5 FAMOUS FAILURES THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU TO KEEP GOING

Often we easily get upset with failures not realizing the fact that they bring with it new possibilities for learning and betterment. It is significant that we realize the acceptance of failures and to look at them as learning possibilities - a pre-requisite that distinguishes a successful person from a mediocre.

Never Quit - Keep Going

Most of the successful people in the past have failed numerous times only to succeed. History shows us that "Never Give Up" was the only mantra they kept reciting. Next time you get upset with obstacles and failures, just consider thinking about them. These 5 famous failures found their way to success and will inspire you to keep going when the going get's tough.

Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of United States 

1. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Before being elected as the President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln's story was all about struggles and disasters. Born to a poor family in Kentucky, Lincoln had to go through all the toils and perils of poverty. Nevertheless, he went on the become a lawyer in Illinois. His life was full of struggle for more than 40 years and had almost failed in everything that he had taken - jobs, business, political career, elections. He had lost almost 8 elections before he went on to become the President. But his never quit attitude is the reason that made him the greatest President in the history of the United States.

Some quotes by Abraham Lincoln -

• " I am a slow walker, but I never walk back."
• " Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."

Albert Einstein - the greatest scientist

2. ALBERT EINSTEIN. who is considered the greatest scientist and an influential modern physicist, had to go through a struggling childhood and career phase of his life.  During his childhood, Einstein had difficulties speaking fluently and was considered by his teachers to be a slow learner. He had to wait for almost 8 years to get his first professorship. A creative genius who faced difficulties in his childhood and career phase later went on to discover many theories and inventions  like the general theory of relativity and the propounder of the equation - E  = mc² 

Some quotes by Albert Einstein -

• " Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
• " I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."
• " Weakness of attitude becomes the weakness of character."
• " The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."

beethoven - the greatest composer 

3. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN.  The greatest musician of all time, Beethoven is the most respected composer of all time. Starting from his childhood, he had been subjected to violence and punishments. Beethoven was harshly punished by his own father so that he practices correctly. He was considered to be worthless by his teachers in school and also was subjected to severe criticism in social circles for being untidy. Even his first on-stage performance was criticised by many people to be naive. But that didn't stop him. He went to give his best compositions history could ever have, titled as 'Beethoven's symphony'.

Some quotes by Ludwig Van Beethoven -

• " Only the pure in heart can make a good soup."
• " Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."
• " Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life."

Winston Churchill - The powerful Prime Minister of United States (1951 -1955)

4. WINSTON CHURCHILL. Winston Churchill, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1951 - 1955 had to face many failures and setbacks before he went on to become the Prime Minister. During his childhood and schooling, it is said that he was poor in his studies and teachers often complained that he was punctual and mischevious.  He had a series of failures in everything that he did - losing elections, losing a war to the Germany for which he was responsible. In spite of numerous failures, he is still considered to be the greatest leader of the 20th century.

Some Quotes by Winston Churchill -

• "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."
• " A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

Charles Robert Darwin - The influential scientist of the 19th century

5. CHARLES DARWIN. Born to a wealthy medical practitioner, he was expected to pursue the dreams and aspirations of his father. During his schooling, he showed no interest in studies. He writes - " The school as a means of education was a blank. I learned absolutely nothing." Failing to pursue his father's aspiration to take up medicine as a career, he was a constantly ridiculed. His father considered him to be a disgrace to himself and to the entire family. Darwin's curiosity about nature and species pushed him to change his career path. He decided to explore his interest in the study of species and was successful in developing a theory called "The theory of Evolution". Having many more contributions to his name, Darvin is considered as the most influential scientists of the 19th Century.

Some Quotes by Charles Darwin - 

• " A Man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life."
• " To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact."

These personalities and their struggles to achieve successes were not so easy, but they made their journey possible. They finally did succeed. Whenever you get depressed and frustrated about failures, it's time to think about them and take them as inspiration to keep going.

The world is full of inspiration. It's spread everywhere. If you have such inspiring stories, Do share with us in the comment section. Share this post, Let's make this world a place of Inspiration. 

8 QUICK TIPS TO BEAT STRESS

What is Stress?

Stress generally occurs when an individual perceives that there is a disequilibrium between the demands placed upon him and his inability to fulfill those demands. It can also occur as a consequence of any change or alteration in regular functioning of body, mind, and emotions. Challenging tasks, roles and responsibilities, goals and objectives at a workplace; Demanding needs, fulfilling expectations and commitments in relationships, family settings; Expectations to adhere to social objectives and roles in a larger social setting etc. are the reasons behind the stress.

Why manage Stress?

