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abhiyerra

O Arjuna!
As the ignorant men work with attachment to action,
so should the wise act without attachment,
for the welfare of the world. -Bhagavad Gita 3:25

...the whole secret lies in organization, accumulation of power, co-ordination of wills. -Swami Vivekananda.

I am Abhi Yerra, the core of who I am as a person can be defined in four principles. These principles I apply to everything in my life. These are:

  • Serve. My purpose is to serve. Whether to serve my family, my team, my customers, my partners, my community, or the world. Any action that I take must have service at its core. Defining purpose in terms of service leads to a more fulfilling life. Serving also leads to innovation as new ways of thinking, new innovations, new principles can be put to use to help others. Every other principle is subordinate to this one.
  • Standardized Processes. I am not a goal oriented person, I am a systems oriented person. Systems are built on processes. When I build a system I start with a crappy, basic system and continuously improve it over time. Good processes lead to predictable outcomes. Every sangh, sakha, and sevaka have standardized processes that are followed.
  • Continuous Improvement. I find that the journey of continuous improvement is more fulfilling than an end goal. Continuous improvement optimizes for action over inaction, leads to mastery over time as small, incremental improvements compound over time.
  • Removing Waste. In every system there is waste, entropy is a Law of Thermodynamics after all. Waste includes waste of time, money, energy, resources. This waste usually results in inefficiencies, stress, loss of quality, and most of all a loss of a settled mind. So I root out waste in every system I build to ensure that my team and I are working and doing things that focus on serving. By removing waste, quality is improved, and quality leads to a settled, content mind as I can be proud of the work I have accomplished.

To put these principles into practice I build organizations as my outlet. My organizations are setup into the following structure:

  • sangh (Business). Build organizations that had a common mission and a specific focus. Primarily focused around Organization.
  • sakha (Business Unit). Build individual businesses within a sangh that contributes to the mission of the sangh. Primarily focused around Process Management.
  • sevaka (Worker). Hire and train sevakas (workers) to work within the sakhas and help them grow: Physically, Emotionally, Intellectually, Spiritually. Primarily focused around People Development.

The specific businesses and organizations I am building are: