Srivallika Not Only One

పిసినారితనం

Published on 1:45 AM

"పిసినిగొట్టుతనానికి ఓ హద్దు అదుపు ఉండాలి. మూరెడు మల్లెపూలు తెమ్మంటే పావలా పెట్టి పది విడి పూలు తెస్తారా?" కోపంగా అన్నది రోహిణి.
"సర్లే, ఈపూలను Fridgeలో పెట్టి రోజుకొకటి జడలో గుచ్చుకో" అన్నాడు శాంతారాం." ................by CH Gowri Kumar

The Spiral of Successful Habits

Published on 8:16 AM

The Spiral of Successful Habits: "

Post written by Leo Babauta.

Many people have so many things they want to change about their lives they don’t know where to start.

It’s overwhelming: you might smoke and eat junk food and need to exercise and want to be more productive and eliminate debt and start doing work you love and simplify your life to find time for your family and find things to be passionate about …

Where do you start?

It’s doable — this is where I was five years ago. One by one I changed my habits:

I quit smoking.
Started running (eventually did a few marathons).
Started eating healthier (I eat a whole-food vegan diet now).
Started eliminating my debt and saving money (I’m debt-free now).
Started simplifying my life.
Found work I love doing.
Started waking earlier and becoming more productive.

The list goes on. I’m not trying to brag but to show it’s possible. I did all this with six kids and three jobs (with tons of help from my wife Eva of course).

Many of you might be in a desperate place like I was. A reader named Craig recently wrote:

“The last 5-7 years have just been complete hell for me mentally, physically, and financially. Prior to then I was a confident young man who was able to do anything that he put his mind to. I’m not sure exactly how everything just seemed to go down hill for me, but now I have all but lost my self confidence, I suffer from stress and anxiety, I am probably about 30-40 lbs overweight, I’m a pack a day smoker, and to be honest I can’t stand to look at myself in the mirror these days.”

He continued:

“Every morning I wake up with butterflies in my stomach because it’s almost like I’m afraid to even face the day. I often sleep too late and I just all around feel like crap in the morning. I have tried all kinds of different things to try to fix this issue but nothing has worked. I just wish I could start my day off on a better note.”

He then asked the key question: “How were you able to kick start your life back in 2005 and begin your journey to a better more productive life? How are you able to get up in the morning, jump out if bed, and start your day on a positive note?”

In 2005 I was in a bad place in my life with so many changes I needed to make that it was utterly overwhelming and discouraging.

Then I made one of the smartest decisions of my life (aside from marrying Eva):

I chose just one habit.

The other habits would come later. Starting with just one habit accomplished four important things:

It became much more manageable. One habit is doable — 15 habits are too hard.
It gave me focus. I could pour all my energies into one thing. When you have too many habits you’re trying to change it diffuses your energies and you most often fail.
It taught me how to change habits — and then I could apply that knowledge to the next habit change.
It allowed me to succeed and then use that energy and enthusiasm to succeed at the next thing.

Every single one of these is incredibly important. I won’t go into much depth for the first three things because I feel they’re self-evident. But the last one is so important that it deserves a little discussion (see below).

Which Habit to Choose

I started with quitting smoking because it seemed the most urgent to me. Looking back it was also the hardest habit to quit. I might recommend an easier habit to get started with.

But the truth is it doesn’t matter much. If you have 15 habits you want to change and they all seem important then just pick one randomly.

Here’s the thing: in the long scheme it doesn’t matter a lick which one you started with. Five years from now you’re going to look back on all the habits you’ve changed and the order you started with won’t make a difference. Right now it seems to matter but you’re not in this for just this month — you’re in this for life.

Pick one. Any one. I’d suggest an easy one. The important thing isn’t that you choose the right habit but that you start.

Spiral of Success

Picking one habit allows you to succeed and build on that success. That’s more important than you might think if you haven’t done that before.

I read a book by Bill Gates in the 90s where he talked about his “Spiral of Success”. He built MS-DOS and that succeeded so he leveraged that success for MS-Word and then Windows and then Windows 95 and then Excel and Office and Internet Explorer and so on (the order might be wrong here but that’s not important).

Now I’m not a big Bill Gates fan. But the concept is true not only in business but in anything you do: your success with one habit will make you feel great. You’ll be so excited by that you’ll want to try another. If you focus on just one habit you’ll succeed at that too and you can then build on that and so on.

Soon you’ll be rocking the world and people will ask you how you did it. You don’t have to mention my name but you should mention Bill Gates’ name — credit where it’s due.

Jonathan Alter

Published on 8:15 AM

"Jonathan Alter says Barack Obama has struggled to connect with the American public, yet he's accomplished more than any president since Lyndon Johnson."

Happy Republic Day

Published on 8:56 AM

Dear Friends,

26th January Republic Day.....! On this day think of our past and Try to built better future for all of us.. It is a duty of all of us!! I am proud to be an Indian.31 states 1618 languages 6400 castes 6 ethnic groups 29 festivals 1 COUNTRY, PROUD TO BE: INDIAN Happy Republic Day.

With Regards

SriSri

Motivation and How to Get Motivated

Published on 8:33 AM Category: Motivations in life

Motivation has become a popular word nowadays. There are motivational coaches and speakers, and motivational books and articles. What is it actually, and why do you need it?

Motivation is a driving force. In order to accomplish anything, you need a driving force, otherwise nothing will happen. A wish is not strong enough to make you take action. A wish is a weak desire. Only a strong desire can drive forward, to act and accomplish aims and goals.

In order to get motivated, you need to know exactly what it is that you want, to possess a strong desire, and to be willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish your goal.

More than often there is lack of motivation or only a short-lived one. How many times have you started enthusiastically a weight loss program, began a bodybuilding or aerobics training program or started to learn a foreign language, only to stop after a short while? Few people possess enough willpower and self-discipline to go through to the end with what they begin (this is one of the reasons I have written the book "Will Power and Self Discipline").

It easier to show motivation in connection with a subject that is dear to you. If you desire something, but you don't feel motivated enough to act, this means that the desire is not important enough. To be motivated to take action and do something in respect to your desire, you need to possess a really strong desire.

Motivation has much to do with the emotions and the imagination, which means that if you want to increase it, you have to work on your feelings and imagination.

Tips to increase your motivation:

1. Think, meditate and find out whether you really want to achieve your desire, and whether it is worth the effort and time.

2. Make your goal very clear. Writing it down will help.

3. Think often about your goal or desire.

4. Visualize your goal as already accomplished, and close your mind to contrary thoughts.

5. Read books or articles about the subject of your goal.

6. Read about people who have achieved success.

7. Think often about the benefits you will gain by achieving your goal.

8. Visualize, and think about how you would feel after achieving your goal.

9. Repeat positive affirmations such as: "I have the desire and inner strength to achieve my goal". Repeat this affirmation often, with faith and strong feelings.

10. Start with doing something small concerning your goal. Success in small matters leads to greater success.

Motivation is the powerful engine that moves you towards success and accomplishments in every area.