Inspiration: Power Beyond Imagination

Each of us have the power to achieve greatness, I watch this EVERYDAY to remember to always keep moving forward! Share it if it inspires you!

I BELIEVE I CAN FLY......

I Believe I Can Fly................
What a Great Song !!! You agree??

Sometimes, when you feel low it's important to listen to something really inspirational. I feel this Song by R.Kelly is just the right tonic one needs to fightback.

So, what songs do you listen when you are feeling low?



On a lighter note check Jim Carrey singing this song-

WHEN I GET OLDER I WILL BE STRONGER

The FIFA 2010 just got over and “Spain” is the new crowned world champions, my hearty congratulations to the Spanish team, but the charisma of the game is such that the hangover is still ON. The event was such a massive attraction for the Soccer fans across the globe, but outside the game too there were so many things associated to the FIFA 2010 world cup that caught everyone’s attention and one of them was the music. There were couple of very popular famous music numbers created as the official songs for the FIFA 2010 world cup namely- “Waka Waka” courtesy Shakira and “Wavin’ the Flag” by K’naan, but the song that really caught up with my mood was-“Wavin’ the Flag” by K’naan. For me this song was simply amazing, the lyrics were wonderful and the song went so well with the mood of celebration of the game. Certainly, “Wavin’ the Flag” is at vantage for me.

After doing a research about the song and its lyrics, I found that K’naan actually first wrote a poem about his childhood experiences in Somalia and while he was performing the poem at the UN High Commission for refugees as part of the social activity Youssour N’Dor saw K’naan and decided to call him to Senegal for the recording of the song. Later, the song became so popular that it became the official celebration mix for Coco-Cola and one of the FIFA 2010 world cup’s celebration anthem. Still for me the real winner is the lyrics of the song- “When I get older I will be stronger, They’ll call me freedom, just like a wavin’ flag”, these are surely bold and self affirmative lines that can motivate anyone in any situation. My best part of the song is-

Out of the darkness, I came the farthest.

Among the hardest survival.

Learn from these streets, it can be bleak,

Accept no defeat, surrender, retreat.

Wow, for those wonderful lines. The message is loud and clear- Don’t give up and keep going, you will come out stronger and the victory will be yours. Isn’t it the perfect message?? A perfect music for thought and a perfect catalyst to kick start your mission impossible. A big thumps up to K’naan for this very special song. I found this song really motivating and inspiring, do share what you think about it??  

POPEYE-THE SAILOR MAN

When I was a kid, I had my fascination for the cartoons a lot, and my favorite show was “Tom & Jerry”, the world’s best duo undoubtedly!! Later, with the evolution of cable TV in India, I got introduced to a brand new cartoon channel called the ‘cartoon network’. At that time I was still in the primary school and I used to feel really happy about the fact that there is one channel on the television, which shows the cartoons whole day. During my cartoon network days I got to know “Popeye-The Sailor Man”, Popeye was an interesting character for me, and very soon I became addicted to his show.

Popeye had some really catchy things that had real positive effects on me and my friends. Popeye, the cartoon character was simply amazing, was really strong, intelligent and honest. Popeye will fight the bad things, and fight to save his love and friends all the time. Popeye will have the green vegetables, his very own special ‘Spinach’, to gain instant power to fight his enemies. Popeye had those big strong forearms and he will wear a cool sailor costumes.

 

I remember, I started eating spinach after watching Popeye, and I used to tell my parents that I will eat spinach and become really strong like him one day J. Now when I’m a young man, I still like Popeye, though I don’t watch it, but I’m sure all kids still love him. Popeye is a really cool cartoon character, and surely a role model to lots of kids like me, especially boys. So, I thought to write this post to give tribute to this amazing character and may it be with all the generation to come, and inspire them to eat the right food and to do the good things. KUDOS to “POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN”!!

P.S. This post is dedicated to ‘Popeye’- the cartoon character and the sweet childhood memories it gave me.

DESTINY

You think to have it,

You wish to get it,

But it doesn’t happen.

You feel dejected,

You ask- Why me?

You hold yourself, you fight-back,

You forget & you move on.

An opportunity knocks the door,

Again you feel for it,

You think you are the best fit to have it,

You try, you still don’t get it.