Psychologists assert that minimum stress levels among the individuals are essential. They believe it to be the driving force to get things done. However, if the stress keeps increasing and when it finally becomes an inherent character of an individual, it’s time to find an effective approach to deal with it. Excessive stress is the root causes of serious health conditions - physical, mental and emotional. It's essential to identify the causes of stress and then design a strategy to manage and control stress to lead a healthy, happy and purposeful life.

Symptoms of Stress: Some of the common symptoms include:

• Insomnia

• A headache

• Bodyache

• Irritability

• Obesity

• Reduced mental clarity

• Dark Circles

• Greying hair

• Panic Attack

• Heart diseases

• Diabetes

• Migraine attack

8 Quick Tips to Beat Stress:

Here are 8 quick Tips that can help you beat stress

1. Meditation. Meditation is the ultimate solution to any psychic problem. It sounds challenging for many to start meditating. But, it’s the simple and yet effective approach to relax yourselves. You don’t have to sit for hours to meditate. Initiate with small steps but be consistent. Start with 2 minutes and gradually keep increasing as you progress. Sit down comfortably, relax and start breathing. As you inhale imagine the intake of positive energy like love, happiness, and gratitude reaching every cell of your body. And as you exhale imagine the negative energy like doubt, self-criticism, anger, regret etc. releasing out of you.

2. Music. Music has the power to heal instantaneously. It relaxes both your mind and body. Songs that are slow in tempo and have a soothing melody are believed to have a calming effect on your brain. However, you are at liberty to choose your favorite track or music. Just plug in and enjoy keeping all your thoughts aside.

3. Cooking. You should definitely try this. It’s not necessary for you to be a chef or cook. Do you require a degree to get into your own kitchen? Certainly not! Get into the kitchen, put on your apron and start experimenting. Be innovative and let the creativity reach its new peak in inventing something new. And you can always give it a name and credit for your recipe.

4. Hug your pet. Having a pet at home is a blessing in disguise. Trust me your pet is your healer. Just give it a big hug and see how it uplifts your mood instantly. These healers take away all the negativity out of you and give you unconditional love in return. Highly recommended!

5. Get some inspiration. Where can you get inspiration from?.. From everywhere. Get some books out of your cupboard, dust them and grab it with a cup of cappuccino. Go online for some inspiring reads. Tune into YouTube for inspiration. Talk to people who support and encourage you. Ask them. Listen to their story and take inspiration.

6. Go for a run. When you feel completely indecisive, here’s a fix - Put on your track shoes, rock on your earpods with some foot-tapping numbers and go for a run. Ask yourself how you felt after the run.

7. Affirmations. Using affirmations repeatedly have a positive change in mindset. Just keep saying it to yourself “I am optimistic,” “I am Infinite,” “I am capable enough,” “ I am the creator of my life,” “I am happy and successful. I achieve what I want.” 

8. Count your blessings. Next time when you feel stressed about something, just close your eyes and keep counting all the goodness you are blessed with. From the bottom of your heart, Thank the Universe for blessing you with all the abundance in your life. And You’ll almost be in a different dimension by then.

And these few quotes will surely make you think twice before you get irritated with stress.

• “ Adopting a right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.” - Hans selye
• “ The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over the other.” -William James.
• “ God will never give you anything you can’t handle. So don’t stress.” - Kelly Clarkson
• “ It’s not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.” - Bruce Lee

“Most of the problems the globe encounters emerge from stress. Let’s make this beautiful garden of our’s Pacific” - Naveen Joshi

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25 BEST AFFIRMATIONS TO ATTRACT WEALTH

By affirmations, what I mean is - Breaking that programmed negative belief residing in us, by replacing it with strong and provoking words and sentences, intending at transforming your life in a purposeful and successful direction. In short, affirmations mean – the use of Positive Words and Sentences to make life positive, successful and meaningful. Affirmations are positive words that can be used to manifest whatever you desire, be it - wealth, career, relationships, dreams etc.. 

Regularly affirming yourself with positive words and sentences- rewires your brain with a positive attitude. Here are few tips on how to make the best use of affirmations:

TIPS TO USE AFFIRMATIONS:

1 Initiate with Belief: Start with nothing but just belief as a prerequisite to manifest what you desire. It is essential that you believe in you and your trust the Universe and its power in manifesting what you desire. Initiating anything with doubt and skepticism will never give you a positive outcome, so all you need is Just Belief to start with. 

2. Make a Wish: To receive something that you have always dreamt of, it’s imperative that you ask. What is that you actually want to manifest? What’s your Burning Desire? What do you actually want to accomplish? Make a wish to Universe with utmost faith. Don’t be timorous. You deserve everything that’s top-notch and magnificent.  Never shy to ask for what you want. Just make a Wish!

