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!!

Old and New!

Old has memories
Old has experience
Old has wisdom
Old has passed by
Old times cannot be changed
Old has everything for a better NEW!

NEW is refreshing
NEW is exciting
NEW is unpredictable
NEW is a NOTION
NEW is NAIVE
NEW is Yet to be discovered and unravelled!

There is nothing you CAN(t) Do!

"Airplanes are interesting toys but are of no military use." - Marshal Ferdinand Foch (French Military strategist), 1911


"Man will never reach the moon, regardless of all further scientific advances." - Dr. Lee De Forest (Known as father of radio), 1967


What if NASA actually took these statements seriously?  Would we be witnessing the miracles of infinite space today?


Why complicate things? Let me quote some example statements from a common typical youngster's life!


"No! I do not think you have the caliber to pursue a career in music. What good can happen by just playing a guitar? "


"You are fit for nothing! You can never be successful in your life."


Ringing a bell in ur head, right ?


People keep saying a lot of things! Ofcourse it is their civil right as a citizen! Freedom of Thought and Expression!


But, it may not be appealing to the person at the receiving end! But you know, you do have the hidden freedom of power! The power to choose- to choose a response!


Whether you think you can do or cannot do depends all on the way you chose to respond !


When people ask Why?
Say Why not!


Be Proactive ! Not reactive !


Never ever cease to question and revolutionize the current trends! Thats the kind of stuff visionaries are made of!


" Stay hungry, stay foolish! " 


Remember, CAN and CANT are only separated by a SINGLE alphabet!


Catch that one streak of thought that CAN be the change !!