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#111 PRAISING AND ADJUSTING TO NEEDS OF THE HOUR

Adjusting, compromising with the surroundings is a prerequisite for a successful Manager. The old days of "continuous improvement" seem as leisurely as a picnic from the past. In this chaotic and complex twenty-first century, the pace of evolution has entered warp speed, and those who can't learn, adapt, and change moment to moment simply won't survive. -- Peter Drucker Swami Vivekananda imbibed qualities of successful managers, in the 19th Century fag end itself. He perfected the art of winning people by speaking/writing the things they want. WHAT HE WROTE TO MS. MARGARET NOBLE (Sister Nivedita) "... India cannot yet produce great women, she must borrow them from other nations. Your education, sincerity, purity, immense love, determination, and above all, your Celtic blood, makes you just the woman wanted. Yet the difficulties are many. You cannot form any idea of the misery, the superstition, and the slavery that are here. You will be in the midst of a mass o...