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- Learning Eternal Management Principles From God - By Awdhesh Singh
Learning Eternal Management Principles From God - By Awdhesh Singh
- By Wan Ibrahim
- Published 05/6/2008
- Spiritual Development
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Wan Ibrahim
Wan Ibrahim is the owner of MySpiritualSelfHelp.com, a website that was created to share the wisdom for spiritual living. He also shares his insights, tips and stories about happiness, relationship and success from a different point of view at his Blog - Detached, and in the context of spirituality at Personal Blog Section.
As we grow in our life, we are entrusted with the responsibility of management of more and more people. As a child, we are free to be ourselves and enjoy the life the way we wish. However, as we grow, we have to manage people. When you get married, you are entrusted with the management of your family. In your job, you have to manage large number of people who are working with you in the organization.
We know how difficult it is to manage people. Every one seems to be different from each other having their own personality, values, aspirations and goals. To organize multitude of people to achieve a goal for yourself and the organization is not an easy task. Even in your family, you find it difficult to manage your spouse and children. As a result divorcees are increasing and families are breaking apart. Your children also do not listen once they grow up or start earning their own bread. In the organization, we find that the carrot and stick policy does not work as most often, you do not wield stick nor you have the power to give carrot. Yet your boss and the organization expect to produce the result.
When we are so baffled by managing only few people, think of God, who have to manage billions of human beings and trillions of other living creatures. He can not exercise much power on them since they are all your children and he love them very much. Just imagine how God manages trillions of lives on earth so smoothly and efficiently?
God seems to be doing His job quite well. After all even in the era of science, more than 95% of the people seem to have faith in God and most of them actually follow the rules laid down by Him. People do not seem to be unhappy living in this world. Most of them love to live and given a choice, would never like to quit this world. Despite of their miseries and pains, they pray God and seek His blessing.
Very few of us can command such respect and success in managing people. Most of us would not get even half the vote from our subordinates. Most of us always fear being discarded or ignored by our family once their dependence on us reduces.
Are there really some fundamental principles in God's management which can be helpful in managing people in our organization and family? We shall discuss some of these in them in this article. If these believe appeals you, experiment them in your personal and professional life and see the result. Since these principles are in harmony with the principles of God, expect wonderful results, lasting happiness and peace besides success in your personal and professional life.
1. The Virtue of Freedom
The first and foremost feature of God's management is freedom. He has given free will to everyone. He does not interfere in our decision making. Every one is free to decide his action, even if it is against the will of the God. The purpose behind the freedom is that people must be able to take decision. They must learn from experience what is good and what is bad.
The same principle needs to be applied in our family. If you want your children to grow, you have to grant them freedom of thoughts, expressions and action. Limit your role only to a guide or a teacher. They may take bad decisions, but that they will learn great lessons from it which would useful for their life. In the organization too, good bosses give full freedom to their subordinates. They make every person responsible for their actions.
It is only by freedom that people grow and realize their full potential in life. It is a historical fact that most of the inventions and wealth creations have happened by he people who had freedom and often born in the free countries. There is an old saying in India, "A man without freedom does not enjoy happiness even in his dream". Surely, you can not run an organization full of unhappy people.
2. Laws of Karma
The second most important management principle of God is the law of Karma. Every one has to reap what he sows. Everyone has to bear the consequence of his or her action. Lord Krishna clearly stated in Gita ( Gita: V 14, 15),
"The Lord creates neither agency nor action for the world; neither does he connect action with its fruit. It is the laws of nature that is at work. The Lord does not take upon Himself anyone's vice or virtue. It is ignorance that veils knowledge and deludes all creatures."\
However, we normally ignore the principle of karma while managing people. We reward people, who are nice to us and praise us while punish or ignore the people who do not obey us. God judge the people based on their karma. He does not punish or kill the people who are even atheists, who ignore or even ridicule Him, if the person does the right karma. He may help his devotees by guiding them properly, yet He favours none and disfavours none as Lord Krishna clearly says in Gita (Gita: IX 29)
"I am the same for all beings; with Me there is none disfavoured, none favoured; but those who worship Me with devotion are in Me and I in them."
