Time

Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day.
What would you do? Draw out every cent? Of course !! Each of us has such a bank.
It's name is TIME.
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds.
Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose.
It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft.
Each day it opens a new account for you.
Each night it burns the remains of the day.
If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours.
There is no going back.
there is no drawing against the "tomorrow".
You must live in the present on today's deposits.
Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success!
The clock is running.
Make the most of today!!!
To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a pre-mature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time.
Time waits for no one.
Yesterday is historyTomorrow is mysteryToday is a giftThat's why its called the present....
We so often neglect to show our friends our much we care.

The 100 ways to live 100 years

The tips and suggestions given below are deep research and collection of author for the last 30 years in this field. They are most authentic and tested in most of the cases. The suggestions given here can be adopted in your life without any doubt as they don't have any side effect and based on the laws of nature.
Foods
Take food less than your hunger - It has been established through experiments that the life expectancy of a person goes up two times, if his food intake is reduced by 40%.
The Golden gifts of the nature for you:-
Pomegranate (Anar)- Contains all the important minerals and vitamins required by our body
Honey - Collected from flowers, a superb gift from nature.
Coconut water - The water of green coconut lifted from the earth, and after processing at many stages stores the health nectar with great potentialities of health and vigour.
Amla - provides us with many essential vitamins, best for all types of heart diseases.
Bel - the superb gift from nature, highly useful for stomach ailments and digestive system.
Take vegetarian and fibrous foods (All raw vegetables and fruits fall in this category) - avoid fried and greasy food..
Take your meals preferably two times a day- Avoid meals after sunset
Food in less quantity but of high nutritious value can lead to a longer and healthier life..
Include in your daily diet - Curd, Amla, Sprouted black grams, Apple, Honey, Almonds, Soyabeans, Lemon, Raw Onion, Garlic (preferably roasted -avoid raw)
Daily intake of green leafy vegetables in large quantity eliminates the wrinkles on face. There are instances of people having improved their eyesight by eating these only.
Yellow ripe Pumpkin (Sitafal) contains beta- Carotene, as found in Carrots and gives energy to the heart.
Totally avoid Tea and coffee - They contain toxic substances, which damage the liver in the long run. Tea takes approximately 6 hours to digest and plays havoc with the metabolism of the body. Continuous consumption of tea or coffee is said to result in damage to modular oblongata, which links up all body nerves with the brain, and therefore, controls all body functions.
Avoid Sugar as far as possible, it brings Aging, Cataract and Acidity.
Keep fast atleast for one day in a week taking only fruits.
Keep fast atleast for 24 hour in a fortnight taking only water.
Keep fast atleast for a day every month, without water.
Instead of bed-tea take hot water.
Daily drink water kept in a copper vessel overnight, with magnet kept underneath it.
Drink water with Rudraaksha beads soaked in it overnight.
At least three times a week take dry fruits/ nuts like Almonds, Peanuts, Raisin etc.
Keep changing your cooking oils to supply the body with all types of necessary nutrients.
Don’t take salt in excess. Use as little salt as possible. Just observe that any food provided by nature is never salty in taste, it is always plain, sour or sweet. Excessive salt corrodes our body like sea water, which is never allowed to be drunk even if a person is thirsty.
Add following sprouts to your daily diet:
Black grams sprouts - for heart and diabetes.
Moong (Green lentil) sprouts - a general tonic
Methi (Fenugreek) seed sprouts - For activeness and diabetes.
Soyabeans - Contains 9 types of proteins
Wheat grains sprouts- for vitamin E and long life
Bottle Gourd (Ghia) - It is packed with nutrition, and recommended for high blood pressure and urinary disorders.
Food supplements & general tonics
Vitamin B complex is the most useful and effective diet supplement and should be added to your daily intake of meals. It is mostly found in the uncooked sprouts of different grains.
Bio-chemic combination no -28 , which contains all the 12 essential salts for the body should be taken regularly. It is a general tonic and should be taken after meals to prevent common diseases.
Daily intake of vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) increases life span of body.
Remember all dairy products produce heart diseases - try to avoid them or restrict their quantity.
Remember all types of spices produce cardiovascular diseases.
Exercise & Yoga
Human body is like an automobile it needs the following:-
Lubrication - Proper exercise is the lubrication of body, it increase circulation and flexibility..
Battery charging - Solar plexus is the battery of body and is charged through Pranayam, the yogic breathing.
Cooling Systems - Relaxation provides the cooling of body.
Fuel - Proper diet, food, air, water and sunlight provides the fuel for body
Balanced Driver - Mind is the driver of body. It can be balanced and controlled by meditation and concentration
Do light exercises regularly.
Don’t do strenuous exercises like fast running, body building as they increase the metabolism rate of your body
Brisk walking is the best exercise to keep control on diabetes and heart problems
By living at a cold place (Hill stations), the metabolism rate of the body decreases and the age increases
Deep breathing up to the naval and retaining it for sometime helps in increasing the life span of a person
The normal ratio of our breathing i.e. inhaling, retaining and exhaling should be 1:4:2
Keep your posture erect
Try inhaling the breath from left nostril during day time and from right nostril during the night time
Our internal organs are more important as our outer organs in keeping us healthy. So to keep the liver, stomach and lungs etc in a healthy state. Daily walking in the morning and evening is very essential.
It is possible to even reverse the heart problems by not using oil or ghee at all, by taking only boiled vegetables, doing yogic exercises, and by living a tension free life.
Mind, Temperament and way of living
There is no yoga greater than the control of mind.
Keep your mind busy and active with lot of physical work.
Keep yourself happy and at peace - avoid anger and hot temperament
By meditation, high blood pressures, forgetfulness & aging process can be controlled
Keep enchanting the Maha-mritunjaya Mantra in case of health problems.
Take life as it comes, don’t get disturbed by the ups and downs of life. Eat & drink in moderation, have religious faith, work hard and adopt the habit of early to bed and early to rise.
It was the finding of survey done in Japan, that a large portion of centenarians were engaged in the Agriculture or Forestry as their primary jobs.

