There is no limit for bettering the self through deliberate and systematic efforts

• ·         We are basically responsible for most of our ills
• ·         We are generally forgetful of the lessons learnt from our past experiences
• ·         If we could assimilate basic habits of working hard, we should have avoided many problems of our lives
• ·         The real factor that influences our productivity is the mental concentration that  we could muster in life
• ·         Mental concentration is the key deciding factor
• ·         If we fail to concentrate, we lose our effectiveness and efficiency
• ·         If we learn doing things flawlessly, our real education is complete
• ·         If we learn how to think systematically, we gain the ability to work with independence
• ·         We can be our own bosses, if we train our minds properly
• ·         We should learn how to clean out the mental garbage
• ·         We can be free of our personal mental complexes, if we try heart and soul
• ·         We are all unique creations of GOD
• ·         We should never imitate others,but we can learn from others
• ·         Lastly, we must surrender ourselves to the Grand Will of GOD
• ·         We should learn the best uses of our daily time
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Miles to go and less to talk about...

• Life is short, and time is passing by
• Many things to be done, but I should only be selective in choosing meaningful actions
• Life is action, not contemplation
• Life is about doing well what I need to do
• Life is also a series of experiences, and such experiences must be converted into lessons/philosophies and all such ideas are again required to be transformed into actions
• I should hence try hard to be a man of actions
• I should try hard to be a man of words
• I should try hard to be a man of creativity & innovation in real life actions
• I should try hard to be a man of discipline
• I should try to be a man of leadership in the special sphere of my present activities
• I should be a man of courage and confidence
• I should try to be man of cool & calm composure
• I should try hard to be a man of specialized knowledge
• I should try hard to be branded as an excellent communicator and speaker
• I should always be a good husband and a good father through my meaningful activities
• Through the process of hard work of the day, I should be able to sleep like a beggar sleeps
• I should be a satisfied man at the end of the day
• I should try to be more extrovert in my public life and actions
• I should mange my time for various types of human activities
• I should be more enthusiastic and energetic for whatever I do

Trying to restore stability in personal domain

• regaining health and fitness is top priority
• modifying lifestyle is another area of work
• Trying to improve upon alternative income by investing extra labour
• Trying to devote more time and energy in creative activities
• Creating activity acts like meditation on the body and mind
• Trying to enhance managerial skills
• Trying to live a life of love, dedication, efficiency, affection, sympathy,empathy, compassion, responsibility, and duty

Struggling with life to move ahead and grow

• Regaining health and fitness is top priority
• modifying lifestyle is another area of work
• Trying to improve upon alternative income by investing extra labour
• Trying to devote more time and energy in creative activities
• Creating activity acts like meditation on the body and mind
• Trying to enhance managerial skills
• Trying to live a life of love, respect, discipline, dedication, efficiency, affection, sympathy, empathy, compassion, responsibility, and duty
• Trying to evolve as a person with ethical bent of mind
• Trying harder to manage personal finance
• Trying to correct past mistakes and blunders
• Trying hard to attain perfection in the field of teaching-a great challenge of my present life
• Trying to do my duties with patience and pleasure

Management skills in daily life can easily boost up our productivity

• In all our meaningful activities, we should inject managerial skills of PLANNING,ORGANIZING,STAFFING,DIRECTING,LEADING,MOTIVATING,COORDINATING,COMMUNICATING, AND CONTROLLING(POS-D-LM-3Cs) formula
• POS-D-LMC3 formula application will surely lead to higher productivity in our personal and professional life
• We should never stop learning
• We should be respectful to others
• Behind all activities , we should try to consider ethical and moral aspects
• We should master our senses to control LUST-ANGER-GREED-INFATUATION-EGO-JEALOUSY(LAGIEJ) to be able to lead a happier life
• We should not do any harm to others
• We should lead our lives on the strong foundation of truths
• If we have to change for the better, we should first be motivated and enthusiastic
• We should try to stay motivated and inspired to produce better things in life
• A frustrated mind can never do anything good
• We should throw out negative emotions and frustration from our lives
• We should be sufficiently energized and enthusiastic about what we have to do

Fighting spirit and tenacity to achieve higher goals/happiness/peace/satisfaction

