Droplets Of Happiness

Few days back I had a very amazing experience. Wanted to share it with you all.

There was a man, aged 28 probably, he was giving all his relatives ice creams to eat. All of his relatives were 80 + in their age and the way they were looking at the ice creams, I was able to guess that it was the first ice cream of their lives. For a while they were saying no to him but somewhere down there, the small child in them was jumping to have it!

 The man insisted and they agreed.

I was watching them very carefully... They were enjoying every bite of it. Whenever the ice would touch their sensitive teeth, they would look at each other and laugh. When the ice cream of one of them would start melting from one end, others notified him and they all again burst into laughter. Every moment till their ice creams was over, they were purely convulsed with laughter. It was a very sweet scene. I just couldn't take my eyes off their happiness and smiles which clearly showcased how much the little child in all of them was happy as if the old man took a seat and the small child in them was showcasing his energy and vitality.

What I learned from them was that life is small, life is short. We need to play it big but we also need to savor the small happiness it brings with it. These are what I refer to as droplets of happiness.

Drop by drop a sea is made. Bricks of small happinesses in life construct a life well lived.

Another incident that revised these thoughts in me happened a few weeks back.

I met a friend of mine. She's an awesome writer. She writes better than me. And I respect her and her way of writing a lot! (If I get permission from her then I'll share her poem with you all... She's damn good! no, not good it's GENIUS level thing! ) okay so as I was sharing, I entered her room and damn... I was surprised, a bit shocked and a lot curious to know the reason.

She has pasted all of her pictures on her wardrobe. Starting from her cute little baby pictures to her till date pictures. It's like a collage. In some she is making weird funny faces, in some, she is posing as a supermodel and in some, she's looking damn gorgeous (which she is, undoubtedly). And not just her pictures, she herself is a very strong lady and someone who doesn't let life's downs get her low. So basically what I learned by looking at those pictures and her nature is that... Life will throw it's worst cards at you sometimes... But it's your wish if you want to lose or you want to play it in spades. Her outgoing nature is just mesmerizing and yes it's also a real reflection of her inner strength and confidence. Her pictures perfectly define the class of that lady. And guys you know from where all these qualities and that alluring confidence came?

It's that collage. I haven't asked her about this. But this is just my view of it.

What I encourage you all to do is...To have your own collage. When your life gets you through its deep difficult valley, your collage will show you the way. When you're in deep tension your collage will tell you one thing. "Dude, why so serious?"(No, not in that tone of joker which you might be having in mind LOL..just kidding) In difficult times I believe these pictures will give you strength. They will speak ... No... They will SHOUT at you in times of distress that "Cmon girl, you've been through many difficult phases, this is nothing in front of all that". And then you bring a whole new self out to the world. Wow! Wouldn't that feel wow?

Let me sum up what I just said by giving you three examples of what your every picture will speak and remind you…

1)    The Weird faces you make will speak that be crazy. Life’s not meant to be all that serious

2)    The Childhood pictures will speak at you that live life maturely, be responsible but most importantly be a child at heart.

3)    The pictures in which you are looking elegant (for ladies)/dapper(for gentlemen), they will speak to you that look at yourself. You are worth more than you think. And you deserve nothing less than first class.

So please get your collage on. It's self-motivating and works as a self-affirmation tool too that you're worth more than you could ever think.

Your collage will always give you a smile on your face. And there's a very powerful effect of a smile. It's a very bitter truth that am telling you... But the world doesn't give a damn about the fact if you are sad. Your sadness will repel others. And your smile will attract others. And my friend's smile is very attractive and a good example of exuding passion and vitality which she so easily demonstrates through her strong character. 

If your tears cannot find a place in your eyes... Will they ever find any place in someone's heart? No. They won't. Only a few will be by your side and your biggest ally will always be at your side, and that is YOU!!!

So, have a collage guys! So that your best friend "YOU" is always there, looking at you, smiling at you and reminding you to take life easily, and to make you realize that you're just Awesome!!! 

These pictures will be your small little droplets of happiness that will make your life worth living ! 

So I would now end up this blog post with her latest (and her favorite WhatsApp status) it's this...

LOVE. LAUGH. LIVE.

Till next time. 

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy. 

Warmth Of Love

Today's blog post is very simple and the way I have learned it is simply profound.

This morning I was melting some ice cubes. So I was pouring some normal temperature water on a very big ice cube. The ice cube would generally take approx an hour to melt completely, but just after pouring 2 buckets of water, the ice cube was gone!

