Last week, during an interaction with very down to
earth yet flying high in the sky person (I am not disclosing his name because
of privacy), I came across a very serious topic which we are forgetting these
days. The topic was ‘Ethics’ or in a simple word ‘VALUES’.
So, what does this word mean? Let me tell you.
Values or Ethics simply means your own ground rules, your life principles, and
your own family cognizance. Without these little yet heavy things our life has
no sense. Moving on to other things that defines Values and Ethics are things
like Humanity, giving appraisals to those who are doing great works, accepting
your mistake when you are wrong and accepting defeat with wide open arms. The
list is long but these things are the crux.
21st century is nothing but basically a
century in which we are bending towards the western culture. We are accepting their
culture but are slowly throwing water to the beautiful painting of the Indian
Culture. To know the Value of our Values, we must thrive towards the zeal to
know our culture first. Our culture teaches us to offer a thank you to those
who help us in living a better life. We are forgetting that how much beneficial
and peaceful is to offer a thank you to that one supreme power who created us.
He is not only god, this could be anything. Things like trees, sun, moon, earth
or anything that are supporting you to lead this beautiful life are worth of a
thank you. Offer Prayers to him at least for one minute and see the difference
that it makes into your life. Say thank you to your nearby trees and grasses
and see the satisfaction that you get. All these above things are basically a
part of Humanity which in turn merges with Values and Ethics.
All these things teach us things that you cannot
learn in any Business Schools or IITs or others. We are in those years where an
MBA degree is praised or valued. MBA teaches us how to become a great manager
or how to lead a successful life, basically it teaches us to Praise your
colleagues, Accept your mistake and move on or it teaches us to accept weak
moments or defeats with open arms. Did you see what I am trying to say? I think
that you have made a connection. MBA degree or any degrees are just like
boosting station to your life, to your values or ethics. Remember just a
boosting station. For arriving to a boosting station, we first have to create
the product and that could be done only by creating your Ethics, Values or Principle
for your life.
Your Values and Ethics are also the backbone to
Ethical leadership. If you have not created or made your life’s principle clear
then there is not anyway you cannot lead your colleagues because the very basic
requirement of being a great leader is trust, honest, and charisma, which can
only be learnt in the school of life.
So, login into school of life and first thing on
your check list should be to send friend request to Values and Ethics, so that
they could guide you towards a successful and a happy life.
‘Remember, there is no any best school or institutes
in the world than Life itself. But it only takes those who have passed the test
of Values and Ethics.’
Harsh Deep.
Harsh Deep.
