Part 0: The Essence of Lean Living Practices

PC: Debi Prasad Mahapatra

👍 The generally usable capacity of human beings to associate with human beings, other living beings, objects, concepts and thoughts (etc.) is limited.

👍 Consciously choose to use that limited capacity to create associations with what is really valuable in life.

👍 Choose building meaningful relationships over acquisition of objects, whenever the latter is not a means to achieve the former.

👍 Do not acquire what you do not really need. If you happen to have it, still, give it to someone who really needs it.

👍 When it comes to acquiring an object, think consciously and mindfully about how much you need to serve that object against how much the object is going to serve you.

👍 Do respect ethics. Do choose right over wrong. In more cases than not, you really know what is right and ethical.

👍 Choose to spend time with people over spending time to serve objects, whenever there is a choice.

👍 Learn to respect your own way of living when you know, that is a reasonably right way. Consciously ignore peer pressure.

👍 The means to happiness are many. The state of being happy is just one. Happiness resides within. Just don't look for happiness outside. Attaining the state of happiness might not be the easiest. But, it's not too difficult either. Becoming happy, more often than not, is a conscious choice.

👍 Earn, Save and Share. Try to secure your present and future. Help others. You are inherently indebted to the world around you. Do give back. Contribute in charity. Choose a cause that you value.

👍 Respect the environment and respect every life form.

👍 Learn and practice giving more and taking less.

👍 Learn and practice deriving your own happiness form the happiness of others. Be a reason for others' happiness.

👍 It is not really about making everything minimized and small. Do make life large when it comes to the things that your are really passionate about and the things that make this world a better place. Do a lot of what satisfies you and makes you really happy. Do really a lot of that and produce magnificent results. You will never regret.

👍 Stop complaining and, instead, strive to solve problems to the best of your abilities and means.

👍 Gratitude is great. Be thankful.

👍 Respect sustainability in every relevant context. Drive sustainability, contribute in sustainability and inspire others to contribute in sustainability.    

👍 Collaborate to make this world a better place. Use the power of collective wisdom and collaboration. Inspire others to collaborate.

👍 It is not easy to live a life as a Lean Living Practitioner. And, thus, these practices are, of course, not for everyone.

👍 Lean Living Practices are not only applicable to your personal life, but those are absolutely applicable to your family, organization, society and all the other relevant broader contexts. NEXT >>