You are clueless, you are hopeless,

You are in complete turmoil.

But again, there is an opportunity.

Your feelings are neutral now,

You are not sure about it,

Yet, you still try for it.

This time it turned to gold,

You have got it.

You discovered it’s the perfect thing to happen,

You thank for not getting the earlier ones.

You feel blessed; you feel this is what meant for you.

You sit-back, and think about the past.

You feel as if everything was designed as such.

You think of it, and you say it in joy-

It’s Destiny !!!

P.S. If you are not getting success, it doesn’t always mean you didn’t do well. You don’t need to lose the hope; you have to still keep trying. Keep trying until you reach where you want to be. You don’t know when it will be your day, but when the day will come you will realize that it’s the best what can happen to you. You will be thankful to all your past failures and you will be glad that you didn’t make it otherwise you might not have ever got to what you have received now. There is a best well suited thing for you somewhere and it will come to you some how, so just keep trying, rest the destiny will take care

UNSTOPPABLE

I tried, I failed
I again tried, I again failed.
I felt defeated, I felt disgusted.
But I didn't stop.

Yet, the melancholy trapped me.
I suffered a severe breakdown.
It was difficult to move on.
Still, I didn't stop.

Then came an opportunity,
I thought I'll get it this time,
But the stroke of luck didn't help me,
The failure again kissed me.

Destroyed, more than ever before.
Grumpy and off colored,
I did not know what to do.
Then I decided, I still wont stop.

Let the failure hit me again,
I had decided, I wont stop.
I will fight against it,
Be it go long.
Still, I will go on.

There will be a winner,
Not the one who will defeat the other,
But the one who stays in the end, till other surrenders.
I said to myself, I'll go on.
No matter what it takes,
I will go on & I will keep going on !!

P.S. Just don't think that its only you who is suffering because of luck or failure, there are so many of them, but what is more important is who doesn't give up and keep going till the goal is achieved. Don't panic if the people around you are getting success and you are kind of left behind, keep patience and keep trying what you really want. It might take a little longer to achieve what you want but when you will get it that will be the most prized possession for you and then you will sit back, and feel that without those failures you might not have got the best thing what you have got now. So, just don't feel the jitters but keep moving on. Don't Stop, but keep going on.

LIFE AS GLASS OF WATER

Today while I was filling my glass with water to drink, I realized a very important thing and I decided to share here with you all. How wonderful it is to fill a glass of water to its maximum limit without water overflowing. Au contraire, how about filling the water in glass even after its full, the water will keep on coming out of the glass, a complete wastage, isn't it?

Now just imagine your life as a glass of water. You fill the water in the glass to its maximum limit and then either you consume it or stop filling it further, but if none of the things is applied the water will start overflowing. Our life is pretty much the same, the glass of our life get filled with many things that we should learn, its our duty to either consume it by learning the new things or stop filling it until we use what we have in our glass by learning at our own pace, otherwise the water will overflow out of the glass and so will be the knowledge that will be of no use to us, a complete wastage!!

There is also a different principle to learn from the overflowing glass of water, which is- its essential to first empty the fully filled glass of water, if we want to put the fresh water in it. Our mind should first flush out the old bad things or just erase them out of the memory first, to learn the new things that can make a difference to our life. So, its really important to never feel content with what you have instead its important to show willingness and determination to learn from all the fresh new things around. I m sure it will do wonders to our lives.

I sometimes amazingly wonder that there are so many small small things that unknowingly gives us such an important things to learn, the very significant lessons of life. It's just so amazing, we just have to keep our eyes open and look for the signal, isn't it ?

CHASING THE DREAMS: FICTION PART ONE

When Rohan was in 4th grade, he saw his maternal uncle, who was a Major in the Indian Army in his uniform, and since then his la-affair with defense began. Though his father was also in the Indian Air Force, but his maternal uncle was among the higher rung of officers in the Indian Army and that fascinated him a lot. Rohan spoke to his parents about his feelings to get into the Army and it was warmly welcomed by his family. Finally, the family decided that Rohan should follow his maternal uncle's footstep and he should prepare for the entrance examination for one of the prestigious residential school in India called "The Sainik School" ( Sainik means the Soldier). Rohan's maternal uncle was a product of the Sainik School Kunjpura Karnal (in Haryana, India), which was one of the leading Sainik School of India out of the 18 such schools throughout the country.

