It is well said: "Success brings people together, and failure makes them orphans". It applies everywhere and to all the circumstances. For example in the competitive exams, very few succeed and the remaining remains unsuccessful. People call the winners as "Lucky fellows", and the losers are called "bad luck people". This is human nature. But, we can say confidently that all men are equal by nature. God has given intelligence equally to all. But success depends on how we use our intelligence. Success is not hereditary. Success is directly proportional to the hard working capacity. Luck is described as: ‘’Hard work is another name for luck. Leave nothing to chance’’, a golden word to be adopted and followed by those who want success in their activities or programmes. Success Quote: "Genius is nothing but 1% percent inspiration and 99% perspiration". But one must keep it in mind that success is not so easy as it appears outwardly. Ask any successful person how he succeeded in his Endeavour, immediately he reveals the troubles he faced before he came out successfully. The winners were relentlessly working hard, while we were sleeping. They read day and nights and sacrificed number of their happy moments and also luxuries. They also never forget, the hardships they underwent during their childhood life. But one should not get discouraged at the time of failure. Most of the successful persons were also one time failured people. Remember that, ‘’Failure is the stepping stone for success’’. Never stop if you fail one or two times in your attempts. But pursue it until you obtain the fruits of success i.e.; the goals in your life. Usually the failed one says the cause of their failure … [Read more...]
Art of Living: Service and Selfishness
Man with out emotions is like a fruit without juice. You need to make your life interesting inorder to make people to be and move with you. So nurture yourself with music, prayer and services. The way to go from the state of individualness to universal conseiousness, is to share in, the others sorrow and joy. Get rid of selfishness with in you. When you expand in knowledge with time, then you are free from depression. The way to overcome personal misery is to share it with universal misery. Instead of thinking” what about myself?” think about “what can I do for this world? “.Silence heals, rejuvenates and gives you stability and brings creativity. Service leads to the dynamic experience of leadership. Lack of service motto leads the person to depression. Pain is in inevitable with its physical nature. But suffering is optional and mental. If you are not sensitive to others’ pain, then you are not a human being. Service also can bring contentment in life. Service without spirituality will be shallow and cannot be sustained for a long period. When you help others in need, good vibrations and unexpected blessings come to you. Service opens the mind which in turn leads to meditation. Meditation brings back peace of mind and smile in the face. When you sing and pray to God sincerely, your emotions are nourished and you become “lively”. Please share your opinion on Art of Living. … [Read more...]
How to enhance communication skills?
In today's competitive environment just educational knowledge is not enough to grow in life. A lot of other factors are also needed to become successful. Among all the factors our personality plays the most important role to achieve the goal of our life. Personality can’t be improved in a day's or week's or month's time; this is a continuous process. To improve your personality first of all you should aware of your strengths and weaknesses. Then focus on your strengths and improve upon your weaknesses. Basically, personality development is the improvement of communication skills, social skill, presentation skill and positive attitude towards life and ethics. Today I’m focusing on communication skill because I think that communication is the most important factor to reflect your personality. How to enhance one's personality? Be Clear On Your Words: Make sure you understand what you want to say before you start. Explain the context of your point so your listener clearly understands why you're talking to them. Use simple words and language to express your point. Do Not Talk Too Fast or Too Slow: Talking too fast shows your nervousness and the result of this people tend to perceive you as unsure of yourself. Therefore, you need to be slow and steady, while expressing your thoughts to someone. However, being too slow is also not good. Rather, develop a moderate speed for your speech. You can develop this habit by practicing at home. You should read newspapers and check your speed. Also try talking to yourself in front of mirror. Stays Positive: Phrase your ideas and suggestions in a positive, rather than critical way. Be confident. Don't assume that what you have to say … [Read more...]
Time management advice
It is common we everybody blame time that it goes very fast and we are not able to chase it. Is it true? Is the time running fast without take care us? We all know that we are simply blame time because we can't complete our work in time. Time is precious as it never waits for anybody and can’t get back once lost. Hence we should be little bit careful about time, especially who complain that they haven't got enough time to do their works. Time management may be useful for such people. It is nothing but studying how to utilize our valuable time effectively. When we walk up in the morning we are going to have plenty of time. The whole day is waiting for us. But the way of utilizing is important.First of all we have to do is to write down the day's works. Important job has to be given first chance and enough amount of time also given. Try to complete the job as we specified in the chart. One important point is speed. Try to complete the work as fast as you can, so that enough free time will be there. You can take break between the works. We should have a plan about the things we are going to do in next one hour. If you go like this at the end of the day you may find enough and more play time that can be used as your wish. You have to find time for doing something useful for yourself and entertainment. At night you can examine the list that you are created at the morning. Make sure that you have done all. If you can make tomorrow's work list at night, it may help you to start your day easily. There are many situations in life that we regret about the time we wasted. If you follow the time management you will never get a chance to regret and be proud of yourself making your time useful. Author: Nayana Valsaraj, Kannur … [Read more...]
How to achieve Success and mental peace
Everyone wants success in his life and it is nothing but part and parcel in our personality development. Mental peace plays a prominent role in achieving the success. Everywhere people like to see the smiling face and serene mind. How to achieve mental peace and success: 1. Fearlessness: It is said that a fearless mind can achieve anything. Where there is no fear, there will be no tension and anxiety and automatically peace prevails there. Then our mind works clearly and is in balanced state. As we know that, balanced mind never makes hasty decisions. Serene Mind acts as a loving mother and it provides you with right answers and suggestions depending upon you requirements and the situations. 2. Constant reading: One can attain knowledge through constant reading and observation. As we know well, “knowledge is strength”. We have to behave according to conditions and situations prevailing there. Timely act brings success, for example, getting the job or passing in the competitive exams. 3. Will power: Persons having this power are usually away from weaknesses like laziness, postponing mentality, etc. They move towards success with a style which is peculiar to them. They never become slaves to bad habits and deeds. They are with sufficient mental strength. 4. Discipline: It comes only with will power. People having this power can face the challenges and problems that occur in life, with confidence and courage. Disciplined persons rarely fail in either professional or personal life. Discipline, perseverance, patience and self-belief are the chief characteristics in personality development. 5. Punctuality: If you wish that your future should be perfect and … [Read more...]