Miscellaneous
Take hot water after every meals to control the fatness and improve digestion.
Early in the morning, without cleaning your teeth of mouth drink a glass of water so that all the accumulated sliva in your mouth goes back to your stomach. This method in principal is similar to homoeopathy and is used widely in Japan to prolong the life span and cure many diseases automatically.
Mr Morarji Desai, the former Prime-Minister of India resorted to auto-urine therapy when he had tried all types of therapies and failed to get any cure out of them.
After washing your face with water don’t wipe it off. Let it dry itself on the face. It keeps the face skin young and healthy.
Sleep with your head towards south., it helps to improve the blood circulation of body, due to the body’s alignment with earth’s magnetic field.
Sleep with the leg side of your bed higher than your head side. It increases the blood circulation of your body more towards head side. It keeps you young and rejuvenates your body functions.
Take magnetic water -You can prepare it by keeping a glass of water with two magnets, one on top with north pole facing downward and second under it with south pole facing up, kept overnight and drink in the morning.
Daily intake of Aspirin, even one fourth of a 100mg tablet, avoids chances of heart attacks. Aspirin stops the Aging process by keeping the tissues flexible - it is also good for eyes. (Take only with the advice of doctor.)
Daily apply a drop of mustard oil mixed with some water into your nostrils. It is beneficial for your eyes and keeps the breathing passage clear and smooth.
Daily rub mustard oil on the toe of your feet, it helps in the improvement of eyesight.
Smoking, or intake of tobacco in any form narrows down the arteries and restricts the blood circulation.
The secret of Chinese who lived up to 250 Years - Even in modern times there is an instance of a Chinese whose name was “Lichigian” who reached to a life span of 250 years using the great Indian herb called India Pennywort (Brahmi). He said he is regularly using this Indian herb and he has achieved such a long life by regularly using this herb.
Available for the benefit of our web friends - The secrets of people who lived to more than 100 years at very nominal cost through email or in printed form - It also includes the recipes of soups and juices which one must have daily to prolong his life span. A very useful and a must for every one. – Don’t miss the Golden Opportunity as you have only one life to live.

http://www.livelongto100years.com/longlife.html

Morning Prayer !