The Sainik Schools are a group of schools in India established by the Sainik School Society, and conceived in 1961 by the then Defense Minister of India, to rectify the regional and class imbalance amongst the Officer cadre of the Indian Army, and to prepare students for entry into the National Defense Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, Pune and Indian Navy Academy. Today there are over 24 such schools covering all the states of the country.The schools come under the purview of respective state governments and Ministry Of Defense India. The admissions start from the 6th Grade, and Rohan was very clear that he wants to get into it. Rohan did not want to leave any stone unturned for his preparation of the entrance examination to be held in next 3 months, so his family decided that Rohan should join the preparatory school for the entrance exam at his grandpa's (Rohan's mother's father) place. Rohan packed his bag and left for his grandpa's home. Rohan used to go to the classes early morning after the breakfast at 9.00am and come back in the evening at 5.30pm. After coming back, there would be two more sessions of studies before calling it a day. Pretty much for all three months Rohan had the same schedule, sometime he would feel tired and sick of studying but he used to visualize the uniform of Indian Army and that was like an energy tonic to him, he will be back to his studies in a flash. Finally, the day of entrance examination arrived, and Rohan did well to qualify for the personal interviews and the medical tests. 

Rohan was really happy to qualify the major hurdle i.e. the written test and now he was even more excited as he got the opportunity to go to the school for the personal interview and the medical test. Rohan left for the personal interview with his father to the Sainik School Kunjpura Karnal. It was a long journey by road from his hometown Gurgaon to  Karnal, somewhere around 5 hours but throughout the journey, he was just imagining all the dreams of him being an Army Officer. Rohan and his father reached the Sainik School before the time but it was such a pleasant site for Rohan to see the school's fort like building that he didn't mind waiting for his turn for the interview. The big playgrounds, the greenery and the huge school premises were simply mesmerizing. It was love at first site for Rohan. He gave the interviews and the medical tests, and came back late night with his father to the home. After 3 weeks, he received a letter from the Sainik School Kunjpura Karnal with the joining date and the list of items that he needs to pack for the school. It was one of the most cherished moment of Rohan's life. Finally, his dreams were changing into reality and he was about to reach the place where he wanted to be. His family was equally proud of its son, after all the kid had done what no one had done before in the whole residential colony.

(Will Be Continued).............

SADNESS

Along with the mind, creator gifted the heart.

Along with the heart, came emotions.

Different are emotions,

Few are joyous and others sad.

Yet the pitiful soul,

Dismal of all,

Distressing and lamentable suffers,

That is the state of sadness.

Sadness is regretful,

Sadness is woeful, its pathetic.

The heart feels wretched.

The soul feels blue, its painful.

Mind becomes uncontrollable,

Only thoughts afloat are reprehensible.

Heart becomes heavy,

Eyes become wet.

That is the harsh moment of reality.

The moment from where you should change.

The time you should take off.

The time you should take few decisions.

Yes, sadness is what causes the change.

Be real, accept the reality.

Evaluate yourself, and be the change.

Soon the happiness will follow....

STAY FOOL STAY COOL

I came to life, blank minded.
Like a fool, I didn't know a thing.
I learnt, what my parents taught.
I learnt, what I saw.

I started talking, I started walking.
I went to school, I was still a fool.
I learnt, what the teachers taught.
I learnt, what the friends taught.

I completed school, I went to college.
But I was still a fool.
I learnt, what I read.
I learnt, what the life taught.

I rose through what I got.
I became what I learnt.
Few good things, also few bad.
But I was still a fool.

What if, I feel- I know everything,
What if, I feel- I have everything,
What if, I feel- I'm not a fool.
Then everything will stop.
My growth, my learnings,
Everything will stop.
I will stay where I were.

Paused, will be the state of life.
Blanked, will be the thoughts.
Being a fool, helped me a lot.
Staying a fool, taught me a lot.
Staying fool is what I want.
For a better life, follow the mantra-

Stay fool, stay cool.

