Friday, 25 September 2015
Thursday, 24 September 2015
::- Story of a little girl -::
::- GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES -::
"God helps those who help themselves.", shouted the mother hurriedly. She was already late for her office today. And like every other day, Raani, her child, hadn't completed her homework for previous day. It was Raani who read a small story of a lazy monkey to her.
" Why do they have to give such a tough homework to kids.", the mother murmered as she packed Raani's tiffin box.
"God helps.... What ??" shouted back Raani, a 7 year child, studying in 2nd std at English medium school, with a big question on her sweet round face.
"Aahhhh....", grunted the mother. She should have reached the office by this time.
" God.. Helps..those....who.. HELP... Themselves..." repeated the mother word by word, as she checked for spelling mistakes in her book. There was not a single error.
"My sweet baby", said the mother proudly as she got her up from the chair.
"what does it mean mom", asked Raani, sweetly.
"Now, sweetheart", said the mother sadly, "sorry I can't drop you to the office. Am so late already."
"But what does it mean mom.", asked Raani again.
"Sweetheart, remember the phrase for now. We'll discuss the meaning in evening." said the mother sadly, as she picked up the lock and keys off the table and pecked a small kiss on Raani's forehead.
"now off you go darling." said the mother as she locked the door of their apartment.
"But, what does it..." began Raani.
"Remember the phrase today darling." said the mother distractedly as she corrected Raani's tie.
"And eat the whole lunch today. And look both sides before crossing the road... " said the mother as she left Raani to walk to the bus stand.
"God...helps those...who help....themselves.." remembered Raani, as she began walking over the footpath. She walked on the same footpath every morning. She new the footpath inch-by-inch. She knew it's inhibitants; the beggars, and the usual hawkers.
" God helps those who help themselves.", murmered Raani as she remembered the phrase.
She had reached the signal. The rickshaw stop was on the other side of the signal.
She looked for the signal. It was RED. There were still 10 seconds to go.
"God helps those who help themselves.." murmered Raani as she rushed to cross the signal.
It took only a small push. Raani was knocked down by the boy rushing past her. She fell on her knees. There she saw small drops of blood oozing out through her delicated skin. Had it been any other day at home. She would have screemed loud enough to get her mother in trauma. But, she was a brave kid. She was the only passer- by accross the signal. It was only 2 seconds for signal to clear. She had fallen down infront of the jeep. The driver had no idea that Raani had fallen there. Neither anyone over there had a faintest idea that a small girl had fallen on the zebra crossing. Only 2 feets infront of the zeep whose driver was in no mood to take his eyes off the signal hung overhead,
"God helps those who help themselves." repeated Raani to herself, a little louder this time.
She mustered up all her courage and stood on her trembelling legs.
Just then the signal cleared. And the zeep driver put his foot over the accelerator,.
The same moment Raani stood up at her place. Her height of two ahd half feets was higher enough that the driver put his foot immidiately on the break. "God..." he screemed.
"God helps those who help themselves." repeated Raani to herself.
Her feet was bleeding. She wobbled at her place. She sat down. There was a lot of noice of horns at the signal. The zeep driver got off the vehicle.
"Let me help you kid." said the driver as he lifted dumbstruck Raani.
"God helps those who help themselves." repeated Raani to herself.
"God helps those who help themselves.", shouted the mother hurriedly. She was already late for her office today. And like every other day, Raani, her child, hadn't completed her homework for previous day. It was Raani who read a small story of a lazy monkey to her.
" Why do they have to give such a tough homework to kids.", the mother murmered as she packed Raani's tiffin box.
"God helps.... What ??" shouted back Raani, a 7 year child, studying in 2nd std at English medium school, with a big question on her sweet round face.
"Aahhhh....", grunted the mother. She should have reached the office by this time.
" God.. Helps..those....who.. HELP... Themselves..." repeated the mother word by word, as she checked for spelling mistakes in her book. There was not a single error.
"My sweet baby", said the mother proudly as she got her up from the chair.
"what does it mean mom", asked Raani, sweetly.
"Now, sweetheart", said the mother sadly, "sorry I can't drop you to the office. Am so late already."
"But what does it mean mom.", asked Raani again.
"Sweetheart, remember the phrase for now. We'll discuss the meaning in evening." said the mother sadly, as she picked up the lock and keys off the table and pecked a small kiss on Raani's forehead.
"now off you go darling." said the mother as she locked the door of their apartment.
"But, what does it..." began Raani.
"Remember the phrase today darling." said the mother distractedly as she corrected Raani's tie.
"And eat the whole lunch today. And look both sides before crossing the road... " said the mother as she left Raani to walk to the bus stand.
"God...helps those...who help....themselves.." remembered Raani, as she began walking over the footpath. She walked on the same footpath every morning. She new the footpath inch-by-inch. She knew it's inhibitants; the beggars, and the usual hawkers.
" God helps those who help themselves.", murmered Raani as she remembered the phrase.
She had reached the signal. The rickshaw stop was on the other side of the signal.
She looked for the signal. It was RED. There were still 10 seconds to go.
"God helps those who help themselves.." murmered Raani as she rushed to cross the signal.
It took only a small push. Raani was knocked down by the boy rushing past her. She fell on her knees. There she saw small drops of blood oozing out through her delicated skin. Had it been any other day at home. She would have screemed loud enough to get her mother in trauma. But, she was a brave kid. She was the only passer- by accross the signal. It was only 2 seconds for signal to clear. She had fallen down infront of the jeep. The driver had no idea that Raani had fallen there. Neither anyone over there had a faintest idea that a small girl had fallen on the zebra crossing. Only 2 feets infront of the zeep whose driver was in no mood to take his eyes off the signal hung overhead,
"God helps those who help themselves." repeated Raani to herself, a little louder this time.
She mustered up all her courage and stood on her trembelling legs.
Just then the signal cleared. And the zeep driver put his foot over the accelerator,.
The same moment Raani stood up at her place. Her height of two ahd half feets was higher enough that the driver put his foot immidiately on the break. "God..." he screemed.
"God helps those who help themselves." repeated Raani to herself.