Awaken the Leader in You

Awaken the Leader in You
Ten easy steps to developing your leadership skills
by Sharif Khan
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application,and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.. . Mark Twain
Many motivational experts like to say that leaders are made, not born. I would argue the exact opposite. I believe we are all natural born leaders, but have been deprogrammed along the way. As children, we were natural leaders - curious and humble,always hungry and thirsty for knowledge, with an incredibly vivid imagination; we knewexactly what we wanted, were persistent and determined in getting what we wanted, and had the ability to motivate, inspire, and influence everyone around us to help us in accomplishing our mission. So why is this so difficult to do as adults? What happened?
As children, over time, we got used to hearing, .No,. .Don.t,. and .Can.t.. .No! Don.t do this. Don.t do that. You can.t do this. You can.t do that. No!. Many of our parents told us to keep quiet and not disturb the adults by asking silly questions. This pattern continued into high school with our teachers telling us what we could do and couldn.t do and what was possible. Then many of us got hit with the big one . institutionalized formal education known as college or university. Unfortunately, the traditional educational system doesn.t teach students how to become leaders; it teaches students how to become polite order takers for the corporate world. Instead of learning to become creative, independent, self-reliant, and think for themselves, most people learn how to obey and intelligently follow rules to keep the corporate machine humming.
Developing the Leader in you to live your highest life, then, requires a process of unlearning. by self-remembering and self-honoring. Being an effective leader again will require you to be brave and unlock the door to your inner attic, where your childhood dreams lie, going inside to the heart. Based on my over ten years research in the area of human development and leadership, here are ten easy steps you can take to awaken the
Leader in you and rekindle your passion for greatness:
1. Humility. Leadership starts with humility. To be a highly successful leader, you must first humble yourself like a little child and be willing to serve others. Nobody wants to follow someone who is arrogant. Be humble as a child . always curious, always hungry and thirsty for knowledge. For what is excellence but knowledge plus knowledge plus knowledge - always wanting to better yourself, always improving, always growing. When you are humble, you become genuinely interested in people because you want to learn from them. And because you want to learn and grow, you will be a far more effective listener, which is the #1 leadership communication tool. When people sense you are genuinely interested in them, and listening to them, they will naturally be interested in you and listen to what you have to say.

2. SWOT Yourself. SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Although it.s a strategic management tool taught at Stanford and Harvard Business Schools and used by large multinationals, it can just as effectively be used in your own professional development as a leader. This is a useful key to gain access to selfknowledge, self-remembering, and self-honoring. Start by listing all your Strengths including your accomplishments. Then write down all your Weaknesses and what needs to be improved. Make sure to include any doubts, anxieties, fears, and worries that you may have. These are the demons and dragons guarding the door to your inner attic. By bringing them to conscious awareness you can begin to slay them. Then proceed by listing all the Opportunities you see available to you for using your strengths. Finally, write down all the Threats or obstacles that are currently blocking you or that you think you will encounter along the way to achieving your dreams.
3. Follow Your Bliss. Regardless of how busy you are, always take time to do what you love doing. Being an alive and vital person vitalizes others. When you are pursuing your passions, people around you cannot help but feel impassioned by your presence. This will make you a charismatic leader. Whatever it is that you enjoy doing, be it writing, acting, painting, drawing, photography, sports, reading, dancing, networking, or working on entrepreneurial ventures, set aside time every week, ideally two or three hours a day, to pursue these activities. Believe me, you.ll find the time. If you were to video tape yourself for a day, you would be shocked to see how much time goes to waste!