GO SLOWLY BUT KEEP IT GOING

Pretty much all of us in our lives one day or the other face a situation where we want to do something, which we really want to do and we know it will make a big difference to our lives, but we are strangled into the unforeseen circumstances that stops us from doing it. This is the time where you ask the question- Why me? As a human being we are only aware of what happen to us, we hardly actually know what others are going through, we only see the golden picture around us and we continuously keep on cursing ourselves- Why I don't have that thing in my life?


It's a difficult question to answer why others are living a better life and I m sure you cannot be in a position always to understand everything about the others. Also, its almost impossible to answer- Why you? But what is easier to answer is- how you can transform to what you really want to do despite the hurdles and the unfavorable circumstances. 


At first, the only thought you will have in your mind will be- the escape. Yes, you will feel that you want to escape from the unforeseen circumstances, if you are able to do so then probably thats a good thing to get back to what you want to do, but if you are not then you have to go through it unwillingly. Doing something unwillingly hardly helps, but of course if you are doing it then certainly there is a strong reason behind it for e.g. it could be your job, after all your job is your bread and butter, and you cannot just call it quits and start doing other things. These are the real testing times when you are doing something unwillingly again and again, and every time there will be this question popping out in your mind- When will it get over? You cannot be certain of when it will get over, life is not simple et all but what you can be certain of is how along with this unforeseen circumstances you can make a way for what you really want to do. "Yes, tough, isn't it? But not impossible", this is what you have to say to yourself. Just try to visualize or get in connection to something that makes you realize the importance of that thing again. At that very moment, your heart should feel the importance of what you want, its the perfect catalyst to bring you back to what you probably would have been doing if there wasn't any unforeseen situation. You won't even start doing that thing the very next day initially despite the motivational volcano of thoughts but don't just let it go, stay there, stay connected to what you want and I m sure, you will do it. 


I must say that the situation might not even permit you to still do it, but do not just stop it and throw it away, instead keep pushing it, keep trying, may be in bits and pieces. This process never puts you out of that most important thing, but you will be there always trying to do it again and again, and finally you will notice that you have overcome the tornado and doing exactly what you want. I would want to say just one simple thing in the end that- "Do Not Fear Going Forward Slowly; Fear Only To Stand Still". 

COMING BACK TO LIFE

Somebody said- "Life comes in parts and parcels"; yes, it certainly does. Everyday cannot be the same, everyday cannot be our day and everyday we cannot be happy. It happens with all of us, we all live a life, which is a never ending vicious circle consisting of happiness and of sadness one after the other, but the catch is- it's uncontrollable!!


What we want may not happen at the time when we want it the most, what we wish may not fulfill at the time when we want it to come true, and there might be complete uninvited devastation happen in our life at the time when everything is fine, but shall we become angry to life on this and start living life in depression? When we are in a negative frame of mind it feels like a doomsday, it feels if the world has reached to apocalypse. We almost visualize the Armageddon in which the evil has defeated all the good things of our lives. Our heart fills with sorrowful thoughts with no hope of happiness coming back to life. This is the real time, which draws the bifurcation between a warrior and a chickenhearted. I don't say that all those who try to fightback but not succeed are chickenhearted but it's the others who lose the courage and the hope to fightback, and accepts to live with what is happening. The fire to fightback is important to be what we want to be but it is easier said then done. Even the most powerful of soul fumbles in its road to coming back to life. Yet, the one who ignores the pain, the failure and the agony, makes an impact. 


IGNORANCE, yes that is what we need to show the monstrous things happening in our lives and we need to keep telling ourselves that- "It might have stopped everything in my life at this very moment of time, but I m going to plan and live the life the way I want it". Just remember when your parents at home and teachers at class used to say-"Pay Attention To Me", and you just wanted to ignore that thing, this is your time where you have to follow that very childish feeling, the big royal ignore to all the wrong things happening in life. Persist with what you want in your life, insist yourself to keep trying again and again, and assist your soul to your utmost important goal of life.

Slowly and steadily you will scale the new heights on the mountain of difficulties and soon you will realize that you are back in the plains again. Yes, you have crossed all the difficulties and the train of your life is back on the right track heading towards the correct destination of life, and this is when its coming back to life...... 

ECLIPSE

Eclipse, we hear this word

And a picture of Sun and Moon appears.

The black ring, blocking all the light.

