All Entries Tagged With: "Positive thinking"

It is human nature that we never fully value what has been given to us in life. God gives us life, and a particular set of circumstances for myriad reasons that pertain to personal growth and spiritual evolution.

I’m in advertising – which by default is a volatile business. Especially because the pace is hectic and the demands on your time, always on stretch mode. It’s a playing ground where tempers fray, decibel levels go up and you just might say or do something that you’re going to regret.

Life is all about making the best of what we could do, in this moment; the sum such a zillion moments make the journey of life, and we owe it to our very existence to make all these moments filled with joy, happiness and fulfillment. That MUST be the basic tenet of life, and for [...]

Many a times we have gone through situations in our lives when all seems lost. Shattered, broken and lost, we rise again to pick up the pieces and restart afresh – with someone’s help or a source of strength within.

Some frogs were traveling across the country. Hopping and jumping they were moving along merrily, till they reached a jungle. As it was a thick jungle it got dark within its confines. Despite the best of caution they were hampered by the limited visibility but decided to proceed anyway. As they leapt on, they chanced [...]

how do we know if our evaluation of an event is correct? What if you harbored negative feelings just because your interpretation of an event was wrong? We also have Thinking Errors and Self-Defeating Beliefs that lead to negative thinking and induce stress

How are things? Good. Yeah, good. Fine. Things are fine. Let me ask that question again: How are things? Fabulous. It all feels like an adventure right now. I have synchronicities piling up everywhere. I’ve got all the money I need, in fact, it’s flowing good n’ steady. My skin is glowing. Most nights we [...]

I call myself an eternal optimist. People, who know me, or even those who don’t, see me as the person with an “ever ready” smile. I think it is natural but the other day when I sat reflecting, my thoughts automatically led me to thinking about myself. I started thinking about some comments people had [...]

Tough spot, painful circumstance, official dilemma. A total jam. “I just don’t know what to do.” Hmmm. Then what? If you just don’t know what to do, then what are you going to do? Probably nothing. If you declare you don’t know, then you won’t…know. You’ll just sway back ‘n forth in the lull of [...]

There aren’t many certainties in this life, but three constants that we can count on are: Our Thoughts Growth Death Thoughts: Our thoughts are as intangible as ether. Yet, they make us smile or bring frowns to our brow as they emerge from our mind. We need to learn which thoughts to keep and which [...]

Listen to the exhortation of the dawn! Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of Life. In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of your existence. The bliss of growth; the glory of action; the splendor of beauty. For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only [...]

I want to start a Compliment Revolution. There are a few revolutions I would like to ignite, actually, but this one is super easy.If you’re with me, I think we could change the world this very week. So I’m declaring this to be the week of Global of Compliments. Someone call Hallmark and the Nobel [...]

The nature of my work is such that people often tell me that I am an “inspiring” presence in their lives. However, how does one inspire others? Here are some simple ways you can use to inspire people to be their best: Be a good example: People watch what you do more than they listen [...]

“…happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.” -Thomas Hardy According to an often quoted saying, “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” But I believe that it should be, “Happiness is next to Godliness.” God has given us a beautiful gift of life and by being sad we do not do justice [...]

Did you miss part one? Click here. Here is a list of my favorite affirmations. If you wish you can try some of these, or make your own affirmations based on your unique life purpose, dreams and goals. ALL I NEED IS WITHIN ME NOW. All the joy I need is within me now. All [...]

A smile may be the definition of your life and yourself. Nowadays people are rushed and stressed while carrying around worry, fear and disappointment with the latest news and events. Taking the time to give a warm, heartfelt smile seems to be a luxury or just a waste of time. Actuality, it isn’t! A smile [...]

I’ve been meaning to share with you my thoughts about “Affirmations” for some time now. I have written this piece over several days and I am sure you will enjoy it. “Affirmations” are positive statements, which you repeat to yourself. They describe your aims as if they have already been accomplished. For example “I am [...]