     

    3. Choose words wisely. Words have a profound impact on our lives. All that we are today is the result of the words – Spoken, written and thought. Use Sentences containing positive words. Why do you have to think about something that you don’t need? Focus only on what you want. Make it clear and compelling in terms of figures, numbers, size, quantity etc. Be very specific.

4. Consistency is the Key: The reason why the Law of Attraction doesn’t work for many people is the lacking consistency in the usage. Be consistent with your approach and methodology. Law of attraction works, it takes time to manifest. Patience is the key to hold. Regularly use Affirmations and use visualization technique to speed up the manifestation process.

1    5. Count your blessings. Be thankful for everything that you have in your life right now. The universe likes speed and it responds quickly in manifesting for people who have the attitude of gratitude.

25 BEST MONEY MAKING AND WEALTH GENERATING AFFIRMATIONS:

1. I am like a magnet that keeps attracting money.

2. Every minute of my day keeps attracting more and more money.

3. Money gets easily multiplied every time I think of money.

4. I am open to different sources of earning money.

5. Earning money is so easy and effortless

6. I am always in a receiving mode to different sources of money.

7. Money that I earn makes me so happy and the feeling of happiness multiplies more money.

8. I am the master of my destiny.

9. My investments are always profitable and I receive multi-fold returns on my investments.

10. There is more and more money that is continuously flowing into my life.

11. My Bank Accounts are always multiplied by the abundance of deposits.

12. There is more money being printed for me.

13. I rejoice my victories and earnings.

14. I utilize my money to lead a happy and purposeful life.

15. Every idea that I think of creates a revenue generating platform.

16. I attract people in my life who are positive and wealthy.

17. I attract the sources that make my money multiplied.

18. All my needs are met, even before I think about it.

19. I live in a place surrounded by prosperity.

20. The universe is full of abundance and I am part of it.

21. I love money and money keeps flowing to me.

22. My wallet is filled with currencies and cards.

23. My actions create multiple sources for earning money.

24. My businesses get profitable and I keep expanding it.

Conclusion: 

These Affirmations can really help manifest whatever you wish in life. Provided that you hold a strong belief in it's functioning and ensuring that you rejoice the process and express the attitude of gratitude.

- Feel free to use the images as flashcards whenever you feel it.

- Save them. Look at them daily. Repeat as many times as you could.

- Wishing you all the luck and sending best wishes in your manifestation process.

WHY THE LAW OF ATTRACTION DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU

You probably have read many posts, stories, and books on the law of attraction and yet you struggle to find, "Why it doesn't work for you?" AN inner-voice keeps whimpering most of the time, "Why the law of attraction doesn't work for you"? 

Relax! You don't have to be on pins and needles, trying to figure out the reasons you weren't successful. Take a load off, let your hair down and just go ahead.

1. BELIEF - Start with Just it: 

You have access to tons of information about the law of attraction everywhere – on the web, blogs; in community forums, groups, workshops and training sessions. It’s not a secret anymore, people have access to information. With the vast source of information available, it should make the life easier, but in vain.

You got to believe before you receive. You got to apply before you believe.”

“Knowledge is power” – is a powerful proverb. We have seen this written on top of our boards in our schools. We were taught that knowledge is the only required criteria to be successful in life.

Yes, it is but that’s only half true. Knowledge is essential, a source to begin for everything you wanted to accomplish. But knowledge without desire and belief can’t take you places.

2. MINDSET - Something to consider changing:

 The reason why many people fail in spite of access to these life-changing secret strategies is our restrictive mindset. Our mindset which is the result of – (i) our bringing and social conditioning; (ii) excessive emphasis on logical knowledge devoid of human emotional factors like desire and belief.

I was introduced to the movie “the secret” by a friend. He gave me a brief description about the movie and I wasn’t even able to convince myself to give 2 hours of my time to watch it, believing that it was just a fancy movie with some course on positivity containing some inspiring stories for life success. I wasn’t convinced at that time, because I was busy running after logical ways to get a job and earning money was my only goal. 

During my, M.B.A Course we were trained with the following objectives – to get a job with a multi-national company and to earn bigger. I was successful in achieving those objectives. I wasn’t happy though. A self-realization, however, made an impact. It warned me not to go with the wind and made me realize the true purpose of my life. My realizations to looking at life from a different perspective lead me in a new direction.

I began gathering information about the law of attraction. Read many books on the law of attraction, read many life-changing stories and also watched the movie “the secret”, I then decided to try with few techniques and to my surprise, I was successful in many cases. Over the period of time, I realized that – “Knowledge is essential, but you also have to combine knowledge with human emotional factors like desire and belief. That’s how manifestations happen.