4. Dream Big. If you want to be larger than life, you need a dream that.s larger than life. Small dreams won.t serve you or anyone else. It takes the same amount of time to dream small than it does to dream big. So be Big and be Bold! Write down your One Biggest Dream. The one that excites you the most. Remember, don.t be small and realistic; be bold and unrealistic! Go for the Gold, the Pulitzer, the Nobel, the Oscar, the highest you can possibly achieve in your field. After you.ve written down your dream, list every single reason why you CAN achieve your dream instead of worrying about why you can't.

5. Vision. Without a vision, we perish. If you can.t see yourself winning that award and feel the tears of triumph streaming down your face, it.s unlikely you will be able to lead yourself or others to victory. Visualize what it would be like accomplishing your dream. See it, smell it, taste it, hear it, feel it in your gut.
6. Perseverance. Victory belongs to those who want it the most and stay in it the longest. Now that you have a dream, make sure you take consistent action every day. I recommend doing at least 5 things every day that will move you closer to your dream.

7. Honor Your Word. Every time you break your word, you lose power. Successful leaders keep their word and their promises. You can accumulate all the toys and riches in the world, but you only have one reputation in life. Your word is gold. Honor it.
8. Get a Mentor. Find yourself a mentor. Preferably someone who has already achieved a high degree of success in your field. Don.t be afraid to ask. You.ve got nothing to lose. Mentors.ca is an excellent mentoring website and a great resource for finding local mentoring programs. They even have a free personal profile you can fill out in order to potentially find you a suitable mentor. In addition to mentors, take time to study autobiographies of great leaders that you admire. Learn everything you can from their lives and model some of their successful behaviors.
9. Be Yourself. Use your relationships with mentors and your research on great leaders as models or reference points to work from, but never copy or imitate them like a parrot. Everyone has vastly different leadership styles. History books are filled with leaders who are soft-spoken, introverted, and quiet, all the way to the other extreme of being outspoken, extroverted, and loud, and everything in between. A quiet and simple Gandhi or a soft-spoken peanut farmer named Jimmy Carter, who became president of the United States and won a Nobel Peace Prize, have been just as effective world leaders as a loud and flamboyant Churchill, or the tough leadership style employed by .The Iron Lady,. Margaret Thatcher. I admire Hemingway as a writer. But if I copy Hemingway, I.d be a second or third rate Hemingway, at best, instead of a first rate Sharif. Be yourself, your best self, always competing against yourself and bettering yourself, and you will become a first rate YOU instead of a second rate somebody else.

10. Give. Finally, be a giver. Leaders are givers. By giving, you activate a universal law as sound as gravity: .life gives to the giver, and takes from the taker.. The more you give, the more you get. If you want more love, respect, support, and compassion, give love, give respect, give support, and give compassion. Be a mentor to others. Give back to your community. As a leader, the only way to get what you want, is by helping enough people get what they want first. As Sir Winston Churchill once said, .We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.. ■
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Sharif Khan is a professional speaker and author of highly acclaimed, Psychology of the
Hero Soul, an inspirational book on awakening the Hero within and developing peoples.
leadership potential. You can reach him at sharif@herosoul.com or visit www.HeroSoul.com

Inspirational Posters

The ABC's Of Life

Act silly

Believe in Magic

Create adventures

Daydream every chance you get

Enjoy life as much as possible

Find time for fun

Goof off

Hang upside down from trees

Imagine...

Join clubs

Keep it simple

Love all creatures

Make time for friends

Nap when you can

Open your mind to new ideas!!!

