What's your excuse for not exercising?

This blog post is going to be a short one so pardon me for that, but I assure you it'll give you highest returns.

I have the habit of going for my jogging every morning. So today after the session, I went straight to my terrace to spend some time with nature and drink my protein shake. Then only I saw a genius in action. And this man was no extraordinary, he was a garbage collector of our apartments. But what he was doing is what moved me.

I have heard a lot of excuses from my colleagues and friends that you need to have money to be fit. But this particular man just shattered all of that misconception with his dedicated action.

So what I noted is :-

 There is a flat in our apartments which have a metal ladder that connects the flat with its terrace. And this guy what he did is, he first did 10 pull ups on that particular ladder. Kept his garbage bag on one side, did 20 crunches and followed them by 25 push-ups!

 I just couldn't take my eyes off the Genius show playing in front of my eyes. He wasn't able to see me. But he was doing it no matter what the world thought about him. He was doing it because he wanted to. And that is really significant, marvelous even !

I believe that a genius is not about what moves he shows on the stage, a genius is all about the hard work and dedication they put in when no one is watching them. A true leader is dedicated to sharpening his craft each and every moment not like some pseudo leader who comes on stage to speak two or three borrowed words, hear claps and go and relax. A true leader is meant to create more leaders and for this, they need to be in top high quality oriented mindset and fitness.

When that guy came to my home to collect the garbage I asked him why does he do that and don't people laugh at him ?

I was stunned by the wisdom of his reply and repeated those words for some time to digest them. His reply was simply this.

"God has sent us all same. Fitness isn't a necessity. Its a personal decision to make. And those who laugh at me, I feel pity for them, because am the only one who never lets their houses stink even for one day. I don't just clean their houses, I save them from a world of diseases. I am a savior."

And he smiled and left me standing there admiring his greatness.

Won't you call such a person a superhero?

Savoir.

We're just running from office to home, earning few dollars, living in the lavish homes and still don't find the time for fitness.

That savior didn't regard his "craft" ( I have to call it as the craft because am so deeply touched by his wisdom) as a mere job. He took it as a responsibility. And fitness as a necessity.

This man wasn't just another human being, he was a man of wisdom.

What's your excuse for not exercising?

Till next time.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

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. 

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 ]

The Truth always has to fight harder

I know this topic is very difficult to understand. The truth is always bitter. But the bitter, the better. You know, why truth always has to fight harder ? Because when you have a target in front of you and you know how difficult it is to hit, you trigger the most powerful bullet in you. And that powerful bullet in you is your hunger; hunger to fight harder ; Hunger to get your face marred by dust and sweat and blood and still be in the arena and fight like a warrior.

The truth is defined as a person or an idea that can change the world. History has always proved that men of all ages who tried to do “something different” were always hated by the society, even though later the same society gave them the respect multifold. 

Take Picasso, he was never liked for his work, but did he give up? Take Mahatma Gandhi, earlier even he faced many challenges but did he give up? Let me share with you a small story. There was a man long time ago. He was a thinker and also a philosopher. His ideas were unique and worthy of appreciation by the whole world. But still the world couldn’t see the genius in him. So he was posed with a life threatening situation, either he should leave all his philosophical thinking OR he should drink poison. 2 questions :-

1)    What do you think he did?

2)    Who was he?

The answers are:-

1)    He drank the poison

2)    He was SOCRATES     

Life has not always been easy for the successful men who have ever walked this planet. They had to pay huge prices. But did they ever give up? Had Socrates given up, we would have never known the name. The only way in which you can write your name in history is by doing something epic, something extraordinary, something beautiful that makes the world go wow.

What if your colleagues don’t stand by you? 
What if in a difficult situation your biggest supporter stands against you? 
What if your teachers(mentors) stop teaching you? 
Should you stop? 

The reason they are doing this is because they feel threatened. Yes, I know it sounds completely weird and awful. But, that’s truth. The society has never loved the genius. Now my simple question to you is that if no one is supporting you, are you even supporting yourself? Where is the fighter in you?

There will be people who will underestimate you. There will be many who will be in the first place in the race and you know they have cheated, but then what should you do? You should run. Run faster than them. Run better than them. In the end of every race, the one who spends his energy in the most constructive manner wins, not the one who was at the first place when the race began.

So my dear friend, the truth has always had to fight harder. The harder the fight, the sweeter the fruit. Who wants easy success? Right ?

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.