What I learned from here:-

Just like the cold ice cube could be melted by the warm water... Same way the warmth of love can break even the coldest of hearts.

Oh... An incident came to my mind right now... A few months back  when I used to attend some training on the stock market and share market of India, I used to have a Sir there. He never used to smile neither with any other students nor me. So I shared with my mom that mom he's such a bad guy he never smiles.

My mom said "Prateek, you are such a positive and hard working guy... Take him as a challenge and I give you this challenge... Before you leave this institute when your training will be over, you have to make him smile"

Well, it was seriously a very tough challenge. That guy was so stubborn that he never smiled to my "good morning sir". Every day I used to smile at him and say "Good morning sir " and he rarely replied as if the government was imposing a tax on his every smile ! Lol. He was that stubborn. It seemed to me like he took the oath to never smile to Prateek when he took birth. ROFL :D okay jokes apart...

He's a nice guy. When he opened up to me, I realized that somewhere down the line, he was demotivated because of some personal issues. I happened to help him in that too.

Oh and by the way... I made him smile a lot. I even have selfies with him. :D. Am not that much fan of selfies like my another sweet friend (G), but I only clicked those selfies to prove to my mom. That mom... I DID IT ! BRING IT ON ! I love that day. That feeling that yes... I did it man! It was awesome! 

It actually took me around 45 days to make him smile. Every day I used to look at him, smile at him and greet him and then get down that still he didn't smile back. But I never gave up.

So you see... The warmth of my love finally broke the cold heart of that guy.

Your love is the biggest weapon to neutralize any enemy. Be it your angry boss or your that colleague that is jealous of you. Or it could be your stubborn child who never listens to you. Or it even could be your neighbor who always throws his junk in your garden.

Love them. Like they are your sweethearts. Love them like when they irritate you, you love it. Yeah, it sounds funny and believes me your this attitude will shock them!

But in the end... You will win.

Mahatma Gandhi, a weak and fragile man in India wearing a simple loincloth fought for freedom without even lifting his hands in the air to fight… and masses followed him. So why can't you? Of course, he was a great human being and we can't compare to the bigness of his heart but yes... This is the sure way to start!

So ... Do it! Now!

Spread love. Spread happiness.

Till next time.

#StayMotivated #StayHappy #StayExcited

GENIUS (2)

As promised, here I am sharing with you some superb ideas and tactics to be implemented in your life so that you can achieve your own unique form of greatness.

In this series, I'll be walking you through another acronym of the word GENIUS where I have broken down the simple tactics of a genius and will be explaining them to you using each letter of the word GENIUS. Yeah, I know this is crazy, but this acronym fever will get over soon.

In my, this blog post I am going to share with you how to be best among the crowd and how you can tune up your levels of performance to a new higher level of frequency to just rock the floor like you would never have... Here we go :-

G :- Grow yourself.

None of us is perfect. We're all works in progress. Constantly we keep on focusing our vision on a new higher goal every time we accomplish one. For this we require to grow ourselves in every way possible, body and mind both. Growing yourself is not just concerned with keeping yourself fit, growing yourself means getting yourself fitter every time you step into the gym. Growing by mind involves the process that when we sit on our desk to work, we always end up innovating a more every time. This is the number one rule of the rare gems of the world. They always focus on growing themselves in both, mind and body simultaneously.

E :- Evaluate yourself

After every examination, our answer papers are checked by the examiner. Our results are then given and we work harder if we are getting off track. Similarly, we all need to evaluate ourselves for a while, every now and then.

 Is your work ethics in alignment with your dream map?

Are your actions in line with what you are saying?

 Are you walking your talk?

  
Evaluation is so very much important. Evaluation is the key that does the refinement in the crafting skill of the sculpture of a man in pursuit of his eye-opening dreams.

N :- Nurture yourself

You must be confused that what is the difference between the Growing yourself and Nurturing yourself. Growing is of mind and body. Nurturing is by the soul. We all have some bad qualities in us, am no exception, but it is the resilience that keeps me going. We all, including me, go through many incidents and meet many people, from whose influence we are highly prone to copy paste their negativities in us.

Because if we do suck them up just like the sponge... Ultimately we're gonna be the ones who'll be dirty. Nurturing can be done by making your soul pure and clear. Free from any form of hatred. Filling it with love. Love for humanity... Love for the work you do... Love for the people who matter to you and those for whom you matter ... Love for the power that has created you.

