Getting up early is a gift you give to yourself. Few disciplines have the power to transform your life as does the habit of early rising. There is something very special about the first few hours of the morning. Time seems to slow down and a deep sense of peace fills the air. Joining the "Five O'Clock Club" will allow you to start controlling your day rather than letting the day control you. Winning the "Battle of the Bed" and putting "Mind over Mattress" by rising early will provide you with at least one quiet hour for yourself during the most crucial part of the day: the beginning. If spent wisely, the rest of your day will unfold in a wonderful way.
To cultivate the habit of getting up earlier, the first thing to remember is that it is the quality of sleep that matters the most rather than the quantity of sleep.It is better to have 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep than having 10 hours of broken sleep.
Our character is shaped not through life's easiest experiences, but during life's toughest ones.It is during life's most trying times that we discover who we really are and the fullness of the strength that lies between us.
Live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that is not life.
To live your life to the fullest, start taking more risks and doing the things that you fear. Get good at becoming uncomfortable and stop taking the path of least resistance. Sure, there is a greater chance that you will stub your toes when you walk the road less traveled, but that is the only way you can reach to the top.
"One does not discover new lands without consenting to loose sight of the shore for a very long time."
-Andre Gide.
The real secret to a life of abundance is to stop spending your days searching for security and to start spending your time pursuing opportunity.Sure, you will meet with your share of failures if you start living more deliberately and passionately. But failure is nothing more than learning how to win. Its risky out on a limb but thats where all the fruit is.
Deeply fulfilled and highly actualized people simply make wiser choices than others. You can choose to spend the rest of your days sitting on the shore of life in complete safety or you can take some chances, dive deep into the water and discover the pearls that lie waiting for the person of true courage.
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doers of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best, knows in the end the triumphs of high achievement and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
-Theodore Roosevelt.
The real secret of getting things done is knowing what things need to be left undone.
"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."
-Peter Drucker.
Life does not listen to your logic; it goes on its own way, undisturbed. You have to listen to life, life will not listen to your logic, it does not bother about your logic.
-Osho.
In our darkest times, we are willing to go the deepest. Adversity tends to make us more philosophical.
Living life without a devotion to excellence dishonours the priceless gifts and talents that have been given to you.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one tries to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-Goerge Bernard Shaw.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
-Sven Goran Eriksson.
Jealousy always sees things through a magnifying glass that makes little things large.
-Cervantes.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
-John Wooden.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people think you cannot do.
-Walter Bagehot.
Incidents should not govern policy but policy should govern incidents.
-Napoleon Bonaparte.
The measure of love is to love without measure.
-St. Augustine.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
-H.L. Mencken.
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.
-Albert Einstein.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which all the difficulties disappear.
-John Adams.
All greatness is achieved while performing outside your comfort zone.
-Greg Arnold.
Its easy to make money but difficult to make a difference.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
-Jim Rohn.
A superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.
-Confucius.
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
-Voltaire.
Better a little with the fear of LORD than great wealth with turmoil.
-Bible.
The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
-Bible.
The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.
-James Truslow.
Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards.
-Goethe.
Our greatest glory lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
-Confucius.
I have never understood people who spend a few lakhs on a pen or a watch. None of my businesses will ever cater to them.
When one is young and tries to rewrite rules, he is called "mad". But when he is finally successful, because he dared to risk it, he is called a "maverick".
I dont think any business plan can die just because of lack of funds. If one has a solid proposition and is willing to put all his effort into making it successful, he can find people willing to help him out. However, if funding is given primary importance, one will get stuck. Making finance the starting point of a decision making process stops businesses from taking many initiatives and ultimately slows down growth.
I believe my strength lies in understanding the needs and aspirations of the Indian customer. The Indian customer both challenges and intrigues me and as an organisation we still do not completely understand each section of our population. Our focus has been and will continue to be on watching, evaluating and capitalising the domestic consumption space. It is such a vast and diverse market by itself that there seems no apparent need to venture outside in the next couple of decades.
India historically has been a savings-led country. Not only are we very value conscious, nothing in our country is ever wasted or thrown away. Women in India are trained from their childhood to preserve everything. This holds true for apparels as well. The average Indian wears the same shirt or trouser for years, well after its colors have faded or the buttons have come off. In every Indian city there are women who trade new utensils for old clothes that are then sold in a second hand market. Many middle class housewives eagerly participate in this barter.
Many of us try to do what is lawful and proper-only to realize that our system is not made for such behavior.
“Vision without action is merely a dream, action without vision is merely passing time; but action and vision together can change the world”- JJ Irani, former TISCO chairman.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.-Abraham Lincoln.
Henry Ford
There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail.
Given a good idea to start with, it is better to concentrate on perfecting it than to hunt around for a new idea. One idea at a time is about as much as anyone can handle.
If you spend your life focusing on only the worthiest pursuits, it is certain to end in complete joy.
Accept complete responsibility to the way things are and resolve to work on changing yourself before seeking to change others.
You change your life the second you make a decision from the depths of your heart to be a better, more dedicated human being.
If you are not pursuing your dreams, you are fulfilling your limitations.
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind.
No book has been able to capture my attention as this... A must read for everyone... First timer Chetan Bhagat strikes a chord with his story about 3 friends studying in IIT-Delhi and their struggle to maintain balance with studies and fun... A literal page turner... Wont allow you to stop reading unless you make a brave effort... Finished it in 9 hrs flat..!!!!
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A captivating story of a young man who discovers his favourite proffesor in college after 16 years of graduation only to know that the professor is dying day by day at the hands of ALS. The student visits his professor on every tuesday in the last days of his life to learn about life,family, death etc.