Table Etiquette
All of us generally pay a lot of attention to develop our personality. We work on our communication skill, our health, and our dressing style. But how many of us take care of eating etiquettes? Do we know what table manners are? Here I am discussing few points that we all know but usually ignore them. If we mind all the points from today, we can learn a lot about table manners. • Please do not make a noise such as slurping and burping while eating. This is very bad table manner and looks very indecent. • Do not talk with food in your mouth. Chew with your mouth closed. • Do not put too much food in your mouth. Eat in small bites and slowly. • Licking fingers or picking teeth on dinner table is very impolite. • Wait for others to start. If you are a host, request your guest to start first. On other hand if you are a guest never start eating before any signal from your host. • If you are dining with any lady, first serve for her. • Do not look at others table again and again. This is very disturbing behavior for others. • Do not put too much food at a time on your plate. Take a small amount, finish it, and then take another time. If you are unable to finish your food instead of eating forcefully and vomit politely say “Sorry”. • If you drop your cutlery or napkin on floor while eating, do not pick it up. Take fresh cutlery or napkin. • If you do not know the use of fork and knife, please do not try in front of your guest or host. If you really want to eat with fork and knife, first try in front of your family members. Hold your knife in your right hand and fork in the left hand. Cut the item into small peaces with the help of knife and eat with … [Read more...]
Tips for success at work
Ah, you’ve received the appointment letter and are excited to begin your first job! When you step into the world of work, you’re entering a new phase in your life. The workplace allows you to apply your education and training to your job. Employment helps you earn and take care of yourselves and your dependents. How can you excel at work and nurture your career? Success Tip: Respect the authority: Show respect to everyone at work, particularly the authority. The management cadre of your company and your supervisor has vast knowledge and experience. And, they’re senior to you in age too. Show respect to people in authority and you’ll lay a strong track to drive your career. How can you show respect to the people at the helm of affairs? Begin your first interaction with your supervisor in a work day with a “Good morning, Sir.” Should you need to meet your manager in his office, gently tap the door, even if it’s open, and seek permission to enter. Stand until your manager asks you to take your seat. Attend to meetings, presentations, and others in a prompt way. Always speak in a clearly audible voice, yet not too loud. In your verbal and written communication with your supervisor and others at work, use a formal language. Your body language should convey respect and open the doors for fruitful communication. Last, but not the least, maintain enthusiasm and a cheerful mood.Work Ethics: Always strive to complete your work on-time, within budget, and at the expected quality. If you complete your work sooner than the time allocated to you, seek a new project. Remember, you gain work experience not just by the number of years in a company, but also by the depth and breadth of your work. So, the more work you complete efficiently, the more … [Read more...]
How to live happily?
In the present age, happiness has become synonymous with material success. It has become so encompassing that people spend most of their time as well as expend a considerable amount of their physical and mental energy in trying to achieve it. Sadly, not many people realize that this is not just a phenomenon of modern day living, but a major degenerative disease in their lives. In an effort to achieve our goals, we forget that the mind and body are not completely suited to cope with such stress and strain. Happiness is not synonymous with material fulfillments of worldly desires but actually is the complete freedom from this. The mind is at peace only when it is free from the carving for material and personal gains. The concept of stress is born out of this dilemma. In pursuit of attaining happiness along with materialistic goals, one is confronted with a situation that needs harmony. It is the discrepancy between the desires and their fulfillment that throws one out of harmony with the environment.The feeling of frustration, fear and anxiety born out of this situation is recognized as stress. To achieve that elusive harmony man has renewed his interest in the philosophy of meditation. Meditation, worldwide, is recognized as a means to free one from fear and frustrations. It gives an inner strength which gradually leads to a harmonious existence. What we need to know and learn is how to use this mind to improve our lives. Meditation is the key which help us to and awaken the sleeping mind and bring it into a state of consciousness. The philosophy of meditation is entrenched in the belief: “One should not search for harmony in the environment or the external world. This search should instead, be concentrated within the … [Read more...]
Success quote: Success never comes easy
There is no ladder on which you can step up to success. When it comes to reaching your destination, life throws many tantrums and your path is always filled with thorns. But brave are those who are determined and never halt. They tread their path as if there will be no tomorrow and feel content only after reaching their destination. God is always testing us and strengthening us. He doesn’t give us the way to success but he always gives us the courage to reach our destiny and if we lack determination, he makes sure that he puts our life in such a way that we have the predicaments so that we try to overcome them by strengthening our courage. Most of the people give up while battling with these predicaments which are actually to help us build our courage. But those who triumph over this dilemma emerge as winners. Everybody wants to be a winner but nobody wants to pay the price for it. We keep cribbing how our neighbours, friends, celebrities got the achievements but never we think over what they went through in order to achieve that. We never mull over the circumstances they endured. We just compare their current condition with that of ours and spend our whole life shouting how god was unfair to us, but we never have audacity to start working on our shortcomings and mould our life in such a way that we can achieve success. Success isn’t easy but it’s not that difficult too. If you are determined, nobody can stop you from achieving what you want. Never fear your deficiency. Never let your weakness come in between your way to success. Once you fail, keep trying until you achieve success. Success and failures are within us. You become what you think of yourself. So never think of yourself as a fiasco. Never be disappointed. Make sure that … [Read more...]
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