, even though I hate tennis, hate it with a dark and secret passion, and

always have.”


SACHIN TENDULKAR

I don’t play for records. I love cricket.

I always focus on playing well for my country.

Last 24 years have been really special for me and I thoroughly enjoyed my joyful journey.


DISINTEGRATION

VISION & VALUES

AMBITION &

GOALS

BODY

MIND

INTELLECT

INEFFICIENTACTION

RES

ULT

+ E

MPT

YNES

S


Swadharma – Perfect Alignment

VISION &

VALUES

AMBITIONS &

GOALS

BODY

MIND

INTELLECT

EFFICIENTACTIONS

RESU

LT +

HAP

PIN

ESS


I = Inline with Swadharma

Do what you love Love what you do.


G = Greater Sattva

• Those Established in Sattva, rise higher.Raajasik ones remain in the middle Ones who are Tamasik, being in the lowest guna go downwards.

• Urdhvam gacchanti sattvasthaaha madhye tishthanti raajasaaha JaghanyagunavrittisthahaAdho gacchanti taamasaaha

-Ch. 14.18


G = Greater Cause

• Find a cause greater than oneself. • Dedicate oneself to the greater cause. • Eg. Arjuna & Dharma


H = Happy Team

• Individually we may be brilliant but we must be excellent in people-skills & team-work

• Neither Dependence nor Independence but Interdependence.


Excellence

• What is the difference between Excellence, Expertise & Efficiency?


Excellence - Efficiency

• Excellence is about the quality of mind and awareness

• Expertise is in the domain of skills & knowledge

• Efficiency is the application of the above, to attain the desired result promptly & profitably.


E= Excellence / Efficiency

• Excellence + Expertise + Efficiency = Effectiveness

• Yogah karmasu kaushalam Excellence in Action is Yoga. -Ch.2.50


Energy Management

Bring your mind, where your hands are.

Swami Chinmayananda

1 hour = 3 hours of focus of multi-tasking


• Detached Engagement

• Do the best. Leave the Rest.

• Expect & Accept

• Accept the results with humility, contentment & cheerfulness.


R = Result


Ajay Piramal & Abbot

● "The senior team from Abbott was surprised at how I

remained totally relaxed throughout the entire

transaction.” ● The key is to remain detached.

For me, it did not matter whether the acquisition went

through or not. If it was to happen, it would.

- Financial Express

5 Nov 2010© Property of CHINMAYA MISSION

Shree Ajay Piramal


Excellent Routine

• T20 – 20-20-20 – eXercise (Body)

– Meditation (Mind)

– Study (Intellect)


Higher Achievement

• H - Highest Goal. Best Choice. • I - Inline with Swadharma & Dharma • G - Greater Cause & Sattva • H - Happy Team • E - Excellence & Efficiency • R - Results Acceptance


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