The sudden darkness, a visible shadow.

The only moment of Earth deprived of all the light,

Scary, yet mesmerizing.

Mesmerizing of its beauty,

The visible relative motion’s of the celestial bodies. 

The dark ring covers the light first,

And then goes out of the way again.

The light flashes back.

Like the Earth coming back to life again.

Life has the same eclipses,

Sometimes deprived of Happiness,

Sometimes deprived of Success,

Sometimes deprived of Motivation.

Those are the scary moments of Life.

Like the eclipse, all scare ends.

The light comes back.

The light enlightens the life.

Success, Happiness and Motivation,

All comes back.

Remember, Eclipse ends.

Experience it bravely,

Persist it strongly and live it courageously.

You will come out shinning,

Like the light, a WINNER !!

THE PINNACLE OF LIFE

Life is amazing, Life is unpredictable,
For an instance it's like a stopped train, going no where.
But another, it's like a roller coaster, with new twisty turns.

Life comes in phases, one followed by another.
Sometimes its joy, sometimes its sad.
Sometimes its panic, sometimes its calm.
Sometimes its satisfaction, sometimes its greed.
Sometimes its success, sometimes its failure.
But that's Life, we accept it, we live it.

Never get clung to Life.
Let the old phase pass, Let the new phase enter.
The bad phase has to go, The good one has to takeover.
But nothing is permanent, not even life.
Success also fades away, only to make way for the future successes to come.
That's Life, we have to move on, we have to go on.

Don't get depressed,
Failures are like a slippery step of a stair to success,
You fall, you get up,
You again fall, you again get up,
But you will never get stuck, until you try again and again,
You will cross the step, you will reach to the pinnacle,
The pinnacle of success, the pinnacle of Life.

GLORY

The instance when you felt the joy,
The moment when you felt like the supremo,
The time when you felt you have achieved it,
That is the true moment of Glory!!

The essence of glory is magnificent,
Everyone follows it like a salacious monk,
Glory is like a blanket on vilification,
Its like a makeover to the unsuccessful life.

Only an optimist can chase the Glory.
Only an optimist can squander like a peripatetic in search of  the Glory.
Sloth is it's enemy and patience is it's fan.
Determination is it's secret and hard work is it's magical wand.

Glory is an opus, it's creator is self.
You believe it, you do it.
What you need is a courage,
If you have it, if you will make it,
The splendor is yours, the Glory is yours,
Go and Get it, it's all Yours!!

WHO IS REALLY INSPIRING?

I have this amazing widget on my blog, which keeps on flashing motivational quotes randomly and today it has something really interesting that triggered me to think about it. Well it says- “If what you're working for really matters, you'll give it all you've got” by Nido Qubein.

Nido Qubein is a motivational speaker and president of High Point University, an accredited undergraduate and graduate institution. What is more interesting about Mr.Qubein is the fact that he had been ranked 6th among the most motivational speaker world wide in 2008. He is chairman of the Great Harvest Bread Company. He is an active speaker and consultant addressing more than 100 business and professional groups around the world each year. His books and learning programs have been translated into three dozen languages and are sold across the globe.

You know what I think on knowing so much about Mr.Qubein that he is one really inspiring soul on this earth. Yet I still not convinced with his quote mentioned above. I understand this clearly that its very logical and basic for someone to give one’s best shot at something, which really interests him but this is a very simple thought or let me just say that it’s a very common aspect of one’s personality. It’s like when I like something and it really matters to me, I m going to give my best shot, this is kind of obvious isn’t it? With due respect to Mr.Qubein and with no offense to his opinion instead, I feel this is not at all motivating, probably if that quote, would have given me an advice or mantra through which I could have realized a thing that really matters to me in life would have been worth. I think, we all in our lives want to achieve what really matter but most of us throughout our lives are never clear about it so we keep on trying different things at all times by actually copying the people who have done well rather than doing what would really matter to us. It’s a proven fact that people who are clear about what they want are the one who are successful in their lives. The reason is very simple as they know what exactly they want and in which direction they have to apply themselves, with full force to achieve what they exactly want. So, what I m trying to say is it’s not about if I m doing a thing that really matters to me and I m giving my best in it but it’s about how I realize what thing really matters to me because once I know that it’s almost definite that I m going to give my all to it.