Thus a good manger must create a trust in his people that everyone shall be judged only by their action and not on the basis of any other criterion. No sycophancy is to be tolerated by a good manager as laid down in the principles of God.
3. Equality and Justice
Equality and Justice are the most important principle in the management of God. While man has created hierarchy in every organization, where every one is either above someone or below someone, every one is equal in the eyes of God. For him no work is less important than others. He has given equal life to every one. A billionaire does not live any longer than a common man, nor
does a saint live any longer than a criminal. He balances material possession with spiritual life. Any person who acquires huge wealth in this world does not find peace and happiness which is abundant in the life for even the most ordinary man.
Most of us, as managers are concerned only with the people who are higher in the hierarchy and ignore people who are lower in the hierarchy. We leave the job of managing the low rank people to the subordinate while focus only on the senior people. This runs contrary to the principle of God. It is a fact that the managers who give importance to lower rank people in the organization runs their organization best.
Jesus Christ said to his disciple (Mathew 5:3), "Blessed are poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." He clearly stated, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God! In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God" (Luke 18:18-27)
Even in our family, we ignore the weakest member, i.e. child. When Jesus was asked, "Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said, "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles like a child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." (Mathew 21: 1-4)
The principle of equality and justice is the epitome of the management of God. Gandhi used this principle in his life and decided to live the life of poor. He became the most influential leader of the twentieth century.
4. Delegation
God believes in absolute delegation of power and authority. He leaves no footprints and never seen by the people. He delegates all his power to the Prophets and Teachers who are spiritually evolved. Every such person is given immense power to the rule the heart of the people. He is found in the heart of every poet, artist, and scientist or in the most ordinary man, who has purified his heart from the material indulgence. He communicates with them and rules the world through them not by power but by inspiration. The more a person become spiritually evolved the higher responsibility he gives to them for the world. God gives higher status to his followers than even Himself. This is expressed in the following verse of a Sufi Poet Kabir
Teacher and God stand before me,
Whose feet should I touch,
I am more thankful to Teacher,
Who have introduced me to God.
The organization, which is run by the authority of one, hardly achieves lasting success. The most fundament principle of delegation is that the manager must not do anything, which any other person in the organization is able to perform. He must undertake the responsibility to create every person as capable as himself or even more capable than him so that he can focus on the larger objectives of the organization.
A good manager must always encourage the people to become better than him. Once Mr Narayana Murthy, the Chairman of Infosys, the biggest and one of the most respected IT company in India, was asked what was his success formula. He replied,
"I have realized that if you want to look smarter, you must surround yourself with people smarter than you. Everybody needs incentives to perform. Every employee must feel an inch taller when talking about the company."
5. Compassion
Every person as the manager is extremely powerful. The father or mother is the most powerful person in the family. A top manager is most powerful person in an organization. There is always a temptation to use power to produce quick results. Yet the fact is that power only creates hatred and never succeeds in the long run.
One has to learn compassion from God. His mercy and love is infinite. Despite of being omnipotent, He never exercises power on the people and always give them opportunity to realize their mistake and reform. The first verse of Koran says,
"In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful."
Lord Krishna explains his compassion for the mankind in following words (Gita IX: 30, 31)
A sinner, however great, if he turns to Me with undivided devotion, must be counted a saint; for he has a settled resolve. For soon he become righteous and wins everlasting peace. Know for a certainty that My devotee never perishes.
The Bible instructs us to forgive as the Lord forgave us (Colossians 3:13),
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Compassion is the mot important principle of God to manage people. The organization which runs mechanically without love and compassion to their employees does not survive long. Only the one who shows compassion for the family and friends lives and enjoyable life.
Learning the Basics From God
There is no doubt that one can learn a lot from the way God manages this world. He may not be visible yet He is manifested in the heart of every human beings and speaks from the mouth of selfless and spiritual human beings. Many of us may already be applying these management principles in our family and organization as this knowledge is accessible intuitively to every person on this world who has time to listen to his or her heart. If not, you can use some of these management principles and reap the fruits in your life.
Mr. Awdhesh K Singh is an Engineer by education and philosopher by passion. He has published several papers in International Journals and Conferences on the subject of E-governance, Artificial Intelligence, Fuzzy Logic and Expert Systems .
