What Can Death Teach You?

 

This one is surely not just going to be another motivational blog but also one that will make you think spiritually, but at the same time challenging you to think deeply and determine your meaning and mission in life. It's going to make you feel worthless at some point, and that's going to be okay... Because when we see how shit we are... Only then we can work on removing that shit and replacing it with something valuable. Identification of a problem is halfway solving it. :) Always remember that!

 

So, we all know what time we're all going through. I recently lost a close family member of mine. He was the cutest and still the strictest member! (Haha... Weird combination? Yes, I know. Well that defined him :) I loved him to the core. And still, miss him. But the reason am writing this today, is to let you think, about how precious this life truly is.

 

You don't know when your last moment of life is. Do you? Just stop here.

 

 

Think.

 

 

Isn't life fragile?

 

 

Isn't life meant for something more than caring for your ego, money, material, and all other external beauties? ( No I don't mean the models... Come on...lol)

 

Nothing you earn here, love here, make here, eat here, drive here, live where, gather with, think about, get depressed about, worry much, hate to the core, or even love the most is going to stay with you forever. Nothing. So what's the use of being so attached to stuff?

 

On the other hand, if you're attached, know that when the time comes, you'll have to let them go. Let them go gracefully and thanking them for the time they had for you and with you. Because someday... We all will go. You'll go. I'll go. And some other human will replace us. Can you imagine how scary that might sound to most of us? That today, you're loved, missed, cared, thought about, talked to, and then some day, it'll all go off. Like a switch off. On..... OFF.

 

This is scary for most of us, yes, I admit, but somewhere, it's enlightening for some. Why?

 

Because this tells us exactly how and what value this life holds and how much we happen to cling on to stuff that can so easily be snatched from us in a matter of mini seconds.

 

No. You don't need to live life with the fear of death... I'd like you to imagine how you'd live each day knowing that you might not be here tomorrow so why not shower some extra love, care, happiness, smiles, laughter, miss yous, love yous, hugs, and kisses to everyone around? And, please for god’s sake don’t run after strangers to kiss them! Haha. Well, you know what I mean, don’t you? :)

 

Coming back to our talk, this life is very very small. Very very minute and every second you waste on thinking negatively about someone or something is one second you’re snatching away from your peace of mind. And when you're at your peace of mind, only then you can truly attain the state of a yogi.

 

Yogis don't feel sadness. This is false. They do. They're humans too. But they can see the meaning behind it and that's what gives them an extra quality that we call wisdom. Yogis feel sadness, they let it come, acknowledge it and then let the sadness sit with them in silence. They don't talk to it. They don't let it talk as well. They just let it be. And slowly when sadness isn't entertained, it quickly moves on. :) Moving on is what makes this whole nature work. Earth is moving on. The wind is moving on. Even your eyes are moving. And now that you've noticed your focus has now moved to notice your eyes moving. So see, everything everywhere is moving. :)

 

So why be stuck at one point? :)

 

Live each day as it's your last. I presume you might have heard from me before. But when have you lived it? Love. Laugh. Live. Read this? When did you apply this?

 

My friend, nothing is permanent. Neither you. Nor me. Nor your loved ones. I know it hurts to read this, but always, truth doesn't just sting, it teaches. Learn from this to let stuff go, let stuff come, let it stay, love, don't indulge in it, and lastly let it all go when the time comes.

 

The only thing that doesn't remain here is our soul. And when you're buying yourself the expensive stuff, you aren't making your soul happy, you're making your heart and mind happy. Want a demonstration? Okay.

 

Cook your favourite meal. Don't eat it. Prepare it first. Plate it nicely. Be careful not to spill it. Now, wait and look at it. Don't eat it yet. Take a few bites out of it and keep it in a small bowl. Take the bowl in your hand, sit on your dining table or your usual dining spot, look at it, and now get eating that bowl. How does it feel? Yummy right? This is your mind and heart being happy.