Her feet was bleeding. She wobbled at her place. She sat down. There was a lot of noice of horns at the signal. The zeep driver got off the vehicle.
"Let me help you kid." said the driver as he lifted dumbstruck Raani.
"God helps those who help themselves." repeated Raani to herself.
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
::- Life is Hard, Life is Difficult -::
This message is titled "Life is hard" and it's about how to live a great life despite the fact that life is difficult.
Everybody wants to be happy in life. We all want to live a perfect life. We want that great job or a successful business. We want to be
married to Mr. Right or Mrs Perfect. We want to have great kids. We want to have friends that stick by us come rain or shine. We want to
be able to have all the material things life has to offer and have all our
problems just disappear.
Everybody wishes for good life. It may be at different levels. One
person may define a good life one way and another may describe it
another way. For one person a good life may be just having three
meals a day and a roof over their head. For another it may be having
a huge mansion and a couple of million dollars in the bank. There are different levels and meanings to what a good life is. But
whatever you definition of it, there is perhaps one thing that you may
have in common with many other people. You might want that good
life stress free. You would like to have it without having to work so
hard or struggle so much for it. That is a normal human expectation.
Nobody likes to struggle through life. Unfortunately, that is also what may be stopping you from having
that great life. The thought of all that work, all that planning,
overcoming hurdles and resistance is enough to make a lot of people
give up before they even start. It can all seem too overwhelming, and
for many it all just doesn't seem be worth it. It's like being drained of
energy just at the thought of running a marathon. Before you are even at the starting line the thought of all that running just scares you
and tires you so much mentally you just decide not to go for it. It's
just too hard. One of my favourite books is titled "The Road Less Travelled" by M.
Scott Peck. The first sentence in the book is: "Life is difficult." Now, if you pick up a book and the first thing it tells you is "life is
difficult" you may just think "is this book going to get reassuring and
encouraging after such a start? But, as Peck goes on to explain, once you accept that life is hard, it no
longer becomes an issue that it's difficult. He says: "Once we know that life is difficult- once we truly understand and
accept it - then life is no longer difficult." In life you will have difficulties getting anything you want. It is very
rare to get anything in life without some degree of effort. Only if you
win the lottery will you have everything without effort, and even
then you would have had to go out and buy the lottery ticket
any way so it's not free at all. Life is hard – your boss will not always be the nicest person in the
world. Your job will have challenges that you did not foresee. Your
workmates will sometimes be a pain. You won't always get the
salary and recognition that you want and deserve at work. Your
clients may not be the nicest people in the world. Life is hard – your kids won't always be the ideal kids you want them
to be. Your wife or husband may not be as perfect as you thought
they were when you married them – in fact I can guarantee you they
are not. Your home may not be the ideal place you would want it to
be. You may not the perfect wife or husband that you once thought
you were. Life is hard – running a business is not as easy as you thought it
would be. No one is lining up to bring money to your business, even
though you are a really nice person and your business has great
products to offer. I could go on and on with these examples, but the bottom line is that
"Life is hard."
I don't mean to say in all this that you don't deserve a break. I am not
saying that you are not justified in thinking that you deserve more
than what you have gotten from life and the world to this point. I am not saying that you are not justified in feeling the way that you
feel. I know you have had it tough at times. I know that at times you
feel that it's all very confusing and just too hard. I mean you have
worked very hard. You've done all that you possibly could in your life
whether it is at work or at home. But things just don't seem to have
worked out as well as you had planned or hoped. It all just seems to have gone wrong and you don't know or understand how or why. But that's okay. It's normal. That's what being human is all about.
That's what life is all about. Life is hard. Accept that. Once you do, you will feel better about your circumstances. Then you
won't think of your situation as anything but what is common to
every human being. Then you will think of your situation as a part of
life. You will no longer beat yourself up about how bad things are or
how you are not doing so well in one area or another. You will realise
that you are only human. You make mistakes just like everybody else. You are not perfect just like everybody else. But don't stop there.
Accepting that life is hard does not mean that
you accept every circumstance and simply go with the flow. You see, there are two sides to this story. There is another side to this
coin. On the one side of the coin is where you have the words "life is
hard" inscribed, but if you turn that coin over you will five very small
but powerful words. They read: "You can make it better" That is one of the beautiful things about life. You can make your life
better. You have total responsibility for what you do and how you
respond to the fact that life is hard. As the now cliché saying goes: "If life hands you lemons, make lemonade." Accepting that life is hard comes with accepting that you have the
responsibility to make it better. Not only do you have the
responsibility to make it better, you have the ability and the power to
make it better. You can make it better – become a better employee and someone
worth giving more responsibilities at work. The promotions and the
better pay are sure to follow one way or another. You can make it better – learn how to raise better kids and have a
happier home. Become the good husband or wife you would like your
spouse to be. You can make it better – learn how to turn that business around. Gain
the extra skills you need to run a successful business. You see, the only person you have any control over is yourself. You
cannot change other people.
Let's take the example of marriage for
moment. Notice that I did not say you should turn your husband or
spouse into an ideal spouse. I said you should become the ideal
husband or wife you want your spouse to be. Then, once you become
such a person you may have several choices as to how to relate to your spouse. Firstly, once you are as near perfect a spouse as anyone can be your
husband or wife might see the difference and also decide to change
for the better or they may just change naturally as a response to your
new attitude. Secondly, if they don't change, perhaps you will have
reached a level of maturity where you are content and satisfied with
who they are and their faults no longer bother you. Or thirdly, in some cases, such as in abusive relationships or in relationships that
are a risk to your health, you may reach a level of self acceptance and
courage where you are able to leave that abusive or unfaithful
partner. Whatever the case may be, this example illustrates one other
important fact about teh fact that life is hard and taking responsibility.
That is: "You always have choices" No matter what situation you are in, you have a choice. No matter
how bad things are, you have a choice. No matter what you think you
can or cannot do, you have a choice. Now it may not be an easy choice, by any means. It may be a very
difficult choice and the road you decide to take may be a tough one. It
may push you way out of your comfort zone. It may mean that in the
initial period your life may get even harder than it already is. But it is
a choice nonetheless. A lot of times you will actually find that the choices are not as hard as
you thought they were. You may just have shut off your mind from
seeing those choices and possibilities because you thought you had
no choice. Once you become open to the idea that you are responsible
for your life and that you have choices, you will find that you are no
longer stuck just because life is hard. At that point, life is still hard, but you have the final say. Your life becomes more meaningful and purposeful.