3. REALISATION: Leveraging Knowledge with Belief and Desire:   

Learning about the law of attraction is just (i) “Knowledge” – To use the benefits of quantum physics, you must have the desire to use it and have a strong belief in the processing mechanism.

To use it and manifest in your life, you must inculcate emotional factors like (ii) Desire to manifest something and (iii) belief in the process that makes it possible to manifest.

4. AFFIRMATIONS  – Catalyst for Manifestation:

Using Affirmations to achieve to achieve wealth is a powerful way to manifest rapidly. Provided that, you got to believe and feel deeply as if you already have it.
These affirmations can change the way you think about yourself and redirects you to a completely different path. You probably have a lot of negative self-talk about yourself every day. You have developed that pattern over the years. It’s time to rewire your brain. Replace every word that reads “I Can’t” with “I Can”; “I am not” with “I am”. Do this repeatedly.

Every word of the affirmative sentence has to be felt deeply as if you already have it an by expressing the gratitude toward the Universe for giving it to you.

Summing up with some quotes on the law of attraction:

• " All that we are is the result of what we have thought" - Buddha.
• " What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them" -  Mark 11:24
• " Whatever the Mind can conceive it can achieve" - W. Clement Stone.
• " You create your own Universe as you go along" - Winston Churchill

6 BEST APPROACHES TO HANDLE CRITICISM

We all encounter criticism in various in various areas of our life. Facing criticism has become a challenge for many today but not many realize that it can be used as an effective approach for personal development. You might confront disapprovals either from your manager for various reasons or maybe disapprobation from your family or friends occasionally. But, how often have you considered to think logically and act practically about the criticism you receive?

Let’s look at criticism from a different perspective and use it as a self-help tool to maximize enormous benefits in our life, using these 6 approaches.

1.       Understand: Before you react, understand. You should refrain from getting emotional and taking everything personally. It’s important to understand the context of criticism for getting the most rewarding benefits out of it. To understand, you better listen carefully. Avoid being reactive, be proactive.

2.       Value and Acknowledge: It’s predominant that you value criticism, as it provides a medium for continuous learning and development. Acknowledging criticism makes you understand yourself better and directs you towards excellence.

3.       Personal Development Agenda: Manoeuvre criticism or a personal development agenda.  Use criticism as a feedback mechanism for self-development. Make it a personal development agenda, work on it to remove your imperfections and flaws.

4.       Driving Force: Trust me, when you value criticism and acknowledge it when necessary, it will transform you into a completely new version of yourself. It will no longer upset you, rather it will act as a driving force to be your best version.

5.       Don’t Overstrain: Now here’s a tip, Don’t take your criticism to such an extent that it becomes a source of continuous stress for you. Don’t stress yourself to be a perfectionist. Not everyone is perfect. Remind yourself at times that you are worthy in other aspects of life.

6.       Do thank your Critics: And yes, don’t forget to thank your critics. It’s all their effort. You only worked on it, but it’s your critics who helped you identify your defects. Be thankful to them. Make friends with them.

Some thoughts to get you going:

-          “He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.” – Abraham Lincoln

-           “ The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.” – Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking

-          “ A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.” – John Wooden

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TIRED OF PROCRASTINATION? A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO OVERCOME IT

Tried many strategies and techniques and yet kicked the can down the road? Read many articles and blog posts on techniques and strategies to beat procrastination, but could not execute them effectively?

Well, let’s keep it simple and straight to the point. Let’s think and focus on our basics first.

1.       Train Your Brain: It all starts with the thought. If you are serious about discarding the dithering attitude, train your brain. Identify, what you procrastinate? Why you linger? Note them down and acknowledge that you dawdle and that’s perfectly alright. Prepare a table with two columns. In the first column - Note down the areas/tasks you often temporize. In the second Column – Use a positive affirmative statement to cut down that limiting belief in column one. Do it for everything that you stall. You have to train your brain first, to train yourself.

2.       Set Up Daily Goals and To-dos In Advance: Since you have acknowledged yourself as a procrastinator, it’s way lot easier for you to work on it. Plan and Organize to get rid of that self-image of a procrastinator. It is always beneficial that you plan your day in advance. Make an advanced to-do list and set up daily goals that you want to achieve for the next day. Schedule goals and tasks specifically with time limits.