Now get up and get that plate, go out and give this plate to a homeless to eat. And when they're taking it from you, look at their smile, their happiness, and their eyes. Are your pupils a little dilated? Now, this is your soul being happy my friend... :)

 

There's a very strange thing that happens when you happen to work for your job if you truly dedicate yourself to it. It doesn't just remain as a mere job or task to do, it becomes a craft in your eyes. And when this happens, nothing matters around you, who's where, how's the weather, how much income I make out of this, or even if you will complete it or not. You just happen to enjoy that moment. The touch between you and your craft. That's truly beautiful. And that's some of the few priceless moments we all should strive to achieve. Because I feel that doing tasks with so much focus that they seem like craft to you, truly becomes like a mediation... And when you come out of it .. you feel good, empowered, and peaceful. And... Isn't all that we all run around to find in this world? :)

 

It's all in you man! You just got to sit and find! :)

 

Do things only for your soul to be happy, so that when it's time to go, you have nothing but sweet memories of people whose lives you've touched, and maybe they'll be crying for you too for the kind of soul you are. Nothing lives here. Only the sweet memories, kind deeds, and passion for your craft are what is left behind for others to adore and remember you. :)

 

So why not leave a much bigger impact and not just be stuck in this pothole of "Me, Myself and Mine". Let it be "You, Ours, and We."

 

If you have any questions do hit me up on the mail, though I rarely reply late, excuse me if I do.

 

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay soulful. :)

SIMPLICITY IS EVERYTHING

 

Simple acts. It's always the simplest of actions that can either make you or break you. To the naked human eye, they seem like action-less acts or a magic wind flowing by, but deep down inside, they're always happening. Always. Breathing. Heartbeat. Your internal organs working. Earth growing seeds to plants. Such simple, yet noble and humble acts are what defines the true meaning of how simple yet reliable such small acts are... Another strange fact is that it's not even our fault that we can't happen to notice such small acts. We are all accustomed to such a fast-paced environment that we get jitty or irritated when things don't go as fast as we expect them to be. Now you'll be asking me, how can I know that most of us reading this are fast pace lovers instead of simple yet incredible people indulged in the hottest act of pursuing passion with grit..? Simple. You, the person reading this, there's a 90% chance that given a choice, you'd always make a 2-minute noodles pack instead of a full pasta meal for yourself. ;) Tell me? Won't you? :) 

See... That's what am trying to convey here. We are this much accustomed to getting our stuff fast that we have somewhere sacrificed quality over the speed of feeding ourselves. And this feeding can be in different ways because this feeding is happening in all the ways that you are or aren't aware of. 

Take Mother nature for example... Mother nature processes, makes, loves, cares, and nurtures fruits and vegetables so beautifully for us, takes months to prepare a single serving for us, and yet we happen to choose the 30 seconds delivery option of burger joints. (Okay, sorry such joints lovers :( lol. Had to break this to you) 

Take your mind now as an example. We're just so much distracted by our cellphones that we have forgotten how to connect to people that we care about. That's insane! If I give you one movie to watch, damn yes you'd be ready, but when I give you a book to read..... Naaaaaaahhh... Right?  See. That's the issue here. 

And such patterns set by society are destroying you. They're destroying the basic human instinct to try, fail, learn, try, fail, learn, try, win, learn. This is just a vicious circle set up to keep you trapped inside the whirlwind. 

But there's a small key that this society has placed in front of you, to get away from this pattern, but the key is hidden so much deep into this whirlwind that it's very tough to find it. And the key to that is simple..... Awareness. :) 

Be aware of what you do. Be aware of the people you spend your time with. Be aware of the things you spend your money on. Be aware of the type of thoughts you let enter your mind palace. Be aware of what you're eating. Be aware of your country's political scenario. Be aware of your mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological health. Be. Aware. :) 

Not everyone can be this. Neither am I. :) But we're all on the same journey. So take up my hand, and let's rise. Because when you're aware, then you're the most dangerous thing to the societal patterns and norms. And nothing can beat down a person when he/she is aware. Because.... Being aware is being in connection to the infinite intelligence up there..and there's nothing hiding from it. :) 