I :-  Innovate in your work

The only inoculation of a lifeless life is Innovation. Albert Einstein has put it so beautifully when he said: "insanity is doing the same thing every time and expecting different results." Every time you do your work, be so exceptional that you stun the world with your genius. Am a big fan of Usher. The way he sings and he dances, it's just wow! I mean whenever I see his dance moves, there's always a bit of freshness to it. That's an example of innovation at work. 

U :- Understand yourself

All of us are a part of one earth, one Galaxy, and one universe. We all have similar looking body parts like one nose, two eyes etc. Still, we differ a lot. We differ in what's really inside us. Just imagine what would happen if Usher starts to play the soccer in place of Messi and Messi starts to sing? Might be they'll be good at those other arts but they definitely won't be doing iconic in it, like they currently are in their respective fields. That's the same thing I wanna share with you. Be iconic in what you do. And this can only be done when we are aware of our negatives and positives. So to do it, understand yourself.

  Do this because the world is just an audience waiting to applaud for your tremendous performance.

S :- Sacrifice yourself

Let me share a story with you here, it fits in so perfectly.

There was a guy who used to play piano and violin very effortlessly during his era. He was very famous for the Genius in him. Even still to this day, many people adore him and give him respect. So what happened is that while doing and composing his music, he was struck by the bad luck and became deaf. And as the saying goes "God supports those who support themselves" still he used to draw big crowds to his stage shows. So on one of such fine days, he was playing his instruments and people were adoring for such a fine genius he is. When the show got over, the audience couldn't resist but give a standing ovation to him. But to their surprise, as this guy had stopped his piano, he got up and started collecting his stuff from there. His back was towards the audience that’s why he couldn't see their standing ovation. The audience was shocked to see this and a bit dishearten as well. Just then a friend of that guy came on stage and made his friend turn around to see what he was missing out. The audience was later crying to know the reason behind it because then they got to know that the guy playing the piano is deaf. You'll be shocked to know who he was. Ladies and gentlemen, that was Beethoven. Yes, the legend Beethoven. By the time he created his 7th symphony he was deaf. But that didn't stop him and he fought it and gave the world a true set of masterpieces and a fine example of burning passion.

In the end, I would like to remind you that the law of nature is "quid pro quo". You really can never get something for nothing.

Kindly notice a small child when he's doing up his work. They are always so passionate and alive while doing their work that they really don't care at that time whatever is happening around them. I recently noticed my small brother doing up his art. While he was fully engaged in his work, all of us in the house mattered the least to him.

Well, that's what being a genius is all about. Genius isn't about genetics, genius is all about your practice. This universe will support only those who devote themselves fully to their craft and they promise themselves to render the exquisite amount of creativity that the world just can't ignore the genius in them. They don't do it for the money they do it for the love. They do it for the immense amount of satisfaction that they get from it. So, please follow these ideas that I've just shared with you.Otherwise, you're taking away the right of this world to reap the benefits of the genius in you.

Till next time.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

Summary of GENIUS

Hello ! What's up ?

Here I am again sitting in my cozy room in India and having my morning cup of cold coffee ! ( I really love it ) let me get to the business straight away...

Through my all earlier blog posts about the Genius, I have tried giving you the insider secrets that are constantly applied by the niche men of all ages.

I would now like to make you aware of the fact, that all these principles which they live by, are simple easy things to do. But that's what a genius is all about. They do the difficult tasks so greatly that they make difficult look easy. It's their magic. They have a very sneaky (yet, a very damn sexy) habit of turning what's a mountain look like a mole hill. So that's no surprise why they're called as the leaders of the herd.

A valuable principle I've learned from my mom is that nothing in this life comes free. Now you know me... I can't live with boring, so I found this line a bit boring therefore added my own spin on it and I've reconstructed it as :-

“ Nothing comes free in life except tensions, worries and stress”.

And all those genius guys that we have just studied, they all understand this fact pretty well and they befriended hard work, passion, dedication and self-confidence to get away from laziness, bored feeling, distractions, and self-doubt. They enjoy everything in world, expensive automobiles, luxurious lifestyle and superb quality human connections too. All this - one principle - be a GENIUS. In my next blog post, I'll guide you and motivate you on how to apply some principles which will completely revolutionize your life if you apply them consistently. Let me tell you that they're not gonna be some quick fix formulas, they'll be simple not easy to implement... But if you'll do... You know what you'll live... The life of a legend. 