• Fighting spirit & tenacity matter in achieving excellence
• We should continuously try to achieve perfection in all our specialized activities
• Quality and quantity are important, but we should stress upon 'quality aspects' of what we do
• Quality control should occupy the most important place in any act of business/profession
• We should inject professional into all kinds of professional activities
• We should try to pay our deep attention to finer details of our personal and professional works
• We should muster courage and confidence to say 'NO' to what we mean to say 'NO'
• We should build on our present strengths
• We should know our weaknesses to eliminate them as far as possible
• Attaining perfection should be our primary goal
• Being spiritual should the core quality of achieving the highest goals of life
• If we can do our jobs with perfection, we shall achieve peace , happiness and success in life
• The greatest barrier to achieving perfection lies in our laziness, lethargy and lack of focus
• Slowly , we should go on achieving higher mental concentration to be able to do our jobs perfectly
• If we remain focused on achieving perfection, we shall surely achieve EXCELLENCE
• We should set higher standards for ourselves, so that we slowly proceed towards EXCELLENCE
• We should hold on to ethical and moral values of life to be truly happy in life
• Continuous hard work will relieve us of many burdens of life , such as worries, tension and anxiety
• We should try to keep away from sins to be happy
• We should be creative to be truly happy in life
• Creativity gives us highest form of pleasure and happiness
• The aim of our daily life is to be happy through our actions
• True happiness lies in virtuous actions only
• Disciplined mental state with creativity will lead us to higher forms of happiness and satisfaction

Mind is the key element in achieving greater successes in life

• Mind is the man
• Attitude is the man
• Style is the man
• Devotion to GOD is the main
• Karma-yogi is the man
• Bhakti-yogi is the man
• Words spoken is the man
• Work done is the man
• Aim in life is the man
• Ambition is the man
• Stupidity is the man
• Brilliant work done is the man
• Bread & butter is the man
• Hard work is the man
• Thinking is the man
• Success & failure is the man
• Desire is the man
• Ethical action is the man
• Courageous living is the man
• Fight against injustice is the man

Spiritual living

• A God-dependent living is the only solution to problems of life and living
• We should evolve as true devotees of GOD
• We are play-things or toys at the Holy Hands of GOD
• We can do little without the Will of GOD
• To much materialistic ideas is killing humanity and human values and ethics
• We should have deep faith and live on His Blessings only
• Grace of God is the ultimate thing in the life of any being
• We should meditate on God to realise the truths of life and living
• Ego, Sex, Power, Money(ESPM) will finally destroy the materialistic person within you
• Our material achievements are nothing but the door to hell in the long run
• In silence and solitude, we shall be realise the Truth through deep meditation
• Happy is the man who lives with minimum needs and demands in life

'Teaching and learning' is a great challenge

• Class room management is the biggest challenge, as today's students are least attentive in the classes
• Young people lack in mental concentration, as most of them are ignorant of Yoga and Breathing exercises
• Breathing exercises can help us improve concentration
• We are victims of our unregulated lifestyles
• We are victims of desires and uncontrolled passions
• We are victims of lust, anger and greed
• We grow rich and powerful, and lose mental peace
• We are running after money and wealth, and losing health
• We have forgotten about the best doctors of life such as fresh air, water, sunlight and vegetarian food
• Fast foods are damaging our internal health
• We exploit people and do such sins without any repentance
• We are getting converted into machines and we are fast losing finer human emotions and feelings
• We are not doing our duties sincerely
• We are least bothered about living in natural circumstances
• We are now finding peace in concrete jungles
• We are motivated by false and exaggerated advertisements, and foolishly buy things which absolutely superfluous
• We are slowly losing human values and ethical considerations
• We are too materialistic
• We are running after beastly pleasures
• We forget that life is learning
• Most of us are ignorant of higher goals of life and living

Factors affecting my life negatively

• I could not remain fit for last few days
• I had failed to control myself on bad habits
• I need to meditate on how to regain my lost confidence
• I require more devotion towards my work
• I also decided to vegetarian foods only
• I should devote more time on breathing exercise
• I should not spoil my health(liver and pancreas) by taking alcohol
• Alcohol spoils health and mind in many ways
• I must keep away from alcohol and smoking for ever
• I shall be taking light meals only and I shall drink at least four litres of water daily
• I shall improve my alternative income to keep worries away
• I shall try to be punctual
• I shall manage time well
• I shall not use computer for more than two hours a day
• I shall give least time to the use of so-called smart phone 
• I shall speak as less as possible
• I shall improve my personality traits
• I shall build a stronger health and a stout body
• I shall focus more energy on alternative income