And, when you start being more aware.... You'll notice, how the simplest of actions are so pure, enjoyable, and rewarding no matter the duration of the task. :) It's all simple... And mind you, don't confuse simple with easy. Ever! Simple is always difficult to do and easy is always difficult to digest. Working hard day in and out to get your dream bank account balance is simple yet difficult. But becoming a millionaire quickly by robbing a bank doesn't sound that sexy, does it? ;) Haha... :D 

Well, I hope you liked this article! :)

#StayMotivated #StayExcited #StayHappy 

The Avaricious Artist

Calvin was an artist. Before he would ever start a drawing or painting he always insisted upon being paid first, and on top of that, his fees were very high. He was known as the “Avaricious Artist”.

A woman once visited him and wanted to get a painting done from him. “How much are you willing to pay?” inquired Calvin.

“Whatever you charge,” the woman said, “but I want you to do the work in front of me.”

So, on a pre-decided day, the woman came to him with a lavish feast. Calvin with his fine brush and smooth touches did the painting. When it got completed he asked her for the highest sum of his time.

He received the payment as promised. The woman went back happily but when she returned home she complained about him saying, “All this artist wants is money. His paintings are fine but his mind is so dirty; he has given himself totally to the greed of gold coins. I wish he learns some lesson about this otherwise he’ll end up nowhere. All the people in the town know that, though his paintings are spectacular, still due to his being avaricious, his value in this society is nothing.”

But again she wanted another painting for her living room so again went back to the “Avaricious Artist” and said, “I liked the last one. I want to get another painted. How much and when?”

“How much can you pay me for this one?” asked Calvin.

“Oh, don’t worry about that, just name it, any amount.” Answered the woman.

Calvin again named a fancy price, a price that he never thought she could pay, a price that none of his fellow painters would demand. Nevertheless, he painted the work, took the consideration and went away.

It was learned later that Calvin had these reasons for demanding such huge amounts:

A ravaging famine was a frequent visitor to his province. The rich wouldn’t help poor, so Calvin had a secret warehouse where he kept the drums filled with grain for the poor.

From his village to the highway the road was broken and the streetlights were damaged so abductions and theft were consistently occurring. He wanted to build that road and provide for good streetlights there.

His last wish was to feed as many people as he can on the day his master; his teacher who taught him this art died.

After completing all of his wishes, he left for the search of God, became a saint and never touched his brushes again. 

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A Man & A Lion

A Man and a Lion were discussing generally about the relative strengths of men and lions. Both believed their races to be stronger than that of their counterpart. The Man contended that he and his fellow beings were stronger than lions by reason of the greater intelligence possessed by the humans.

“Come now with me,” said the Man, “And I will soon prove that I am right.”

So he took the Lion with him into the public garden area and showed him a marvelous statue of Hercules overpowering the Lion and tearing his mouth into two pieces.

“That is all very well,” said the Lion, “but proves nothing, for it was a man who made this statue after all.” 

Moral of the story: We can easily dress up things in whichever way we wish to. So better get in the shoes of the other person and then judge, then come to any conclusions.

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The MilkMaid

Jesse the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in a large bucket on her head. As she went along she started calculating in mind what all she could do with the milk that she had.

“I’ll buy some fowls from Farmer Bob,” she said, “and obviously they will lay eggs every morning, what if I sell those eggs to the parson’s wife? With the money from that sale I think I should buy myself a new sexy frock and a chip hat; and oh! All the young men in the market will be eager to come up to me and ask me for a date! Wouldn’t that be super fun? And… Betty! Well, she’ll be utterly jealous of me; but I don’t care. I shall just look at her and then toss my head like this.”

As she spoke she tossed her head back, the bucket fell off her head and all the milk was split. So then she was left with no other choice but to go home empty-handed and tell her mother about what happened.