He is the founding member of The Aatmic Science Foundation, (The Science of Soul Foundation). His interest is in creating synthesis between all religions and sciences for the benefit of the mankind.
He can be contacted at his email address [mailto:aksinghirs@yahoo.com] [mailto:aksinghirs@yahoo.com]aksinghirs@yahoo.com
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
We know how difficult it is to manage people. Every one seems to be different from each other having their own personality, values, aspirations and goals. To organize multitude of people to achieve a goal for yourself and the organization is not an easy task. Even in your family, you find it difficult to manage your spouse and children. As a result divorcees are increasing and families are breaking apart. Your children also do not listen once they grow up or start earning their own bread. In the organization, we find that the carrot and stick policy does not work as most often, you do not wield stick nor you have the power to give carrot. Yet your boss and the organization expect to produce the result.
When we are so baffled by managing only few people, think of God, who have to manage billions of human beings and trillions of other living creatures. He can not exercise much power on them since they are all your children and he love them very much. Just imagine how God manages trillions of lives on earth so smoothly and efficiently?
God seems to be doing His job quite well. After all even in the era of science, more than 95% of the people seem to have faith in God and most of them actually follow the rules laid down by Him. People do not seem to be unhappy living in this world. Most of them love to live and given a choice, would never like to quit this world. Despite of their miseries and pains, they pray God and seek His blessing.
Very few of us can command such respect and success in managing people. Most of us would not get even half the vote from our subordinates. Most of us always fear being discarded or ignored by our family once their dependence on us reduces.
Are there really some fundamental principles in God's management which can be helpful in managing people in our organization and family? We shall discuss some of these in them in this article. If these believe appeals you, experiment them in your personal and professional life and see the result. Since these principles are in harmony with the principles of God, expect wonderful results, lasting happiness and peace besides success in your personal and professional life.
1. The Virtue of Freedom
The first and foremost feature of God's management is freedom. He has given free will to everyone. He does not interfere in our decision making. Every one is free to decide his action, even if it is against the will of the God. The purpose behind the freedom is that people must be able to take decision. They must learn from experience what is good and what is bad.
The same principle needs to be applied in our family. If you want your children to grow, you have to grant them freedom of thoughts, expressions and action. Limit your role only to a guide or a teacher. They may take bad decisions, but that they will learn great lessons from it which would useful for their life. In the organization too, good bosses give full freedom to their subordinates. They make every person responsible for their actions.
It is only by freedom that people grow and realize their full potential in life. It is a historical fact that most of the inventions and wealth creations have happened by he people who had freedom and often born in the free countries. There is an old saying in India, "A man without freedom does not enjoy happiness even in his dream". Surely, you can not run an organization full of unhappy people.
2. Laws of Karma
The second most important management principle of God is the law of Karma. Every one has to reap what he sows. Everyone has to bear the consequence of his or her action. Lord Krishna clearly stated in Gita ( Gita: V 14, 15),
"The Lord creates neither agency nor action for the world; neither does he connect action with its fruit. It is the laws of nature that is at work. The Lord does not take upon Himself anyone's vice or virtue. It is ignorance that veils knowledge and deludes all creatures."\
However, we normally ignore the principle of karma while managing people. We reward people, who are nice to us and praise us while punish or ignore the people who do not obey us. God judge the people based on their karma. He does not punish or kill the people who are even atheists, who ignore or even ridicule Him, if the person does the right karma. He may help his devotees by guiding them properly, yet He favours none and disfavours none as Lord Krishna clearly says in Gita (Gita: IX 29)
"I am the same for all beings; with Me there is none disfavoured, none favoured; but those who worship Me with devotion are in Me and I in them."
Thus a good manger must create a trust in his people that everyone shall be judged only by their action and not on the basis of any other criterion. No sycophancy is to be tolerated by a good manager as laid down in the principles of God.
3. Equality and Justice
Equality and Justice are the most important principle in the management of God. While man has created hierarchy in every organization, where every one is either above someone or below someone, every one is equal in the eyes of God. For him no work is less important than others. He has given equal life to every one. A billionaire does not live any longer than a common man, nor
Most of us, as managers are concerned only with the people who are higher in the hierarchy and ignore people who are lower in the hierarchy. We leave the job of managing the low rank people to the subordinate while focus only on the senior people. This runs contrary to the principle of God. It is a fact that the managers who give importance to lower rank people in the organization runs their organization best.
