Inspiration Quote - 1

Every human has the potential to create the future for himself or herself. As said earlier, whatever you visualize becomes a reality. So always try to see good things which you want in life, think of them and you will one day surely get them for yourself. 

Funny Inspirational Video - Be Positive To Be Happy

This is really very funny and yet inspirational video. Though it might be just an ad for a baby product but still its very creative and interesting. Moreover, its quite motivational and inspirational. It shows how a person with positive attitude is able to fight all the odds and manages to be happy in his life.

How Important Is Setting Right Goals For Success In Life?

I was reading this interesting story of a farmer and his dog. The dog would run after every passing car to some distance and try to overtake it. Obviously due to the high speed of the car, the dog would give up shortly. Once a friend of the farmer asked, "would he ever be able to take over some car"? "I am not worried whether he would ever be able to take over a car or not, rather I am concerned what would he do at all even after he takes over one", replied the farmer.

This is very true even in our lives. It happens often that people start pursuing meaningless goals. However, at a point of time when they don't see any results coming out of that effort, they end up abandoning them. This abandonment does not come alone, it brings along frustration, sadness and a fear of starting anything new, each time. Therefore good choice of goals, before you set them up for yourself and start pursuing, is the key to success.

Take Time To Identify Proper Goals. First and foremost step towards success is to identify appropriate goals in life. This applies for both short term and long term goals. Brainstorm a list of potential goals and take time to compare them based on benefits, your environment, what you want to achieve, etc. (the list of comparison factors can get long though). Eliminate the ones which you think are less relevant or less important or do not look viable. 

Plan To Achieve. Now you have got your list of goals, next step is to plan to achieve them. You will need to plan very carefully and resolve that whatever the results maybe but you will always stick to the plan and would not get deviated from it. There would be odds, some frustrations coming your way but you will need to be strong enough and believe in yourself. You will have to adopt the 'Never Give Up' spirit.

Constantly Remind Yourself Of The Selected Goals. Write down your goals on a paper and pin up at your desk at work, or maybe download some sticky notes software on your computer and write your goals on it. The idea is it to keep the goals constantly in front of you. This will remind you regularly what your goals are and would not let you deviate from your plan for achieving them.

Having done all of the above, you would be sure that you are pursuing the right goals in life. Chasing your goals with the right level of dedication, commitment and persistence would ensure that you get success in life.

Visualizing During Most Productive State Of Mind - The Alpha State

Visualizing During Alpha State of Mind

As I have discussed, in my earlier posts, that visualization is a great tool to impress on the universe - through your subconscious - whatever you want in your life, here in this post I am going to share the secret of making the most effective use of this tool during the most creative, productive and effective state of your mind i.e. Alpha State.

States of Mind

There are 4 states of mind. These states have been defined by researchers based on the level of activity the human mind is involved in at a particular time. This time can be any time in the 24 hour day.

1. Beta

This is the conscious or waking state of mind. In this state the mind is thinking and working actively. This is like the top gear state and is considered good state to make decisions, for reasoning, applying logic, etc. The brain waves are between 12 - 30 hertz and may not be necessarily rhythmic in this state. 

2. Alpha

Various States of Mind

Defined as a gateway between conscious and unconscious state of mind, the brain waves slow down between 7.5 - 12 cycles or hertz. Humans are in a more relaxed state and it becomes easier to access memories or register new information during this state. This is considered best state of mind for imagination.

3. Theta

This is even more relaxed state of mind where the brain waves further slow down between 4 - 7.5  hertz. This is also referred as a state of mild sleep.

4. Delta

This is deepest level of relaxation or state of deep sleep where brain waves slow down between 0.5 - 4 hertz. 

As explained above, in the Alpha state of mind the human body is more relaxed and is in a perfect position to access memories, store new information. It is also the best time when the mind is at the highest of its imagination and creativity. If the duration of this state is increased, it can be the best time to impress upon your subconscious what you want to achieve in your life using your imagination or visualization. When this activity is repeated, the subconscious communicates these visualizations to the universe and they finally turn into reality.

When The Going Gets Tough.. The Tough Get Going

Truly inspirational video depicting the reality of life. Successful people were not born successful. Every successful person had to work hard in order to achieve the success. It's also not true that successful people never run into troubles. But its a successful person's will, dedication and commitment to his goals that enables him to make a comeback.

Failure - What Is It? 3 Tips To Avoid Failure

Never Fail Yourself

I often think what is Failure, how does it occur, does it occur all of a sudden? I stumbled upon a very interesting article by Jim Rohn about formula of failure and success. Jim says, "Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. We do not fail overnight. Failure is the inevitable result of an accumulation of poor thinking and poor choices. To put it more simply, failure is nothing more than a few errors in judgment repeated every day." 

So if failure is only about few judgmental errors made everyday or the poor choices made by individuals, then why do people keep on repeating these errors. Why wouldn't they choose to improve on things, I mean why would people simply want to fail? One reason, as Jim highlights, could be that the impact of these wrong judgments or poor choices is very small and does not have immediate impact. Failure's most dangerous attribute is it's subtlety. That could be the reason that failure does not occur immediately.  For example if you choose to ignore something important at work and it does not have a big impact immediately you may start feeling that it is alright to do so and then the negative impact may keep accumulating and show in your life one fine day. Similarly, someone may also choose to have bad eating habits or continue to smoke without any immediate adverse impacts. But the negativity will accumulate and have an adverse impact on your life someday.

In addition to above I think one more thing that causes failure is that people, over a period of time, start feeling low of themselves. When one tries to do something and is not able to do it successfully, due to various reasons, he or she starts giving up on it and starts believing that this task is difficult to achieve. This negative belief causes failure. So here are some tips which can be followed to avoid failure.

1. Introspection

Try to introspect yourself. The best time to introspect your daily activities is at night before going to bed. Think about the actions you took or the judgments or the decisions that you made in the day. Think were you reasonable enough while taking these actions or making these judgments or could have there been any better course of action? When you ask questions, you get answers. Don't ignore any answer that indicates anything negative irrespective of whatever the quantum of negativity it might carry.

2. Discipline & Time Management

Try to bring a discipline in your life that whatever improvements you had thought from your introspection, you would implement those in your life going forward. Leading a disciplined life and managing your time well will help you to avoid any kind of subtle negative impacts leading to failure.

3. Take Control

Never forget that it's your life and you should have it's control. No negative thoughts or feelings should control your life. Always believe that you are strong enough and can achieve anything in life. Resolve that you will not give up until you achieve whatever you want in your life even if lot of hurdles or problems come your way.

Never Give Up - You Can What You Will To Be !!

A motivational video. Really shows how you can get whatever you want if you never give up. Doctors told Arthur that he can never walk again in his life. But he wanted to change his life. And because deep somewhere in his heart he wanted a change in his life, he found the way out. If someone like Arthur can prove that whatever people said was wrong, why can't you? Just believe in yourself and never, never, never give up in life!!