“Ah, my child,” said her mother.

Moral of the story: Don’t ever get your eyes off your current task in the pursuit of daydreaming! Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.  



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Motivational Quote Of The Day

Say "Thank You" More Often

You woke up. 

You checked your cell phone. 

Went to the washroom. 

Brushed your teeth. 

Had some coffee/tea and before you even realize you left for work or to fetch that daily newspaper you so much waited for the whole night!

Now let me ask you one simple question:- Is it you channeling yourself or someone else? 

No! It definitely ain’t you. It’s your boss or your newspaper vendor who’s channeling you and you are completely unaware of this!

Sometimes we do say “Thank You” to both of them, but we so often forget to say thanks to the guy above them too.

Yes, Am referring to the guy up there who gave birth to all of us.

We forget to say thanks to him very often. We forget that he’s the one who has given us each and everything to be thankful for. Gratitude isn’t the only thing am referring you to practice. Not even praying, though the way we pray is altogether not right most of the times(Another post for that later).

It is proved by scientific researches that our soul has some weight too. Our soul is something that isn’t made up of any matter. It’s invisible, yet very much here. Similarly is The God Particle. Some call it Jesus Christ,some call it as The Infinite Intelligence, some call it as Krishna, some as Shiva, some as Waheguru and some as Allah. But all these different paths lead to the same destination.

This very moment when you are reading this write-up, someone in Puerto Rico might be in his last breaths, someone in Thailand might be going through excruciating pain while giving birth to her child, someone in India might be suffering from cancer and praying for his recovery, a single dad in Canada might be leaving his children to school for the first time, a teenager somewhere in Shanghai  is frightened to go to his school because he is made fun of having stutter.

There are many other worse situations you could have been in. But, look around you. Your life is so much blessed. YOU are so much blessed. 

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.

Please don’t spend this beautiful, new, inspiring day remembering your sins. We all have done our part of sins. No one is perfect. But that’s what makes us more human, being aware of our mistakes and learning from them to get better in the art of life.

Say, Thank You to god (or the Universal Energy, whatever you believe in) for giving you one more day to live this beautiful life. You being alive is a blessing. He has a mission for you to fulfill. He has sent you here to make things better, not worse. So why not keep Him in mind always and do the good deed? 

From the bottom of your heart, say Thank You to the energy up there for blessing you with the clothes to wear, family and friends to love, food to eat, water to drink and sheltered home to live in. 

Trust me, when you'll start saying Thank You more often and from the core of yourself, you'll feel blessed and life will thus seem like a playground to dance, live, laugh, and love! :) 

Until next time…

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy. And . . . Stay grateful!

Thank You for reading my this short article, dear sweet soul! 

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Why People Give Up So Easily?

The moment we come across a new project at work or any other responsible job is assigned to us, we feel enthused with the fact that it will make our life interesting, challenging and will motivate us to bring on our A-game to the table.

Some of us, gradually, feel the drudgery and all the intoxicating fire in the belly which was alive in the initial days starts wearing out. Odds are that each one of us has been in the shoes of that ‘some of us’ and have experienced the same.

With near to zero motivation, about to die interest and merely surviving confidence in the project/work assigned to us, we give it up. If the project has some direct connection with the daily bread and butter, then only we dare to complete it.

So, what’s the real factor behind such mentality? Why does this ever happen? Is there any solution for this?

Below I’ve listed out some of the very crucial reasons which will surely help you in knowing the reasons that why do we give up and to own the legendary seed dormant inside of you and be out there showcasing your WOW level genius to the world.

Here we go. . .

1.       We Magnify Challenges Too Much and Too Often.

After setting up the desired goal, we immediately start working towards its attainment. The gorgeous path of success then starts posing the ever-so-beautiful challenges in front of us, which we look upon as threats to our comfort zones, instead as an opportunity to seize.

This happens solely because of the fact that we start magnifying our challenges/problems/struggles too much and too often. All the while, when this “Degree of Doubt” is far bigger than the degree of self-belief, which ultimately forces us to give up.

