Choose & Act on the Most Appropriate Thoughts
Achieving effectiveness is
governed by very simple thought processes. It is like choosing and acting on
the most appropriate thoughts. At
times you need to consciously generate these thoughts till they become
a very natural habit to you. For instance if you wish to be a good public speaker , you must learn the principles governing the discipline of public speaking, once you know these principles , you must practice them regularly, so that these principles are relegated to your memory. Now as and when an opportunity of public speaking presents itself, you must hold it and show case your talent.
a very natural habit to you. For instance if you wish to be a good public speaker , you must learn the principles governing the discipline of public speaking, once you know these principles , you must practice them regularly, so that these principles are relegated to your memory. Now as and when an opportunity of public speaking presents itself, you must hold it and show case your talent.
The Power of Directing Thought towards Goals
The fact could be that you are
scared of public speaking, but the moment you take off your mind from the thought
of fearing this activity and place it on the track of learning about public
speaking and practicing it. You open a world of opportunities in public
speaking, this is the power of directing your thought towards anything you want to achieve.
Effectiveness is a Function of Thought at Will & Discipline
The same phenomenon is true for
achieving effectiveness by focusing your thought on time management, physical
fitness level, body language, communication skills, emotional intelligence,
etc. therefore achieving effectiveness in any area of your life is a function
of you being able to focus your mind at will on the chosen activity and the
discipline to carry out the activity in line with the prescribed knowledge
tenets.
Balancing Act between the Heart & the Mind
When it comes to the ability to
generate thoughts at will, we are essentially dealing with the faculty of emotional intelligence. This aspect of
your personality performs a balancing act between the heart & the mind, or
the feelings & the logic. So having the control regarding your decision, to
give precedence to feelings over logic or the other way round , would determine your success and failure achieved in life.
Emotional Intelligence - The Recipe for Success
Thus knowing that although you
may be very thirsty but with the limited amount of water available to be shared
with a large number of people, may make you control your desire to completely quench your thirst by taking only
limited quantity of water to ensure that others present there must also get
their limited share. This control over the physiological demand of the body for
immediate gratification by deferring the satisfaction to a later time because
of some overriding consideration for others and the etiquette you need to follow in a particular situation can be
categorized as a behavior emanating from emotional intelligence. Thus setting your thoughts on the right track and backing them up with the right action is the recipe
for success.
Channelize Your Energy for Achieving Better & Bigger Results
Sometimes we indulge into thought
processes & related action, impacting us in the short, medium or long run,
but so far as these are guided by our internal voice, they would always bring
us direct fruits of our actions. This is similar to keeping on the right track,
always, irrespective of what is happening around us or what is being done to us
by others. Such mastery would evolve
your inner strength and you would be
able to channelize your energy for
achieving better and bigger results in your chosen vocation.
The Rare Combination of Success, Happiness & Fulfillment
Thus, achieving effectiveness in
a nut shell is a result of achieving the capability of controlling thought at
will, knowing the right sources of knowledge, learning from them, practicing
the art of self discipline, These work well to get you the rare combination of success, happiness & fulfillment,
when you live the universal eternal truths and the divine virtues
along with developing your internal voice as well as the, art of balancing logic and feelings called, emotional intelligence.