Au contraire, I have another observation, which I would want to share here. There are people with such a character who have a tendency of giving their best at whatever they do. Moreover, they do it despite their intention if it really matters to them but it’s more of their rare pure character. These are actually the people who are true winners because not only they feel satisfied with themselves as they do all the things with full passion but also do it with all they have. Beyond that it really doesn’t matter to them even if it doesn’t reap them any use. For instance, I know a person who works for a MNC. I know that this guy has not received any good hikes for last 2 years or so but yet his passion for his work and zealot at work is commendable. He himself knows that there is no use of working so hard but still he do it for himself. He says that’s his nature or character he feels satisfied in life only after performing something not by cheating himself. Now this is a truly inspiring character because if one knows what really matters to him in life, he would surely going to give his all but here is somebody who is not sure what matters to him and yet giving his all.

WHAT WE NEED IS A CHARACTER LIKE 300 SPARTANS

You might have watched the movie “300” and I m sure you might have liked the movie too. I liked it very much and I liked it not just because of the nice graphics in the movie or not just because of the muscular bodies of the 300 Spartans but because of the few other reasons, which I found really interesting. I think if we pay our attention to those interesting things in the movie, it might just turned out to be a life transforming experience for all of us. So, let me just point out those things one by one but before I do that I request you to see this video called “Glory for the 300 Spartans”(press play to watch the video below) then we will continue to our discussion and my special thanks to MVEGGIA, who is also a 300-SPARTA(Spartans) fan, and he is the one who loaded this video to YOUTUBE.



Nice video, isn’t it? Ok but what all things did you notice in this video, anything?
Ok Spartans, their bodies, their weapons, the lightening, alright you did notice many things but other then that anything else? Let me tell you that there were 5 major qualities of the great 300 Spartans being shown in this video; did you notice them?? If you could make them out it’s great but if you couldn’t then don’t worry because I m going to let you know all of them.

BRAVERY: You should not have any doubt about that after watching this video, isn’t it? How brave were those 300 soldiers who took on enemy’s huge army without anybody’s help. Not once they had a fear of loss and they attacked the enemy with full throttle and zealot. What a display of BRAVE character!!

TEAM WORK & UNITY: You know that they were 300, the team of 300 men, the 300 soldiers together united as one team. They have almost proved the exact meaning of the word “TEAM”, which I reckon is T= Together, E=Everyone, A=Achieves, M=More. Yes, the Spartans showed how as a team it becomes so easy to achieve the unachievable. How easy it is to face your task as a team as every single person performs its own task and contributes to the Team’s victory. Now that is one team which I would love to be a part. Here is one more clipping from the movie which showcases the Spartans as a “TEAM”. I request you to roll this video too.



COURAGE: I believe courage and bravery are inter-related. Courage is one thing which help us or make us do the un-doable and when that undoable is done it’s termed as bravery. That is what exactly being depicted by those 300 warriors in the movie. The courage to challenge the toughest of the opponent’s for the freedom of their people. They say- if people have courage to do something that is more important than doing that thing perfectly as courage is the real character, the real thing in a person. It’s the determination of doing the thing, which one wants to achieve, in spite of unfavorable conditions. I salute the courage of those 300 Spartans.

PASSION: Passion is the essence of doing anything, if one doesn’t have a passion of that thing than one cannot do it. Passions drives you towards the things, which you want to in life. Passion has a strong connection to satisfaction and peace. As an individual do something passionately, he enjoys it and loved to do it and most importantly it brings a lot of satisfaction and peace to his soul. You feel happy about doing it. The Spartans had the passion of victory, the passion to defeat their enemies so each battle won brought them satisfaction and peace, and to do better in the next. It gives birth to that drive, which inspires one to pursue something with heart.

SELF-BELIEF & FOCUS: It’s very necessary for an individual to have a strong focus to do anything and most importantly, the self-belief that one can do that task. The video showed the Spartan’s were focused at their goal and they had a strong self-belief that they can win the battle. The self-belief gave them so much confidence that they focused on just one thing called Victory i.e. what focus and self-belief can do to a person. They can make a person achieve the goal and motivates the person to do the undoable.

