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The Personality of Mahatma Gandhi and How

to Apply it to Employee Motivation


(Mahatma means ‘Great Soul’)".

A quote from Mahatma Gandhi.

In the mist of death, life persists. In the mist of untruth, true persists. In the mist of
darkness, light persists. Hence I gather that God is life, truth, and light. He is love;
he is the supreme good...

Mahatma Gandhi was a leader that brought one of the world’s most powerful nations
to its knees… by using peace, love and integrity as his method for change.

Definite Of Purpose
One of the main traits that Mahatma possessed was his ‘definite of purpose’. His
vision and how he was to achieve this, was the guiding light for the choices that he
made.

His main goal was to set India free and to fight for the rights of the repressed,
through the use of NON violent means.

His total commitment to this at times caused great tribulations for him and his
people, but his principle that ,em>non violence was the correct way to accomplish
the goal of freeing India was always at the fore front of everything he did.

Christ gave me the message Gandhi gave me the method...Martin Luther King

Discipline
Mahatma believed that challenging his self discipline heightened his commitment to
achieving his goals. He was a focused leader that had a“Do or Die” attitude.
He ‘would free India or die in the process’.

Mahatma would do extraordinary things to improve his discipline and his


commitment.

Such as... Days of silence, total celibacy etc.


Integrity
He would not accept any deviation to this principle of Non Violence. He would rather
go to jail (which he did often) rather than go back on his word about non violence.
His word was his power and his weapon.

Right Against Might…Mahatma

Related To People
He made an effort to truly understand his people. He spoke from their point of
view...from what motivated them. It has been said that, when he spoke publicly to
large audiences it was like he was speaking to you individually.

He did not put him self on a pedestal and segregate himself from his people. He had
great empathy.

He did not let his ego come between him and his people. He was approachable to his
people, he connected to his masses because he loved and took a stand for them.

He opened his heart to them and was able to connect to them because he was
authentic and he was able to show them his vision and his belief because when he
spoke he spoke from the heart.

Belief And Faith


His belief was probably the most important factor in Mahatma’s success. He not only
had self belief but he had the ability to INSPIRE the Indian people to believe in
themselves and their goal of freedom, even through all the hardships that they
faced.

One of Mahatma’s beliefs was Willpower Overcomes Brut Force.

Flexibility
At times Gandhi had to be quite flexible leader. At times he had to change his plans
around to counter British rules and tactics. One thing that stayed the same was his
values and principles.

He was unwavering when it came to his values.

Able To Transcend Adversaries


The first time Mahatma got up to speak in court, when he was working as a lawyer,
he could not speak one word out loud due to fear. This caused him great humiliation.
Even though he failed miserably, those failures eventually lead to him becoming one
of the best public speakers of all time.
There were quite a number of times Gandhi failed; each time he used the failure to
improve his leadership skills and to improve himself and the task at hand.

Mahatma shows us that the even the best leaders still fail and make mistakes. He
also shows that the difference between good leaders and great leaders is that the
great leaders acknowledge and learn from their mistakes.

Spirituality
Gandhi was able to successfully bring spirituality into his leadership style. He
promoted love and peace in times when another leader would have made a call to
arms.

He did not hate anyone. He believed that his enemies were his friends. Basically he
transcended hatred by bringing belief and love to all the people he came across…
even his enemy.

Gandhi’s leadership skills were the perfect example of a principle driven leadership
style, to learn more on the subject of principle centered leadership click here.

A couple of great books to read on the subject are Principle Centered Leadership,
and The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. If you want a
more detailed look at principle centred leadership you will not find better books on
the subject.

Gandhi’s life shows that living by integrity and having a strong unmovable sense of
belief and faith, means that anyone can make a positive impact in this world that we
live in.

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