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When something happens to you, suffering doesn't begin. Suffering begins at the instant you label a bad thing - as something that is wrong.

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The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.

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Personal ambition is 'I want to be CEO.' Greater vision ambition is, 'I want to lead this company so that people want to work here.'

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I'm challenging the assumption that you need to be a dog-eat-dog person to survive in a corporate environment.

From Srikumar Rao

I wouldn't change my life for anything. I am exactly where I want to be and have no plans to ever retire.

From Srikumar Rao

There are terrible jerks, and there are an unusually large concentration of them in the workplace. And that means that you do have to make some changes in your behavior, but there is absolutely no need for you to give them power over your happiness.

From Srikumar Rao

I have exercises that lead participants to discover for themselves that their deepest fulfillment comes when what they're doing is of benefit to larger society in some way. This really knocks some for a loop - especially those schooled in the 'take no prisoners' approach.

From Srikumar Rao

Executives don't burn out and leave when they feel deep satisfaction. They don't create the human detritus that disgruntled managers do.

From Srikumar Rao

When you try to bring about behavioral change by an effort of will, you actually do violence to yourself, and the chances are very good that you will not succeed. This is so universally true that you can actually make money from it.

From Srikumar Rao

My methods produce lasting behavioral change without unpleasant consequences, because the change does not come from an effort of will. It comes from examining your deep-rooted beliefs of who you are and how the world functions. As you examine these beliefs and make changes in them, you literally become a different person.

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