Till next time.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

S of GENIUS

[Read : U of GENIUS ]

Silence pays off huge dividends.

By now, as we have escalated down to the last point on "S" of the "GENIUS", am sure that you must have learned something from each and every blog post. Humbleness, greatness, enthusiasm, the spirit of never giving up all these are the traits of a true genius. So here we are on the last letter "S" understanding it's importance and thereby it's significance.

Silence. All great leaders have this habit of being silent during meaningless discussions. And the idea behind this habit is simply alluring that I have myself adopted it a long way back and the results are marvelous. The idea is :-

If you spend your creative energy or your potential energy in useless activities, you will yourself deplete the enormous reservoir of it, then when you'll get down to business, you're left with less or no energy.

I myself have this habit of spending an hour every day (even though I have to wake up at 5 am for it) in silence. Silence allows you to set yourself up for the day and to revise your mission in life.

I think each one of us can drive, right? So what do you do when you get off track, you immediately get your hands on the wheel and steer yourself back on track. Silence does the same. We need the time to think through and set ourselves on our path to our desires and wishes, and silence does it all.

The reason why all the elite Businessmen remain silent is because their mental framework says to them that if they speak too much they might miss out on listening to the other person's idea that might be very fascinating and it might give them the breakthrough to make millions.

When you're silent, I believe and I've felt it that you're completely naked then. You're facing yourself in the mirror. Who can you lie when you know that you're talking to yourself? It is, for obvious reasons, difficult to see ourselves in that self-reflection phase (i.e. silence) but if we gradually work up on our inner selves to achieve whole new levels in our lives be it personally, professionally, financially, spiritually or physically, the results will be breathtaking. And we would be just undefeatable then. But this is easily said than done. That is why only the 5% - 7% of the population is the Genius breed.

The wise speak less do more. The mediocrity speaks at length and does meaningful work in millimeters.

Choose your side.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

And whatever are the results do tell me by commenting below. Would love to know the changes you've experienced after applying all these principles. 

[Read : How to be a GENIUS, click here ]

U of GENIUS

[Read : I of GENIUS ]

Understand the value of every human being.

This blog post "U" of genius is in congruence with the "E" of genius which I wrote in an earlier blog post. The quality of a rich life, a rich business, a successful company and even a successful nation, dilutes down to one thing and that is the quality of human connections prevailing in it.

I think we all need all of us. For example :- a company's CEO needs the sweeper who sweeps the floor of the company before the CEO walks in. And vice versa, the sweeper needs the CEO to get his salary/wage. Of course, there will be a difference in the pay they both get with respect to the work they do. But I don't think it gives the right to the company or the CEO to exploit the sweeper or any XYZ employee.

I think we should treat every human being the way we want ourselves to be treated. You must have read a lot of stories of "rags to riches", you just never know when the tables will turn and story turns from "riches to rags" and might be the CEO who treated the sweeper badly might now have to work under the superintendence of that same sweeper.

And this is where the true "G" greatness of Genius comes into play. Every humble leader always treats his subordinates and his superiors with due respect. Respect the superiors because you need them. Respect your subordinates because you need them to respect you, otherwise without them nobody would respect you.

To end this blog post, I have created a two line summary. Here it is :-

" The success of a true company can never be measured

 how much area your company is spread in miles,

 But it can surely be measured by how many consumers

you have touched and

being in their lives giving them smiles "

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

[Read : S of GENIUS ]

I of GENIUS

Innovation is the new weapon.

[Read : N of GENIUS ]

Changing times, changing measures, changing ways of living and changing ways of thinking.

These days the customers/consumers or even the public in general, demand better quality products rather than focusing on the quantity and price factors alone. Therefore all the leading brands (in their respective industries) are innovating at the speed of light.

The Research and Development (R & D) department of every enterprise is now among the top priorities among its old counterparts i.e. sales and accounts department.

Thus, the CEOs and the COOs of these leading brands are the ultimate men and women on whose shoulders the responsibility to direct the company rests. They all understand the importance and more importantly, the need for innovation. EARLIER INNOVATION WAS JUST A FACILITY, NOW IT’S A NECESSITY.

Thus to survive in such cut throat competition all such leaders are always coming up with new ideas, methods and techniques that could increase their customers' satisfaction levels.

