When you are in despair and tending to give up your efforts – remember the life history of Abrham Lincoln. Famous incidents in Abraham Lincoln’s life:1. February 12, 1809: Abraham Lincoln was born in a one room log cabin in Nolin Creek In Kentucky. 2. 1812: A brother- Thomas- was born but died in infancy. 3. 1818: Abraham (in teenage) was kicked in the head by a horse and thought him dead (for a brief period he was unconscious). 4. October 5, 1818: His mother-Nancy Hanks Lincoln- died of Milk sickness. 5. January 20, 1828: His married sister-SARAH-died during delivery, giving birth to a child. 6. August 6 1832: Defeated in an election. The village store where he worked went out of business. 7.1833: As the store was totally failed, he was badly in debt. 8. January 1835: William Berry- his store partner died. Lincoln’s debt rose to 1000 dollars. 9. August 25, 1835: Anne Ruttedge (Lincoln’s lover) died of fever, at the age of 22. 10. In summer of 1837: The marriage proposal was made to Mary Owens-was turned down. The courtship ends. 11. January 1, 1841: Broken the engagement with Marry Todd. Lincoln developed an episode of depression. 12.1843: Lincoln is unsuccessful in his trial for the Whig nomination for U.S. 13. February 1 1850: His son Edward died after two month illness. 14. January 17, 1851: His father died. 15.1855: Not chosen by the Illinois Legislature, to be as senator. 16. 1859: Douglas was chosen by Illinois legislature for the U.S. senate, instead of Lincoln. Douglas got 54 votes. Lincoln got 46 votes. 17. November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln was elected as-16th United States President, as the first Republican. The above incidents in the life of Abraham … [Read more...]
10 tips to have a successful career
In these days of competitive work life, one needs to be multi-skilled person to have a great career. You need to develop communication skills, you need to cultivate good etiquette, you need to need to acquire leadership qualities and finally you need to become a great learner to move your career on steroids. There is no place for slow learners and lazy people in these days of fast paced working environment. 10 tips for a successful career: 1. Relationship: Have a good relationship with your boss and be always available and extend your full co-operatin to do extra work if he needs and don’t wait for his formal request to you. It creates good impression upon you. 2. Show your skills: If you got any special skills and capabilities and in your opinion they are useful for your organization, bring them to the notice of your boss without hesitation and made a request to him to give an opportunity to prove yourself what you are. 3. Behavior: Behave yourself in such a manner that others should take notice of you and your personality. Learn the skills to express your opinions vividly (communication skills), so that others should not miss-understand you. Soft skills are playing vital role over educational skills. 4. Leadership: Learn the leadership skills and always think and behave positively. Leadership skills are necessary to move up in the organization. 5. Dare to be different: Show some specialty in the daily work, as people want variety from the routine. If possible, try to allocate 20% of time to do different things (Google way). 6. Proactive role: Never forget to have your impression in all the deeds and works. For that purpose, you have to participate and represent yourself by taking responsibility from your wing (department or … [Read more...]
16 causes for failure
Quote: failure is the stepping stone to success. Every one is afraid of failures. Characterestics of failed people: 1. They cannot execute their plans successfully. 2. They do not agree to analyse the negative points present in them. 3. They try to conceal the facts and try to deceive others morally. 4. They never think of new thoughts and also not wish to venture to do new things. They like to adhere to old thoughts only whether they are good or bad. 5. Obedience and dedication are not found in their dictionary. 6. They run behind in continuing further human relations. 7. They don’t have any estimation and don’t like to utilize their intelligences and energies. 8. They often say luck does not favour them, or their time is not good. It indicates that they are not sincerely attempting to do anything. 9. They afraid of the word “failure”. 10. They have less self-confidence. 11. They consider to do hard work, as weakness. 12. They are stubborn and are of the opinion that whatever they think is correct (even though it is wrong). 13. They are having the butterfly mentality that is not fixed type. They go along with the wind. 14. They own take any trouble to achieve the target. 15. Succss and failure are the two sides of the coin. The failed people always see the negative side only. They do not like to turn the coin to see the other side that is success. 16. Sucess is not as easy as you think. The life histories successful people show that they suffered so many hardships to overcome the failure. … [Read more...]
