In an ideal world, there would be no negative emotions amongst people for anyone. Competition would be unheard of, and everybody would engage themselves in helping each other. Love and compassion would be prevalent everywhere and jealousy would cease to exist. Everyone would be fully immersed in their field of work and never talk ill of anyone. Everyone would benefit from the good karma that they generated, because all they would ever pay attention to would be the immediate task that is assigned to them. Essentially, that perhaps sums up all you ever need to know about climbing up the corporate ladder. People may say all sorts of things about star achievers being ruthless and selfish, putting personal interests before others’ interests, but success built on such a weak foundation is usually short-lived and temporary. Personally, I feel the ultimate winner in work politics is the person who works intelligently and honestly in a conscientious manner. When we are totally focused on the immediate task that has been assigned to us – when the world ceases to exist beyond the work in front of us – that degree of concentration, even if it is only for one hour in a day – can make all the difference between being outstanding and just about average. When there is a strong desire to excel in the immediate task assigned to us, to make ourselves disappear and to immerse our heart, mind, body and soul in our work, beyond the realms of space and time – when a whole day seems to have passed by without even noticing anything else – it is then that a masterpiece is created! That is the time when we push our limits to go that one extra mile – and perhaps discover something new and innovative, that nobody in the whole world could even imagine. It is in this moment of rapture that we experience a spark of timelessness and connect synchronously with the infinite intelligence, a cosmic wave which wants to reach out to help us fulfill our deep driving desires, dreams and aspirations and to help us connect the dots and put together the jigsaw puzzle, so that the universe may conspire to help us fulfill our unique mission in life and to express our pure potential. Take any great leader’s personality – Amitabh Bachchan, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Gandhi – or any other name that comes to your mind. What is the spark that separates them from any other ordinary individual? Perhaps the fact that they committed themselves to a cause – and took one step at a time. Nothing that they did was half-hearted. Each action or performance they had to face – they put in their best and forgot the rest. Even the Bhagvad Gita says that we must be attached to action alone, and not to the fruits of our actions. We must have renunciation in action and not renunciation of action. There is no better time to test the character of a person than at the time of annual appraisals. It is at this time that we express our innermost desires and what drives us in our field of work. It is very common and easy to crib about our salary and feel dejected at not being offered a promotion and blame the entire world for our misfortunes. Consequently, we neglect our work for a few days and consistently wonder why exactly senior bosses get paid such astronomically high salaries when in fact we are the ones doing all the groundwork and cleaning up everyone’s mess. However, we tend to forget that Rome wasn’t built in a day. Anyone who got to a position of power and consistently continues to be there obviously has worked his way up and is there for a reason. At the end of the day, management is not blind and true solid honest performance is always appreciated. Perhaps the only thing that ever counts is the immediate task at hand, which can change our destiny forever!
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