The message I want to give you is that, first of all, the key to success is in your own hands. It is in your hands, number one.
The people who work with you — everyone will have one person, someone will have their own brother, someone will have a sister, a wife, whoever it may be, family members. Besides that, we have people working for us — like me, I had 6,000, 10 lakh people. Sudhaben Murti came, she had 3.5 lakh people. However many there are, my prayer to you is that you keep the spirit of sharing. In sharing, there is understanding.
Giving, sharing — consider them worthy of it. If someone is worthy of 20,000, then give them 20,000. Don't say you distributed it. Keep the spirit that they are worthy of 20,000. I have decided this. If their skill is actually worth 30,000, then I should give them 25,000 and take the benefit of 5,000. But if their skill is worth 30,000 or 40,000, I should give them 30,000. If you have this spirit of sharing, then no one can stop our progress.
I am telling you practically — you save, yes save, but do you know how to save? Your skill should be such that our quality is better than others, our quantity is better. But if you want to earn or progress from people's salaries, you will never move forward.
I met a doctor sister who was in Kiran. She told me, 'Kaka, I'm taking leave, I won't come tomorrow.' I asked why. She said, 'My brother is starting a new restaurant.' I asked, 'You have a restaurant?' She said, 'Yes, my father has had a restaurant for 50 years.' I said, 'Oh! If you've had it for 50 years, how many branches have you opened?' She said, 'No, we're just starting this second one now.'
Friends, we need to learn from this. In 50 years, there should have been 100 branches. But no, brother, in 50 years, just the same one. You've come into a comfort zone — the household expenses are covered, so what's the problem? They don't go hungry. But that is not called progress, that is not called success. In 50 years, how much experience of restaurants would you have? Brother, in all of Surat, your restaurant wouldn't even have a name. We need to take knowledge from this — whatever skill I have, how do I upgrade it?
Friends, the staff we have — never consider them lesser than us, because they have more skill than us. Learn to accept that. Everyone thinks, 'Where are we falling? He's like a fool, but you kept a fool, you kept a fool for work. Keeping a fool is what it's called, brother. A fool means a servant.'
That's the language we use in Gujarati. If we can't replace our wife, can't give her leave, can't replace our husband, can't give him leave, can't replace our parents, can't replace our son or daughter — we compromise in those relationships. But our staff, who works with us, whom we can replace — why waste our brain on that? As long as there is happiness, keep them. And when you feel they are wasting your brain, not giving you as much work as you need, then smile and say no.
Now you say, 'But I can't find other people.' That is their fault? That is our weakness. We don't look for people. Others find 400, some find 4,000, some find 4 lakh, and you can't find four? That is our weakness, that is our lack of confidence.
Recently a brother told me, 'I need a whole system, and this one craftsman — I just can't find them. Everyone else is available.' I asked, 'What is the salary range?' He said, '30,000.' I said, 'Tell them from tomorrow that the average salary of everyone in that department is 30,000, so make theirs 40,000. Increase everyone's salary by 30 percent. Then you'll never have a shortage of people.'
First, you don't want to pay them what they're worth, so when will the person leave? Brother, there are only two things — either you pay less money or you give less love. You have to give both. They are our earned children, they are connected to us.
Today, when you go home, the very first thing you should do — if you have a driver and the driver's salary is 10, 15, 20, 25 thousand, then the driver's salary should be a minimum of 40,000. So go home and first make the driver's salary 40,000. Understood?
This is a step toward progress. This is not wastage, this is not a waste of your capital. This is for your upgrade. I am giving you this message. This Govind Kaka hasn't gone crazy. Yes, he is crazy!
There is a bhajan — 'The procession of the mad.' Look, brother, the procession of the mad. Naradji — those mad ones who didn't build houses or properties. Look, brother, 'The procession of the mad' is an entire bhajan. In it, Mirabai is called mad, Narasinh is called mad — all their names appear. The last line says, 'Govind is mad, his song is mad, and the listener is mad too.'
But those whom the world considered mad were considered wise by God. Be wise in God's eyes. That is the philosophy. Here in society, everyone will call you mad. If tomorrow you increase the driver's salary to 40,000, they'll say, 'There was no need to do that, Kaka. Whatever Kaka says, he just says.'
Look, brother, whoever follows this will benefit. If Kaka says something and you do it, then in everything else you'll say, 'Whatever Kaka says.' Because Govind Kaka has affection for you. He wouldn't give you the wrong message. In that affection, you understand, brother — it overflows. This is not jealousy. It is affection — the feeling that everyone should move forward with love. That is why he gives you this message. This is practical. I told you, this is practical knowledge, a practical message.
If you have a maharaj (cook) at home, his salary should not be less than 50,000. Give him as much as you can. If you have a house helper — in the house, conflicts arise. You know this, right? Between daughter-in-law and mother-in-law, son and father, husband and wife — conflicts arise because of the house helper. What ignorance! We gave the house helper 10, 15 thousand salary. You should be giving 25, 30 thousand.
Because they live with us — how many are our family members? The driver is just four or five inches away from us, right next to us. The house helper gives us water, gives us food, comes into our bedroom, takes our clothes for washing, cleans our bathroom. They are our family member. If we don't make them happy, don't give them enough money, how will we find happiness, friends?
Now let me tell you — all these people close to you: house helper, cook, driver, and everyone else who is close — increase all their salaries to 25 to 50 thousand. And then you will feel as if you have found the elixir of life. You will notice the change in their behavior, in your happiness. Then just watch.