Play when you feel like it

Question the answers

Run with the wind

Sing favorite songs

Take days off

Uncover your talents

Venture out

Walk on the wild side

X-pect the best

Yield to the moment

Zzzz peacefully at night

Author Unknown

My Childhood

Ten Commandments

Although these 10 Commandments were orignally written by Pat Croce for his customer service team, you can apply these principles to any business and your personal life as well. This will ensure you create an atomosphere of success. Enjoy!
The Ten Commandments of Customer ServiceBy Pat Croce
1. Say Hello and Goodbye
Be sure to get your customers coming and going by greeting them with a hearty “hello” and a well-meant “goodbye.” And it doesn’t have to just be customers or clients; offering everyone you encounter a hello and goodbye is a common courtesy. You make a difference in another’s day, and the best part, you feel great!
2. Use First Names
Our name is the first thing that separates us from everyone else and makes us an individual. When you use a first name, you personalize your experiences with people and make them feel important. Every day, call those first names out loud!
3. Listen, Listen, Listen
People who talk, talk, talk may monopolize the conversation. But it’s the people who listen, listen, listen - and then ask strategic questions - that actually control the conversation. Never underestimate the power of silence, especially when negotiating.
4. Communicate Clearly
There’s nothing so simple that someone can’t misunderstand it. Making a clear and full explanation is like going around closing windows - windows that might otherwise be left open to misunderstanding. It takes a measure of discipline to achieve, but it’s an important habit to cultivate.
5. Be Neat, Clean, and Fit
People respond more readily to someone who takes an obvious pride in their appearance and environment. This attitude automatically establishes you as a person who can be trusted and an authority who should be respected.
6. Be Prompt and Professional
Being habitually late creates the impression of being unreliable. Being on time is a habit, nothing more. It requires a little organization, a little discipline, and a little planning.
7. Be Positive
Life has a way of becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you always expect the worst, then you’ll hardly ever be disappointed. We are all capable of starting out in a positive frame of mind. But to be able to sustain that through failure upon failure…that is the true measure of a positive attitude.
8. Extend Compliments
Heartfelt praise elevates a person’s spirits, leaves them feeling better about themselves, and will often result in them having an encouraging word for someone else.
9. Have Fun
A good sense of humor makes other good things possible – a positive attitude, passion, pride, productivity, a sense of well-being, and compassion for others.
10. Do It Now!
If you do not immediately implement what you learn today, then the world will have changed by tomorrow and you will be two steps behind

Effective Public speaking

Public speaking
1.Know the room. Be familiar with the place in which you will speak. Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and any visual aids.
2.Know the audience. Greet some of the audience as they arrive. It's easier to speak to a group of friends than to a group of strangers.
3.Know your material. If you're not familiar with your material or are uncomfortable with it, your nervousness will increase. Practice your speech and revise it if necessary.
4.Relax. Ease tension by doing exercises.
5.Visualize yourself giving your speech. Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear, and assured. When you visualize yourself as successful, you will be successful.
6.Realize that people want you to succeed. Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative, and entertaining. They don't want you to fail.

7.Don't apologize. If you mention your nervousness or apologize for any problems you think you have with your speech, you may be calling the audience's attention to something they hadn't noticed. Keep silent.
8.Concentrate on the message -- not the medium. Focus your attention away from your own anxieties, and outwardly toward your message and your audience. Your nervousness will dissipate.
9.Turn nervousness into positive energy. Harness your nervous energy and transform it into vitality and enthusiasm.
10. Gain experience. Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking.

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Wit And Wisdom

Wit And Wisdom

Show them the baby

The world expects results.Don't tell others about the labour pains.Show them the baby-Arnold Glasow.

My Religion

The world is my country,all mankind are my brethren,and to do good is my religion-Thomas Paine

Three ring cirus

Marriage is a three ring circus:engagement ring,wedding ring,and suffering.

Still they stay together

After marriage,husband and wife become two sides of a coin.They just can't face each other,but still they stay together.

Brilliant Conversationalist

A gossip is one who talks to you about others.A bore is one who talks to you about himself.A brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.

Good things

Let us think not of big things but of good things.-Gandhiji

Neighbour Listens

In the first year of marriage,the man speaks and the woman listens.In the second year,the woman speaks and the man listens.In the third year,they both speak adn neighbour listens.