Napoleon Hill once said, “Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” Success comes with a price of failure. We were meant to grow and learn from our mistakes. How much we have paid for the lessons of failure determines our next step to success. Generally we do [...]

How do you want to feel this week? Stop and think about it right now. Close your eyes and take a good in-breath/out-breath if it helps. It usually does, so go ahead and indulge yourself. What would feel really, really, good to feel? Connected. Free. Light. Creative. Influential. Powerful. Healed. Rich. Pretty. Strong. Leadership. Quality. [...]

We all get a little low at times and we then feel life is too much. Now that is quite human. It is but satan in us that suggests any kind of self-harm and we should never yield to this wicked suggestion. I live in India, my younger son studied and lived in San Francisco. [...]

You’ve taken all the abundance courses, read all the prosperity books, watched the latest and greatest inspirational movies, listened to all the motivational audios, and you’re still struggling. Here are some possible reasons why. Perhaps you can relate to some of them. 1. You’re stuck in the “pay off”. What is the pay off for [...]

The Law of Reciprocity is one of the oldest forms of morality that exists in the world. It states simply, Treat others as you would wish to be treated. Those that ignore this maxim do so because they think doing good deeds for others inhibits their own progress; any successful entrepreneur can tell you, however, [...]

Recession! Not quite what we expected huh! The dream run, the bull run, ball of a time… and countless other descriptions of the times gone by all sound distant now, a far cry! People losing jobs, inability to pay up the credit, no taxes, no revenue to the government, no money in the market, no [...]

While having dinner with friends last weekend, the topic most talked about was fortune-telling.   Apparently, someone in my group paid a visit to a tarot card reader and had his “fortune” told.  He claims that out of the 10 or so things “predicted” by the fortune teller, 4 seemed to come true only in a [...]

All of our achievements and accomplishments – on the personal, family or career front – not necessarily in that order though – are completely connected to our ability/habit to set goals with deadlines, write them down on paper and review the progress regularly and with rigour. This progress towards achievement of our goals is made [...]

7 quotes on happiness – be yourself, be happy

One of my professors in my management classes used to say, “Shape up or ship out.” In our world today, it seems that one thing that is fully certain is change.  The speed of transformation that our business world is seeing – the rapid growth of technology, the ever changing needs of consumers, the needs [...]

If I live to be a hundred, I’ll still remember Friday, January 28, 1983. It was a bright sunny day, and I blissfully sang “I’m on the top of the world!” off-key as I dressed for work.  The day before, the company physician had confirmed what I’d suspected for weeks–I was three months pregnant–and after [...]

I have a confession to make.  I am a procrastinator.  I can find a reason to do just about anything other than the tasks I dread.  For example, I should be getting a mailing out right now, but I am writing this article.  However, I recently completed a ton of tasks I had been putting [...]

When the performance gurus talk about riding out the highs and the lows of business, what they mean is that when business is swinging, you act cool, and when it goes wrong – you still act cool. It is not wrong to celebrate success, but if you are still partying a week after you land [...]

When we give something we are always keeping a track of every penny that is going out but when we are receiving we feel that we have never received enough. And then we compare our giving with what is coming in and always the final balance shows a negative balance because compared to what we [...]

If there is a singular thought you must equip you with, when faced with a pink-slip, it  is to reiterate to yourself that what happened is owing to extraneous factors – the event per se is no reflection of your own professional or personal capabilities. Embedding this deep down in your mind will keep you [...]

No matter what life brings you, you can make a choice at how you want to see it. Choose happiness! Make a choice each day; choose to be happy with what comes and what has gone. There are plenty of things to rejoice about. Do not forget the little things: Your smiling colleague. The little [...]

We are in January now. It is the appropriate time for us too, like Janus, to look back and look forward. However, we will not be physically able to look back and look foreword at the same time, since we do not have two heads like Janus. But with the single head, that we are blessed with, we can look back before we look foreword. In the time in-between we can review our past overall.