Two Minutes from the Abyss: 11 Pillars of Life Management by Eswaran Vijay

Author:Eswaran, Vijay [Eswaran, Vijay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Networking Times Press
Published: 2017-04-22T16:00:00+00:00

Principles of Adversity

Every person you encounter is the right one.

Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened.

Every moment in which something begins is the right moment.

What is over, is over.

Nothing is permanent.

Rules for Dealing with Adversity

Whenever I speak about adversity, I am often asked how one can use adversity in their life. In answer to that, I have developed some rules or guidelines for dealing with adversity.

1. Seek a contrarian in everything that you do

Our natural instinct as human beings is to find a way to get rid of our contrarians. If you are a boss with a subordinate who disagrees with you, your immediate instinct is be offended and fire him or her. Any voice with a discordant note is repressed instantly. It is our natural tendency to be dictators first. Dictators do not lead. They leash the followers. It is one thing to be able to take a walk with a dog trotting at your heels, totally free, yet compelled to be there intuitively as opposed to having one on a leash that you have to yank at every turn. Contrarians are the secret recipe to your own success. Seek a contrarian.

2. Adversity is complex

You should not be the source of adversity. There are people who are adverse for the sake of being so. We have all encountered them. They are like little irritants that keep popping up. If you can learn to check your emotions when dealing with them, these people can be extremely useful. They will constantly point out your blind side, the ten percent of the problem you cannot see. This makes them invaluable.

More often than not, people prefer to keep quiet in order to save their jobs, so when you find someone who is willing to speak up, however unpleasant he or she may be, it is better to keep them close. In the words of the Godfather (credit due to Mario Puzo, who was paraphrasing the philosophy of Sun Tzu as explained in The Art of War ): Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer!

You do not keep your enemies close to observe them; you keep them close to remain on your toes. Do not be adverse yourself, but seek adversity elsewhere. It completes you.

3. Adversity is at b est viewed from a detached point of view

Your emotions have the power to destroy you. Adversity always challenges you at the emotional level first. The greatest skill that adversity can hone is your ability to control yourself. When you give in to your baser instincts becoming the person you fear the most—one doomed for failure—you will always succumb to your base emotions of anger and fear. However, if you can detach from your emotions, adversity will be your best fencing partner.

4. The master plan always places your adversaries in the b est possible place

Recognize the fact that you are not in command of your environment. It does not matter whether you believe in God. You cannot control your environment and you need to come to terms with that.

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