Religious Business Rituals
With this post, I want to emphasize on the importance of rituals in our daily life and how they co-relate with business world. Public Speaker Tony Robbins often says about having some kind of ritual in our life. Rituals also habits, are our routine activities which we perform daily with our willingness. Rituals for some could be going to Gym daily, checking finances, practicing and perfecting their everyday art.
I have been observing some of my close friends and their habits since last three years. I am not interested in their personal lives but I try to co-relate their behaviors with some top business executives and their habits. I found that people who follow rituals (check their bank balances daily, pray to God, checks all of their accounts, who are detail oriented, follow instructions with diligence, call friends and family regularly) tend to excel financially and make up for good managers. Eventually, if these people make right decisions then they can become good businessman.
Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Atlantic and the everything Virgin empire, conveys his message to young entrepreneurs that they should check and personally sign all their business checks. This way they can keep an eye on all the expenses and have a better control of their company. When you do something daily or weekly (which constitutes as rituals), it is impossible to ignore hard facts. As Allan Mulally, CEO of Ford Motor company, likes to say often, "you cannot hide a secret, when you do this every week, you can't hide". (Bloomberg article)
Having some kind of rituals will help you some way or the other in making you a better person managing yourself. The direct and immediate implications are difficult to visualize for having any ritual but there are always long lasting effects that pay dividends in the end. In business, you need to have your rituals in place.
I have been observing some of my close friends and their habits since last three years. I am not interested in their personal lives but I try to co-relate their behaviors with some top business executives and their habits. I found that people who follow rituals (check their bank balances daily, pray to God, checks all of their accounts, who are detail oriented, follow instructions with diligence, call friends and family regularly) tend to excel financially and make up for good managers. Eventually, if these people make right decisions then they can become good businessman.
Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Atlantic and the everything Virgin empire, conveys his message to young entrepreneurs that they should check and personally sign all their business checks. This way they can keep an eye on all the expenses and have a better control of their company. When you do something daily or weekly (which constitutes as rituals), it is impossible to ignore hard facts. As Allan Mulally, CEO of Ford Motor company, likes to say often, "you cannot hide a secret, when you do this every week, you can't hide". (Bloomberg article)
Having some kind of rituals will help you some way or the other in making you a better person managing yourself. The direct and immediate implications are difficult to visualize for having any ritual but there are always long lasting effects that pay dividends in the end. In business, you need to have your rituals in place.
