What is the Only Thing that you Need for Everything?

I picked up couple of skills in the last one year. I found that there's only one thing that supported me to learn with velocity, integrate with all that I already knew and implement it in my life for results that would not have been possible otherwise. This accelerated learning shifted me profoundly, personally and professionally. 

At 43; I learnt to do headstand, swing my golf club, cook edible food besides many work-related skills. Surprisingly; for me to extend my headstand longer without support, swing my best golf swing, cook food that actually ended in kids' stomachs, consume a book or content in half my normal time; all needed the same thing - stillness in the mind, stillness of emotions in the heart, stillness in the body and stillness of the spirit. When I have this, there is performance and effectiveness; and results are outstanding.

It is through this that I was able to reduce my working hours by half and yet double my revenue; inspire my 11 and 8 year old kids to study on their own to get straight A1 grades; have my aging parents feel alive and young again through the experience of my love and reverence, with the intensity they might have never experienced before.

I have seen way too many people in search of stillness and making it the purpose of life itself. This stillness is only a means to an end, which is your karma - the contribution you are here to make this lifetime. And, you live this karma through your work that you are paid for - as a professional or as an entrepreneur. 

Why not unpaid work? Because there needs to be an energy exchange for it to contribute to both the giver and the receiver. Being of Service (seva) is an important leadership skill that needs to be strengthened for sure; so caring for our family really supports us to grow as human beings and increases our leadership depth. The deepening of the leadership ability is again a means to an end, a means to live the purpose of one's life which is contribution through our karma.

Therefore, it is when you integrate gyan yoga (learning through mental processing), bhakti yoga (learning through emotional processing), raja yoga (learning through physical processing) and karma yoga (learning through action and contribution) in your life that you have it all - deeply fulfilling successful career, joyful relationships, happy responsible kids and lots of nourishing me-time. It is then, you truly experience fun, fulfilment and freedom.

Love,
​Jyoti.