This phenomenon takes birth again when we start thinking about what others might say/ think. Hence, when we start spending more time with the “Degree of Doubt” we happen to forget to grow our self-belief and thus commit the crime of self- sabotage.

We not only deny ourselves from the confidence of after-completion success but also from the glorious future and marvelous opportunities ahead of it.

2.       We Forget The Art of Perseverance.

The Masters are cut from different cloth?  à  NO!
They’ve got some superpower to focus for long grueling hours?  à NO!
That’s what makes them great? à YES!!!

Abe Lincoln, Edison, Henry Ford, Steve Jobs, Gates, Musk, You, Me, Everyone. We all have same physical features. Difference starts showing its signs when we look deeper and find out that it’s nothing but the art of persevering which aptly defines why someone is at a higher point today. (This is not judgment, just personal observation.) :)

Why we give up is because we presume ourselves to be so tiny in front of the huge goals we set for ourselves. We should breakdown the goals into smaller yet measurable milestones for the progress gets measured and course corrections could be made accordingly. [BONUS POINT : Add a reward for each milestone achieved. This will surely ease up your stress nerves.]

3.       The Grass Always Seems Greener On The Other Side.

When troubles give us their first peek-a-boo, we get jittery and look sideways, staring at the competition working hard and this discourages even more.

Now, you the reader, would you please tell me the name of one company which laid its 10 year action plan and worked according to that same plan and got its results? Well, chances are NONE!

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.Delicious Ambiguity.” ― GILDA RADNER

Looking into the competitor’s strategy is okay for business POV, but yes, copying them is a sin.

In a nutshell, run your own race.

4.       Holding On To “Failure Tag” for too long.

This is something that kills the productivity and enthusiasm in most. We fail at some point and someone says, “You’re a failure.” So, instead of taking it proactively we react to it and keep rewinding playing the same roll again and again in our minds. Next whenever you hear that line, BANG comes the same reel again.

Stop this activity. You’re definitely NOT what people judge you as.

5.       We Want Outcome More Than The Willingness To Put In The Effort To Learn Skills Or Put In Those Study Years .

Instant noodles. Order and self serve joints. Technology has surely been a nitrous to our slow world but it has made us humans greedy and desperate to want things ASAP.  We aren’t much ready to put in those hard study years to go through the subject, acquire a lot of specialized knowledge and then brainstorm the market with our concepts, vision and actions. We want things now, this instant. And nothing makes matters worse than this.

6.       The Magic Ingredient is Missing in Most of Us.

SELF BELIEF
Main course is served.

Previously what you had were just the starters my love. ;)

The most overused but brutally true cliché is that people don’t believe in themselves to such gargantuan degrees in order to overshadow their “Degree of Doubt.”

We all have to go through our own set of challenging and arduous goals. Different goals call for different paths which obviously contain a variety of tough challenges, but they’re not the points to give up.

Imagine you’re driving in the night. Can you see the destination point from where you’re standing? NO. Then why do you expect life to not give you any hardships?

Start the car. Switch on the lights. Trust the process. As you move the light also moves with you. So the key is to keep moving. Have faith in yourself and in God (Infinite Intelligence) up there.

Challenges are meant to make us climb the summit again and again. I think not giving in is also an art to learn. ;)

Remember, those who persevere are winners. It’s the hard, grueling, weary climb that makes the experience of standing on the mountain top beautiful and worthwhile.
HUG YOUR GOALS. Never let them go. After all, what are we without them, just a handful of meaningless dirt. :)

I hope my ideas have served you with their fullest of potential.

I would love to know your views as well, so please drop a comment below.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

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Who is The Holy Man?

After roaming for days and months, a wise man decided to rest in a village for a few days. He thought to spend some days there and then he’ll continue his journey. Word spread like fire in the village about the arrival of such an extraordinary man. The local villagers referred to him as The Holy Man.

