Sai Pearls of Wisdom 30-D. "THE LEADER" (With Subtitles).

THE LEADER Om Sri Sai Ram Prasanthi Sandesh. The purpose of the Avatar is to set an example to all of us in every aspect of life and in every sphere of human activity. Like this we can learn many, many things from the life of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. For instance, I would like to talk to you (about) a few of the observations I made on His leadership. One day it so happened, the MBA students sat in the front row and they were holding some project work on hand. That work is ready with them (in) spiral-bound copies. Well I have come to know that they did a project on leadership program. Well, Swami came to them and blessed them and asked them, “What is the subject? And student said, "Swami! This is the project on the leadership." Swami’s response was this, "When you see the leader here, why do you worry? You can learn many things." said Swami. What a profound statement it is. We can understand thereby that we find all the leadership qualities in Bhagavan Baba Himself. We can learn and emulate His example. That is the purpose of Avatar. I also remember on one of the Sri Rama Navami celebration Swami said, “Sri Rama Navami celebration is not mere festivity and gaiety, making delicious items at home and wearing new clothes. It’s not the be-all and end-all. You should emulate the qualities of Lord Sri Ramachandra as He stood for truth, as He followed scrupulously the command of the father. Well, how he observed all the principles of administration. There are several aspects. So following the life of Ramachandra is the true form of celebration of Sri Rama Navami.” Like this a true devotee of Baba should follow His example, should learn from Him. That is true worship; not simply do it as a ritual and get our desires fulfilled. It is something more. It is in this connection, let me share with you some of the leadership qualities of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The first and the foremost quality of Bhagavan Baba as a leader is this: He showers equal love on everybody, let him be a member or the president, right from a worker to the boss. He showers same love, let he be the student or the vice chancellor. There is no question of difference or any kind of distinction or differentiation, nothing whatsoever. He showers same love on everybody. This is the quality that every leader is supposed to have. And the second: Swami’s planning, Swami’s planning is excellent. Supposing when he wants to go to Kodaikanal, He starts planning from January itself. Usually He goes there in May, but the preparation starts in the month of January itself. And when He thinks of Dasara celebrations, well He will be thinking of the celebrations well in advance. Of course, this nobody will come to know. He plans ahead so that there will be no confusion at any point of time. This is the quality of a true leader And third, Bhagavan is an ideal leader in the sense that he will identify the talents among people and encourage them to proceed and improve in the direction. Take for example, students: if there are some students who are singers, He blesses them with number of opportunities so that they would become very good singers later. More........: https://www.saiwisdom.com/sai-pearls-...