You are what your deepest desire is…

Alice and the Cheshire Cat

Deep-Shikha people/Managers

You are what your deepest desire is…

The deepest longings of the human individual are supposed to determine his future. Sa yathakamo bhavati, tat kratur bhavati, yat kratur bhavati, tat karma kurute, yat karma kurute, tat abhisampadyate. You are what your deepest desire is. As you desire, so is your intention. As your intention, so is your will. As is your will, so is your deed. As is your deed, so is your destiny – Brhadaranyaka Upanishad

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Alice and the Cheshire Cat

Just then Alice met the Cheshire Cat. She found him perched in a tree at a crossroads-(right about where we are standing today - Pravin). It saw Alice and grinned. ''Cheshire-Cat, please could you tell me which way I should go?'' she asked the cat. ''Where do you want to get to?'' the cat asked helpfully. ''I don't know,'' admitted Alice. ''Then it doesn't matter which way you go'', said the Cat. ''So long as I get SOMEWHERE'', Alice added as an explanation. ''Oh, you're sure to do that'', said the Cat, ''if you only walk long enough.'' The Cheshire Cat's message is one you should remember. If you don't know where you're going, it doesn't make any difference how you get there. If you don't have a plan, it doesn't matter what you do. If you don't have an objective, who cares if you ever reach it? First,Where are you now? Second, where do you want to go? Finally, how are you going to get there? As the Cat told Alice, you will get somewhere if only you walk long enough. Excerpt from Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland

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Deep-Shikha people/Managers

In life/management, one comes across a special class of managers that may be called ''Deep-Shikha'' people/managers. The word ''Deep-Shikha'' comes from a simile of Kalidas. Kalidas was famous for his similes - giving the phrase ''Upamaa Kalidasasya''. One particular simile has given him the nickname ''Deepshikha Kalidas''. He used this simile in Raghuvansha describing Indumati's swayamvar. Indumati, the princess was choosing her bridegroom. A number of kings were sitting and she was going around with the varmaala (marriage garland). Kalidas says ''She was moving like a flame in a dark night. Wherever the flame approaches, the area brightens When the flame recedes, the area darkens. Similarly, when Indumati approached a king, he brightened; when she receded, he darkened!'' He says: ''Sancharini deep-shikha ratrau Yam Yam vyatiyay patimvara sa Narendramargatta eva prapede Vivarnabhavam sa sa bhoomipalah''. Some people/managers are like that. Wherever they go, the situation brightens- they do a great job. Are YOU a Deep-Shikha person? -    Extracted from script by Sharu Rangnekar, Management Consultant

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