A man from the village decided to visit him and seek some of his wisdom. The only problem was that The Holy Man lived on top of a distant mountain away from the hustle of the village. But the man was determined to visit The Holy Man anyway.

When he arrived at the house, he saw an old servant inside who greeted him gladly. Man said, “I would like to meet The Holy Man. Heard a lot about his wisdom.” Servant said “Sure”, and took him inside.

In no time the man was led to the back of the house and he found himself standing outside the house. He was shocked and a bit confused too. On one side he was anticipating to meet The Holy Man and here he is standing outside the house with no sign of any man other than the servant himself. He turned and said furiously to the servant, “I wanted to meet The Holy Man! Why did you bring me in the backyard of the house? Where is He?”

The servant smiled and replied “You already have. Everyone you met today on the way here is a wise holy spirit. They all hold supreme holiness within them. No matter how plain and insignificant they might look, see each of them as a wise Holy Man. If you do this, then whatever problem you brought here today (with the intention of getting it solved) will be solved .” 

5 MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES for you

Hey Guys!  What’s up?

I hope that all of you are reaching your highest best.

Give me a few minutes of your day and let me remind you that YOU are invincible!! No matter how hard your circumstances are or how hard your situations get, you always have that legendary trait to nail down each and every single one of your troubles and triumph over them!

So here are Today’s 5 best motivational quotes to rekindle that fire in your belly!

How To Build Strong Relationships

Each and everything that exists in this material world, be it a living thing or a non- living one, they’re all connected to each other. There is an existence of a very beautiful bond between all the things. Among humans, we call that ‘bond’ or that sort of connection as “relationships”.

Feeling connected and loved by those whom we’re connected to, is a very fundamental need that almost all of us crave for in our lives, from the beginning to the end.  Despite of this, we sometimes feel that there is some sort of disconnection, or we tend to experience that some sort of aura gets missing and we feel gloomy. 

So today with this article, I would like to present to you some very beautiful tips on How To Build Strong Relationships.

Let’s get started …

1)    Schedule It! 

Every successful company schedules its meetings. We all schedule our days around our work but often we forget to schedule the time we want to spend with our loved ones. Don’t spend so much time in work that you’re left wondering how your kids became adults so soon. Watch them grow. Be part of their growing up. Not just in parenting, we desperately need scheduling in all of our “relationships”.

Plan out all those days in which you want to spend time with your loved ones. Sit with them, ask them that you genuinely are interested in doing so and watch how they assist you. If your excuse all these years has been that they don’t have time for you, then try this idea! They’ll appreciate you took this step and they WILL give you time ad love, for sure. ;)

 Scheduling is always done and recommended for achieving a specific or a defined goal/objective. Isn’t spending time and creating moments of happiness in your relationships one of your life’s meaningful purposes?

2)    Say “I Love You” More Often

This one’s surely a no brainer.

You love your loved ones. Well, everyone loves their respective loved ones. You love them. They love you. Still, why do you feel that emotional hole?

Lack of expression – that’s the simplest answer to that.

Loving is merely like a car without wheels if you don’t make the time and effort to say “I Love You” to your loved ones like you mean it. Would that simple thing, ever cost you anything? Not at all. Still, do we do it? Guess not. So, please do that A LOT!

And don’t just go straightaway and say “Hey! I want to tell you that I love You”, well that could be done, but it lacks the ‘surprise’ element. 

Plan something exciting and surprise your loved ones regularly.  Don’t leave those three letters to be used only when it’s your loved one’s anniversary or birthday, use them more often!

Love More To Get Loved More!

3)     Engage in deep meaningful conversations

Those distress times when we don’t feel that some “spark” is missing in our lives, then is the moment you should realize that you have something troubling you or your loved one. Sit with them. Make time for them! (I just have to repeat this one again!) Go to a place where none of your sexy social notifications could poke you for your valuable attention. Turn off all distractions and make the other person talking. Cheer them up. Make them feel like “Oh! That has happened to me as well…” and then go on with your story. Sometimes when we feel that our close ones have been through the same things, same battles, same struggles, we feel that we are not alone. Or if there’s no connection between the thing troubling your loved one and you; just lend a helping hand and an empathetic ear to them. It will mean a new world to them. We all worry a lot; sometimes all it takes is just that one person to whoosh it all away!

