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Happiness and success is possible only if one is physically, mentally and emotionally healthy.
A weak body weakens the mind, which generates weak thoughts

K.K. Bajaj Chairman,
Bajaj Capital

Determined individuals are capable of achieving unbelievable feats. Examples abound in every field in India as well as other countries. Adversities, disabilities and handicaps of any kind have not been able to prevent the self-driven, highly motivated and determined individuals from becoming great achievers. Quite obviously, even under the worst of circumstances imaginable individuals can make a difference, provided they continue to strive and never give up. So, determination is the first step towards success.
Edger Guest succeeded largely because he always remembered the man he wanted to become rather then the man he was. He once said: “In my pocket, I kept a note of my vision, ambition and goal of what I want to become in my life. I used to refer to it to reach higher and higher.”
Human memory is very short. Sometimes we forget to do important things and waste our time, or even whole life, in doing unimportant and useless things. Keep a small note in your pocket of your vision, ambition and goals (as to what you want to be in life) and refer to it from time to time. It will keep on stirring your untapped energy within you. Otherwise you may forget your goal and find pleasure in worthless activities. This note will always keep you on your toes and will not permit you to waste even a single minute of this invaluable life. The life span gifted to us by Almighty should be spent in useful activities in order to achieve success in life.
Charles M. Schwab, one of the richest men in the world, has become a household name in the United State of America. With his hard-work and vision, Schwab has become the most successful on-line stock-broker and investment advisor in the last two decades. His firm has 360 offices in the USA and the highest turnover in the business of share-broking in the world.
You will agree that you have to give 100% of your time and energy to become a successful person and nothing is accomplished by half-hearted approach. Great success requires great sacrifices. Sometime small temptation may hinder your path and pull you down morally and legally, but whenever you will refer to your note of higher goals in life, you will rise above temptations. One illegal or immoral act done in the past can bring down the most successful and powerful person. Moreover, the sin of a wrong action will not let the person sleep peacefully as he/

Sometimes we forget to do important things and waste our time, or even whole life, in doing unimportant and useless things. Keep a small note in your pocket of your vision, ambition and goals (as to what you want to be in life) and refer to it from time to time.

she will have guilty conscience that one day he/she will be caught and will lose respect in his own family, society and in office besides ruining his/her life. “Everyone is a new thought of God”, and is engineered to succeed in life by virtue of special quality which has been gifted by

Ten commandments of Charles M. Schwab’s success
1. Work hard. Hard work is the best investment a man can make. 6. Have the spirit of conquest. Thus you can successfully battle and overcome difficulties.
2. Study hard. Knowledge enables a man to work more intelligently and effectively. 7. Cultivate personality. Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.
3. Take initiative. Ruts often deepen into graves. 8. Help and share with others. The real test of business greatness lies in giving opportunity to others.
4. Love your work. Then you will find pleasure in mastering it. 9. Be democratic. Unless you feel right to your fellowmen, you can never be a successful leader.
5. Give the best to your work. Slipshod methods bring slipshod results. 10. In all things do your best. The man who has done less than his best has done nothing.

God to all of us. One should realise one’s potential and work with single-minded devotion. Time and energy are the raw material of success and hence these should not be frittered away. Conserve every minute of your time and every unit of your energy for translating your dreams into reality. According to vedas, energy (life-force) is obtained from the following five sources:
(1) Food—pure, simple and vegetarian (2) Air — clean and fresh (3) Sleep (4) Meditation, and (5) Knowledge. Human energy, or life force, is wasted in the following ways:
• Wrong food. Fried vegetarian food, non-vegetarian food, smoking, liquor and mind-altering caffeine and tabacco products. If food is improper and incompatible, the physical functions of the body will collapse).
Wrong conditioning. By watching movies and television serials showing violence, crime and obscenity.
• Lack of sleep.
• Lack of exercise and fresh air.
• Waste of thought.
Bad company of negative and pessimist friends and relatives, resulting in waste of energy in unproductive things.
Happiness and success is possible only if one is physically, mentally and emotionally healthy. “Sound mind resides in sound body.” Fortune favours the brave who are physically and mentally sound. A weak body weakens the mind, which generates weak thoughts. And a weak mind is full of negativite thoughts, fears, and pessimism — and is bound to lead to failure on all fronts.
So, take charge of your life and shape it the way you want. William James, the greatest psychologist of the 20th Century has said: “Everyone can change his/her fate according to his/her thoughts.”
Laugh Time

The Sparrow

Once upon a time there was a non-confirming sparrow who decided not to fly south for the winter. However, soon the weather turned so cold that he reluctantly decided to fly south. In a short time ice began to form on his wings and he fell to Earth in a barnyard, nearly frozen solid. A cow passed by where he had fallen, and crapped on the little sparrow. The sparrow thought it was the end, but the manure warmed him and defrosted his wings ! Warm and happy, able to breath, he started to sing.

Just then a large cat came by, and hearing the chirping he investigated the sounds. The cat cleared away the manure, found the chirping bird, and promptly ate him. The Moral of the story : Eveyone who craps on you is not necessarily your enemy. Everyone who gets you out of crap is not necessarily your friend. And if you’re warm and happy in a pile of crap, you can just keep your mouth shut.