This is all what innovation is all about. Thinking new patterns, discovering more and better avenues. And when you discover better avenues you increase your revenues.

Does that really matter if you're not the CEO of a company so as to apply this principle in your life? I don't think so. You're the CEO of your own life and career. Just like the CEO of a company who tries to innovate every day, same way whenever you start doing your normal routines, try innovating a bit in it. Try going deeper in your field of study, understanding more concepts and details about it and truly engaging yourself in it, go to such an extreme level that the world matters the least to you.

That's called as innovation.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

[Read : U of GENIUS ]

N of GENIUS

[Read : E of GENIUS ]

Never giving up is a sure shot way to success.

All the elite men and women, regardless of their area of operation, who have achieved the top notch positions in their arena, they all give thumbs up to the rule of "winners never give up"

I know that you must have heard this age-old line probably thousands of times to don't give up, but let me give a spin on it...

Let me give you a very strange technique today, give up on something you can't do right now, give yourself a vacation. It doesn't need to be a trip to the Bahamas only… It could be a simple walk in the park with your favorite ice cream also. ;) and then come back again to your thing which you gave up, you will be physically the same you, but you'll truly have a changed mindset with increased confidence that makes you shout out "Hell yeah ! I can't do this! "

I believe it's much easier to not give up when you choose to never see giving up as an available option for yourself. Take Edison for example, undoubtedly he's the genius of his era and even now he's respected as a legend adored by many. He has done so much for the mankind. And he never did this purposefully for the sake of himself or the society or the mankind, he actually did his innovations for the love of it. And when he couldn't discover the light bulb after 10,000 times, he simply put it as :-

"I don't think I've failed 10,000 times, I've just discovered 10,000 ways of not doing it correctly."

Winning is a game of mindset. This is what I've learned from Edison here. He took pride in his failures. Damn! Wow! Isn't that what a genius does?

If you really want to give up something, then give up on your bad habits, give up on your negativities you've taken as a huge debt loan from the world. But don't ever give up on what you love and those people whom you truly love.

So who's up with me on never giving up?  

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

[Read : I of GENIUS ]

E of GENIUS

[Read : G of GENIUS ]

Enthusiastic people are the utmost success magnets.

"Life of the party". You must have heard this line a lot about someone who is the most enthusiastic person in the room. And with no doubt, these people engage others in talking to them and thus drag huge crowds towards themselves.

The same is true for any business, job or any other work you're into. The successful businessmen are always enthusiastic. They are literally on their toes when they're doing what they love to do the most. And this is called as enthusiasm aka passion. The passion that they display each and every time they set themselves on stage, it's just mesmerizing. Since they always give regard to the value of human connections, they respect each and everyone around them. Combine this quality with a sense of good humor and they draw masses towards themselves. The passion that they broadcast is extremely alluring. They are literally enjoying their work and when you start enjoying your work, you start living each and every moment of your day. And this is where your passion starts to display itself.

The moment your this passion reaches a high point of no return, it starts vibrating inside your subconscious mind so fiercely, that the subconscious minds of others can sense it and they automatically get drawn towards you. More or less like the way nails get attracted to the magnet.

We also have heard this line so many times that "he has a very charismatic personality". These words like charisma, aura etc they are nothing but the synonyms of enthusiasm only.

These days are very stressful times (no doubt in that) and in these times of distress, we all need that passion and enthusiasm to encourage up the low battery levels in us all. We so very much need those leaders whose passion is so sexy that it rubs off on others and they get excited with him too.

Are you willing to lead us with that passion?

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

[Read : N of GENIUS ]

G of GENIUS

Greatness comes with generosity.

Humbleness is a trait shared by all the leading business tycoons, elite people, and sports stars. I always used to wonder that how are they so humble? And while I was writing this blog post it struck me that the number one reason why they are so humble is because they routed their success to their hearts and not to their minds because if success reaches your mind then nothing fails like success.

It is their humbleness which makes them great. There is a very fine line between being humble and being walked over by others. Being humble does not mean letting people take control of you and being your master, being humble means respecting yourself first and then respecting others.

I have noticed this "n" number of times that the true genius of any craft, he never boasts of his craft even though he might have been the undefeated champion of his craft. Whenever you'll praise a genius he will always have his head down, eyes closed and heart connected to the Infinite Intelligence for thanking him for whatever he has achieved. The phony genius is always proud of small successes and boasts of the little tiny wins.