4)    Encourage Healthy Criticism

All of us want to know our weaknesses to improve ourselves so that we could improve the quality of the fine thread of our relationships. Engage in healthy criticism with your loved ones. Be patient, listen to all those bad things about you and say “Shut Up!” to your mind when the other person is talking. After he/she has finished, don’t just blurt out all those reasons you were withholding earlier, instead talk it through with them. Your relationship is a journey, go with the other person hand in hand, together getting through all obstacles; and this can be only done if you encourage each other to be the best you see in your better half.
 

5)    What If Fights Occur…?

If fights occur, then remember you both are in this relationship; make sure one person remains silent if the other is unintentionally loud. And the last thing I want to suggest you, which I apply in my life is – never go to sleep after a fight. You just never know when the other person won’t be there to continue that fight. So instead of dozing off with hatred in heart, get up and resolve, then sleep peacefully.

Hope my ideas will serve you to the fullest of their potential.

Dwell on them for some time. Think deeply through each one of these points and try to use them as often as you could.

Relationships are the only jewels you have in life. Don’t lose them. . . or else, you’ll lose life!

Till next time!

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How To Love All Year Long

Today’s article is specially crafted for the ones who just celebrated their Valentine’s Day.

Well, I personally feel that there is nothing special about Valentine’s Day only and if, you love your sweetheart all year round. But yes, if you forget to love your darling all year, then buddy, you definitely should thank for having this one day!

Okay jokes apart, today I will share with you some simple ideas and tricks you can use to amp up your love life because without that spark in your love life, you’ll lose your mojo very soon. And there is nothing worse than a man without love in his heart. Love drives all of us, love forces us to be better and it is love alone which has motivated many men in history to become legends! Examples are Charles Dickens and Abraham Lincoln to name a few.

Note : Just don’t think that these points are only for the couples who have kids. This article is for ALL who are in relationships.

It all starts with…

1)    Schedule It !

Properly arranged your office files?                       Check!
Set reminders for next week’s meetings?              Check!

Allocated time for working extra this Friday?        Check!

Made firm decision to invest more in equity?        Check!

Set aside a date for your lovely wife/ girlfriend?   Uh-Oh!

You got it. Didn’t you? Stop taking your loved one for granted. Make them feel that they are valuable by giving them undivided attention and all the love you store in each of the chambers of your heart. For doing this, during the starting of every month, make the time to sit alone with your loved one, tell them you just want their time and make a schedule to go on dates with them. And please leave your kids at home then or to your parent’s house. It’s a time for YOU BOTH ONLY !

2)    Family time is different from the intimate time.

Many of us do the mistake that we think that spending time with family is same as spending time with your loved one.  See, family time is a time for discussing family matters, intimate time is for all these things you used to talk about with your loved one when you didn’t have kids.  Your wife/husband/better half needs your attention for their own stuff they want to talk about, not something related to the kids. Of course kids are important to your loved one as they are to you, but don’t forget to leave them behind in your lovely journey. Take them along with you.
 

3)    Bring back that Old Love

C’mon, this one’s a no brainer. You know why you have lost your old love life somewhere in the backyard? Because you have burdened up yourself with too much obligations, too much work and too much responsibilities.  STOP! Being so rude and selfish. Think about your love. Get flirty again the way you were in the past. While walking give a sudden kiss to him/her. They’ll be surprised and you surely will make them feel like those good old days are back!

ONLY YOU can bring back the spark, no one else will.

4)    Propose Her Again!

