India, Dec. 14 -- A long time ago, a CEO called me and said, "Gurudev, you saved my job. Once, I had written a nasty letter to my boss, and I was going to send it off. Then I remembered what you said: 'Give yourself a 15-second pause before you are about to do anything important.' I took a 15-second pause. And when I read through the letter again, I couldn't send it! I had written such a nasty letter that, if I had sent it out, I would have lost my job."

If you look back at your own life, you will notice that all mistakes happen at the spur of the moment due to a lack of awareness. When you are in a great rush and under a lot of stress, you are bound to make mistakes. Also, when you are in the midst of a storm of emotions, you are more l...