How to Stay in Equilibrium Amidst Chaos

As we all know in business there's all types of bullshit that can occur during a day We can have many frustrations arise frustrations with staff with money with dealings with suppliers with teammates you name it It's endless And we're constantly having to juggle and be on top of our attitudes so that we're able to stay functional make clear decisions make the right decisions and continue the success of our companies So how do we master this thing called attitude so that we can go valiantly and strongly and consciously forward through the chaos of daily life It's a very big challenge to undertake Well one of the secrets I've learned is a very interesting counterintuitive secret and it's a secret that comes from the Zen samurai tradition Before they went into battle the samurai would make a pact with themselves They would do a ritual a ritual of claiming and owning their death in this very moment I am dead now They would go into the coldness of death internally and ask themselves What does it feel like to be totally dead Now what's interesting is we all can feel for that Go ahead I'm going to invite you to while you're still staying present here to feel the part of you that can go totally dead If you're able to be with that energy you ll find it's a place where there's no emotion It transcends it s neutral of emotion The samurai would go into this battlefield with sharp swords and this sense of I am already dead They recognized that by being in this emotionally neutral zone they would not be evoked by anger they would not be evoked by victory they would not be evoked by any distraction or emotions from outside of themselves and most importantly they wouldn t be taken off the rails by the emotions within themselves Cultivate this dispassionate approach to being on the battlefield of your own life When you're in a neutral emotional place the results are much swifter movements much cleaner actions greater conservation of energy faster timing and speed and more accuracy You're operating in another zone you're operating in a very high flow state when you reduce the charge of your emotions and bring yourself ultimately to equilibrium So how do we do this Well a very powerful way that I like to practice is before I go into work and in my business life on any typical day I take a look my to-do list and identify the three main actions I need to fulfill that day These are the three main core actions that'll bring everything forward the best the strongest the most direct path like a samurai that s the Warrior essence to cultivate The idea is to harness the energy of neutrality to complete these three core actions with impeccability Remove your emotions as if you're renting out yourself as the CEO to run this particular day of the organization In this case I rent out Satyen Raja to lead my organization He fulfills it Me my spirit my essence my being I m standing here on the sidelines dispassionate so that when I go in as Satyen Raja CEO of the day with this dispassionate attitude I'm able to fulfill my tasks with clarity I can remain jovial I can appear to others as if I am happy and go-lucky and joyful and smooth but internally I ve reduced the importance of most anything I'm coming from a neutral place but I'm also marrying that neutrality with exactitude follow-through and impeccability in the minutiae of the details No one should later say their dispassion meant that their quality of work was marginal or compromised in any way In fact the dispassion should bring even more clarity more precision more quality of work more focused impact So rather than taking 3-4 hours to do a task it's done in one hour an hour and a half but it's done impeccably right the very first time This is the cultivation of the Warrior and the Sage the wisdom of understanding that neutrality does not mean discarding one s emotions rather detaching from them When we bring that awareness into our business life into our attitude we don't need to always work on fostering a positive attitude or bolstering feelings of happiness and confidence We can dispense with those shallow games of motivation which come and go and we can operate from a deeper operating source code And that code is based on dispassionate equilibrium impeccability presence and relaxed intention That's the way of the samurai the Zen way Give this a try and watch the kind of results you're going to get far more accomplished with way less effort You're going to make far more of an impact and your presence is going to shine and speak for you This is the secret to equilibrium amidst chaos See us on LinkedIn for more a https 3A 2F 2Fwww linkedin com 2Fin 2Fsatyenraj a

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