These were the 5 things, which Spartans have pointed out and that’s the character one should ideally have. The 300 Spartans inspires us to be BRAVE, to be COURAGEOUS, to work as a TEAM, to work with PASSION, and to work with full SELF-BELIEF and FOCUS towards the goals and dreams of our lives. If we do it then I m sure we will achieve whatever we want in our life.

GOING AGAINST THE LAW OF ATTRACTION FOR BETTERMENT

Sometime back I read this very interesting book, named “THE SECRET”. The book is written by Rhonda Byrne. The Secret claims to reveal the most powerful law in the universe. The Secret also claims that with the knowledge of the most powerful law in the universe great men and women at present and in the past, attained glory and accomplishments in their lives. The Secret reveals the natural law that is governing everyone. By applying this law one can change every aspect of his life. The law which I m talking about is the LAW OF ATTRACTION.

They say that the law of attraction is so powerful that an individual can attract anything in his life by properly implementing it. They say this is the secret to prosperity, health, relationships and happiness. This is the secret to life. Rhonda & Co. has launched audio and video prints of the book too and I must confess the movie “The Secret” was really inspiring and influential. But let me just try to give you what “The Secret” has tried to convey, the core message behind “The Secret” or let’s just say, let me try to reveal the secret behind the book, “The Secret”.

The main idea of secret is law of attraction as I have already mentioned so let’s discuss a bit about what is it? They say when an individual wants something or wishes something in life, one has to think about that one thing with utmost passion and feel if this something is going to be one’s own thing soon but the catch is your wish or your demand should be so much intense and pure, along with a little practicality, so that nature attracts that something towards you. They say universe is like a genie, Aladdin’s genie and it works for you in the same way by saying one-thing- “Your Wish is My Command master” and it just brings that thing for you. So, how can one so intensely and passionately attract something in one’s life? Well there are tons of ideas to attain that pure thought of demand to the universe. The book illustrates many examples and one of the core main ideas of the book is that one should always think positive. It says if someone is not happy at job for instance, he will always think about how bad is his job, how bad is the environment, how bad are they paying me, why the hell m I stuck here and many more negative thoughts; hence, it’s a blend of all sorts of negative thoughts, negative vibes and not even a single good peaceful thought afloats our minds. But since we thought in a negative manner and we are only talking negative, our genie, our nature, takes our command and fulfills it in the same manner, the negative manner. As a result, for all the bad thoughts we got more bad thoughts/things we got in return as “Your Wish is Natures Command”. The book illustrates if we think positive and think continuously with passion about the things what we want, those thing will come to us like the way negative things come when we think negative.

I got really influenced by the book and I tried applying this secret. The results were really good, I was able to reach to great motivational levels in my job without even good hikes, due to recession and sometimes because of the corporate politics. I almost gave up all the frustrations I had with the management and reincarnated to a new found enthusiasm. All of a sudden there was a fresh air all across and I felt like working in my first job with full of energy and zealot. I experienced that the positive vibes have really worked and the law of attraction is making me feel happy and in peace at work.

I kept on working and kept on slogging myself with feeling better about myself and yet without monetary gains. One day I realized that some how all these positive vibes, the law of attraction, in me has made me adaptive to the work environment, which I used to think was never conducive as my hard work was never praised but now I was not bothered about it. I worked for self and I worked for myself, which is good as well as bad and when I really tried analyzing it, I realized its actually bad for me as somehow I have compromised to something, which I don’t want. This was the moment of truth for me as a new secret was revealed to me, where until I wont feel really bad about something or I wont feel the discomfort of something, how can I come out of that thing? This new found theory of mine was in clear contradiction to the law of attraction, the positive thing about it and here I was really agrees to the fact that if I keep on thinking positive I may not actually move ahead in life that will give me the unwanted comfort zone, which is actually not making me work out of the bad things. This is why I think sometimes its really important to work against the law of attraction to better your life.

KARMA is taking a step forward…..

All across the globe be it US, be it UK, be it India or be it Australia, there is one thing which is common all around called PEOPLE. But among these people there is a set of extraordinary people whom we call as the SUCCESSFUL ones.