The art of teaching and training

• Being a good teacher is a great challenge
• Everybody can not be good teachers
• A teacher will always be a great communicator
• A teacher must have a hypnotising personality
• A teacher should be able to keep the students spell-bound
• A teacher is a perfectionist in content delivery methodologies
• A teacher should have in-depth knowledge in his or her subjects
• A teacher should have both theoretical and practical knowledge on the subjects of specialisation
• A teacher should evolve as a role model for the majority of the students
• A teacher should always be a great motivator
• Teaching is an art
• A teacher will always be a seeker of knowledge
• A teacher will continually update himself on the latest issues
• A teacher will be sincere, devoted, patient, helping, positive, motivated, and inspired
• A teacher is always cool, calm, relaxed, confident and open to ideas
• A teacher will be dynamic, flexible and disciplined
• A teacher will be the symbol of humility, simplicity and knowledge

Personal efficiency and happier life

• First of all, I need to improve myself in the case of productivity
• I got stuck up with a lot of jobs pending before me, especially my research activities
• I need to regain my health through regularity in yoga, breathing exercise and meditation
• I must improve my mental concentration
• I must be devoted to my activities for alternative income
• I must save money through Recurring Deposit Scheme
• I must stop overspending from now
• I must build up my strengths and reduce my weaknesses
• I should be more confident and courageous in dealing with people
• Through breathing exercise, i.e. Pranayam, I should be able to lead a much healthier life
• I should be more conscious about my diet
• Best doctors for me are sunlight, fresh air, good drinking water, fruits,vegetables, yoga, pranayam and meditation
• I should be able to avoid all kinds of interpersonal conflicts
• I should have more patience to fight injustice being done to me
• I should strengthen my academic and intellectual abilities
• I should throw out my mental garbage that leads to nowhere
• I should explore my potential in research writing
• I should regain my ability to work harder
• I should be steady
• I should seek peace within myself
• I should work harder for achieving higher goals in both material and spiritual domain
• I should my skills 
• I should explore all possibilities in my intellectual achievements
• I should shake off all kinds of lethargy and laziness to achieve my goals
• I should be serious about my jobs for alternative income
• I should try to build a special reputation
• I should improve my self-image 
• I should be more assertive on myself regarding my responsibilities 
• I should overcome all sorts of lust, anger and greed for the rest of my life to attain happiness and peace
• I should be more comfortable with myself

Winning attitudes in personal and professional life

• 'Respect for others' should hold the main key in effective interpersonal skills
• All our activities should be made 'service' oriented
• We purify ourselves through our devoted services
• Lust, anger and greed will be the path towards destruction and death
• We should all behave like the children of God
• We should adopt child-like simplicity and humility in all affair

Personal effectiveness

• The best way out is the practice of ONE JOB AT A TIME
• To identify and then to avoid the traps that are the sources of waste of time
• To plan things well in advance and take proactive actions so reduce the mental burden
• Throw out the mental garbage and be optimistic
• Keep the hope alive and work harder
• If we put our best efforts, we shall surely get positive results
• One of students used to work as a laboratory assistant in a chemistry laboratory, and in course through sheer hard work and tenacity, he obtained PhD and since then he has been working as Faculty in one of USA's most reputed Universities. Yes, it's possible for those who are consistent and hard working. His name is Sunit Chakraborty.
• One of my earlier students in Kolkata obtained PhD in one of USA Universities and now teaching at RICE University there. Dr. Pallab Goswami had always been hard working and very much consistent about his ambition in life.
• I have seen the result of tenacity, determination and constant hard work in another of old students , Dr. Uttam Choudhury. He displayed the miracles of working hard and proving to the world that ordinary people become extraordinary through constant and regular hard work..

