Life becomes a race when during our journey we start comparing ourselves with others. All comparisons are odius and tend to rob you of your inner tranquility.
Life becomes a rat race when during our journey we keep comparing our achievements/accumulations with those of others and compromise our values also to add more to the kitty.
1. You can do anything, but not everything.
2. Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
3. The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.
4. You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.
5. Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
6. You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
7. When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.
8. The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
9. To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
10. We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
11. A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
12. Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.
13. Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
14. Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
15. What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.
16. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes.
17. Work like you don’t need money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like no one’s watching
18. Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.
19. Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
20. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.
That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
I've learned...
That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qrzCr29jnc&NR=1&feature=endscreen
That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qrzCr29jnc&NR=1&feature=endscreen
I've learned....
That the Lord didn't do it all in one day.
That the Lord didn't do it all in one day.
life, I was musing over what a person should strive for to achieve happiness. I
drew up a list of a few essentials which I put forward for the readers’
appraisal.
1. First and foremost is GOOD HEALTH. If you do not enjoy good health you can never be
happy. Any ailment, however trivial, will deduct from your
happiness.
2. Second, A HEALTHY
BANK BALANCE. It need not run
into crores but should be enough to provide for creature comforts and something
to spare for recreation, like eating out, going to the pictures, travelling or
going on holidays on the hills or by the sea. Shortage of money can be only
demoralizing. Living on credit or borrowing is demeaning and lowers one in
one’s own eyes.
3. Third, A HOME OF
YOUR OWN. Rented premises
can never give you the snug feeling of a nest which is yours for keeps that a
home provides: if it has a garden space, all the better. Plant your own trees
and flowers, see them grow and blossom, cultivate a sense of kinship with
them.
4. Fourth, AN UNDERSTANDING
COMPANION, be it your spouse
or a friend. If there are too many misunderstandings, they will rob you of your
peace of mind. It is better to be divorced than to bicker all the
time.
5. Fifth, LACK OF ENVY towards those who have done better than you in life;
risen higher, made more money, or earned more fame. Envy can be very corroding;
avoid comparing yourself with others.
6. Sixth, DO NOT ALLOW OTHER
PEOPLE to descend on you for gup-shup. By the
time you get rid of them, you will feel exhausted and poisoned by their
gossip-mongering.
7. Seventh, CULTIVATE SOME HOBBIES which can bring you a sense of fulfilment, such as
gardening, reading, writing, painting, playing or listening to music. Going to
clubs or parties to get free drinks or to meet celebrities is criminal waste of
time.
8. Eighth, every morning and evening, devote 15 minutes to INTROSPECTION. In the morning, 10 minutes should be spent on
stilling the mind and then five in listing things you have to do that day. In
the evening, five minutes to still the mind again, and ten to go over what you
had undertaken to do.
RICHNESS is not Earning More, Spending More Or
Saving More, but …
"RICHNESS IS WHEN YOU NEED NO MORE"
Phrases of Wisdom!
1. Life would be perfect if :-
anger had mute button,
mistake had back button,
hard times had fast forward button and
good times had pause button.
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7 Principles of an Eagle
1. Eagles fly alone at high altitude and not with sparrows or with
other small birds. No other bird can go to the height of the eagle.
When Moses went to commune with God on the mountain, he
left the crowd at the foothills. Stay away from sparrows and
ravens.
Eagles fly with eagles.
7 Principles of an Eagle
2. Eagles have strong vision. They have the ability to focus on
something up to five kilometers away. When an eagle sites
his prey, he narrows his focus on it and sets out to get it. No
matter the obstacle, the
eagle will not move his focus from the prey until he grabs it.
Have a vision and remain focused no matter what the
obstacle and you will succeed.
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3. Eagles do not eat dead things. They feed only on fresh prey.
Vultures eat dead animals, but eagles will not.
Be careful with what you feed your eyes and ears with, especially in movies and on TV. Steer clear of outdated and old information. Always do your research well.
4. Eagles love the storm. When clouds gather, the eagles get excited. The eagle uses the storm's winds to lift it higher. Once it finds the
wing of the storm, the eagle uses the raging storm to lift him above the clouds.
This gives the eagle an opportunity to glide and rest its wings.
In the meantime all the other birds hide in the leaves and branches of the trees.
We can use the storms of life to rise to greater heights.
Achievers relish challenges and use them profitably.
7 Principles of an Eagle
7 Principles of an Eagle
5. The Eagle tests before it trusts. When a female eagle meets a male and they want to mate, she flies down to earth with the male pursuing her and she picks a twig. She flies back into the air with the male pursuing her. Once she has reached a height high enough for her, she lets the twig fall to the ground and watches it as it falls. The male chases after the twig. The faster it falls, the faster he chases it.
He has to catch it before it falls to the ground. He then brings it back to the female eagle.
The female eagle grabs the twig and flies to a higher altitude and then drops the twig for the male to chase. This goes on for hours, with the height increasing until the female eagle is assured that the male eagle has mastered the art of catching the twig which shows commitment. Then and only then, will she allow him to mate with her.
Whether in private life or in business, one should test commitment of people intended for partnership.
6. When ready to lay eggs, the female and male eagle identify a place very high on a cliff where no predators can reach. The male flies to earth and picks thorns and lays them on the crevice of the cliff, then flies to earth again to collect twigs which he lays in the intended nest. He flies back to earth and picks thorns laying them on top of the twigs. He flies back to earth and picks soft grass to cover the thorns.When this first layering is complete the male eagle runs back to earth and picks more thorns, lays them on the nest; runs back to get grass it on top of the thorns, then plucks his feathers to complete the nest. The thorns on the outside of the nest protect it from possible intruders. Both male and female eagles participate in raising the eagle family. She lays the eggs and protects them; he builds the nest and hunts. During the time of training the young ones to fly, the mother eagle throws the eaglets out of the nest. Because they are scared, they jump into the nest again.Next, she throws them out and then takes off the soft layers of the nest, leaving the
7 Principles of an Eagle
6. the thorns bare. When the scared eaglets again jump into the nest, they are pricked
by thorns. Shrieking and bleeding they jump out again this time wondering why the mother and father who love them so much are torturing them. Next, mother eagle pushes them off the cliff into the air.As they shriek in fear, father eagle flies out and catches them up on his back before they fall and brings them back to the cliff. This goes on for sometime until they start flapping their wings. They get excited at this newfound knowledge that they can fly.
The preparation of the nest teaches us to prepare for changes; The preparation for the family teaches us that active participation of both partners leads to success; The being pricked by the thorns tells us that sometimes being too comfortable where we are may result into our not experiencing life, not progressing and not learning at all. The thorns of life come to teach us that we need to grow, get out of the nest and live on. We may not know it but the seemingly comfortable and safe haven may have thorns.
The people who love us do not let us languish in sloth but push us hard to grow and prosper.Even in their seemingly bad actions they have good intentions for us.
7 Principles of an Eagle
7. When an Eagle grows old, his feathers
should. When he feels weak and about
We occasionally need to shed off old habits & items that burden us without adding to our lives..
Author Dr. Myles Monroe Edited
He said, `Stop complaining! Differentiate yourself from your
competition. Don't be a duck. Be an eagle. Ducks quack and complain.
An Eagle soars above the crowd.''
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Positive Attitude, People’s Skills
- Developing a Dynamic Personality
- Enhancing Memory, Focus, Concentration
- Building Deep & Lasting Relationships
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- Presentation & Public Speaking Skills
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