Last evening I attended the launch of a unique initiative
that focuses on providing preventive and curative care for people with diabetes.
The program, with special emphasis on women, is the brainchild of renowned
endocrinologist Dr.Usha Sriram of ACEER (Associates in Clinical Endocrinology
Education and Research) and her team. Dr.Sriram shared a simple prescription
for diabetics. She said: “CTRL+ALT+DEL – Control your Lifestyle, Alter your
Diet and Delete unwanted/negative influences from your Life. Sometimes, you
simply may have to reboot!”
I have found the CTRL+ALT+DEL method particularly inspiring.
This is what we have all learned to do with our computers when programs running
on them ‘hang’. We decided to use it on our Firm, when our business turned “unresponsive”
some years ago. It was bleeding losses quarter-on-quarter and guzzling cash in
the form of debt. That’s when we embarked on a strategy that we called ‘CTRL+ALT+DEL’.
We closed 6 offices, painfully let go of 38 clients and as many team members.
We basically bombed our Firm and ‘rebooted’ it!
Sometimes, Life requires a ‘forced’ pause, especially
when it doesn’t seem to be heading anywhere, and possibly, a reboot. So
CTRL+ALT+DEL in a Life context means that you review and revalidate every
premise that you have been holding as true.
CTRL – CONTROL – the urge to grieve over what has
happened or to conclude that there is no way forward and that it’s all over
ALT – ALTER – your focus; stop thinking about what you
don’t have – SCARCITY THINKING; instead, look at what you have – ABUNDANCE THINKING
DEL – DELETE – the anxiety to want to solve all your
problems at the same time; if you can’t find solutions to your problems yourselves
(either personally or through experts), learn to go with the flow of LIFE
Remember: Life is not to be endured or suffered. It has
to be enjoyed. Allow no one and nothing to come between you and your enjoying
Life! Be obsessed with your happiness. And if you like, be selfish! Because
from your inner core of happiness, is born your ability to serve, to be
selfless and to make a difference in this world. And in case you are struggling
with a listless Life just now, when nothing seems to be working, try rebooting it
with the CTRL+ALT+DEL method. It works!
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