Jesus Christ said to his disciple (Mathew 5:3), "Blessed are poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." He clearly stated, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God! In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God" (Luke 18:18-27)
Even in our family, we ignore the weakest member, i.e. child. When Jesus was asked, "Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said, "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles like a child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." (Mathew 21: 1-4)
The principle of equality and justice is the epitome of the management of God. Gandhi used this principle in his life and decided to live the life of poor. He became the most influential leader of the twentieth century.
4. Delegation
God believes in absolute delegation of power and authority. He leaves no footprints and never seen by the people. He delegates all his power to the Prophets and Teachers who are spiritually evolved. Every such person is given immense power to the rule the heart of the people. He is found in the heart of every poet, artist, and scientist or in the most ordinary man, who has purified his heart from the material indulgence. He communicates with them and rules the world through them not by power but by inspiration. The more a person become spiritually evolved the higher responsibility he gives to them for the world. God gives higher status to his followers than even Himself. This is expressed in the following verse of a Sufi Poet Kabir
Teacher and God stand before me,
Whose feet should I touch,
I am more thankful to Teacher,
Who have introduced me to God.
The organization, which is run by the authority of one, hardly achieves lasting success. The most fundament principle of delegation is that the manager must not do anything, which any other person in the organization is able to perform. He must undertake the responsibility to create every person as capable as himself or even more capable than him so that he can focus on the larger objectives of the organization.
A good manager must always encourage the people to become better than him. Once Mr Narayana Murthy, the Chairman of Infosys, the biggest and one of the most respected IT company in India, was asked what was his success formula. He replied,
"I have realized that if you want to look smarter, you must surround yourself with people smarter than you. Everybody needs incentives to perform. Every employee must feel an inch taller when talking about the company."
5. Compassion
Every person as the manager is extremely powerful. The father or mother is the most powerful person in the family. A top manager is most powerful person in an organization. There is always a temptation to use power to produce quick results. Yet the fact is that power only creates hatred and never succeeds in the long run.
One has to learn compassion from God. His mercy and love is infinite. Despite of being omnipotent, He never exercises power on the people and always give them opportunity to realize their mistake and reform. The first verse of Koran says,
"In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful."
Lord Krishna explains his compassion for the mankind in following words (Gita IX: 30, 31)
A sinner, however great, if he turns to Me with undivided devotion, must be counted a saint; for he has a settled resolve. For soon he become righteous and wins everlasting peace. Know for a certainty that My devotee never perishes.
The Bible instructs us to forgive as the Lord forgave us (Colossians 3:13),
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Compassion is the mot important principle of God to manage people. The organization which runs mechanically without love and compassion to their employees does not survive long. Only the one who shows compassion for the family and friends lives and enjoyable life.
Learning the Basics From God
There is no doubt that one can learn a lot from the way God manages this world. He may not be visible yet He is manifested in the heart of every human beings and speaks from the mouth of selfless and spiritual human beings. Many of us may already be applying these management principles in our family and organization as this knowledge is accessible intuitively to every person on this world who has time to listen to his or her heart. If not, you can use some of these management principles and reap the fruits in your life.
Mr. Awdhesh K Singh is an Engineer by education and philosopher by passion. He has published several papers in International Journals and Conferences on the subject of E-governance, Artificial Intelligence, Fuzzy Logic and Expert Systems .
He is the founding member of The Aatmic Science Foundation, (The Science of Soul Foundation). His interest is in creating synthesis between all religions and sciences for the benefit of the mankind.
He can be contacted at his email address [mailto:aksinghirs@yahoo.com] [mailto:aksinghirs@yahoo.com]aksinghirs@yahoo.com
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
Wan Ibrahim
Wan Ibrahim is the owner of MySpiritualSelfHelp.com, a website that was created to share the wisdom for spiritual living. He also shares his insights, tips and stories about happiness, relationship and success from a different point of view at his Blog - Detached, and in the context of spirituality at Personal Blog Section.
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