"Y" becomes silent

Before marriage, a man yearns for the woman he loves.After marriage the "Y" becomes silent.

Wrong number

When you dial a wrong number,you never get an engaged tone.

Do it Now

If you have hard work to do,do it now.Today the skies are clear and blue.Tomorrow clouds may in view.Yesterday is not for you;do it now.

If you have a song to sing,sing it now.Let the notes of gladness ring clear as song of bird in Spring.Let every day bring some music.Sing it now.

If you have kind words to say,say them now.Tomorrow may not come your way.Loved ones will not always stay;say them now.

If you have a smile to show,show it now.Make hearts happy.Let the friends around you know the love you have before they go;show it now.

Tremendous Power of Attitude

Attitude

Psychologists have always told us that attitudes can influence results.

Two scientists decided to conduct an experiment to find out if attitudes could affect seeds.

Two identical cans were taken.Into each was poured soil and fertillizer of the same quality and quantity and same number of seeds were dropped into each can.They were both placed in a greenhouse so that they could have the same conditions of weather and temperature.

There was only one change in the experiment, all other things being the same.Everyday,the two scientists came to the greenhouse and standing before the first can,poured into it all the negative words which they were capable of.

They said to the seeds,"You are good for nothing.Nothing is ever going to come out of you and even if something comes out,it is not going to last",and so on and so forth.Then they came and stood in front of the second can and poured into it all the positive words which they are capable of.

"You are wonderful",they said to the seeds,"and you are going to show wonderful results.It will be a sight to see what is coming out of you",and so on and so forth.

This was repeated thrice a day for three weeks.At the end of the third week,the scientists found that while there came forth only two or three shoots of grass out of the first can,out of the second can,there came forth whole strands of grass,so strong that they could clutch and lift up the entire can with its soil and fertiliser.If this is what attitude can do to seeds think what it can do to human beings?"-courtesy(Wisdom-oct 2006)

Personal Effectiveness

When you try to understand everything You will not understand anything,When you understand yourself you will understand everything - SHUNRYN SUZUKI


•Personality to a person is what a fragrance to a flower is.

The Outer Self “ABC”

•Appearance
•Behavior
•Communication

To Improve
–Getting Feedback
–Self-disclosing about yourself

Inner Stable Self “MATE”

•MEMORIES
•ATTITUDES
•TALENTS
•EXPERIENCE

To Improve
–Be Vigilant
–Touch with Class mates

Inner Fluid Self “SWIFT”

•SENSATIONS
•WANTS
•INTUITION
•FANTASIES
•THOUGHT

To Improve
–Calm Contemplation
–Counselling



•High Self Esteem

–Not good in Programming
–Talk about people
–Know it all
–Externally Driven
–Argue
–Taker

•Low Self Esteem
–I am good in Programming
–Talk about ideas
–Willing to learn
–Internally Driven
–Discuss
–Giver


Personal Skills
Personal Skills are traits ore qualities that are useful in any lifestyle.

1.Hardworking
2.Enthusiastic
3.Creative
4.Decisive
5.Goal-Oriented
6.Energetic
7.Reliable
8.Humorous
9.Quick to Learn
10.Open-Minded

•Transferable Skills

Transferable Skills are capability skills.

–Research & Information Gathering
–Communication
–Leadership
–Interpersonal
–Counseling
–Problem Solving
–Creating & Developing
–Teaching & Training
–Public Relations
–Marketing

Habits to follow


•Be Proactive
•Begin With End in Mind
•Put First Things First

Superb Success Formula


1.Decide what you want to be in your life
2.List all that you do in a day
3.Classify into essentials & Non-essentials Retain essentials & discard non-essentials
4.Add new essential ingredients

UNIQUENESS


–I am not superior to any one
–I am not inferior to any one
–Even I am not equal to any one
–So I am unique.
“Thousand Mile Journey Starts with the Single Step”

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