10 tips for successful and stress free life
Every body’s main wish is to have a successful and easy-going life. For this, one must develop and maintain amicable relations with his neighbors. If you fail to achieve success in your career means, you are not evincing keen interest and also not giving much importance to human relations. It clearly indicates that you are not obtaining timely and real help from your neighbors. This is the main obstacle on the way of your journey to success. Your mere hard-working work ethic doesn’t help you to achieve your goals in life, for that you also need other’s help. You know it pretty well that man is a social living-being (creature). To obtain your neighbor’s help, follow these below given guide-lines (tips), which in turn help you t reach the top of the ladder of success. 10 tips to lead a successful life:1. Sincerely convey your appreciation, whenever, they obtain success in their career or in business, etc. 2. Meet them personally and solace them, if they are in trouble. 3. Honestly give your helping-hand to save them, whenever, they are in danger. 4. Be away from your personal egos (egoism), otherwise which themselves move you away from others. 5. Make it a good habit to call your friends and other known persons by their respective names, which in turn makes them joyful, as the sweetest thing for every one in this world is “his own name”. 6. Never forget to attend to “spiritual programmes” which gives us mental peace, and make it a point to gain more knowledge about God, the omnipotent and our savior. 7. Speak always positively with others and often give complements for their good deeds, talents and also the plus points, present in them. 8. Send to the newly-formed friends greetings on their birthdays … [Read more...]
20 tips to lead successful daily life
We have to follow these 20 simple things in our daily life to reduce stress and enjoy happy life. 20 tips for happy daily life: 1. Silence: As soon as you rise from the bed, observe ten minutes os silence without any thoughts, which give you peace of mind through out the day. Learn meditation and Yoga. 2. Color of cloths: Colored cloths for teenagers and white cloths for adults give enthusiasm as per latest research. 3. Goodness: Memorize all the good things you did in your life. Forget the bad memories. 4. Sleep: 6-8 hours of good sleep is necessary. This is necessary to recoup body and mind. 5. No negative thoughts: If you think negatively, the body secretes hormones and chemicals which in turn cause stress. 6.Happiness: Cheerfulness not only energizes you, but also your colleagues. 7. Friends: Try to spend your spare time with like minded persons. Keep away from negative mentality people. 8.Answers and Solutions: In stead of bothering about your problems, try to find solutions. It will raise your confidence levels. 9. Caffeine: Not more than 2-3 cups. Don’t get addicted to them. 10.Love: Love increases life time of a person. Love makes life beautiful. 11.Different things: Routine life activities bring boredom. Try to make routine things in different ways i.e.; Change your breakfast menu, cultivate new hobbies, travel to new places etc. 12.Challenges: Take up new challenges with courage. 13. Writing: Maintain a diary of your activities. Try to put in your feelings. It will reduce your stress. Ex: American President Abraham Lincoln used to write his hard feelings in the paper and through them into dustbin. 14. Argument: … [Read more...]
8 secrets of happy and successful life
If you wish to become a most successful person (leader) in life, you have to follow certain things in your daily life. 1. Stop worrying: Never worry about the past things as past is past. And also not worry about the future as it cannot be predicted correctly. By thinking about those things which are not under our control, there is every chance of occurring bad rather than good. Always think about in the present and act accordingly. It is a good process to rectify the past mistakes and prepare the plans for the future. 2. Love Yourself:Never underestimate yourself, irrespective of the defects, if at all present, in you. Nobody is born perfectly in this world. Always love yourself, your individuality and your family. 3. Self confidence: If you have self confidence, it is well and good, even if nobody is with you. Self confidence develops courage in you and you can achieve your goal in life. 4. Think positively: Never develop negative thoughts, which spoil one’s career.We can solve so many problems by positive thinking. We know that hope is life and doubt is death. 5. Feel Assertive: Nobody has the right to degrade you,(unless you commit any mistake).Always fight for your rights and at the same time have peaceful mind. If you don’t like anything, never hesitate to express your opinion of disliking openly. Otherwise you have to face troubles. 6. Energize Yourself: Always try to develop skills present in you and encourage yourself often and on which acts as a booster to your mind. Troubles might interfere in your daily activities and programmes, bur never abandon that work in the middle, and proceed to continue to do it with great enthusiasm. Never get despair. 7. Motivate Yourself: This is most … [Read more...]
