"In the history of the universe,
there has been nobody like you and to the infinity of time to come, there will
be no one like you. You are original. You are rare. You are unique. Celebrate
your Uniqueness." ― Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shanka
We celebrate New Year today. On the
eve of this New Year, we must take a pledge to promote fraternity and universal
brotherhood. To inculcate universal brotherhood, we must create a feeling that
entire world is one family. In India, we call it Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (From
"vasudhā", the earth; "ēva" = indeed is; and
"kutumbakam", family;) is a Sanskrit phrase which means "the
world is one family." Additionally, Indian Vedic literature believes in
universal brotherhood and peace. It
supports strongly in peace and prosperity.
Growing Intolerance Globally
There are a
number of reasons for the current growing intolerance and conflicts globally.
Here are some of them. People are very impatient. They want immediate results.
They lack patience and perseverance. They fail to empathize with others. They
try to prove their point right rather than looking the points from others’
perspective. They want to resort to short cuts leading to conflicts. They want to win their case through win-lose,
not through win-win.
Need for Soft Leadership
The present
global scenario calls for new leadership perspective emphasizing on respect to
all regions, religions, communities, creeds and ethnicities. It calls for a new
leadership perspective involving negotiation and persuasion with an emphasis on
empathy. It calls for partnership, not followership. Hence, this article emphasizes on innovative
leadership “soft leadership” to resolve various conflicts globally through
discussion, dialogue, persuasion and negotiation. This new leadership
perspective can also be adopted to ensure fraternity and universal brotherhood.
What
is Soft Leadership?
Leadership basically depends on three
aspects - how you communicate with others; how you make decisions; and how you
take action. When you can execute these three activities effectively you become
a successful leader. However, to evolve as a soft leader, you must communicate
with an emphasis on soft skills; make decisions by blending your head, heart
and gut; and take action keeping the ground realities and goals in your view
without compromising people-orientation. Hence, soft leadership can be defined
as the process of setting goals; influencing people through persuasion;
building strong teams; negotiating them with a win-win attitude; respecting
their failures; handholding them; motivating them constantly; aligning their
energies and efforts; recognizing and appreciating their contribution in
accomplishing organizational goals and objectives with an emphasis on soft
skills. It is based on the right mindset, skill set, and toolset.
Soft leadership helps unite people of
all religions, races, creeds, and communities into one platform. It helps
greatly to unite people globally into one platform. It helps convert the world
into one family.
When we treat entire world as one
family, all the conflicts in the world will be resolved amicably. When we think that we are the brothers and
sisters of the world, all problems in the world will be resolved. The
differences usually arise when we don’t treat others with respect. The
differences arise when we look at differences, not commonalities.
Conclusion
Hatred doesn’t
have any place in the world. Love is the only way to connect with world. It
breaks all barriers including cultural, racial, religious and community
barriers.
We are all the branches
of one tree. The root is one. The world is our root, branches are the nations
and leaves are the people. Let us appreciate that we all have originated from
one place and we all belong to one family. To summarize, the whole world is one
family. We are separated by regions, nations, and boarders. People remain the
same at the core level. The children are born innocent but the environment
brings them up as per their faiths, regions, religions and nations. Hence, let
us focus on bringing the children with a global mindset with a universal
brotherhood to achieve the ultimate objective of global peace and prosperity.
God bless the world!
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