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Welcoming 2021 – One Goal for Each Finger

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  As we embrace 2021, take a moment just lifting our fingers. Attach one goal to each finger for our wellness, prosperity and success. Wishing Everyone a Happy and Prosperous 2021 ·         Health o    Health is wealth, let physically we reach where our minds fly ·         Habit o    Let mindfulness change our habits – intersecting knowledge, skills & desire ·         Help o    Talent, Treasure or Time. Being harmless also helps ·         Honest o    True to self and others, more than not lying ·         Heart o    Passion with skills; possess loyalty

LIFE- 3 Ps

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  Priority, Passion and Purpose together provide 3 Ps for LIFE – My observation when I got a chance to interleave concepts from a few motivational self-help Books – Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty, the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey, Start with Why by Simon Sinek and Who will cry when you die by Robin Sharma. ·         Passion with Skill – As per Jay Shetty in his book “ Think Like a MONK” o    In the quadrant of potential, how can we do things which we are good at and we love to do? We need to move our time and energy for maximum skill and passion synergy. ·         Priority – Habit 3: Put First Things First – By Stephen R Covey o    In the quadrant of Priority - How can one focus on Quadrant 2 - Important, Not Urgent Category –drawn between Urgent / Not Urgent  and Important / Not Important  list of items. This is possible only by borrowing time which will b...

FOCUS - 10 TIPS

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    Based on the book “FOCUS- The Hidden driver of Excellence” written by Daniel Goleman, listing below 10 significant TIPS relevant to our habits.   1.       Positive Emotions ·         Positive emotions widen our span of attention 2.       Innovation ·         Innovation flourishes in free time 3.       Happiness & Peace ·         Powerful focus brings a sense of pace and with it, joy 4.       Intelligent Digressing ·         Can seek new creative possibilities, selectively detach 5.       Love and Caring ·         The more you care about someone, the more attention you pay ·         The more attention you pay, the more you care. · ...

Book Summary - “Focus” by Daniel Goleman

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  Daniel Goleman, who is also the author of the bestselling book “EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE”, describes in this book “ Focus- The Hidden driver of Excellence”, the need for paying attention and different kinds of distractions and their impacts in achieving excellence. This book also touches upon Leadership and how focus helps to become a great leader along with the need for having a big picture for long term humanity success. The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. Albert Einstein once said. “We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift”. Paying attention is a valuable skill, but it is getting forgotten due to more and more distractions in our day to day life which impacts our Focus. Understand how your brain works. Know when you are in control and when you are not in order to better focus. Focus – 3 categories ·         Inner focus attunes us to our intuitions, guiding v...

Leader and Follower- Targeting Excellence

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We often hear about “leadership” and as we grow, one gets curious when I will  become a true leader? Does it mean that am I a follower only now? If so, what is wrong in continuing to be a follower? Or is there a timeline that I need to be a leader at so and so date and time in our lifeline. I had the opportunity to go through a few books written by Robin Sharma and Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam last few weeks and this concept of Leadership and Followership was noticed significantly in their writings. Listing below a few interesting observations in my blog this week. ·         The Leader who had no title -> Robin Sharma explains anybody can be a Leader, any time. o    Turbulent Times Build Great Leaders o    You need no title to be a leader §   “ Money, Influence and Position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverance” – Orison Swett Marden o    Manage by Mind, Lead by Heart, Surrender to ch...

7 R's of LIFE

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  It is important to be aware of Life influencing attributes, which are categorized under 7R's as below   ·        Role  – Have clarity on our role in any eco system   ·         Responsibility  – Choose Response; Primary and secondary responsibilities   ·         Relationship  – Trust & Communicate; Value; Preserve    ·         Review  – Multiple checks; Multiple Eyes; Many Iterations   ·         Reflection  – Regular insight, Deep Thinking; Gives Wisdom   ·         Respect  – Character, Culture, Time, Listen, Give & Gain   ·         Recurrence  – Learn from Past, Don’t Repeat Mistakes

CHOICE OR CHANCE?

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  Is Destiny a matter of CHANCE or a matter of CHOICE? Day to day life, we see several unexpected events which happen all of a sudden, on the spur of the moment, without being planned. Yes, it is a reality. But do we need to wait for those events which are not in our control?  There comes 90-10 PRINCIPLE from Stephen R Covey, the author of “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”. We need to focus on the circle of Influence which is 90% in principle leading only 10% to concerns, which are not in our control.  CHOICE ·         IT IS AN OPTION OR DECISION ·         Be PROACTIVE ·    HABIT 1 of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey ·         See Alternatives, not deadlocks ·         Focus on what you can influence ·         I am free to choose & responsible for my cho...

STRESS

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  Stress without passion is dangerous, if that continues for long period of time. Hence it is important to be aware of reasons for stress and the important measures one should adapt in their daily routines while passing through such situations in any ecosystem. Believe in Ourselves and do a positive affirmation daily that our own destiny is in our hands. Have an “Egoless” behavior with the focus remaining on the goal and be ready to adapt and accept changes with an innovative mindset to perceive unexpected opportunities. We need essential virtues like Maturity, Perseverance, Resilience and of course Courage, to lead a healthy and stress-free life, irrespective of uncertainties and stressful situations in our day to day life. Be strong, stable and positive under any negative situations should be our ultimate goal. REASONS 1.      FEAR– Fear of failure or any kinds of losses 2.      LACK OF RESOURCES – Skill, Time, Money 3.   ...