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Famous Reflections on the Bhagavad Gita

 https://www.bhagavad-gita.us/famous-reflections-on-the-bhagavad-gita/ Albert Einstein: When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous. Mahatma Gandhi: When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day. Henry David Thoreau: In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad-gita, in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial. Dr. Albert Schweitzer: The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions. Sri Aurobindo: The Bhagavad-Gita is a true scripture of ...

Summary of Ch15 of the Bhagvad Gita ...

 http://creative.sulekha.com/bhagvad-gita-chapter-15-summary-the-yoga-of-the-supreme-purusha_343316_blog The Supreme Lord said: It is said that there is an imperishable banyan tree that has its roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns . One who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas. (The entanglement of this material world is compared here to a banyan tree. For one who is engaged in fruitive activities, there is no end to the banyan tree. He wanders from one branch to another, to another, to another. The Vedic hymns, meant for elevating oneself, are called the leaves of this tree. This tree's roots grow upward because they begin from where Brahmaji is located, the topmost planet of this universe.) The Blessed Lord said: The real form of this tree cannot be perceived in this world. No one can understand where it ends, where it begins, or where its foundation is. But, with determination one must cut down this tree with...

The Irrational Side of Change Management

Most change programs fail, but the odds of success can be greatly improved by taking into account these counterintuitive insights about how employees interpret their environment and choose to act. Downloadable Resources https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/the-irrational-side-of-change-management?cid=other-eml-cls-mip-mck&hlkid=b77cff4cb25e4819bbd8a2fe184e8c1a&hctky=1237274&hdpid=9bf9d98b-13b4-4375-a123-2e1bfaf7a85a   In 1996, John Kotter published  Leading Change . Considered by many to be the seminal work in the field of change management, Kotter’s research revealed that only 30 percent of change programs succeed. Since the book’s release, literally thousands of books and journal articles have been published on the topic, and courses dedicated to managing change are now part of many major MBA programs. Yet in 2008, a McKinsey survey of 3,199 exec...