Jiddu Krishnamurti

Principles are our summary of their public statements.

• Replace Coercion With Inspiration

  Leadership

  Effective leadership and teaching rely on winning admiration and trust rather than using punishment or fear to ensure compliance.

  3 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

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• Prioritize the individual over the subject

  Management

  A leader should focus on the specific capacity and welfare of the person they are guiding rather than just the results of a specific project or subject.

  Supporting quotes

  • “The teacher should not desire to gain credit for himself by forcing a boy along his own line, but should consider the special talent of each boy, and the way in which _he_ can gain most success.”

    “The value of the teacher depends upon his power of inspiring confidence, and he loses this when he gives way to irritability.”

  1 more supporting quote is in the member records.

• Internalize Authority Through Self-Discipline

  Leadership

  True leadership and success come from replacing external rules with internal self-control and science-directed effort.

  2 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

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• Eliminate Fear by Ending Becoming

  Resilience

  Fear is rooted in the urge to become successful; attention arises naturally when the pressure of competition and comparison is removed.

  3 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

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• Observe Without Ideological Filters

  Focus

  One should look at daily life and problems directly, without the screen of words, hopes, fears, or pre-existing philosophies.

  3 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

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• Observe Without Accumulating Judgment

  Decisions

  True observation happens when one notices their internal reactions and judgments without trying to suppress them or label them as right or wrong.

  3 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

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• Seek Solutions Within the Problem

  Strategy

  Instead of trying to escape a problem through analysis, stay with the problem quietly to let it reveal its own significance.

  3 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

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• See the Whole Before Details

  Strategy

  One should approach problems by first perceiving the wider issues and the entire context, much like an artist captures a whole landscape before painting details.

  Supporting quotes

  • “You cannot find truth through anybody else. How can you? Surely, truth is not something static; it has no fixed abode; it is not an end, a goal.”

  2 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

• Distinguish Attention from Exclusion

  Focus

  True attention involves taking everything in rather than forcing focus by resisting or pushing away other thoughts.

  3 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

  Source Wikiquote: Jiddu Krishnamurti  (opens in a new tab)

• Cross-disciplinary application of ideas

  Strategy

  A core philosophy or product can find success in completely unrelated fields if it addresses fundamental human problems. Krishnamurti's work on freedom and thought was applied to everything from physics to investment strategies.

  Source Wikipedia: The First and Last Freedom  (opens in a new tab)