Q: Sadhguru can you share something on how to build goodwill and manage perceptions?
A: So how to build goodwill? I was doing a program for one of the top, really one of the largest multinational company in the world, top 25 executives, today even, i had nine volunteers with me, Isha Foundation is a completely volunteer run organization and these nine volunteers were managing everything for the program and on the second day one of these executives asked " Sadhguru where do you get such people(pointing)", because they are always looking for attrition you know, "where do you get such people?", I said "you don't get them you gotta make them", "how do you make them?", I said " you have to make them fall in love with you", "Oh, how do we do that?", I said "first you must fall in love with them", then they say "Oh they don't pay us for that"(laughs). So that's all it is.
So you cannot build goodwill you have to execute goodwill if you offer it to everybody then it comes back to you in many ways. But you don't worry whether it comes back to you or not this should be your way of living this should be your way of being that you naturally include everybody and everything that you are. Some will respond and some will not respond and its fine its their choice. But as far is your concern there is no choice. You have fallen in love with everybody for them they can choose still. But after some time they will loose their choice. They will have no choice. If you continue to be like this you will see after some time they have no choice at all. Initially they act like they have a choice but after a while they'll have no choice. So don't try to build good will. See when i say fall in love with something all i'm saying is what you refer to as love is just a certain pleasantness of your emotion. Emotion is a very powerful thing. People talk all intellectual nonsense still world is driven by human emotions. yes, isn't it so. Who gets elected is still driven by emotion. Who is popular in the world or in the country is still driven by emotion. People that you have never set your eyes upon they are the people you're in love with. Seriously, yes. You see an Amitabh Bachchhan or a Tendulker or a Brad Pitt or somebody or maybe Angelina Jolie i'm sorry.(laughs)
You are in love with people that you have never seen because that is the nature of your emotion. See emotion is a powerful tool. So if you can manage a steady sweetness of your emotion, you are in love with everything around you, if you are like this, people can't help it they'll fall. It's not a trick, it is a way of being it is an intelligent way to exist. Because whether they fall in love with you or not you are like this very pleasant and sweet. Whether somebody loves you or not doesn't make a difference. It is just that you're loving that makes your life very pleasant. So, goodwill,.. no there is no trick to build goodwill. That is called cunning you know. There is no trick. You just be like this. Those who respond will respond those who don't don't what is the problem.
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