Path to success

The path to success is not an easy one and definitely not a short one! It is a long journey, filled with surprises, pain, sacrifices and hard work. But, if we tend to worry about the destination, we would never enjoy the journey. Enjoy the struggle to your destination, for you would cherish it for the rest of your life! I believe that we must love taking small steps everyday in the pursuit of our dreams. Do not halt after one achievement, prepare yourself for another, let life be a multitude of such achievements.

IMAGINE with all your mind,
BELIEVE with all your heart,
ACHIEVE with all your will.

Because,

Success is not about taking one big step, it is all about taking small steps-EVERYDAY!

Quotes!!

I have been collecting quotations for the whole of my life..
Here are a few of my favorite quotes, phrases from the marketing Guru-Seth Godin himself

• Remarkable- Something to remark about.
• Being Very Good is bad, it is boring, it is average.
• Being Average is easy.
• Being safe is risky.
• Be remarkable. Being just Good enough is not enough.
• If you have no wish, how can it possibly come true?
• Let the fear of failure not stop you from even attempting to do something Remarkable.
• Successful people reject mediocrity in all parts of their lives.
• The only way to be advertised is to be talked about.
• Be remarkable to create positive buzz.
• Do not get done with one dip and take a break. Be prepared, look out for the next dip.

Last but not the least, my most favorite one:

"My goal is not to have the most popular blog, my goal is to have MY blog."

Let Go the EGO!

Kill ego before it kills you!
It is very often said that we MUST prioritize our priorities! Similarly, it is  necessary to prioritize relationships over ego. We often chose the latter over former.
It is not always about U! U! and only U! Sometimes it is about US!
Before you jeopardize your relationship, just think about all the good times you had with that person.
Take the first step and be a bigger person. The feeling you get after patching up is incomparable to the feeling of anger and ego!

As quoted, Let GO the EGO!

What is the most important conversation?

No matter what you do through out the day, no matter how busy you are, there is this one thing that you should NEVER Skip doing!

Brushing your teeth? Having food? No!

These are nothing but sheer necessities of Life!

There is something more important I must say! It is COMMUNICATION-Communication with yourself!


It is OK if you havent spoken to your boy friend today, it is also OK if you did not gossip about the guy next door with your girl friend. But it is NOT OK to let go talking to yourself. We do take lot of efforts to know the people around us. In this process, we tend to lose ourselves. Do not let that happen!

'Know thyself' is a very ancient dictum that has an in-depth meaning even today!

Just have some ME Time everyday. Take a long walk or lock yourself up in a room, even better-talk to your reflection in the mirror! What have you done today?  Question yourself. Did you make yourself happy? Did you make the people around you happy? Did you pursue something phenomenal? Did you actually finish the tasks that you were meant to do?

Before taking any important decision in life or rather taking up any task, follow the 4 Ws and 1H technique!
 What? Why? Where? When? How?

Why and How are the most significant and critical questions that you need to answer yourself!!

This is the one thing that many of us forget and ignore but trust me, if put into practice, will give wonderful results. It will bring out the NEW YOU-Everyday!

Sometimes, Its good to Copy Paste!

Oh no! I am not talking about doing this in the exams!

Of course, I would be a hypocrite if I'd say I've never done this! :D

There are some people that I admire in my life!! To name a few:

• Farhan Akthar and Amir Khan from Bollywood: because of their knack for perfection! They are such versatile people with sumptuous creativity , combined with never ending efforts to deliver what the audience would love to watch on screen !
• Steve Jobs Obviously for the vision he had to shape up the tech world, His seamless passion for whatever he did and the STAY HUNGRY, STAY FOOLISH Attitude!
• People like my Undergraduate college Chairman sir, Principal sir and a few others that I had the honor of knowing in my real life!

What makes such people unique? Is it that they were born with super powers? The answer is NO!

They too have the same physical structure like any normal human being. What matters is whats INSIDE..I personally call it SUBSTANCE.

I feel like copy pasting the elements that make up this substance within them!

I love capturing the essence behind their work and implementing it in my life. 

Thats why I said, its Good to Copy, Paste ! :)

HABITS!!

Luckily, I have the habit of reading books!

When I was a kid Tinkles, Panchatantra Books and Enid Blyton's Adventures used to engross me totally into them !


Later on, it was Sidney Sheldon and Chetan Bhagat's books!


But, as the time passed by, I realized that I got nothing good out of such books, except for pleasure.
Maybe that was what I was looking for! Maybe I was reading books to seek pleasure and enthrall myself with the suspense stories.


Of late, my purpose of reading has taken a total deviation!
I am reading books that can help me develop my personality, Improve my thinking abilities-to sum it up, I am reading books to discover my true self and TO EVOLVE!


Hence, I am reading very few HAND PICKED books. The sci-fi, suspense thrillers do not please me anymore!


I have been reading a book lately!


This book has transformed my thinking by leaps and bounds!
Every page and every paragraph is inspiring!


All my further posts for sure would be having excerpts from this particular Book!


It is not just a book that you read once and put aside !
It can be a used as a daily guide- with reference to making our lives more effective, through our daily deeds and HABITS!!


THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE by STEPHEN R. COVEY is the Book that has transformed me, Nope...EVOLVED me into a better person!


HABITS make or break the person ! 


Re-invent yourself! Re-discover yourself!


Don't cease to think and experiment with life!


Your best is yet to come! 
Do not settle  on anything for temporary pleasures, till you achieve the BEST and BE THE BEST!


I believe in this quotation given by my friend:


YOU GOTTA BE THE FIRST, THE BEST OR THE DIFFERENT!




For all this to happen,


We gotta cultivate habits that define us - every day, every minute, every second!


Because:


If you define your habits today!
They would define you in the future!

CHANGE!

The one inevitable thing in our lives is CHANGE!
Everybody wants it!
But sometimes, it occurs when it is least wanted!
Just like an uninvited, unwanted guest!

It happened to me as well!
And I really cannot figure out a way to get over this change!
Maybe its because I don't want to !

Tough times never last ! But tough people do !
I hope I too am one of those tough people
I hope to get over my tough times!!