How To Win Friends and Influence People - DO THESE WINNING HABITS LAST?!
Here's that famous book, millions and millions of copies sold! I used to read and share about this book a lot for over a decade and till late 2015 may be! Definitely what has been said in the book 'is relevant' and would work for good, 'if' applied in life! That has been my very personal experience!
BUT,
The question is - DOES THAT CHANGE IN YOUR HABITS LAST?! IS THE CHANGE PERMANENT?!
My experience has been - NO!
Let's see what happens in the mind...
We are all surrounded by people. Hence we 'feel good' on the level of the mind when we read about those 'people winning & influencing habits'. We are then obviously excited to apply them in real life situations because life is all about handling people, handling minds! And we are able to apply them also to a great extent in life's 'lighter situations'!
But, when life's 'pressure situations' arrive, all that we have learned from the book about those 'people winning & influencing habits', goes down the drain, the mask goes away and we react the way we have reacted always! We then realize that the 'change in us was not permanent'!
Has this been your experience as well?!
The PROBLEM is WITHIN...
The NEW HABITS didn't worked in those pressure situations because WE WERE TRYING TO WIN OUR MIND FROM OUR MIND! And Mind is extremely powerful and the old habits are deep rooted!! Hence, the solution is NOT on the level of the mind, for sure!
The SOLUTION is WITHIN...The PATH is WITHIN...
My realization has been - There is a space WITHIN ME, which when I TOUCH and when I STAY IN THAT SPACE for sometime, brings THAT FRAGRANCE, brings THAT PERMANENT CHANGE, brings THOSE WINNING HABITS in ME!!
#StayInThatSpace! #PowerOfSilence
-Madan Bajaj