A true genius will always have a strange kind of innocence in their eyes and humbleness just exudes out of them. Wherever they go, whatever they do and whenever they speak, humbleness just falls from the brink of their souls.

Now I know that you are definitely fascinated by hearing about such amazing quality of a human being. Now you obviously want to be one... Let me help you out.

True genius knows the meaning of success. That is because he/she knows the true meaning of hard work, dedication, perseverance and consistency. I suggest you that whatever you're doing and wherever you are, each and every time you step outside your home and go to your place of work, mix these ingredients into your way of doing. When you will mix these ingredients, in the formative days it will be very difficult to cultivate these habits, because they are aligned with your mind and body. But gradually as the days will pass on (and with your will power) and you won't giving up working around these key areas, the mind and body will then come into a state of automaticity with these habits.

And as these habits will then be your second nature or your defining attributes, they will not allow you to give much importance to anything else than your work, your family, and your top most priorities. And at this point, you will grow in your field of work and true happiness will start to display itself. And once you get a taste of that true happiness, you will work harder and harder each and every time to gain more of it.

Then that day won't be far when your thirst for happiness will be satisfied and you will feel that you are literally overflowing with the love and happiness for your craft. This is the moment when you will experience the real meaning of humbleness. Humbleness truly comes from simple yet powerful ideas and principals consistently applied over a long period of time.

And then my dear friend, your humbleness will take you to the greatness which will then give you the confidence to wear the "G" badge of greatness with pride and honor and with utmost humbleness in your heart.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

[Read : E of GENIUS ]

GENIUS

Since ages humanity has battled this question :-

How to be a genius in what you do?

And I believe we all will, in the coming times, be battling this question time and again.

Therefore to help you all decode this question. I have a special set of 6 different blog posts coming up in the following days that will serve you in knowing what the A players do to achieve what they have achieved. You'll get to know some hard-hitting tactics and many exciting facts about how to be a genius regardless of the place where you live or what your work is.

So before I let the wheels rolling, I would like to leave you today, here, with a simple yet a very powerful idea...

Genius isn't a person in real form. It's a definitive state. An idea. A vision. Of course, my this whole blog is dedicated to you being a better human being but this special series of following six blog posts will specifically teach you about how to be the best man among the herd and be known as the genius of them all.

The following blog posts individually will decode the real meaning hidden behind each and every letter of the word "GENIUS".

Put on your seat belts, time to roll !

[Read : G of GENIUS ]

Should we be selfish ?

From the day we are born we are taught to be more loving, giving and sharing our love and happiness with others. Viewing this point from another angle, we are given the teachings to quit any form of selfishness in ourselves.

And through my this blog also I promote this. So you must be confused that why I am encouraging you, in my this blog post, to be selfish?

I believe that sometimes you have to be selfish and it's actually good for you and your soul. With being selfish I don't mean hurting someone. By being selfish I mean you should shift the rays of your focus from giving warmth and light to others, to yourself. Many times we end up doing those tasks that we never wanted to, but you probably did them "for the sake of" the relationship.

I simply ask you, why? 
Why do you do that?

If you don't want to say "NO" straightaway. I have observed that the same people who do things "for the sake of" are usually the same people who are left behind and never get that caring and love back from others. And it pains them more when the others are the same people for whom they did so much. We expect too much from them.[Read: Why do we get Hurt ?  ] 

If you said "NO" to them earlier, wouldn't you save yourself from this excruciating pain in the future?

And now if you wonder if you'll lose those friends, then I suggest to do this MORE because this way you'll end up with the few gems you've collected as your true friends.

Being selfish means taking time out to take your kids to the movie they've been waiting to watch, being selfish means cutting out all disturbances for an hour every day so that you can work for your dreams. Being selfish also means that switching off your cell phones and making love with your loved one like the old times. In short, being selfish means putting yourself and your priorities first and then the world.

Oscar Wilde put it so beautifully that "Be You. Everyone else is already taken"

And what is the best way to be you? By being selfish and understanding the need for being silent. [Read: Importance Of Silence ]

 I have been accused time and again by my friends that I don’t spend time with them on Whatsapp chats for long talks. By no means am saying that my friends are bad. They're awesome. I love them. But I love myself more than I love them. I do spend time with them,  but I make sure it’s quality time. Focus on Quality versus Quantity, because you deserve nothing less than first-class. This is the only secret that how I end up making at least one good friend wherever I go.

