Being Artists

There is a fundamental difference between science and art. Science can be learned from books - you can read enough and become a mathematician, an engineer, a physicist, a chemist and so on. But art cannot be learned from books. You can’t become a musician by reading books, just like you can’t learn sculpture or painting or any other form of art for that matter by reading a book. To learn art, you need to become an apprentice to an artist. You can only learn by observing them perform and by performing alongside them.

Our business is more an art than a science. Some people think they can just listen to a CD or read a book or attend a seminar and build a huge business. But creating and keeping organizations is an art. Influencing people and leading them is an art too. And thus says Renuka “Most things in this business can’t be taught...they have to be caught”. And that is the reason you need an upline mentor who you can observe and spend time with and duplicate. And over a period of time, you will be able to develop an originality of your own, but inspired by the family of leaders that you belong to. And that’s how we have developed our style - inspired by the leaders who have led us and taught us - Deepak and Shalini Choudhary and Manipal and Renuka Reddy.

I was reading somewhere today - A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; and a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. It is in this third way of working that real success in our business lies. And all you need is somebody who can take you by your finger and show you how to do it using your hands and your brain and your heart......