It is a well acclaimed fact that this lot of people whom we call as Successful are the people who are famous, remembered, unique or among the richest of all in the world. This is quite an unsurprising fact that every human being on this earth wants to be part of this elite group of people. In process to achieve it, everybody is doing their bit of things called KARMA. But yet, only a few of them are able to nominate themselves for being the part of this extraordinary league of people and yet very few among them are the winners to enter in the most wanted elite group. Why everybody whosoever is doing KARMA is not successful?

Why is the service class men working everyday is not successful? Why is the farmer yielding the land everyday is not rich? Why a teacher teaching in school is not among the famous people? Well, everybody is doing their KARMA, why they aren’t the successful ones or the richer ones or among the famous people in this world? What is the thing which is stopping them?

Yes, all of us know one thing from our holy books which says “KARM KIYA JA, PHAL KI CHINTA MAT KAR” means as a human being we should keep on doing our karma without thinking of its results. But do we really know the exact meaning of it. Does that mean a labor who is working day and night for his earning, should keep on doing it? Will that make him rich any day? Well the answer to this simple question is only “NO”, this will never going to happen.

We are mistaken in understanding the real meaning of KARMA. KARMA certainly does not mean just doing it but the real meaning is to do it a bit more than what we are currently doing. KARMA is to take a step forward in our lives and to do a thing which will make us a better person what we are today. KARMA is to understand our weaknesses and to work towards improving it for the betterment. KARMA is working out things to make our dreams come true!!!

Once we know the correct KARMA which we need to perform, we need not worry about the results and it only becomes a matter of time when our KARMA pays off. Now this is a situation when the holy lines saying “KARM KIYA JA, PHAL KI CHINTA MAT KAR” should be remembered with the feeling of honesty and grief. Let our KARMA move our life forward in the correct direction of our goal of life.

Only Mantra to success -SELF MANAGEMENT

Today, when I see life, I can find two ways of looking into it. First one is a life which is free of worries, less of hard work, full of short term joys and filled with uncontrolled happenings. But the other one, which is the tougher of its kind in existent, is filled with dedication, full of hard work, ample of self control, a lot of sacrifices and demands a huge amount of planning and the most important factor called self management. On contrary, the second one which looks like a more dracunian side of life is actually the kind of life which brings more warmth of joy, long term success and most importantly, the feeling of immense satisfaction above which nothing counts.

I seriously have realized it that to be successful in one’s life it demands no less than a good amount of self criticism, a large self control, a strong self belief backed with strong will power for hard work and a well planned self managed life. The rule is simple and its universal, which says – “There is no short cut to success”. I remember while I was in my school, just outside the main building there was a big green lawn and a board was kept there with the words,“There is no short cut to success”, encrypted over it. At that time I use to understand it in an offensive way and use to think if that’s a trick by the gardener to not let everybody through the beautiful lawn. But with the growing age and maturity, and with a better vision and understanding, I have understood the meaning of that boarding completely.

Today when I see success, I only try to find the path what it took me or somebody who became successful to attain it and unanimously I found out that for none it was a cake walk and for all it was a sheer hard work, dedication, passion and their self implemented self managed life which took them not just a step but good 100’s of miles ahead of the competition. I think each individual is alike and unique in all aspects of life. Be it the nature or intelligence or anything, every human is so different that one cannot just copy the way other person in their lives have traced the golden path to success. Also, I believe only it’s the individual itself who can only chalk out its plan and go ahead with it. Yes, of course there is no harm in deriving the ideas of the most successful people in this world or of your role models but what is utmost important is how you can chalk out your best plan which suits you the best? Its only us who knows ourselves the best and only we can handle ourselves the most appropriate way so its require to plan accordingly and manage yourself best to the task you are up to.

I have a strong belief that all the B-schools in the world besides making all the B-school grads industry polished, most strongly work on inculcating the best Self Managing techniques within the individual so that an individual can attain an ability to everything in their life. Of course, the one who has done everything in life will be on the more happier side of life because the individual will have a feeling that he has not missed out on anythingJ. And logically, if an individual is not a good Self Manager then how can we expect the individual to grow as successful manager or a great leader.

One has to chalk out his or her plan of life better sooner than later if at all they want to be successful. It’s the Self Management which can only lead them to life which they dreamt of and an individual has to believe that “The Juice is worth a squeeze”.