A manager with strong inner resilience maintains self-esteem and a balanced view of reality, enabling her to make clear, responsible decisions. She owns her actions without blaming others and approaches failures with honest introspection, avoiding extremes of pride or despair. This mindset helps her respond effectively to challenges and remain objective.
Like a swimmer prepared for rough seas, a resilient manager is ready to face challenges and break through barriers. This inner strength helps her bounce back from setbacks and thrive, driven by positive stress that encourages continual growth.
Pressure is an ‘external’ stimulus. Stress is what ‘we’ experience. The level of stress we experience therefore is directly proportional to the pressure we receive. The good news is that stress is inversely proportional to our inner strength and resilience.
A mathematical formulation for stress could qualitatively be along the following lines:
The Bhagavad Gita Offers a Technique of Self-perfection
This is how Lord Krishna explains equanimity to Arjuna. In Verse 38 of Chapter 2 of the Bhagavad Gita, He says:
सुखदु:खे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ ।
ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥ 2.38॥
Having attained equanimity in happiness and sorrow, in gain and loss, in victory and defeat, then come out to fight. Thus, you will not incur sin.
(The text is an edited excerpt from my latest book ‘Bhagavad Gita and Corporate Dharma’.)
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