Everybody wants to be happy in life. We all want to live a perfect life. We want that great job or a successful business. We want to be
married to Mr. Right or Mrs Perfect. We want to have great kids. We want to have friends that stick by us come rain or shine. We want to
be able to have all the material things life has to offer and have all our
problems just disappear.
Everybody wishes for good life. It may be at different levels. One
person may define a good life one way and another may describe it
another way. For one person a good life may be just having three
meals a day and a roof over their head. For another it may be having
a huge mansion and a couple of million dollars in the bank. There are different levels and meanings to what a good life is. But
whatever you definition of it, there is perhaps one thing that you may
have in common with many other people. You might want that good
life stress free. You would like to have it without having to work so
hard or struggle so much for it. That is a normal human expectation.
Nobody likes to struggle through life. Unfortunately, that is also what may be stopping you from having
that great life. The thought of all that work, all that planning,
overcoming hurdles and resistance is enough to make a lot of people
give up before they even start. It can all seem too overwhelming, and
for many it all just doesn't seem be worth it. It's like being drained of
energy just at the thought of running a marathon. Before you are even at the starting line the thought of all that running just scares you
and tires you so much mentally you just decide not to go for it. It's
just too hard. One of my favourite books is titled "The Road Less Travelled" by M.
Scott Peck. The first sentence in the book is: "Life is difficult." Now, if you pick up a book and the first thing it tells you is "life is
difficult" you may just think "is this book going to get reassuring and
encouraging after such a start? But, as Peck goes on to explain, once you accept that life is hard, it no
longer becomes an issue that it's difficult. He says: "Once we know that life is difficult- once we truly understand and
accept it - then life is no longer difficult." In life you will have difficulties getting anything you want. It is very
rare to get anything in life without some degree of effort. Only if you
win the lottery will you have everything without effort, and even
then you would have had to go out and buy the lottery ticket
any way so it's not free at all. Life is hard – your boss will not always be the nicest person in the
world. Your job will have challenges that you did not foresee. Your
workmates will sometimes be a pain. You won't always get the
salary and recognition that you want and deserve at work. Your
clients may not be the nicest people in the world. Life is hard – your kids won't always be the ideal kids you want them
to be. Your wife or husband may not be as perfect as you thought
they were when you married them – in fact I can guarantee you they
are not. Your home may not be the ideal place you would want it to
be. You may not the perfect wife or husband that you once thought
you were. Life is hard – running a business is not as easy as you thought it
would be. No one is lining up to bring money to your business, even
though you are a really nice person and your business has great
products to offer. I could go on and on with these examples, but the bottom line is that
"Life is hard."
I don't mean to say in all this that you don't deserve a break. I am not
saying that you are not justified in thinking that you deserve more
than what you have gotten from life and the world to this point. I am not saying that you are not justified in feeling the way that you
feel. I know you have had it tough at times. I know that at times you
feel that it's all very confusing and just too hard. I mean you have
worked very hard. You've done all that you possibly could in your life
whether it is at work or at home. But things just don't seem to have
worked out as well as you had planned or hoped. It all just seems to have gone wrong and you don't know or understand how or why. But that's okay. It's normal. That's what being human is all about.
That's what life is all about. Life is hard. Accept that. Once you do, you will feel better about your circumstances. Then you
won't think of your situation as anything but what is common to
every human being. Then you will think of your situation as a part of
life. You will no longer beat yourself up about how bad things are or
how you are not doing so well in one area or another. You will realise
that you are only human. You make mistakes just like everybody else. You are not perfect just like everybody else. But don't stop there.
Accepting that life is hard does not mean that
you accept every circumstance and simply go with the flow. You see, there are two sides to this story. There is another side to this
coin. On the one side of the coin is where you have the words "life is
hard" inscribed, but if you turn that coin over you will five very small
but powerful words. They read: "You can make it better" That is one of the beautiful things about life. You can make your life
better. You have total responsibility for what you do and how you
respond to the fact that life is hard. As the now cliché saying goes: "If life hands you lemons, make lemonade." Accepting that life is hard comes with accepting that you have the
responsibility to make it better. Not only do you have the
responsibility to make it better, you have the ability and the power to
make it better. You can make it better – become a better employee and someone
worth giving more responsibilities at work. The promotions and the
better pay are sure to follow one way or another. You can make it better – learn how to raise better kids and have a
happier home. Become the good husband or wife you would like your
spouse to be. You can make it better – learn how to turn that business around. Gain
the extra skills you need to run a successful business. You see, the only person you have any control over is yourself. You
cannot change other people.
Let's take the example of marriage for
moment. Notice that I did not say you should turn your husband or
spouse into an ideal spouse. I said you should become the ideal
husband or wife you want your spouse to be. Then, once you become
such a person you may have several choices as to how to relate to your spouse. Firstly, once you are as near perfect a spouse as anyone can be your
husband or wife might see the difference and also decide to change
for the better or they may just change naturally as a response to your
new attitude. Secondly, if they don't change, perhaps you will have
reached a level of maturity where you are content and satisfied with
who they are and their faults no longer bother you. Or thirdly, in some cases, such as in abusive relationships or in relationships that
are a risk to your health, you may reach a level of self acceptance and
courage where you are able to leave that abusive or unfaithful
partner. Whatever the case may be, this example illustrates one other
important fact about teh fact that life is hard and taking responsibility.
That is: "You always have choices" No matter what situation you are in, you have a choice. No matter
how bad things are, you have a choice. No matter what you think you
can or cannot do, you have a choice. Now it may not be an easy choice, by any means. It may be a very
difficult choice and the road you decide to take may be a tough one. It
may push you way out of your comfort zone. It may mean that in the
initial period your life may get even harder than it already is. But it is
a choice nonetheless. A lot of times you will actually find that the choices are not as hard as
you thought they were. You may just have shut off your mind from
seeing those choices and possibilities because you thought you had
no choice. Once you become open to the idea that you are responsible
for your life and that you have choices, you will find that you are no
longer stuck just because life is hard. At that point, life is still hard, but you have the final say. Your life becomes more meaningful and purposeful.
