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The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

#1393 - Mechanics of Success # 1 The Science of Being Successful

The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

Sadhguru Official

Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education, Religion, Spirituality, Hinduism, Mental Health, How To, Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Speaking about what it takes to be successful, Sadhguru explains that success comes when an individual functions at his full potential, which is possible only when the dimension of inner wellbeing is explored. Sadhguru looks at how every aspect of Indian culture was crafted, and powerful technologies were created, to evolve a human being to the Ultimate possibility. Set the context for a joyful, exuberant day with a short, powerful message from Sadhguru. Explore a range of subjects with Sadhguru, discover how every aspect of life can be a stepping stone, and learn to make the most of the potential that a human being embodies.  Conscious Planet: ⁠https://www.consciousplanet.org⁠ Sadhguru App (Download): ⁠https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app⁠ Official Sadhguru Website: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org⁠ Sadhguru Exclusive: ⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive⁠ Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

So,

0:01.0

Welcome to the podcast,

0:09.4

Sadguru, of Mystics and Mistakes.

0:16.0

Sadguru, I want to know how can I enhance my competence.

0:22.6

So, now, how do I enhance my competence?

0:28.6

See, let's say you want to run on the field.

0:32.6

Let's say you want to run a race.

0:34.6

You want to run 100 meters. It is not running that you have to work on right now.

0:41.3

You have to work on your legs and lungs and muscle and everything, isn't it so?

0:45.3

So, if you want to become a great engineer,

0:50.3

yes, definitely, an institute like this is crucial on one level.

0:55.0

But any number of people might have come here and gone.

0:59.0

Not all of them became great engineers.

1:01.0

Though they might have produced hundreds of great engineers,

1:04.0

still not all of them will become,

1:07.0

simply because of their own individual attitudes and competence and whatever else, isn't it?

1:12.6

So, whatever the institute can do for you it is doing,

1:17.6

one foremost thing that you need to do is to enhance your own physical and mental capabilities.

1:24.6

Because if you want to be a good engineer, you need a working brain.

1:30.3

Just having a degree of engineering, maybe a passport to a job, but it is not a passport

1:38.0

to success, isn't it? So to have a working brain which the engineering degree would not freeze, usually lots of degrees,

1:49.0

when people acquire degrees, they freeze their brains.

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