This upcoming Diwali or Deepavali as is variously known, here are some ruminations on “3 things to give during Diwali”.
Beyond Transactional Giving: The Core Principles of Value Creation
In the modern professional landscape, value is often measured by tangible output. Yet, as articulated by Swami Chinmayananda, the most impactful forms of value creation extend beyond material transactions. True generosity is not merely an occasional act of resource allocation; it’s a strategic mindset focused on sharing our diverse forms of organizational and personal capacity. The short outlines three interconnected principles for maximizing your Stakeholder Value:
1. Mastering the Core Principles
The foundation of high-impact performance is an internal commitment: to engage in the “study [of] foundational research [and] best practices”. Before you can contribute externally, you must first establish a clear, informed internal framework.
2. Scaling Knowledge Through Dialogue
A robust framework is useless if it’s siloed. The second step is to actively “distribute that knowledge” gained and to “discuss it with others”. This process facilitates knowledge transfer, encourages peer-to-peer learning, and ensures that insights are scaled across the organisational ecosystem.
3. The Four Dimensions of Capability Building
The final, most strategic step is to “try to help everybody” across all dimensions of professional engagement. This means sharing your capacity in its broadest sense:
- Resource Allocation: Share any “extra wealth or surplus capital” with initiatives that need funding or support.
- Capacity Building: Share your “health and help those who have not got the strength”. This involves mentorship and lending your personal bandwidth or resilience to strained projects or colleagues.
- Intellectual Capital: Share “whatever little you know,” providing domain expertise and skill-sharing to guide others.
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ): Share your “emotional beauty”, cultivating a positive influence and establishing a supportive, high-EQ culture for the team.
The message is a powerful call to use every resource – whether “extra wealth… physical body and strength, or your emotional beauty, or your intellectual understanding” – to uplift the professional ecosystem. The highest-impact value proposition you can offer is the full and strategic deployment of your complete Self.
Source Citation: This article is based on the principles of contribution shared in the YouTube Short: #bestgift to give this #diwali by Swami Chinmayananda, an acknowledged World Master on ChinmayaChannel. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP2kSaOWmMI]
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