::- Beautiful Message in Marathi -::
काही संकल्प ---
१) प्रथम स्वतः वर प्रेम करा.
२) वडिलधा-यांना मान द्या.
३) बचत करायला शिका.
४) निरोगी राहण्यासाठी प्रयत्न करा.
५) चांगला मित्र परिवार वाढवा.
६) व्यसनांपासून दूर रहा.
७) भक्तीमार्ग अवलंबा.
८) समाजसेवा करा.
९) आपल्या मागे आपली आठवण काढणारी माणसे आहेत, याची सदैव जाणीव ठेवा.
१०) सल्ला घेऊनच प्रत्येक काम करा.
११) आजच्या तरूण पणावरच उद्याचे
वृद्धत्व अवलंबून आहे. हे विसरू नका.
१२) मागा म्हणजे मिळेल, आणि शोधा म्हणजे सापडेल. या प्रमाणे वागल्यास पुढेच जाल.
१३) यशोगाथांचे वाचन करा.
१४) नैसर्गिक जीवन जगा.
१५) आयुष्य फार लहान आहे. प्रत्येक क्षणाचा आनंद घ्या.
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👏आदर्श जीवन जगण्यासाठी
जरुर वाचा..
💎1) चूक झाली तर मान्य करा.
💎2) समोरच्याचे मत विचारात घ्या.
💎3) चांगल्या कामाची स्तुती करा.
💎4) आभार मानायला विसरू नका.
💎5) मी ऐवजी आपण शब्द प्रयोग करा.
💎6) सतत हसतमुख रहा.
💎7) दुसऱ्यातील चांगले गुण ओळखा.
💎8) कुणाच्याही व्यंगावर हसु नका.
💎9) स्वतःची कुवत व ताकद ओळखा.
💎10) टिका तक्रार यात वेळ घालवु नका.
💎11) कृती पुर्व विचार करा.
💎12) लोकांच्या खांद्यावर अपयश लादू नका.
💎13) क्रोधावर नियंत्रण ठेवा.
💎14) मैत्री भावना कायम मनी राहु द्या.
💎15) नेहमी सत्याची कास धरा.
💎16) इतरांना चांगली वागणूक द्या.
💎17) सुखाचा गुणाकार व दुखाचा भागाकार करा.
💎18) विचार करून बोला.
19) प्रेमाचा आदर करा.
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१) प्रथम स्वतः वर प्रेम करा.
२) वडिलधा-यांना मान द्या.
३) बचत करायला शिका.
४) निरोगी राहण्यासाठी प्रयत्न करा.
५) चांगला मित्र परिवार वाढवा.
६) व्यसनांपासून दूर रहा.
७) भक्तीमार्ग अवलंबा.
८) समाजसेवा करा.
९) आपल्या मागे आपली आठवण काढणारी माणसे आहेत, याची सदैव जाणीव ठेवा.
१०) सल्ला घेऊनच प्रत्येक काम करा.
११) आजच्या तरूण पणावरच उद्याचे
वृद्धत्व अवलंबून आहे. हे विसरू नका.
१२) मागा म्हणजे मिळेल, आणि शोधा म्हणजे सापडेल. या प्रमाणे वागल्यास पुढेच जाल.
१३) यशोगाथांचे वाचन करा.
१४) नैसर्गिक जीवन जगा.
१५) आयुष्य फार लहान आहे. प्रत्येक क्षणाचा आनंद घ्या.
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👏आदर्श जीवन जगण्यासाठी
जरुर वाचा..
💎1) चूक झाली तर मान्य करा.
💎2) समोरच्याचे मत विचारात घ्या.
💎3) चांगल्या कामाची स्तुती करा.
💎4) आभार मानायला विसरू नका.
💎5) मी ऐवजी आपण शब्द प्रयोग करा.
💎6) सतत हसतमुख रहा.
💎7) दुसऱ्यातील चांगले गुण ओळखा.
💎8) कुणाच्याही व्यंगावर हसु नका.
💎9) स्वतःची कुवत व ताकद ओळखा.
💎10) टिका तक्रार यात वेळ घालवु नका.
💎11) कृती पुर्व विचार करा.
💎12) लोकांच्या खांद्यावर अपयश लादू नका.
💎13) क्रोधावर नियंत्रण ठेवा.
💎14) मैत्री भावना कायम मनी राहु द्या.
💎15) नेहमी सत्याची कास धरा.
💎16) इतरांना चांगली वागणूक द्या.
💎17) सुखाचा गुणाकार व दुखाचा भागाकार करा.
💎18) विचार करून बोला.
19) प्रेमाचा आदर करा.
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Tuesday, 22 September 2015
::- The Most Inspirational poems 10/10 -::
::- The Charge of the Light Brigade -::
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!" he said.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Forward, the Light Brigade!
"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd.
Theirs not to make reply,
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!" he said.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Forward, the Light Brigade!
"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of hell
Rode the six hundred.
Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder'd.
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not,
Not the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.
When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder'd.
Honor the charge they made!
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!
By Lord Alfred Tennyson
::- The Most Inspirational poems 9/10 -::
-:: The Invitation -::
It doesn't interest me
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
It doesn't interest me
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
of meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me
how old you are.
I want to know
if you will risk
looking like a fool
for love for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.
It doesnt interest me
what planets are
squaring your moon...
I want to know
if you have touched
the centre of your own sorrow
if have been opened
by life's betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.
I want to know
if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.
I want to know
if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations
of being human.
It doesn't interest me
if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear
the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.
I want to know
if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
"Yes."
It doesn't interest me
to know where you live
or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone and
do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
It doesn't interest me
who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know
if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me
where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know
what sustains you
from the inside when all else falls away.
I want to know
if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like
the company you keep
in the empty moments.
