To achieve a goal you need a goal and persistence. Gandhi believed in hard work, patience and learning from mistakes. His policy of ahimsa (non-violence) worked after all!
Most want to blame everything on fate and get away. Gandhi believed you are in control as to how to react to people and events. That was the most critical part that affects the outcome.
Gandhi once said, “A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse to avoid trouble.”
A great leader knows when and how to say ‘No’. It’s always a temptation to do a bit of people pleasing, but it’s best not to see what the mob wants and give it to them blindly.
A great leader knows when and how to say ‘No’. It’s always a temptation to do a bit of people pleasing, but it’s best not to see what the mob wants and give it to them blindly.
Honesty may not often do you good in the short term. If we believe that humanity is formed by good people and generally, difficult people are also human beings, we will be inspired to handle them with ease.
Gandhi once said, “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean, if a few drops of the ocean are dirty not everything in it is dirty.”
Gandhi once said, “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean, if a few drops of the ocean are dirty not everything in it is dirty.”
Simplicity is synonymous to sophistication. Gandhi led a simple and frugal lifestyle. He devoted most of his time and resources to self-improvement. He wanted to gain in terms of spiritual advancement and less on material currency.
Gandhi once said, “It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
Gandhi believed it was fine to make a mistake if you learn from it and get better. This humility meant people connected with him as he had his feet on the ground.
Gandhi believed it was fine to make a mistake if you learn from it and get better. This humility meant people connected with him as he had his feet on the ground.
Personal interactions with Gandhi lasted not more than a couple of minutes. However, in that little time people felt they were the singular person in the entire world Gandhi would have loved to chat with.
Gandhi wasn’t a great talker. He was passable at best. However, he was an exceptional listener o the spoken and the unsaid. Unlike most, he listened to understand, not to reply.
Gandhi wasn’t a great talker. He was passable at best. However, he was an exceptional listener o the spoken and the unsaid. Unlike most, he listened to understand, not to reply.
The brand ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ is one of the greatest brands in history. It has been enlightening and moving people for centuries. That’s simply because he built his brand on honesty. All said and done, you can’t fool people forever.
Here comes a man who dresses in a simple loin cloth on a royal visit to London’s Buckingham Palace. He also joked that the King of England wore enough clothes for the two of them!
Gandhi believed, and stood for himself.
Gandhi believed, and stood for himself.
Gandhi once said, “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”
Gandhi with his policy of non-violence proved the superiority of mind over matter. His followers suffered immense physical pain. Gandhi believed one can train their mind to develop resistance to pain.
Gandhi with his policy of non-violence proved the superiority of mind over matter. His followers suffered immense physical pain. Gandhi believed one can train their mind to develop resistance to pain.