Relief from worries , tension, anxiety and depression

• Constant hard work is the real life cure for all ills of life
• To keep away from frustration, we shall have to remain involved in meaningful activities throughout the day 
• To avoid exhaustion and fatigue, we should set time for relaxation, sleep and rest
• If we sit idle, many unproductive thoughts will storm our brains and will result into depressive states
• We should prepare ourselves to take decisive actions
• THINK-DECIDE-ACT will be our policy for attaining higher productivity
• Behind all these , we need a high level of self-motivation and self-inspiartion and self-discipline
• Without discipline, nothing great can ever be achieved
• To ensure discipline in the environment,, we should instil discipline in all our activities

Effective public speaking

• Presence of mind is of highest importance
• Clarity is vital
• One should be able to produce high impact on the audience
• Organization of the contents to be delivered is urgent
• Body language and content delivery methods occupies the most significant place
• One must be cool, calm, confident and courageous to deliver the goods in the most effective manner
• Keeping the matter simple is also very important

Trying to draw inspiration from the lives of high performers

• High performers are truly disciplined ones
• Discipline forms the basis of activities of the highly successful persons
• High performers work harder than their contemporaries
• I try to watch inspirational videos and one thing which is common among highly successful people is their hard work, discipline , dedication, sincerity
• They are all well-read people
• All of them possess good health and strong physique

Improving professional skills

• Enhancing core technical skills should be continuous process. We should not stop growing in any manner.
• Communication skills need special attention in any profession
• Managing time is of utmost importance
• Better Interpersonal skills will make life less stressed
• We should continuously try to build an atmosphere of trust and respect
• We should not stop learning
• We should face the truths boldly
• We should face our problems and resolve pending issues with tenacity and determination
• We should not find faults with others
• We should behave responsibly
• We should try to remain motivated and inspired
• We should try hard to keep away from the path of sin
• We are supposed to blame ourselves for all our ills
• We should improve continuously
• We should take care of our health
• We should correct ourselves to be better and stronger persons
• We should up grade our knowledge , skills and attitudes
• We should be specialist in some domain of professional activity
• We should earn money through honest endeavours
• Powerful thoughts will make stronger
• Powerful actions should follow our powerful thoughts

Selfless love is the key to happiness and peace

• We should be as selfless as possible in all affairs of life
• If love is selfless, life will be filled with satisfaction and happiness
• The secret of peace lies in giving our best to others selflessly
• One may accumulate wealth and money for self-enjoyment, but happiness goes far away from him or her
• The best way to survive crisis is to have patience & take time to address the same in a cool and calm manner
• Everyday we should ask ourselves: WHAT AM I ?
• For a spiritual person, the anwer is WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD, WE ARE GODS IN MINIATURE FORM
• We are providing services to GOD by serving humanity in one or other form
• We are souls seeking fulfillment & contentment
• We are born to be happy and contented
• If we become pure in mind and soul, we shall find happiness and contentment in ourselves
• If we are pure, we shall be fearless
• A fearless person can be winner in life
• Wnning requires a special set of attitudes
• Poor attitudes result into poor performance and therefore poor achievements in life

Life is a miracle and also a puzzle

• Almost everything that is happening seems to be automatic
• Everything seems to be planned and predestined
• We have little hand in changing things
• We can only bring changes to ourselves, if we try sincerely
• There is only option before and that is surrender to God's Will
• When we solely surrender to God, we evolve as devotees of God and God takes the complete responsibility
• Everything lies in our faith and convictions
• Faith keeps us moving ahead
• If faith is lost, we reduce to nothingness and vacuum
• We are made of body, mind and soul
• We are in a subtle way are souls
• A soul can not be in enmity with another soul
• Enmity, bitterness and hatred are the results of mind-actions , and mental desire to enjoy life at the cost of happiness of others
• Lack of knowledge, ignorance, inferiority complex and frustration are the root causes behind enmity, dirty games, hatred, bitterness and violence

Life is a continuous process of struggle for achieving excellence and peace

• The manner in which we sow the seeds, we get the outputs and outcomes
• Our present states are mere reflections of our past deeds

Striving to improve my core skills

• Technical components of our skills set are most important, as they really matter in practical execution of the jobs involved
• Other than the hard core technical skills, we must have refined

Lifestyle changes are most urgent for me

• I should devote more time and energy for improving my fitness
• I should manage time better
• I should focus on self development 

Keeping personal focus on all professional activities

• There will be sources of distraction
• We must filter out the garbage
• We should improve mental concentration by Yoga, Meditation  and Pranayam 
• We should sufficient quantity of water to get relieved of stress
• We should remain focused on our super speciality domain only
• OIL YOUR OWN MACHINE  should be the guiding principle
• We should be guided by certain universal principles
• GIVING OUR BEST should be 