By Oriah Mountain Dreamer
::- The Most Inspirationl poems 8/10 -::
::- If I Can Stop One Heart From
Breaking -::
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
By Emily Dickinson
Breaking -::
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
By Emily Dickinson
::- The Most Inspirational poems 7/10 -::
::- Solitude -::
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air;
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go;
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air;
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go;
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all,
There are none to decline your nectared
wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a large and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
::- The Most Inspirational Poems 6/10 -::
::- Invictus -::
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
By William Ernest Henley
::- The Most Inspirational poems 5/10 -::
::- Phenomenal Woman -::
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
By: Maya Angelou
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
By: Maya Angelou
Monday, 21 September 2015
::- The Most Inspirational Poems 4/10 -::
::- If
-::
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
By: Rudyard Kipling
-::
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
By: Rudyard Kipling
::- The Most Inspirational Poems 3/10 -::
::- Still I Rise -::
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
By: Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
By: Maya Angelou
::- The Most Inspirational poems 2/10 -::
::- Dreams
-::
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
By: Langston Hughes
-::
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
By: Langston Hughes
::- The Most Inspirational poems 1/10 -::
::- The Road Not Taken
-::
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
By: Robert Frost
-::
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
By: Robert Frost
::- 5 smart tips to keep smiling -::
Welcome, my dear reader. Welcome. Welcome and congrats, cause you care for your smiles. Here's a small list of things which, I believe, if are taken care of, there's a lot of chance that you can really make a change in your life. So, lets get on the list straight away.
1- OBSESSIONS:
Yes, I understand, everyone is obsessed with something or the other. Everyone has atleast one habbit, hobby or an addiction he is obsessed with. Well, thats the reason, people with peace of mind are rare.
2- STOP BEING ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
It's rightfully called 'the word of virtual reality'. Those who allow themselves to be drowned by it find themselves cramped in dark nights infront of their laptops waiting for replies. Start meeting people. I know we don't get to meet too many friends face to face. However, yes, face to face meeting has something called warmth which you can never get in virtual world.
3- DO NOT READ LOTS OF MOTIVATIONAL MATERIAL:
Quotes, books, novels, blogs, websites and blah blah blah.. There are numerous options to find inspirational sayings and words. My blog for example. What these platforms do is give you an excuse to say you are trying to stay motivated. However, honestly, words don't inspire you as much as a small actions can. And yes, too much of inspirational words simply leave you directionless. Thats why I believe "AN INSPIRATION EACH DAY KEEPS SORROWS AWAY ".
4- DO NOT LET YOURSELF TO BE CARRIED AWAY IN THE WORLD OF THOUGHTS:
World of thoughts is a safe place for idle people. Be aggressive, ask questions, seek answers but don't let yourself carried away. So much that you will think about the morning news from TV throught the day.
5- DO NOT GOOGLE EVERYTHING:
I believe, in a way or other, you have reached to my blog through google when you searched something in the line of- 'tips for being peaceful.' 'want to feel peaceful' etc etc.. Sure, reading is a great relief to seek solution for your problems. But what I suggest is, try writing your problem down. And then try figuring out the solution for it. Write down as many solutions as you can figure out no matter how stupid they seem for a moment. Strike out the ones you believe won't work. And Bingo!! You have your solution with you. This activity will provide you with solution for sure. However, I can't guarantee how a blogger's solution can match your personality and how you can really connect wit it.
1- OBSESSIONS:
Yes, I understand, everyone is obsessed with something or the other. Everyone has atleast one habbit, hobby or an addiction he is obsessed with. Well, thats the reason, people with peace of mind are rare.
2- STOP BEING ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
It's rightfully called 'the word of virtual reality'. Those who allow themselves to be drowned by it find themselves cramped in dark nights infront of their laptops waiting for replies. Start meeting people. I know we don't get to meet too many friends face to face. However, yes, face to face meeting has something called warmth which you can never get in virtual world.
3- DO NOT READ LOTS OF MOTIVATIONAL MATERIAL:
Quotes, books, novels, blogs, websites and blah blah blah.. There are numerous options to find inspirational sayings and words. My blog for example. What these platforms do is give you an excuse to say you are trying to stay motivated. However, honestly, words don't inspire you as much as a small actions can. And yes, too much of inspirational words simply leave you directionless. Thats why I believe "AN INSPIRATION EACH DAY KEEPS SORROWS AWAY ".
4- DO NOT LET YOURSELF TO BE CARRIED AWAY IN THE WORLD OF THOUGHTS:
World of thoughts is a safe place for idle people. Be aggressive, ask questions, seek answers but don't let yourself carried away. So much that you will think about the morning news from TV throught the day.
5- DO NOT GOOGLE EVERYTHING:
I believe, in a way or other, you have reached to my blog through google when you searched something in the line of- 'tips for being peaceful.' 'want to feel peaceful' etc etc.. Sure, reading is a great relief to seek solution for your problems. But what I suggest is, try writing your problem down. And then try figuring out the solution for it. Write down as many solutions as you can figure out no matter how stupid they seem for a moment. Strike out the ones you believe won't work. And Bingo!! You have your solution with you. This activity will provide you with solution for sure. However, I can't guarantee how a blogger's solution can match your personality and how you can really connect wit it.
Sunday, 20 September 2015
::- Einsteins toughest motivational quote -::
Example 1:
Everything should be made as simple as it is
possible to make it without losing its
essential functionality. For example the
fraction 20/60 can be simplified to 2/6, or
further simplified to 1/3 without losing its
meaning, and this should be done… but it cannot be further "simplified" to 13.
Example 2:
In a mathematical sense, simplification is
used to take a complex expression to make
it more easily read and understood (and
indeed remembered). This process maintains
all the complexity of the initial statement but in a simplified, more manageable state.
But to make simpler is to sacrifice that
complexity and results in an expression that
is now compromised, something has been
'lost in translation' and along with it the
validity of the expression. I hope that makes sense.
::- 10 Highly motivational books with best quotes from them -::
1. The Art of War, by Sun Tzu:
The Art of War may be the most widely read book that examines
strategy and dispute resolution, equally studied by men and women,
military, business executives and politicians alike.
