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LIFE'S AMAZING SECRETS

2019-07-28T22:59:00.000-07:00

LIFE’S AMAZING SECRETS

By Gaur Gopal Das

About The Author:

Gaur Gopal Das studied electrical engineering from the college of engineering, Pune. After a brief stint with Hewlett Packard, he decided to live as a monk in an ashram in downtown, Mumbai. He has remained there for twenty-two years, learning the antiquity of ancient philosophy and the modernity of contemporary psychology to become the life coach of thousands in the city. Now one of the most famous monks in the world, Gaur Gopal Das holds the title of “the ideal young spiritual guru”, conferred upon him by the Indian student Parliament MIT Pune. In 2016 his global popularity exploded as he took his message online. With millions of views on his videos on social media.

“As I have said, the first thing is, to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself … Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.”

-Nelson Mandela

About The Book:

In this book Life’s Amazing Secrets author compares our life with a car, in a car, there are four wheels and a steering wheel. The wheel represents our personal life, relationship, work-life, social contribution and the steering wheel represents our spiritual practice. Keeping balance in all situations is of utmost importance as it takes you to happiness and completeness that’s what the author says in this book “Happiness does not come automatically”. We have to choose to live happily, we have to choose to live with integrity and we also have to choose to live with balance.

In the book Life’s Amazing Secrets author wants us to grow through gratitude which means one should have the quality of been thankful, readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. According to the author, we should not worry much, why should we worry?. Do we have a problem in life? If yes what can we do to solve the problem and suppose we don’t have any solution then also why worry? Where we cannot do anything about the problem. On the other hand, if you do not have a problem then also why worry? . there are few ways to start gratitude are to recognize the good that has been done to us and say “thank you”, to remember the good and mean it and to reciprocate through actions of giving back and live by the same values.

We all should do some kind of spiritual practice according to the author, there are many ways to connect to god, but the author says one of the most effective method that has worked for really well for the author is Mantra Meditation.

The author also tells us to do the selfless sacrifice which means a decision to give up something you want or need so that others can have what they want or need.

In a relationship, we must be sensitive to our words and actions. Sensitive means to think about how the other person may feel before we say or do something. How do we practice being sensitive? The answer is clear we must treat even inanimate objects with consideration and respect.

Self Discovery – we should understand ourselves to know what is meaningful to us, and what we want to devote our time to. This can be done by understanding our purpose, which takes dedication and patience. Discovering our purpose is exciting, just as opening a gift gives the feeling of anticipation and joy. Reaching our purpose in life is a journey, not an event. The Japanese have a model called ikigai or a “reason to live”, which is composed of four traits we need to understand, what do we love? What are we good at? What does the world need? And what can we be paid for?

Integrity and character – Good character has the ability to change lives. It has to do with our actions, not our word. The principal of developing a good character is vichaar, Aachaar, Prachaar. What great men do, a common man follows.

Conclusion:

So whether you are looking at strengthening your relationship, discovering your true potential, understanding how to do well at work or even how you can give back the world we must read this book.

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Think And Grow Rich

2019-07-27T02:11:00.002-07:00

Think And Grow Reach
By Napoleon Hill

About the author:

Napoleon Hill was a very successful American author of the new thought movement one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal success literature. He is widely considered to be one of the great writers on success. He was born in Pound, South West Virginia, to a very poor family. His mother died when he was very young. As a young man, he was known as the “Mountain Reporter” for a rural newspaper. He had to drop out of college because of a lack of funds to support his education. This book is based upon the famous Law of Success philosophy. His work and writing have been praised by great leaders in Finance, Government, Education.

‘You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.’

About the book:

Think And Grow Reach is one of the best inspirational books ever written, this book is probably the most important financial book you can ever hope to read. Inspiring, generation of readers since the time it was first published in 1937. Think And Grow Reach is the Hills bestseller that has been used by millions of business leaders around the world to create a concrete plan for success that, when followed never fails. However, it will be incorrect to limit the book to be just about achieving financial richness. A motivational personal development and self-help book, its core strength lies in the fact that it not only expounds upon material wealth but that at the heart of it, it is a treatise on helping individuals succeed in all lines of work and to do or be almost anything they want in this world.

Think And Grow Reach has been listed in John C. Maxwell’s A lifetime must-read books list, and also ranked as the sixth bestselling paperback business book years after it was first published by Business Week magazine's bestseller list.

Remember, too, as you go through the book, that it deals with the facts and not with fiction, its purpose begin to convey a great universal truth through which all who are ready may learn not only what to do, but also how to do it and receive, as well, the needed stimulus to make the start.
This book contains the secret, after having been put to a practical test by thousands of people, in almost every walk of life.

Conclusion:

According to me, this book is great for everyone to let it be a student, working professionals, or as well as married guys. This book is full of practical routes of how to create a concrete plan for success and financial richness.

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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

2019-07-26T07:19:00.001-07:00

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

By Robin Sharma

About the Author:

Robin Sharma is a globally respected humanitarian. Widely considered one of the world's top leadership and personal optimization advisors, his client includes famed billionaires, professional sports superstars, and many Fortune 100 companies. The author’s number one best-seller such as The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, The Greatness Guide and The Leader Who Had No Title is in over ninety-two languages, making him one of the most broadly read writers alive today.