Keeping personal focus on all professional activities

• There will be sources of distraction
• We must filter out the garbage
• We should improve mental concentration by Yoga, Meditation  and Pranayam 
• We should sufficient quantity of water to get relieved of stress
• We should remain focused on our super speciality domain only
• OIL YOUR OWN MACHINE  should be the guiding principle
• We should be guided by certain universal principles
• GIVING OUR BEST should be 

Lessons from life about remaining focused on meaningful actions

• There will be sources of distraction
• We must filter out the garbage
• We should improve mental concentration by Yoga, Meditation  and Pranayam 
• We should sufficient quantity of water to get relieved of stress
• We should remain focused on our super speciality domain only
• OIL YOUR OWN MACHINE  should be the guiding principle
• We should be guided by certain universal principles
• GIVING OUR BEST should be our core principle
• A JOB WELL-DONE gives us a lot of satisfaction
• We should be fearless, as fear kills the basic intelligence of a person
• We should not give up hopes
• We should improve on a continuous basis
• We should master the art of continuous learning and evolving
• We should overcome laziness and lethargy
• Life is work, and hence we should perform better
• We should uphold human values and ethics in our thoughts and actions

I did not have big ambitions

• Least of ambitions affected my performance
• I worked for peace and stability
• I made a lot of sacrifices for making others happy
• I never could my best in anything, as I had always been fickle-minded
• I never ran after money
• I did what I used to enjoy most
• I tried to uphold honesty and integrity
• I tried to serve the interests of my family members
• I always tried to lead a spiritual and philosophical life
• I never focused on material successes and achievement
• I tried to behave ethically in most of the practical affairs of life and living
• I had remained aloof from any kind of bluffing or cheating
• In course of time, I tried to enhance my managerial skills

Attaining peace and stability in personal life

• We are supposed to be at peace with ourselves
• We can not find peace and happiness in the externals of the world
• Our present status is the result of our past actions
• Our wrong-doings will surely punish us in the long run
• We shall overcome many problems, if we can focus of self-development activities
• Our mental garbage is responsible for not being focused on self-improvement
• We should devote enough time and energy for self-growth and development

Motivation is a key factor in achieving personal excellence

• Motivation is the ultimate factor in deciding our performance
• Through performance and practice, we slowly excel in a field
• Common sense is another vital factor that decides our priority action areas
• We can draw inspiration from the lives of great achievers
• Inspiration and motivation go together
• We should then try to remain inspired and motivation till the end
• If motivated, we can turn impossibles into real possibles

Parameters of Quality of services

• Timeliness and punctuality
• Health and safety
• Delivery methods
• Taking care of human factors
• Balance between quality and quantity
• Interpersonal skills
• Customer care and support
• Philosophical foundation of the overall work
• Discipline 
• Mutual trust , faith and respect
• Serving with smile
• Tightening the screws, as and when required
• Controlling the environment
• Systematised information sharing & education
• Devoting time and energy for a particular job
• Delivering talks in a measured and refined manner
• Taking feedback from the environment for further improvement of systems and processes
• Being courageous, confident and dignified
• Dealing with conflicts in an integrated manner
• Taking care of quality of raw materials
• Being tough at the time times
• Solving problems in an organised manner
• Introducing transparency into governance and leadership styles
• Upholding values and ethics
• Taking time to introspect upon the past performance
• Developing intuition into the domain of expertise
• Up gradation of core skills, knowledge and attitudes
• Never to stop learning

Looking inward to find solutions for many of life's problems

• Many times we forget to look inside to sort out our problem areas
• All problems involving me  start with me, but I forget to analyse the same from the source
• The real source is myself only
• My passive inaction resulted into many problems of today
• Lack of self-control and self-restraint terminated into huge problems later on
• Self-control and disciplines are the greatest human virtues to be successful & happier individuals
• I am to blame myself for wasting my talents
• After a long time, I am trying to reassess myself so that I could take steps to improve myself
• I am now trying to do my work with cheerful mood 
• I am trying to ensure quality of my services at the work place

