Last month on 27th Sep, Chinmaya Mission South Africa organized an empowering one-of-its-kind Business Seminar at the Durban North Conference centre on the topic ‘Potential Performance Perfection’ which was enthusiastically attended by about 120 participants with overwhelming response.
The day was filled with dynamic and empowering talks and QnA sessions by Pujya Swami Abhedanandaji followed by interactive workshops conducted by Brahmacharins.
Entertaining skits and interviews were planned to keep everyone interested and engaged through each activity and at the same time give them an opportunity to learn the essence of a successful and fulfilled life.
Swamiji enlightened the attendees on what is the secret to achieving higher goals while enhancing focus and improving performance. Each story and anecdote that Swamiji narrated gave a wonderful insight on how one can bring out his best at work while handling pressure situations. The group discussion sessions with Brahmacharins further gave essential pointers on how one can increase his efficiency, excellence and productivity in each of his endeavors in life.
Sharing below some take-aways from Swamiji’s talks:
– There should be nothing so serious in the external world that can take away our happiness.
– We are born to win and move forward.
– No person or object should be our weakness.
– We need to be open-minded and not judgmental. When we are judgmental, we single out others’ bad qualities.
– People around us are extensions of ourselves. When you exclude someone, they become a problem for us. One must learn to live life with imperfections.
– We should have a lot of compassion towards others. We are not known by how we treat someone who treats us well, but by how we treat that person who treats us badly.
– Always remember that we are born to Give, Love and Serve. Even if the other person gives us poison, we should always give back nectar.
– Spiritual life is not tested by the amount of japa or puja we do but by how much love we give to others.
– The essence of ‘loving’ is mentally forgiving all.
– Our potential is buried because of our wrong notions and low emotions. One should not keep his mind focused on small issues in life.
– We should be assured that God is there with us through all the bad and good phases, so why be sad at any time.
– Before learning anything else, we must first learn how to be successful as humans!
– Keep smiling! Become lovable!