MIPOP: Most Important Person On the Planet

 

At a recent awareness session, I asked the participants,

“Who is the most important person on this planet?”

The answers as usual were the routine / mundane ones –

·         Mother

·         Father

·         Best Friend

·         God

·         Sister

·         Brother

·         Boss

·         Employer

·         Customer

·         President

·         Prime Minister ….  and the list went on ….

 

Still looking for the insight and the expected answer, I repeated the question,

“Who is the most important person on this planet?”

The participants looked a little annoyed.

"Is he testing our intelligence?"

“Well it has to be one of these listed, isn’t it?” A counter question.

I smiled and looked into the eyes of each of the participants. A dazed look received me from most. Some gave a smirk. Some frowned. Some were on the verge of bursting out laughing. Some seemed to asked, “Are you OK?” “Is everything fine?”

 

To help explain, I asked another question?

“Without YOU how important are the people whom you have listed?”

A chorus rang – “They don’t exist if I don’t”

So, I repeated my first question, “Who is the most important person on this planet?”

The realisation sank in slowly. Each one saw the answer staring back at them, “It’s me”.

Yes our own self.

The most important person on this planet is “SELF”.

Everything else is secondary. Every relationship is afterwards. Every business is afterwards.

Every result is later.

Without “ME / SELF” nothing matters.

I need to take care of myself first before I take care of anybody else. Otherwise, I would become dependent on others sooner or later. Then I am at their mercy. My needs will be attended to only when they can, when they can, the way they can, not necessarily the way I would want it or the way it needs to be done.

Take care of Self so that you can take care of others.    

Be happy so that you can make others happy...

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Ajit Vidyadharan

Certified Wealth Manager / Financial Advisor
Certified Trainer, Certified Leadership & Performance Coach
Sabhav Wealth Management Services
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