The future is not in the pundit's calculations. It is in your hands and has to be made today, as today is the product of the past, as well as the cause of the future. Only fools look backwards to the dead past. In relation to the past, I am the effect, but in relation to the future, I am the creator.

Only those who look ahead, plan today and work for it to make their future. Those who sit idle behind words like ‘destiny’ and ‘luck’ rarely succeed. Anything that is dead – decays. It is the constant memory on your shoulder that stinks, not the world. So drop it. Look ahead. Change every day and make yourself a new person.

World over, conferences are held on value-based commerce and industry to understand that the value of a thing is not in the thing, but in the thing plus our effort. Each individual has to work hard in order to gain a higher value. Therefore, if the values are healthy, the thoughts gracious, then naturally the performance will be beautiful. Excellence creates excellent rewards.

There are two ways of facing a problem -- the economic way of conserving energy while facing the challenge, and the uneconomic way of spending enormous energy on a small problem. The science of values is the science of managing one's inner wealth. Thereby enabling you to face challenges and solve problems with the minimum expenditure of mental energy. These values of life reduce the expenditure and dissipation of energy, guiding you to efficiently face your own problems.

‘Mental agitation’ causes the dissipation of enormous energy without finding solutions for the problems. Conversely, higher values conserve mental vitality leaving huge resources, to intelligently solve them. There is no problem in the world that the quiet mind cannot solve. So, revolutionize your attitude to the world outside and reorient your life. Make a success out of today’s failures. To work on yourself is the highest art. Knowing a thing and living up to it are two totally different things. Acharyas, masters, professors, prophets and saints have always advocated the healthy values of life, as opposed to unhealthy values mentioned in the various scriptures.

To communicate higher values is easy, but to cultivate them is difficult. However much we may try to impart ideals to children, they may never imbibe them unless enthralled with stories of men and women who exemplified these principles. An ideal story goes deep into the listener and inspires reflection. Take for example the story of The Mahatma and the Scorpion. Once a Mahatma saw a drowning scorpion and despite being bitten by it several times he pulled it out repeatedly. When his disciples asked him why he was trying to save the ungrateful scorpion, he replied, "The nature of the scorpion is to bite. My dharma is to help all. If an insect can consistently keep up its dharma, why not I, a man, do so too?"

To efficiently manage life at home, in the world, and in the professional theatre, higher values are necessary to transform your response to the outside world and your judgement of situations around. You will then be able to not only face challenges but also discover residual mental energy to plan for the future.

By changing your attitude to life, you can change the destiny of the entire nation. The future is yours. Make it or mar it by using the present, diligently working upon yourself not only in the outer world, but also in the thought patterns of your inner being.

This is true value-based management − managing yourself to manage the world.