According to this
book, strategy, preparedness and taking advantage of opportunities
are key to achieving success by overcoming conflict.
Best Quotes: "The wise warrior avoids the battle."
"Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle ….
They conquer by strategy."
"To … not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand
for any contingency is the greatest of virtues." "What is of the greatest importance in war is extraordinary speed: One
cannot afford to neglect opportunity."
2. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide To Personal Freedom, by Miguel Ruiz:
According to author Miguel Ruiz, four agreements in life are
fundamental steps on the path to freedom:
1-Be impeccable with your word.
2-Don't take anything personally.
3-Don't make assumptions.
4-Always do your best.
The book's basic premise is that the diligent application of these
agreements will lead to personal freedom.
Best Quotes:
"Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful
art."
"Maybe we cannot escape from the destiny of the human, but we have
a choice: to suffer our destiny or to enjoy our destiny."
"You will find that you don't need to trust others as much as you need
to trust yourself to make the right choices."
3. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, by Stephen R. Covey:
This book was first published in 1989, and has sold over 25 million
copies worldwide in over 40 languages. The 7 habits touted by the
book are:
1-Be Proactive
2-Begin with the End in Mind
3-Put First Things First
4-Think Win-Win
5-Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
6-Synergize
7-Sharpen the Saw
Best Quotes:
"Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can
and should be and
he will become as he can and should be."
"If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing
over which I have control – myself."
4. How to Win Friends & Influence People, by Dale Carnegie Brimming with practical advice:
This book includes fundamental
techniques in handling people, six ways to make people like you,
twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, how to be a
leader and change people without giving offense or breeding
resentment, and seven rules for making your home life happier.
Best Quotes:
"It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you
are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think
about it."
"The world is full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the
rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous
advantage."
5. Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill:
The title of this book suggests that this book tells you how to
accumulate monetary wealth, but it is so much more than that – the
principles set out in this book cover growing rich in every aspect,
personally and professionally. The author conducted a series of
interviews with the most successful and wealthiest individuals to
determine the universal doctrines that anyone may apply in order to be successful.
Best Quotes:
"There is no substitute for persistence. The person who makes
persistence his watch-word, discovers that "Old Man Failure" finally
becomes tired, and makes his departure. Failure cannot cope with
persistence."
"The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes
overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A
few carry on despite all opposition, until they attain their goal. These
few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons."
6. Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!, by Anthony Robbins:
This book is authored by Tony Robbins, who is probably the most
well-known motivational speaker today. In this book, Tony shares tips
and strategies to gain control of your emotions, body, relationships,
finances and life.
Best Quotes:
"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always
gotten. "
"You can't have a plan for your day, 'til you have a plan for your life."
"Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you
want, with whom you want, as much as you want."
7. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and Its All Small Stuff, by Richard Carlson:
This book is all about seeing the bigger picture, and learning to let go
of those things that don't really matter. Cherish your loved ones and
take time to stop and smell the roses.
Best Quotes:
"Even though we often mess up, most of us are doing the best that we
know how with the circumstances that surround us."
"True happiness comes not when we get rid of all of our problems, but
when we change our relationship to them, when we see our problems
as a potential source of awakening, opportunities to practice, and to
learn."
8. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath:
The authors of this book examine change. Their theory is that there are
two brain systems – a rational system and an emotional system. When
these systems work together, making changes is simple. The opposite
is true when these systems work against each other – making changes
becomes very difficult. Using inspirational anecdotes, this book
illustrates how to make change happen.
Best Quotes:
"So when you hear people say that change is hard because people are
lazy or resistant, that's just flat wrong. In fact, the opposite is true:
Change is hard because people wear themselves out. And that's the
second surprise about change: What looks like laziness is often
exhaustion."
"It's a theme we've seen again and again — big changes come from a
succession of small changes. It's OK if the first changes seem almost
trivial."
9. The Magic of Thinking Big, by David J. Schwartz:
Think small and you will have small success. Think big and you will
have big success. These are the core concepts espoused by this book.
The author provides practical advice to overcome fear, have confidence
and above all, aim high.
Best Quotes:
"Think you are weak, think you lack what it takes, think you will lose,
think you are second class – think this way and you are doomed to
mediocrity."
"Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe
they can't, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do."
10. Steve Jobs, by Walter:
Isaacson Walter Isaacson provides an in-depth account the professional and
personal life of Steve Jobs, drawing upon interviews with Jobs himself,
as well as family members, friends, competitors and colleagues. This
book is incredibly inspiring, as it shares the tale of a driven
perfectionist, admittedly difficult to deal with, that was the greatest
innovator of his generation.
Best Quotes:
"Steve Jobs: "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
"Jobs insisted that Apple focus on just two or three priorities at a time.
"There is no one better at turning off the noise that is going on around
him," Cook said. "That allows him to focus on a few things and say no
to many things. Few people are really good at that."
The Art of War may be the most widely read book that examines
strategy and dispute resolution, equally studied by men and women,
military, business executives and politicians alike.
According to this
book, strategy, preparedness and taking advantage of opportunities
are key to achieving success by overcoming conflict.
Best Quotes: "The wise warrior avoids the battle."
"Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle ….
They conquer by strategy."
"To … not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand
for any contingency is the greatest of virtues." "What is of the greatest importance in war is extraordinary speed: One
cannot afford to neglect opportunity."
2. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide To Personal Freedom, by Miguel Ruiz:
According to author Miguel Ruiz, four agreements in life are
fundamental steps on the path to freedom:
1-Be impeccable with your word.
2-Don't take anything personally.
3-Don't make assumptions.
4-Always do your best.
The book's basic premise is that the diligent application of these
agreements will lead to personal freedom.
Best Quotes:
"Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful
art."
"Maybe we cannot escape from the destiny of the human, but we have
a choice: to suffer our destiny or to enjoy our destiny."
"You will find that you don't need to trust others as much as you need
to trust yourself to make the right choices."
3. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, by Stephen R. Covey:
This book was first published in 1989, and has sold over 25 million
copies worldwide in over 40 languages. The 7 habits touted by the
book are:
1-Be Proactive
2-Begin with the End in Mind
3-Put First Things First
4-Think Win-Win
5-Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
6-Synergize
7-Sharpen the Saw
Best Quotes:
"Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can
and should be and
he will become as he can and should be."
"If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing
over which I have control – myself."
4. How to Win Friends & Influence People, by Dale Carnegie Brimming with practical advice:
This book includes fundamental
techniques in handling people, six ways to make people like you,
twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, how to be a
leader and change people without giving offense or breeding
resentment, and seven rules for making your home life happier.
Best Quotes:
"It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you
are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think
about it."
"The world is full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the
rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous
advantage."
5. Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill:
The title of this book suggests that this book tells you how to
accumulate monetary wealth, but it is so much more than that – the
principles set out in this book cover growing rich in every aspect,
personally and professionally. The author conducted a series of
interviews with the most successful and wealthiest individuals to
determine the universal doctrines that anyone may apply in order to be successful.
Best Quotes:
"There is no substitute for persistence. The person who makes
persistence his watch-word, discovers that "Old Man Failure" finally
becomes tired, and makes his departure. Failure cannot cope with
persistence."
"The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes
overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A
few carry on despite all opposition, until they attain their goal. These
few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons."
6. Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!, by Anthony Robbins:
This book is authored by Tony Robbins, who is probably the most
well-known motivational speaker today. In this book, Tony shares tips
and strategies to gain control of your emotions, body, relationships,
finances and life.
Best Quotes:
"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always
gotten. "
"You can't have a plan for your day, 'til you have a plan for your life."
"Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you
want, with whom you want, as much as you want."
7. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and Its All Small Stuff, by Richard Carlson:
This book is all about seeing the bigger picture, and learning to let go
of those things that don't really matter. Cherish your loved ones and
take time to stop and smell the roses.
Best Quotes:
"Even though we often mess up, most of us are doing the best that we
know how with the circumstances that surround us."
"True happiness comes not when we get rid of all of our problems, but
when we change our relationship to them, when we see our problems
as a potential source of awakening, opportunities to practice, and to
learn."
8. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath:
The authors of this book examine change. Their theory is that there are
two brain systems – a rational system and an emotional system. When
these systems work together, making changes is simple. The opposite
is true when these systems work against each other – making changes
becomes very difficult. Using inspirational anecdotes, this book
illustrates how to make change happen.
Best Quotes:
"So when you hear people say that change is hard because people are
lazy or resistant, that's just flat wrong. In fact, the opposite is true:
Change is hard because people wear themselves out. And that's the
second surprise about change: What looks like laziness is often
exhaustion."
"It's a theme we've seen again and again — big changes come from a
succession of small changes. It's OK if the first changes seem almost
trivial."
9. The Magic of Thinking Big, by David J. Schwartz:
Think small and you will have small success. Think big and you will
have big success. These are the core concepts espoused by this book.
The author provides practical advice to overcome fear, have confidence
and above all, aim high.
Best Quotes:
"Think you are weak, think you lack what it takes, think you will lose,
think you are second class – think this way and you are doomed to
mediocrity."
"Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe
they can't, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do."
10. Steve Jobs, by Walter:
Isaacson Walter Isaacson provides an in-depth account the professional and
personal life of Steve Jobs, drawing upon interviews with Jobs himself,
as well as family members, friends, competitors and colleagues. This
book is incredibly inspiring, as it shares the tale of a driven
perfectionist, admittedly difficult to deal with, that was the greatest
innovator of his generation.
Best Quotes:
"Steve Jobs: "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
"Jobs insisted that Apple focus on just two or three priorities at a time.
"There is no one better at turning off the noise that is going on around
him," Cook said. "That allows him to focus on a few things and say no
to many things. Few people are really good at that."
::- 10 Nobel Prize winners whose life is an Inspiration to millions -::
1. Murray Gell-Mann (1929-):
An American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1969 for
his work on the theory of elementary particle, Murray Gell-Mann
earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Yale University in 1948, and a PhD in physics from MIT in 1951. He was a visiting research professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1952 to 1953, a visiting associate professor at Columbia University and an associate professor at the University of Chicago in 1954–55.
2. Frank Anthony Wilczek (1951-):
An American physicist and mathematician born in Mineola, New York,
in 1951, Frank Anthony Wilczek received his BSc in Mathematics from
the University of Chicago in 1970, followed by a master's degree and a PhD in physics at Princeton University. Wilczek holds the Herman Feshbach Professorship of Physics at MIT Center for Theoretical Physics.
In 2004, along with colleagues David Gross and H. David Politzer,
Wilczek received the Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of
asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction.
3. Linus Pauling (1901-1994): American chemist, peace activist and author, Linus Pauling made
important advances in medical research and was one of the founders
of the fields of molecular biology and quantum chemistry. He received
his PhD in physical chemistry and mathematics physics from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1925. He is the only person to have received two unshared Nobel Prizes: the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1954) and the Nobel Peace Prize (1962).
4. John Steinbeck (1902-1968):
American novelist John Steinbeck is best-known for his Pulitzer Prize-
winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, which portrays the plight of
migrant workers during the Great Depression. Steinbeck studied English
Literature at Stanford University, but left without graduating in 1925. His most notable works include Of Mice and Men (1937), The Grapes of
Wrath (1939) and East of Eden (1952). In 1962, he was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Literature for his "realistic and imaginative writing,
combining as it does sympathetic humor and keen social perception."
5. Charles K. Kao (1933-): Chinese-born Charles Kuen Kao is known as the "father of fiber optic communications". He obtained a BSc in electrical engineering in the UK
at Woolwich Polytechnic (now the University of Greenwich), going on to pursue research, and received a PhD in electrical engineering in 1965
from University College London (UCL). He was Vice-Chancellor (President) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1987 to 1996. Kao later spent a six-month sabbatical leave at Imperial College London's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. In 2009, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his "groundbreaking
achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical
communication".