25 ways to improve your life in 2009
Indian spiritual master and Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar mentioned 25 ways to improve life in 2009. To improve your life, you need to get a broad understanding about youself and your priorities. 25 Ways to improve the quality of Life: 1. Review the context of life. 2. Know life's impermanence. 3. Make your smile cheaper. 4. Be enthusiastic and praise others. 5. Make meditation a part of your life. 6. Go to the most beautiful place 7. Communicate effectively. Communication skills are vital to achieve success. 8. Take out time for your self. 9. Better the world around you. 10. Nourish your emotions. 11. Plan short and long term goals. 12. Prayer is a vital tool. 13. Implement the changes if needed. 14. Identify your limitations. 15. Do not lose your friends. 16. Don't look for perfection. 17. Let us be unpredictable. 18. Have a sense of humour 19. Don't be afraid to make mistakes 20. Overcome your prejudice. 21. Feel that "I am blessed" 22. Do random acts of kindness. 23. Be a student always. 24. Dream the impossible. 25. Compare your performance. If you can follow these simple tips by great master, you are moving towards success in both personal and professional life. … [Read more...]
Success: Secrets, quotes and tips
Everybody wishes to have a successful career in his/her life and also aims to reach the top most position in one's career. It is nothing but natural. To achieve success, the minimum required two things are, we have to work hard and have a good plan of action. Without those two minimum actions, we could achieve nothing and there after our position becomes just like a stone, without any improvement. What are the secrets of successful people? How to improve ourselves to lead a successful life? Secrets of Success: 1. Desire 2. Ability 3. Utility of skills 4. Hard work. 1. Desire: To achieve success in life, first of all, you should have an intense desire, otherwise, you won’t get required result.The aim or goal should be depending upon your previous and practical experiences. Take into consideration your plus and minus points and also your present position, before setting your goal. Either too little or too big goals do not serve our purpose and often we may met with failure. For them success is at far away distance. Hence proper selection of goal is highly essential. Success quote: “First deserve and then desire”. 2. Ability or Confidence: Human brain contains millions of neurons. The “memory” present in each neuron is equal to one computer. Its capability and level is same in each and every individual, as revealed by the experiments. But, some persons have low confidence in them, which leads to inferiority complex and they achieve little in their career. At the same time “over confidence” in their ability is also not so good. Success Quote: “Too much of everything is always bad”. 3. Utility of skills: Having skills is not of much use but one must have the ability to utilize them … [Read more...]
6 success lessons from Ants
Observe the ants and see their behavior in daily life and while searching for food. One can learn many lessons (Hard work, unity, cooperation and vision etc) from ants. "Ant’s philosophy" can be divided into 6tips and they are as follows:1. Way of identifying food. 2. Never give up policy. 3. Maintaining discipline. 4. Having foresight. 5. With full of self-confidence. 6. Ultimately achieving unusual success. 1. Way of identifying the food: Wherever, there is sugar or any food material etc, whether in multi-storied building or on the high mountains ants collect there within no time. Good only knows how they grasp the material. They flick around as if come from sky. Similarly if you want to succeed in any field, you should study the circumstances well and obtain the sufficient knowledge pertaining to your project or any programme you undertake. 2. Never give up policy: It doesn’t matter, whatever work you might undertake, precede a head despite obstacles you face or friends may discourage you, expressing their doubts about profit -yielding or success of that project. Never step back by such comments. 3. Maintaining of discipline: The ants move in a line and move fast in queue towards food, in disciplined manner as military personnel. They never break the queue and such is their spirit. Similarly you should also move forward along the project, you have taken up, with the concord of thought, word and deed and you find success at your door-steps. 4. Having foresight: Ants move outside in summer and gather their food and store it in pits and trenches, for rainy season. They enjoy rainy season without searching for food. Otherwise, if they go in search for food, in rainy season, they … [Read more...]
5 simple tips for success
Apply these 5 wonderful cardinal points in your daily life, you will see wonders and you will be above the crowd. Successful people followed these simple things in their life to do wonders and become legends. These things may look simple but very difficult to implement in daily life. That's the difference between winners and losers. 5 Secrets of Success: 1. To Work - When others are dreaming. 2. To Give - When others are gasping. 3. To Smile - When others are complaining. 4. T o Serve - When others are demanding. 5. To Persist - When others are quitting. … [Read more...]
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