A Learning a Day

‘When I’m 70, will this really matter.” – Cindy Francis

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Be confident.. no matter what the situation. Situations come and go, we stay..
Stay true to ourselves – be honest. Let there be no two ways about it..

And be confident! :)

but I never walk back – ‘Abe Lincoln’ :)

Something which makes you count down to something like – ’13 days to go, 12.. etc’ .. :)

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Be happy on the inside..
I tell myself..
What’s on the outside is a result of what we see on the inside..

10% action, 90% reaction; science explains..
Karma; says religion..
Attitude proportional to performance; teaches management..

What drives us?
Inferiority..
Quest for money..
Quest for popularity..
Internal will..

Superiority in the mind- never lasting..
Avarice – never quelled…
Attention seeking appetite – never satiated..
Internal will – a fire never put off..

What does it take?
Living by values..
Self- assurance..
An absence of envy and greed..
Self – assurance..
Will to work hard..
Self – assurance..

Hard is the quest..
Those who achieve it, not necessarily society’s ‘best’..
Not necessarily ones with the best cars..
Not necessarily ones whose incomes top the charts..

But, probably ones with the happiest hearts..

Age old it is..

It’s the same in our lives.. We can only achieve things once our foundation is set right. once we feel good about ourselves.. atleast I feel that’s the positive way of things getting done..

Else we journey through life with either a win/lose mentality or an ‘i’m ok/you’re not ok’ mentality driven internally by either a feeling of inferiority or a lust for recognition or money.. which is never satisfied because there’s always that someone else who is more popular or has more money!

The one route to being happy is if we are content and satisfied within.. because what’s on the inside is mirrored on the outside.. :)

Even if you hate an activity but keep doing it every day, you would feel incomplete if you didn’t do it and feel bad about yourself..

It’s important to keep chugging at the small things that hold our life together because their importance is only realized when we are not able to them..

Only when the basics, cleanliness, family, other life aspects are in place can we really do productive work.

Leadership is all about setting the environment. If we aspire to be leaders, we have to begin with success at home first and that would mean setting the environment right for ourselves first.

This involves a whole lot of things.. a routine, containers for everything we do so we don’t let it spill over.. which means if we have study time, we stick to study time and do it well and if we have play time, we don’t let it interfere into the next because when they spill, its like the falling of a mountain of cards..

Not easy.. life, as always, is a massive balancing act! :)