3.       Early to Bed Early to Rise: Now, this is very crucial and beneficial. We easily get carried away by staying up late at night browsing web, emailing, texting, late night dinners, partying etc. And we give ourselves an excuse to start over again next week and the cycle goes on. Say a big and loud NO. Go to bed early, switch off - the wifi, mobile devices, the lights and the tv. Get some sound sleep and wake up early next day with energy and enthusiasm to accomplish something valuable and meaningful. Waking up early will surely boost your energy and you’ll surely stay focused to work on your goals and your to-dos for the entire day.

4.       The First 20 Minutes After Waking Up – Determining Factors: Your first 20 minutes are the indications of your achievements. They will surely trigger - how you’re going to spend the rest of your day. Start your day with a glass full of water immediately after waking up and get your morning tasks and chores done in the next few minutes. Ponder all the tasks and goals for that day. Use this time to review your plans. Prioritize them, Schedule them and be flexible and comfortable even to reschedule.

5.       Execution is the key: Your plans will remain as plans unless you execute them. You have to push yourself harder to execute them. Planning without execution is futile. If you want to see the results, you got to execute your plans. Track the goals and keep checking your to-dos. Focus here should be on the execution and not on perfection. Perfection follows execution. This is where you should avoid complete distraction and your goals and to-dos should be under complete focus.

6.       Revaluating your action plan: Many strategies and techniques fail for the need of revaluation. It’s very significant that we have a check on the strategy adopted. Reviewing enables us to identify the gaps and help us design accordingly. It shows your areas of strength and achievements. Reward your achievements and celebrate small victories. Reviewing also provides an insight on the areas that need improvement in your strategies, techniques or even your goals and to-dos. Never forget or even underestimate the need for evaluating your plans to crack your success in beating procrastination.

Some thoughts that can keep you stay on track:

• “Better three hours too soon that one minute too late” - William Shakespeare
• “He who every morning plans the transaction of that day and follows that plan carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the busiest life.” – Victor Hugo
• “Arise, Awake! And stop not until the goal is reached” – Swami Vivekananda

6 WAYS TO REVERSE YOUR NEGATIVE MINDSET

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” – Buddha

Thoughts are creations. Every manifestation/situation of your life is the result of your own thoughts. The nature of thoughts decides your journey and destination. A negative mindset attracts negative circumstances creating stress in every area of your life – family and relationships, money, career, goals etc.

It's crucial that we identify these negative patterns. But this is where the actual problem lies i.e. ‘Identification of existence of negativity’. You should consider yourself blessed if you have identified and acknowledged the existence of negative patterns. Your ability to recognize the existence of this mindset makes it easier to reverse it. Transformation requires the identification of something existing. You can transform something into positive only when you recognize the existence of something negative.

Here are 6 ways that can surely help you reverse your negative mindset-

1.       Meditation: Meditation is the ultimate remedy to cure any kind of mental problems. To reverse the negative mindset, it is crucial that you meditate. Meditating consistently will provide you with enormous benefits both to the body and mind. It reduces stress and anxiety, which rewires your mind to a relaxed and peaceful state. A mind which is relaxed and peaceful is always positive and alert.

2.       Using Affirmations: Using Affirmations is a scientifically proven method to transform a negative thought into a positive thought. Affirmations break the negative patterns that were deeply rooted over the years and rewires the brain with the new sequence of positive affirmations used. Some examples of positive affirmations are –

-          I am the architect of my life

-          I am healthy both physically and mentally

-          I focus on everything that is positive

-          I am blessed with the ability to think clearly and positively etc.

3.       Count your Blessings: We feel negative most of the time because we don’t recognize and express the gratitude for the good things we have in life. We keep focusing on everything that is bad, inefficient, insufficient. Shift your focus, count your blessings. Be thankful for everything you have been blessed in your life. Start doing this, in few weeks you’ll notice the difference in the way you feel.

4.       Find Inspiration: World is not devoid of inspiration. It’s full of inspiration everywhere and every corner. You just have to find, appreciate and inculcate it in your life. With the advent of global connectivity and internet, you are exposed to many inspiring stories over the globe. Google them or YouTube them, there are millions and you can use them as a daily source of positive boosters.

5.       Surround yourself with positive people: You are a reflection of a person with whom you spend most of your time. Choose people wisely, surround yourself with positive people and their optimism rub it on you. Refrain from surrounding yourself with people who have negative and limiting belief.

6.       Believe in YOU & your source of creation – GOD: Always believe that you are a unique creation of God, bestowed with every quality that can transform every negative situation/thought into a positive situation/thought in your life as well as for others. Stop comparing yourself to others and thank god for bestowing upon you all the powers required for a positive transformation.

Let me conclude with some powerful quotes:

“Change your thoughts and you change your world” – Norman Vincent Peale

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the Mind can achieve” – Napoleon Hill