Living Our Best, Peacefully Praveen Gupta
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The document discusses the personal and professional struggles of an individual named Praveen Gupta, who faces the dilemmas of work-life balance and the pursuit of meaningful accomplishments. It highlights a self-assessment checklist that emphasizes core values, personal growth, and understanding one's life priorities. Ultimately, it presents a philosophy of living with equanimity and appreciating the interconnectedness of life.
Living Our Best, Peacefully Praveen Gupta
- 1. Living our Best, Peacefully Sharing our Experiences Praveen Gupta
- 2. The Leadership Dilemma Effort: Work 24x7- cut cost, cut jobs, and overworked Family 24x7 - Infinitely long list of TTD Results: Insufficient personal accomplishments Fighting growing fires No sense of direction for future Impact: Stress of continual work Guilt of ignoring family Absence of fun with friends Health problems
- 3. A Personal Picture Ambitious…try to do a lot…to get ahead… Quit job…entrepreneur…fails…learns lessons…tries to answer questions about life…develops a recipe for life… Results: Professional Excellent Personal Moderate Financial Investment Outlook Peaceful Approached – Searched for answers
- 4. Divine Leadership Why Personal Focus (Leadership Hierarchy)
- 5. Leadership Life Cycle Student Stage Family Stage Leadership Stage Sources of Leadership Parents, Teachers Priests & Leaders Spiritual Teachers Corporate Leaders
- 6. Your Personal Picture Jot down your personal story :
- 7. Personal Assessment (Sample Results) 68 14. I honor, respect, worship people. People are expressions of God. 49 13. I have zero worries, because I trust myself and “God.” 66 12. I don’t really own anything. I do not fight for objects or money. 66 11. I try to meet as many people as I can. I see everyone as an aspect of intelligence. I listen to people and try to learn from them. 62 10. Life can be a moment long. I live each as my last. 76 9. I try to give happiness and seek peace. It makes me happy. 74 8. I produce more than I consume. I try to leave a lot for others. 68 7. I work continuously, like a flowing river, and I love it. 64 6. I’m grateful for each day as it is. I do not expect more or get frustrated. 75 5. I wish well for everyone, myself included. 69 4. I maximize the use of my innate skills. 66 3. I contribute ‘BIG’ in my life 69 2. I work to stay healthy. I love myself. 56 1. I live with equanimity; I do not get angry or become sad. Fundamental Principle Fourteen Fundamentals of Life (A Self-Assessment Checklist)
- 8. Why Assessment Self improvement Bring out ones best Appreciate others Appreciate life Live longer better
- 9. Why Assessment Self improvement Bring out ones best Appreciate others Appreciate life Live longer better
- 10. Complete the Assessment Please take a few minutes to complete the assessment, and learn more about yourself? There is no right or wrong, good or bad qualitative or quantitative response. Identify one point for improvement in 2010.
- 11. TEN Priorities (Based on the TEN Summary) 14. I honor, respect, worship people. People are expressions of God. 13. I have zero worries, because I trust myself and “God.” 12. I don’t really own anything. I do not fight for objects or money. 11. I try to meet as many people as I can. I see everyone as an aspect of intelligence. I listen to people and try to learn from them. 10. Life can be a moment long. I live each as my last. 9. I try to give happiness and seek peace. It makes me happy. 8. I produce more than I consume. I try to leave a lot for others. 7. I work continuously, like a flowing river, and I love it. 6. I’m grateful for each day as it is. I do not expect more or get frustrated. 5. I wish well for everyone, myself included. 4. I maximize the use of my innate skills. 3. I contribute ‘BIG’ in my life 2. I work to stay healthy. I love myself. 1. I live with equanimity; I do not get angry or become sad. TEN Ranking Fundamental Principle Fourteen Fundamentals of Life
- 12. Discussion Topics Today Personal challenge Purpose of life Innate Skills Defining ‘BIG’ Happiness vs. Peace
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- 14. Happy Holidays!