Leadership and Self

I was in Dubai recently for a vacation. In all the taxis that we travelled in, the restaurants we ate in, the theme parks we went to; people who worked there spoke about living away from family, working long hours, money - yes, life - no.

No nation can truly progress when its people (even if they are migrant) live without the joy of being with their family, their children. What would it take for UAE to make it economically viable for the organizations and these workers to bring their families along with them?

Happy people living in the experience of their loved ones give greater performance, productivity and profitability. I came back from Dubai and asked myself how I may be contributing to people living without the joy of being with their families.

I realized my housekeeper who works 13 hours a day at our home had only 1 day off in a month, leaving her very little time to be with her little ones. I wasn't even present to it before I went off to Dubai.

See, I am at the source of what's happening out in the world; just as each one of us is. So, I gave her every Sunday off and increased her salary. I am in deep gratitude for having figured out how I was contributing to the pain in Dubai and be given the abundance to do something about it.

​Love, Jyoti.