Success And Management

"Mind is very restless, forceful and strong, it is more difficult to control the mind than to control the wind" from Bhagvat Gita.

In today's world every individual is talking about "success”. What the success is? For some of us it is getting job, earning lot of money, get fame in the respective field , but every one doesn't achieve there respective success in spite of their hard work. So what the missing link is? The Answer is "attitude towards the work" and "proper management" i.e. efficient and effective management of time, thought, ideas and all other resources a person can have.

Lets first talk about “Attitude toward the work".

Three stone-cutters were engaged in erecting a temple. An HRD Consultant asked them what they were doing. The response of the three workers to this innocent-looking question is.

* 'I am a poor man. I have to maintain my family. I am making a living here,' said the first stone-cutter with a dejected face.

* 'Well, I work because I want to show that I am the best stone-cutter in the country,' said the second one with a sense of pride.

* 'Oh, I want to build the most beautiful temple in the country,' said the third one with a visionary gleam.

Their jobs were identical but their perspectives were different. The lesson here is to develop the visionary perspective in the work we do. It tells us to develop a sense of larger vision in our work.

" `' Detachment' from the fruits or results of actions performed in the course of one's du ty" from Bhagwat Gita.

Managment task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their weaknesses irrelevant. It creates harmony while working together - equilibrium in thoughts and actions, goals and achievements, plans and performance, products and markets. It resolves situations of scarcity, in the physical, technical or human fields, through maximum utilization with the minimum available processes to achieve the goal. Lack of management causes disorder, confusion, wastage, delay, destruction and even depression. Managing men, money and materials in the best possible way, according to circumstances and environment, is the most important and essential factor for a successful management and hence for success.

There is an important distinction between effectiveness and efficiency in managing.

* Effectiveness is doing the right things.

* Efficiency is doing things right.

There is no predefined looms for achieving success but here I try to sum up as in the words of Bhagvat Gita:

* Forming a vision.

* Planning the strategy to realize the vision.

* Cultivating the art of leadership.

* Believe in yourself.

* Let the ideas to come in.

* Teamwork.

* Delegation, motivation, and communication.

* Reviewing performance and taking corrective steps when called for.

While working on above point, I think its necessary to start from grass root level because once the basic is improved it will automatically enhanced the thoughts, action and their results.

Thus, management is a process of aligning people and getting them committed to work for a common goal to the maximum social benefit - in search of excellence and success.