It's actually the different lens used by me and my friends that make our views so different. Both the parties are right. Am a guy who dreams wild dreams and does every bit to achieve them, so many times I have to forego outings with friends to work for my dreams. One such incident I remember was when I was in class XII. (It's actually the highest grade class in the senior secondary school in India) So we all were having our board exams coming up. After the farewell party was over, my friends and mostly all the batch mates went to the nearby mall to have some more fun. I was driving past them and was feeling terrible inside. My heart was aching as if shouting to my friends " wait, dude, am also coming " but something inside stopped me. And results in the exams were astonishing.

You need to be a bit ruthless in the way you spend your days in the present to realize your aspirations in the future. You need to be aware of the things that are eating up most of your time each day. And if being selfish is the way out then yes, be it. Spend some quality time with your loved ones, your friends as well and don't be so busy chasing the cheese that you end up as a trapped rat, alone.

Till next time.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

Who are You living for ?

Most people these days are doing up jobs. By no means, I am saying that jobs are not good. Am not against jobs. What I would like to drag your focus into is that, Who are you living for?

I've seen so many people in jobs who boast of their designations. Many boast of their companies. I don't have any problems with that also. Of course, you should be proud of the prestigious organization for which you're working. But I have seen that the people who boast of their companies, they generally tend to be living for their companies only. They spend their whole time in the company. And when by God's grace if they get a day off or if it's a holiday, then also they are doing up the office work.

Of course, the company will pay you when you'll work for it. But why don't you work for yourself?

People these days are so much engrossed with the work of their office that they don't even take out time to think about themselves. Many of them are not even cared about their weights! I mean their weights are just crossing the mark of a century and still they think of the company all the time!

They are not concerned about their health even for a second. And I think this is the reason why all of such people are running after money. They are just running after money without realizing that if God forbid, one day they get admitted, all this accumulated wealth will go away. Let me pose in front of you a very simple yet a very, very, very profound question :-  Is, you working in your company making YOU rich?

Now you would say that yes my company is paying me and am being rich with it. And you obviously must be making some investments, so that’s what you are saying as being rich. But you're not getting my point. Your company owners are earning in millions. And might be you're working in just thousands. But the question isn't that how much you're earning? My question here is ... What you're earning, are you able to fulfill all yours and your families wishes with it, right now? Don't tell me the answer. Think about it yourself. Just give it a thought. And WHAT WILL BE THE USE OF BOASTING ABOUT YOUR COMPANY IF YOUR NUMBER OF MEDICINES INTAKE(IN FUTURE) IN A DAY IS GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF ZEROES IN YOUR PAYCHECK?  At the end, you're just an employee for your company. (Having said that, I don't mean all companies are bad, yes there are some very good ones who treat their people like their biggest asset)

Am again saying, I am not criticizing working for a company, but are you working up for your dreams? 
Has the small bright sun of your dreams somewhere lost amidst the dark clouds of the job ? 
Please look into it.

Many of us get trapped in the deep dark abyss of the designations we are offered by the companies, they sometimes seem to be very lucrative, but when we go inside them, then we realize that we are trapped. I have given this situation my own spin and have defined it as “The Hypnosis of Delightful Designations”.

I don’t mean here that the designations are not important in a company, undoubtedly they are, but my focus here is to remind our friends and families who are boasting of their designations to a great extent, who just fail to realize that they are mere illusions because when a person is gone he is never remembered for the (oh so alluring) designations he achieved, but, he is always remembered for the good deeds he did.

What could be a nobler deed than working towards your dreams? 
Or working for a company where you get the job of your interest?

A friend of mine said me that his company doesn't give him the value he deserves. He isn't happy working for such firm. I gave him the suggestion to switch job. Of course, this decision seems to be quite sensitive and serious but it was necessary. So he did it. He took the leap of faith in the vast ocean of uncertainty. Then guess what? He quit the job. He was unemployed for about two weeks, regularly used to call me to explain his situation, but I was humbly fortunate to support him and motivate him. And then, God listened to him and he got three jobs consecutively. Right now he is at his third job in a period of less than one month! And yes, I forgot to tell you, he is in love with his this job because this job is what he wanted.

I would thus like to put forth a simple solution for you, when you wake up, if the fact that you’re going to job makes you happy and inspires you to treat your work as a craft, you are in love with your job. If this doesn’t happen you surely need to do some corrections in the pattern in which your life is headed.

