The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

#1398 - Mechanics of Success # 5 How To Be Really Successful?

Oct 17, 2025
Discover the essence of commitment as Sadhguru highlights its crucial role in achieving success. He also emphasizes strengthening resolve during crises and the habits that distinguish highly successful individuals. Sadhguru challenges the tendency to prioritize comfort over potential, advocating for the pursuit of growth. Mistakes are reframed as vital steps in personal evolution, encouraging listeners to define themselves beyond societal expectations. Ultimately, he asserts that true personal worth stems from within, rather than from external validation.
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ADVICE

Maintain Unwavering Commitment

  • Stay unwaveringly committed to success even when situations, emotions, or physical weakness threaten to derail you.
  • Prioritize surviving and remaining capable to help others during crises like a virus outbreak.
ANECDOTE

Rigid Routines Versus Total Engagement

  • Sadhguru describes people who rigidly follow daily comforts—breakfast, coffee, smoke, work, naps—prioritizing routine over deep engagement.
  • He contrasts this with highly successful people who lose track of eating and sleeping due to their commitment.
INSIGHT

Comfort Kills Ambition

  • People who achieve greatness lose track of routine comforts like fixed meal and sleep timings.
  • Comfort lures you into stagnation, while deep engagement produces profound experience and impact.
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