  I think our better halves do for us much more than we think they do. So why not while you both are walking down the beach, sunset time, crisp air washing by your side, you kneel down and BANG! Pop the question to her again. Obviously she’ll be surprised. Don’t get shocked if she asks you if you’re okay or not. But this one act of yours will make the long beach walk perfectly beautiful for her… and for you as well!

So please, spend a whole year like the way I have explained. And you’ll never have to wait for the Valentine’s Day.

Loving fully is living openly. :) 

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The 10 Brain Tattoos of Legends : Robin Sharma

The following 10 brain tattoos are originally created by Robin Sharma. I have just added below each point that why I loved that particular quote. Hope you like them too. :) 

1.    You can be a victim or a titan. You can’t be both.

We all get to make our own choices every single second of our lives. At this very moment, some of us might be stressed due to an unavoidable circumstance while someone going through the same struggle might be at peace with all the turbulence around her because she knows someday everything will fit in. Titans trust the process while the victim hates it.

2.    Your excuses are nothing more than the lies your fears have sold you.

By this quote, Robin Sharma perfectly delivers a lot of wisdom in just one simple line. Well, that’s just his awesome way! Many of us give ourselves excuses that our genius self doesn’t deserve. And then we blame someone else for it. It’s just that we know that our fears are the primary sources of the liberation of our bravest selves; still we keep on clinging to them all lifelong. Please shed them up!

3.    An addiction to distraction is the end of your creative production.

The moment we shift our focus from learning to laziness, we kill the dream we have. All of us get distracted a lot by the never-ending distractions of the world. Only a few of us, rarely 5-10%, are able to be successful. The quote above by Robin Sharma is the reason why this happens. No magic here. Pure dedication.

4.    A job is only a job if you choose to see it as a job.

More than half of the people we see in our society complain about their work. We blame our work for it being so boring and lack of energy. For one week, look at your work as if it is something that will change the world. Look at your simple “boring” job as something that makes this world happy and makes you feel that you are contributing to something bigger than you think. Robin Sharma puts this so well in his quote above that you should see your job as a craft, a medium through which you could serve the humanity. Look from Robin’s viewpoint. You’ll never shift to old thinking.

5.    Every visionary was first ridiculed before she was revered.

Well, this one’s a no brainer. We all have heard about so many great leaders who walked this planet Earth who were first ridiculed of their idea. They were called crazy. But then they were revered when their legendary selves shone through the dark times. Examples are Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Kiran Bedi, Picasso etc. If you do feel like people don’t believe in you and still you are continuing to chase your dreams, then my dear friend... You are one of them ;)

6.    Dream BIG. Start small. Begin today.

Many of us procrastinate a lot. We keep on planning and planning, thinking and thinking about the ways to achieve our goals. But in doing so, we don’t realize that planning a lot is taking up too much of our time! Sometimes, you shouldn’t keep on planning, just go for it! Start small. Start now. Begin today.

7.    The job of a leader is to grow more leaders. So leave people behind better than you found them.

We all don’t know for how long we have our stay on this planet. We all are in some way or the other dependent on another person. So while we stay here, why not make this ride a fun ride for others by lifting up the gloomy ones, by respecting the poor ones, by consoling the crying ones and by helping the needy ones? Grow people. Invest your time and energy in them.

8.    Adversity is nothing more than opportunity clothed in disguise.

All adversities bear the fruit of success. Just like a butterfly has to struggle through the shell to fly freely, we all have to fight through our share of struggles to fly in the world with freedom and bravery. No pain no gain.

9.    Life is short. Enjoy the process.

Really we never know when our last moment is. So why not spend each day loving, caring and spreading faith and hope all over? In the end we all have to turn into dust. Don’t we?

10.  Today is an awesome day to reach for your best.

Period. :)

I suggest to definitely watch the video from where I got these points and share it as much as you can. :) Click HERE to watch the video.

Robin Sharma is the author of No. 1 bestselling book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. You should definitely buy the book.  Just click on the image below this article and you could buy the book. He is also an internationally sought after speaker and one of the world’s most trusted leadership advisors. 

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