Striving towards Excellence

-Karthik Gurumurthy

The things that drive you crazy are actually giant opportunities. The people who press your buttons are actually your greatest teachers. The things that make you angry are actually your greatest gifts. Bless them.

The people or circumstances that take you out of your power have extraordinary value: They reveal your limiting beliefs, fears and false assumptions. How much would you pay someone who promised they could pinpoint exactly what is holding you back from your greatest life? How much would it be worth to get intimate information on why you are not exactly at the place where you've always dreamed of being? Here's the message: The things that irritate and annoy and anger you are entry points into your evolution and elevation as a human being. They are signposts for what you need to work on and the fears you need to face. They are gifts of growth. You can blame the people who trigger you and make it all about them. Or you can do the courageous thing and look deeply into yourself to discover the reason for your negative reaction. The fears you don't own become your prison bars.

And as you begin to shed light on your personal weaknesses and take responsibility for them, you actually begin the process of shedding them. You become stronger. More powerful. More of who you were meant to be. Every time I hear from TD or Bijon, they always speak the truth and put me in an uncomfortable position. Instead of questioning their suggestions, I slowly figured out over a period of time that it is better for me to do the recommendations and everything falls in place.

So the next time you talk to your mentor and he says something that sets you off , walk over to them, give them a hug and thank them for the gift they just gave you. Because they did.