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Gurudev, I used to work in the financial markets for around eight years before coming here. One of my primary roles was dealing with risks. I have seen you taking a lot of risks. How do you manage risks?

Well, you don’t manage them, you just jump into it and move on. Knowing very well only the best can come out of it for you. ...

Gurudev, you are the only saint in the world to reveal all forms of yoga. Now you have launched The Art of Living Academy of Performing Arts (ALAP). What is the importance of Arts to the world and to an individual?

Here in The Art of Living, we always look at everything from an holistic view. Music is definitely part of life. In all the cultures of the world, music is part of life. Babies first sing and then only they speak. Music comes first, language comes later ...

Gurudev, how does the individual work when their individuality has already dissolved?

These are two dimensions. We live an individual life and at the same time we also lead a bigger life. When you sleep what is happening? Your individuality has dissolved into cosmic nothingness. When you wake up, you have your roles to play.Similar ...

Being Effective Leaders

(Below is a continuation of the post Tips For Effective Leadership) I run a number of businesses. Mainly they are welfare, schools and consulting businesses. Unfortunately, running all these businesses I have seen that people deceive, especially when it ...

I have a number of businesses and I am also a chairman of four school. I have seen that many students and teachers undergo a lot of stress. How can we help them come out of this stress?

We have special programs for schools, and it has worked magic. I want to quote one incident in Chicago, USA. One district school had 260 incidents of violence in a year, after the program, it came down to 62. And in the second year, it came down further ...

I run a small software company in Japan and also in India. My problem is that I have about 15 people in Japan and about 30 people in India, and the communication between the Japanese and Indians is a big problem. I'm trying to fill the gap by teaching Japanese to the Indian guys, but it is not happening at this stage. How can we help the Japanese people learn more English from childhood so that they can have better international education.

You know, language is not an issue at all, at least not in this age. People all over the world don't really speak one language. You may say that English is the international language, but when you go to South America, they don't speak English! A ...

I want more people to join my organization, but even after putting an advertisements for recruitment, people are not coming. What should I do? It is welfare related activity.

Maybe you should travel to areas where people don't look at advertisements and talk to them. You know, one part of recruiting is by putting ads, another part is by traveling a little bit. One to one connection, that might inspire people to join. ...

My name is Sofia and I am from Russia. What types or kinds of punishment should we apply in a company?

It depends on what kind of atmosphere prevails in the company. If the atmosphere is very friendly, congenial, and more of a celebratory or joyful, then a little indifference towards a person itself is good enough. Otherwise, whatever strict measures nee ...

I run a number of businesses. Mainly they are welfare, schools and consulting businesses. Unfortunately, running all these businesses I have seen that people deceive, especially when it comes to money. First I thought, I should not feel bad, it happens, I should just let it go and try to make myself more positive. But then money also impacts the family and other businesses. I don't know whether I should still continue with this and face it as it comes, or I should just leave everything.

First of all, we should see to whom we are being compassionate. You cannot be compassionate to undeserving people. That is like taking advantage of your compassion. You need to see whether the people towards whom you are being compassionate really deser ...

Gurudev, it's hard to say 'I belong to you' to a near and dear one. But it feels easy to say it to a stranger, why?

Your near and dear ones are yours anyways. Why would you tell them, 'I belong to you’? They'll think you've gone mad. You can't wake up in the morning and tell your mother, 'Mummy, I belong to you'.Your mother will th ...