‘Life is a brief candle for me. It is sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generation’

George Bernard Shaw

About the book:

Julian the main character of the story graduated from Harvard University. He was a successful lawyer with a big house and a Ferrari owner earnings millions of dollars a month. But he was not happy about his work due to a lot of stress in his profession. No time to enjoy his life. The pressure was so high that he went through a heart attack. After he got realized from the hospital he did not go to the office, haven’t contacted anyone.

After three years he went to his collogue John. John was surprised by seeing Julian he looked ten years younger, looked calm and relaxed. Julian after he got discharged from hospital he sold his house, Ferrari and came to India to travel around the Himalayas. He had conversations with various sadhus, monks and learned many things from them at that time he met a guru Yogi Raman and told him a story (story of seven virtues).

The story starts with a green garden, birds chirping, beautiful flowers best garden you would imagine in the middle of the garden there is a red tall lighthouse. A sumo wrestler very heavy, tall he roams around the garden with no clothes only pink wrestler underwear then he suddenly found a golden watch, picked it up and wore it in his hand. Suddenly he faints and fell in the ground after a few minutes he slowly opened up his eyes he was filled with energy from the smell of the yellow roses near him in the garden. After waking up he saw a path full of diamonds and he started to follow the path and you did it too. There are seven lessons present in this story told by Yogi Raman.

The lessons are as follows:

1. The garden is described as your mind you should have control over your mind. You should treat your subconscious mind as a garden and a conscious mind as a gardener. The job of a gardener is to care for the flowers and protect them from harmful insects, those insects are defined as negative thoughts. Way to control your negative thought is by meditation.

2. Lighthouse is the symbol of the purpose of your life, purpose means the biggest goal of your life. It shows us the way. No purpose means no direction to grow. There are five steps: - Visualize the outcome, put light pressure on yourself, create a timeline (within the period you want to achieve the goal), it takes 21 days to form a habit and lastly enjoy yourself.

3. Sumo wrestlers are defined for continuous improvement. There is a word in Japan called kaizen which means small improvement every day, can give us big results.

4. Pink underwear represents discipline. The author tells us about the boundaries that everyone should set some limits and boundaries. For example, you set a boundary to wake up every day at 7 am to complete this you need discipline. To increase your discipline make one promise to yourself every day try not to break that promise.

5. Golden watch- watch reminds us to respect our time. Plan your day night before don’t be too strict. Focus on good things, spend your time wisely.

6. Roses represent kindness and selflessness be polite to others, help others but don’t expect anything in return. It will make you feel happier and more fulfilled.

7. Diamonds by telling about diamonds it means to live in the present moment. Don’t think much about the past and future live the present moment.

Conclusion:

The story tells us about the reality of society nowadays. Everyone is running behind money, status, fame. So at some point in time, it’s very important to sell something very important to us, the point is to think about what we want from life.

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Chanakya In Daily Life

2019-07-25T09:43:00.000-07:00

Chanakya In Daily Life

By Sir Radhakrishnan Pallai

About the author:

Sir Radhakrishnan Pallai is the best-selling author of corporate Chanakya, among many. He is revered across the country not only as an author but also as a motivational speaker. This book is highly anticipated by all his followers as it is the first one that covers topics outside of one’s professional life and has a holistic towards helping the readers tackle problems that they face on every front. He has researched Kautilya's Arthashastra extensively and has a Master's degree in Sanskrit. He is the Deputy Director of the Chanakya International Institute of Leadership Studies (CIILS), University of Mumbai.

‘In life, one will have many ups and downs, highs and lows. But if one learns to be grateful, then one will always find happiness.’

About the book:

Those who don’t know about Chanakya let me give you a brief introduction, he was one of the greatest thinkers India has produced. He was the master of all subjects such as economics, politics, military, strategies, law, taxation and the list goes on.

In this book, Chanakya in daily life is divided into three parts:-

1. Part 1- Chanakya in personal life.

2. Part 2- Chanakya in professional life.

3. Part 3- Chanakya in family life.

According to the author, all of us play these roles simultaneously every day we have a personal life (only known to us), professional life(involving our work), and family life the part of our life where we get maximum happiness or sadness from while dealing with our family members. Balancing these three roles is challenging for an individual.

Author decodes and simplifies the visionary kingmaker Chanakya’s teaching from Arthashastra and Chanakya Niti to provide solutions for any problem that might crop up in any aspect of life.

On a personal level, one wants to exercise his freedom of choice. But not weighing the impact of his choices on his professional and family life can put him in trouble. He may be labeled a rebel.

Individually, the person may be a path breaker, but he might end up being disharmonious while working with teams.

At a professional level, one may be super successful, have a lot of money, power, position but he may be frustrated by the feeling that he could have done better. Probably there is a sense of incompleteness. Alternatively, he may think that by keeping his family financially well off he has done his duty towards them. But later he may realize that all his family wanted is to spend more time with him only. But by the time he realizes it would probably be too late.

At a family level, one may be an excellent parent and family member. Yet one might have thoughts like what did I do for myself? There is a sense of frustration one might feel when he sees his siblings better than himself.

This book addresses all these three aspects of life. This book gives us a practical route for the same.

Conclusion:

According to me, this book is great for everyone let it be a student, working professionals, or as well as married guys. This book is full of practical routes if followed properly we can learn various things about our life. Thus, Chanakya in daily life is the perfect guru who excepts only one thing from the shishya a willingness to learn.

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