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  1. We have heard that you have a 20 hour day, where do you get the drive and the inspiration from?

    When you want to do some work, energy is there. There is an old saying, ‘Where there is a will there is a way’. One thing I always believed in was that, never do anything that is not in your nature, that doesn't feel natural to you. When ...
  2. Why doesn’t success bring satisfaction? Does success have to be measured materially?

    It depends on your definition of success. To me, success is the smile that doesn’t die out. It is the confidence that doesn’t wither away. It is the confidence that one can maintain in any situation in life, even when situations are tough; this indica ...
  3. Gurudev, what use is my humility if I am not successful? Humility without success doesn’t really mean anything. What do you think?

    Arrogance is not going to bring you success, either. Humility does not mean being wiggly, wiggly. Humility does not need to be that way. Humility is friendliness, simplicity, and being natural. If it is that much, it is always good. You cannot be succe ...
  4. Gurudev, success to this world means money, power and fame. How does one know if we are successful? Is there any measure?

    To me, the sign of success is a smile. The number of smiles that one has in their day-to-day life indicates how successful one is. You may have a big bank balance, a lot of money. But, if you can’t smile, if you are tensed, upset and angry, would you c ...
  5. Gurudev, how can being effortless make me successful in life? Please elaborate.

    Like when you want an arrow to go forward, you pull it backward, right? Similarly, effortlessness gives you deep rest, and that helps you to tap into the source of intuition, creativity, and energy. Then you come out and act from that. You cannot say, ...
  6. I have given my M.Tech exams. It is super competitive. What if I don't get into a college that I like? My life will be ruined. Can I still be a success in life if I don't get into a good college?

    Absolutely! I tell you, don't put all your success into one small incident, or one small happening in life. You can be really successful even if failure comes in one aspect of your life. ...
  7. Even after putting efforts I do not get success?

    You cannot get success with effort alone. Along with effort you need faith and devotion. If you have faith and devotion and both go together then you will get success. Also, it is not that if you only have devotion, you will get success, no! You need ...
  8. Gurudev, how can I become successful and happy?

    To become successful you need three things. 1. Skill 2. Energy, and 3. Dynamism If you have skill, you have energy and you don’t do anything, then you can’t be successful. And you simply doing things without having skill, then also it does ...
  9. When you fail in all your ventures and still try to show the world that you are happy with your artificial smile, what to do?

    Never think that you fail in everything. You failed basically because your thought process failed. Thought process fails because of over ambition. When you are too feverish or too ambitious, then right thoughts don’t cross your mind. Negativity also does n ...
  10. If we desire to achieve something in our career or life, what should we do?

    Put your effort and ask for blessing. With blessings, you can get many things. Both are necessary, blessings and effort. Blessings come to those who make some effort as well. This is like the sun coming and your window being open. If you want the sun ...