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 have a slippery value system.

There are liars who can talk about values, can show their mastery in using words, but they are not in a position to inspire their assistants, These liars or charltans are not in a position to earn confidence of others, Reliable people alone can surmount the difficult times. Good times and bad times come and go. Only the people with strong value base can survive in the longer run. Firm beliefs, solid values can be based at emotional and psychological level. To make difficult decisions you need people who have strong value sense based on rational and emotional thinking. The value of Swadeshi, the value of nationalist view is followed rigorously in the Japanese culture. They fly by their national carrier, use Japanese goods, and surpass in the international competition. They buy technology from anywhere in the world, but do not import management systems. They developed management in consonance with their national ethos. With full conviction they have accepted national goals and patriotism as values. They have no doubt in these matters. They work with confidence and vigour and succeed tremendously.

Slippery beliefs, like floating and only rationally accepted values do not stand the test of tough times. If you are on a slippery slope, how can you support others?

We have to have full faith in our basic values, including proper control over our mind, control over our desires. Non-expectation of the baubles of office will have to be developed over a period of time. In all Indian philosophies this internal cleansing and external straightforwardness are taken as a base for the rules of proper behaviour. The intellectual originality of a life based consistently on the basis of truth is the Indian basis for social life. This includes business, production, research or marketing. You cannot exclude any aspect of your professional life from this value system, because should you do so, you end up on the slippery slope. Great importance is attached to calmness of mind. All concentration is on this calm mind. Balanced mind and clean mind are the first step. Everything of importance is covered in that step. Managers, owners, workers, leaders, followers all must have this calm of mind as a first step and a first proiority patel All this is so because the basic belief is that We is a plural of I.

Adhyay 9

__Indian thinkers have put emphasis on mind and its movements over intellect. Mind is considered like a generator within a machine. The urge to excel is a state of mind. Intellectual capacity is not enough to induce a person to work better. And nothing can happen in this world, unless someone starts doing something. This urge to take action and to

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