I believe you need them both, working for your company as well as your dreams. Working for company to pay your bills and working for your dreams to make your heart devoid of any future regrets. But make sure you are committed to world-class performance in both the aspects because the former will feed your family, while the latter will feed your soul.

So, WORK FOR BOTH!

Till next time.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

Why your laziness will get you nowhere?

It feels so good when you are sitting in front of your TV or playing your favorite game and a large pizza, large coke and all the tasty burgers and chips are there to give you the best possible company. You are munching on them as if they're never gonna end and the game or the movie just adds spice to the aura. No one is there to disturb you. No one gives a damn about what you're doing and neither do you give a damn about the world. You don't care about the world. The world seems to be an illusion for you and the game or the movie seems to be your sole mission of the life. You just don't care that who will pay the bills and how. The movie/game is your life. When once you got rejected by a beautiful girl you slip into the abyss of depression and the combination of the movie and pizza seems to you like the only way to escape it. Your family is fed up with you and so are you fed up with them. This way, days slip into weeks, weeks slip into months and months slip into years and one day, You're a fat ugly guy. It feels to you as if a big inflated tire is tied around your belly making you look so ugly. Then you start blaming all the people who were behind it, slipping again into that comfortable couch loaded with piles of pizzas and endless cans of coke.

And then, you welcome yourself to "Lazy Land". How does it feel to live in here? Terrible? Yes, undoubtedly.

 So you are spending endless days in front of your TV or the PlayStation and enjoying your pizzas, dude, Is that what life is? I know you'll say to me "Prateek, hell yes! That is life" and in saying this, somewhere down the line you're insecure. You're afraid to be out in the world and play your part. You're a coward. Many times our egos are the curtains to hide our insecurities and that is exactly what you're doing. If you call your couch as the most comfortable place in the world, then please get up and take a whiff of reality, because that's not what's gonna be there in your life always. That is not gonna be the medium to pay your bills.

I know a friend of mine who used to do this all day, I said him a few words and they were harsh, rude and blunt. We didn't talk for many months for the words I said to him, hurt him badly but those were the injections to his self-esteem. And he's doing pretty well in his life now. What I said to him was "R, dude what are you doing? Are you a human or a dog? A real human being works hard to earn his bread whereas a street dog just eats up whatever is thrown towards him which is mostly the leftovers of others. Who are you? I see no difference between you and the dog. You are living on your parent's checks" and then damn! He was hit. Hit like a bullet straight in his heart. I wanted to do that only. But yes, that talk changed him for life. Look at him now and he's much fitter than me! Look at this diagram below and it might give you some realistic idea about what your laziness is doing up to you.

I know I am a bit blunt in this blog post but I just have to. For your betterment. Your fitness levels showcase your mental levels to the world. Like we took the example of a girl earlier, a girl will only like you if she sees that you do take care of your health. Eating up those pizzas now is enjoying, why so? Because your parents are paying the bills. After your parents are gone who will then pay the bills of your pizzas? Ignorance isn't the solution here, awareness is.Laziness very often breeds procrastination, which is the primary reason why average people remain average all their lives. 

Deep inside we all have a longing to realize our truest potential. We all want to change the world. We all want to drive great expensive cars. We all want to live in big houses. We all want to be millionaires. But all this can't just happen with a snap! It takes hard work and dedication. 

By shedding up all the habits that make you lazy, by transcending that "lazy feel", by giving yourself constant motivation that you have to make your today better than your yesterday, you'll automatically set yourself up to win. You'll discover more amazing stuff in the world. You'll see that your PlayStation or the movie can't give you that much happiness than making yourself work harder every day to strive for your aspirations. Once the couch that felt comfortable while playing on your PlayStation will now seem to you like the most uncomfortable place. And why will this happen?because you'll realize that your couch was just a sneaky little tiny hole where you hide from the reality of the world as if it never existed.

 There's no wrong in playing games on PlayStation as well,  do it, but with regard to time. I myself love playing games. But don't play them that often. 

Now I leave you with another question...

EITHER FEED YOUR MIND WITH ALL THE EXCUSES OR FEED YOUR MIND WITH PASSION, DEDICATION, AND WILLPOWER TO STRUGGLE.

Results do vary on both the sides.

YOUR FITNESS IS 100% MENTAL, YOUR BODY WON’T GO, WHERE YOUR MIND WON’T PUSH IT.

Till next time.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy. Stay active.