The Real Secret of Happiness for one and all
1) We start life thinking that Success = Money
2) We study hard, work hard to be the Best
3) We sell our skills and want to project ourselves as the best
4) We make a lot of Money
5) We even spend a lot of Money but still there is the feeling of an emptiness
6) We miss our friend called ‘Time’
7) We wish to enjoy our Wealth, Our Relationships, Our Success
8) But we have no time
9) The One Upmanship game no longer excites us
10) We realize we can’t be the best
11) We realize that we can only be better
12) So to make time we need to create a Corporate Structure, Brand, Patents, Processes, Culture and a Competent Team and Good Associates / Partners
13) We need to reward the team ; some with salary & incentives ; some with profit sharing & some with stake sharing
14) Then slowly and steadily we step out and allow other leaders to take over
15) This means we also need to hire and cultivate leaders
16) The Brand does well; the Company does well and the Team does well
17) Profits go up, Cash Flow gets steady and eventually Valuation also shoots up
18) Still there is a Feeling of Emptiness
19) Somewhere we start feeling that to feel more fulfilled if we need to make a positive difference in the lives of people ; solve a problem ; become hugely influential
20) Running a money making company need not provide all this despite the money, wealth & time (M×W^2×T^3 = Happiness Quotient)
20) Thus the first rung of Happiness is Personal Mastery, the Second rung of Happiness is in creating an Automatic Business System that works without our active participation as we gradually take a back seat and start becoming invisible
21) We realize our visibility is the precise reason and the villain for which the valuation of our Enterprise is not getting unlocked
21) That’s when we need to climb the third and final rung of Happiness which is making a positive difference in the lives of people ; when we can help the Lower Middle Class rise up the Social Ladder to Upper Middle Class
22) This takes place when we can provide education to all, health care to all, cleanliness to all
23) When we can transform the confidence level of people
24) When we can enhance the GDP of a Nation and become Nation Builders
25) Think of Narayan Murthy, Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani and many many more such people
26) Think of how the ‘sachet’ invention made is possible for the poor to use too brands and gain confidence
27) They needed it more than anybody else and they drove the company sales through the roof & today Unilever earns more from this segment
28) Think of Jio which made mobile phones and Wifi affordable
29) Due to making WiFi and Mobile ubiquitous for one and many many people benefited; they could increase their productivity and Wealth
30) Think of Ola, Uber, Oyo, Swiggy, Zomato, GPay, Google, Maps and so on
31) How have they transformed lives of people !!!
32) YouTube and other technologies have provided the foundation for many a Unicorns
33) Growth breeds growth, success breeds success, positivity breeds positivity, hope breeds hope, goodness breeds goodness and so on and so forth
34) Thus the Final Self Actualisation stage for everybody is to fulfil that deep desire to make a difference in the lives of People and the Ecosystem
35) This is the point in time when one stops expecting praises all the time (Think again of Ratan Tata and Narayan Murthy besides many many others)
36) They know that somewhere in some home in some Village when a man is sleeping with his family, he and is family are quietly thanking and blessing us for making a positive difference in their lives
36) To summarise the 3 rungs of Happiness
1) Personal Mastery
2) Time Mastery and Transfer of Self Equity to Co-owned Brand Equity (the Disappearing Act)
3) Making a difference to the Ecosystem
I rest my case