6. John Galsworthy (1867-1933): English novelist and playwright John Galsworthy won the Nobel Prize
for Literature in 1932 "for his distinguished art of narration which
takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga", published between 1906
and 1921. He studied law at New College, University of Oxford, and was elected as an honorary fellow in 1926. Over the course of his
lifetime, Galsworthy earned honorary degrees from the Universities of St Andrews (1922), Manchester (1927), Dublin (1929), Cambridge (1930), Sheffield (1930), Oxford (1931) and Princeton (1931).
7. Henry A. Kissinger (1923-) American diplomat Henry A. Kissinger served as US secretary of state
under Richard Nixon, winning the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for the
Vietnam War accords. He studied accounting at City College of New
York until 1943, when he was drafted into the US Army, and later
returned to complete a bachelor's in political science at Harvard University, gaining his MA and PhD in 1951 and 1954 respectively.
8. Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) Scottish doctor Alexander Fleming discovered one of the most famous
antibiotics, penicillin. This drug transformed the way disease was
treated and Fleming's name was written forever in medical history. In
1945 Fleming, Chain and Florey were awarded the Nobel Prize for
Medicine. Fleming earned his MBBS degree with distinction from St
Mary's Hospital Medical School in 1906. He was elected Emeritus Professor of Bacteriology at the University of London in 1948, and in
1951 became Rector of the University of Edinburgh for a term of three years.
9. Edward Victor Appleton (1892-1965): English physicist Edward Victor Appleton won the Nobel Prize in
Physics in 1947 for proving the existence of the ionosphere and
contributing to the understanding of radio wave propagation. He was
a professor of physics at King's College London (1924–36) and professor of natural philosophy at the University of Cambridge (1936–
39). From 1949 and until his death in 1965, he was Principal and Vice-
Chancellor at the University of Edinburgh.
10. Kofi Annan (1938-): Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan served as the seventh Secretary-General
of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. In 2001, Annan was
awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, jointly with the United Nations as a
whole. He completed a DEA degree in international relations at
the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland,
and later studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (1971–72) in the Sloan Fellows Program, earning a Masters in Management.
An American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1969 for
his work on the theory of elementary particle, Murray Gell-Mann
earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Yale University in 1948, and a PhD in physics from MIT in 1951. He was a visiting research professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1952 to 1953, a visiting associate professor at Columbia University and an associate professor at the University of Chicago in 1954–55.
2. Frank Anthony Wilczek (1951-):
An American physicist and mathematician born in Mineola, New York,
in 1951, Frank Anthony Wilczek received his BSc in Mathematics from
the University of Chicago in 1970, followed by a master's degree and a PhD in physics at Princeton University. Wilczek holds the Herman Feshbach Professorship of Physics at MIT Center for Theoretical Physics.
In 2004, along with colleagues David Gross and H. David Politzer,
Wilczek received the Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of
asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction.
3. Linus Pauling (1901-1994): American chemist, peace activist and author, Linus Pauling made
important advances in medical research and was one of the founders
of the fields of molecular biology and quantum chemistry. He received
his PhD in physical chemistry and mathematics physics from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1925. He is the only person to have received two unshared Nobel Prizes: the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1954) and the Nobel Peace Prize (1962).
4. John Steinbeck (1902-1968):
American novelist John Steinbeck is best-known for his Pulitzer Prize-
winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, which portrays the plight of
migrant workers during the Great Depression. Steinbeck studied English
Literature at Stanford University, but left without graduating in 1925. His most notable works include Of Mice and Men (1937), The Grapes of
Wrath (1939) and East of Eden (1952). In 1962, he was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Literature for his "realistic and imaginative writing,
combining as it does sympathetic humor and keen social perception."
5. Charles K. Kao (1933-): Chinese-born Charles Kuen Kao is known as the "father of fiber optic communications". He obtained a BSc in electrical engineering in the UK
at Woolwich Polytechnic (now the University of Greenwich), going on to pursue research, and received a PhD in electrical engineering in 1965
from University College London (UCL). He was Vice-Chancellor (President) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1987 to 1996. Kao later spent a six-month sabbatical leave at Imperial College London's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. In 2009, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his "groundbreaking
achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical
communication".
6. John Galsworthy (1867-1933): English novelist and playwright John Galsworthy won the Nobel Prize
for Literature in 1932 "for his distinguished art of narration which
takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga", published between 1906
and 1921. He studied law at New College, University of Oxford, and was elected as an honorary fellow in 1926. Over the course of his
lifetime, Galsworthy earned honorary degrees from the Universities of St Andrews (1922), Manchester (1927), Dublin (1929), Cambridge (1930), Sheffield (1930), Oxford (1931) and Princeton (1931).
7. Henry A. Kissinger (1923-) American diplomat Henry A. Kissinger served as US secretary of state
under Richard Nixon, winning the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for the
Vietnam War accords. He studied accounting at City College of New
York until 1943, when he was drafted into the US Army, and later
returned to complete a bachelor's in political science at Harvard University, gaining his MA and PhD in 1951 and 1954 respectively.
8. Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) Scottish doctor Alexander Fleming discovered one of the most famous
antibiotics, penicillin. This drug transformed the way disease was
treated and Fleming's name was written forever in medical history. In
1945 Fleming, Chain and Florey were awarded the Nobel Prize for
Medicine. Fleming earned his MBBS degree with distinction from St
Mary's Hospital Medical School in 1906. He was elected Emeritus Professor of Bacteriology at the University of London in 1948, and in
1951 became Rector of the University of Edinburgh for a term of three years.
9. Edward Victor Appleton (1892-1965): English physicist Edward Victor Appleton won the Nobel Prize in
Physics in 1947 for proving the existence of the ionosphere and
contributing to the understanding of radio wave propagation. He was
a professor of physics at King's College London (1924–36) and professor of natural philosophy at the University of Cambridge (1936–
39). From 1949 and until his death in 1965, he was Principal and Vice-
Chancellor at the University of Edinburgh.
10. Kofi Annan (1938-): Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan served as the seventh Secretary-General
of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. In 2001, Annan was
awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, jointly with the United Nations as a
whole. He completed a DEA degree in international relations at
the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland,
and later studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (1971–72) in the Sloan Fellows Program, earning a Masters in Management.
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