Kurian Mathew Tharakan > Quotes

“Be intrigued by what is left unsaid. The void always contains hidden information, motives, and intentions.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“Clever manipulators master the art of telling just enough of the truth to sell their lie.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“The most oppressive tyrants turn the system itself into the oppressor. The mechanics of oppression are now automatic, done without heavy thought, and woven into the fabric of ‘… that’s just the way it is.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“Who you choose as your messenger is as important as the message they carry.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“Confidence is not a pre-requisite for action. In fact, it is surprising how many people found their confidence only after they acted, and not before.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“More often than naught, the Universe gives us perfect choices that we reject because they are wrapped in cloaks of superficial imperfection. This is the most common reason we deny ourselves happiness.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“The very first thing anyone buys from you is a transformation story; how they will be transported from where they are to where they want to be. The products you sell are only tools to fulfill the promise in your story. Because of that, your story is the first thing you sell. If people don’t buy your story, they won’t buy anything else.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“Because power and its privilege are not shared or ceded easily, politely waiting for your turn at the table rarely yields results.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“The first principle of a just society is inclusion. A place where everyone has a seat at the table and a shot at the prize.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“True nobility is a deeply spiritual trait. Take someone of true nobility and strip them of their titles, wealth, and power, and they will regain all of these and more in due course. For true nobility does not follow from titles, wealth, and power. Titles, wealth, and power follow from true nobility.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“People don’t follow leaders as much as they follow a leader’s story. Because strong leadership originates from strong stories, the story defines the leader.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“All great leaders have embraced something bigger than themselves; their moral mission defined them. Want a life with purpose and meaning? Then make it about something bigger than you.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan, The 7 Essential Stories Charismatic Leaders Tell

“A society’s continued ills represent their continued choices.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“Lean into the wave; merge with its power and make it your own.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“Socialization is just another word for programming, and the majority of software people run is not of their conscious design.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“In every society, to preserve their power, the privileged classes and institutions are heavily invested in maintaining the social status quo. Because of this, historically, all real social progress has begun with an act of defiance. This can be as simple as a pointed question, civil disobedience, or outright protests and rebellion. Politely asking for reform rarely achieves the results that oppressed people seek; it begins with an act of defiance.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“People don’t follow leaders as much as they follow a leader’s story. Because strong leadership originates from strong stories, the story becomes the leader.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“If the world can burn, it is because there was enough tinder. It is not enough to blame who lit the match. We must also identify who and what gathered the tinder.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“The Purpose of the Universe is to Create Story.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan, The 7 Essential Stories Charismatic Leaders Tell

“The foundation of every flourishing relationship is safety in all aspects, including psychological, physical, emotional and spiritual. Without safety, the relationship is at risk.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“Morality’s lens is often perversely affected by aesthetics. Crushing a crawling cockroach is seen as very different than swatting a fluttering butterfly.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“Find meaning in your suffering, purpose in your path.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“Making mistakes are a part of the human experience. But it's only when we have compromised our values in that misstep that we feel true shame.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“Delusion is when you see someone do something troublesome to another and still say to yourself, they would never do that to me.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“Take care of each other. Because when we take care of each other, the world will take care of itself.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“Effectively wielding personal influence implies that you are in the energy transfer business. Your ability to transport your audience into emotional, spiritual, physical and mental energy states through your actions and message is the context from which all your ideas are judged.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“The spell is cast when you find yourself immersed in the stories they tell.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“You understand your world through the stories you tell. Change your stories, and you will change your world.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“When a fact is infused with meaning, it becomes a truth. While we may agree on the facts, the difference in individual meanings results in different truths; your truth, my truth, their truth. All disagreements result from the inability to see or accommodate each other’s truth.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan

“When you replace the narrow specifics of your demand with broader intention, you allow the Universe the freedom to conspire on your behalf.”
― Kurian Mathew Tharakan