Self-realization & Peace

• We should seek truths on a continuous basis
• Truth lies within our own selves in all its dimensions
• Through practice of meditation, we slowly realize nothingness of the  physical enjoyments of life
• God lies within us and we should seek Him to realize Truth & Reality
• We are the children of God and we should behave like that
• Peace can be attained through spiritual living only
• It requires a lot of practice on a daily basis to change our attitudes towards life and living...
• When we find the company of saintly persons or persons of great enlightenment, we shall ourselves be inspired to seek our own souls in the lap of God...
• Saintly people are just catalyst who accelerate the process of self-inquiry and enlightenment of the inner self ...
• Thinking of God in a deeper form will make us realize that material happiness and existence are so transitory and hence can not be accepted as the absolute truth...
• God is absolute....
• God can be realized through unconditional devotion and material detachments of practical life...
• In everything we should seek our own self and its deep relationship with divine intentions...
• Finally, we can say that real peace lies in meditating upon the Supreme Consciousness and Its relationship with our material existence for eternity...
• Money is required, but its existence is purely temporary...

Mental strength is very important in managing difficult situations/people

• To be frank, mind is the man
• Mind defines all our actions
• Change of mind results into changes in actions
• We should take care of the mind and its processes to identify our existence as well as the perceptions of the outer world
• A sound mind resides in a sound body & hence we should care of both body and mind
• Body and mind should act in harmony for a a balanced living
• Difficult situations can be handled by a strong mind only
• We must build up patience and tolerance to cope up with difficult situations
• To deal with difficult people , we should master human psychology & analyse various peculiar problems with different people
• We should listen to difficult people to understand the fundamental aspects  of the interaction & then we should respond with utmost care
• Listening solves most of our daily problems
• Non-essential Talking , in many cases, invites problems
• We should improve our mental tenacity & concentration  by yoga & meditation
• Yoga & Meditation should be part and parcel of our lives for being happy & peaceful
• Yoga & Meditation will slowly calm down our minds and all ills such as worries, tension and anxiety will fly away from our lives

Maintaining good health is essential for a better work life

• I am struggling for good health
• I must overcome my bad habits first
• I have got good results in healing my sleeping disorder by doing breathing exercise 
• I need to rise early in the morning for devoting more time in doing exercises
• I need to improve my finance by cost control
• I should devote more time for meditation
• I should not waste time and energy any more
• I should focus building & enhancing core skills required for my job
• I should devote more time for generating alternative income for saving money for the future
• I should try to store potential energy in my body and mind
• I should try to talk as less as possible

We can excel, if we try hard to put our best efforts in the right direction...

• We should try hard to overcome shyness, hesitation, and nervousness at the very beginning
• Through continuous practice, we can definitely improve
• In any art form, practice will slowly make us perfect
• Mental concentration is the ultimate thing in our further progress
• Mental focussing will be central idea in achieving excellence
• Mental focussing is a state of meditation
• If we excel in meditation, we should surely achieve inner peace who will help ignite the inner fire within
• We should be ready to suffer hardship, if we wish to be excellent
• Stiff competition can be fought with hard work with consistency
• Consistency in working hard requires internal motivation & inspiration
• If we feel motivated and inspired, nothing can stop us succeed in our endeavours
• Let us try to be unstoppable
• Let us try to be unputdownable
• The weakness lies in ourselves 
• We only set our limits of our achievenments
• We should try to follow the examples from the lives of great men and women
• We should acquire right kind of attitudes to learn continuously so that we slowly improve our ways of doing things
• If we wish to be powerful, we should acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes in a particular field and pursue the same till perfection is achieved
• Nothing great can ever be achieved overnight. We should therefore go on investing our hard work in the right direction and wait for the results to follow
• NOTHING IS POSSIBLE, IF WE OUT OUR BEST EFFORTS
• WHEN GOING GETS TOUGHER, WE SHOULD ALSO TRY TO MATCH THAT TOUGHER
• Only the strong are held in respect in any society
• We should therefore explore our inner wealth and qualities to attain greater heights of achievements in our lives
• Be your own boss in learning and applying
• Be your own boss in making decisions
• Be independent
• Do the right thing with courage and confidence

My struggles of daily life

Pertinent issues 

• Lack of self-control on many matters
• Ability to concentrate deeply on my core skills
• Getting my personal finance in order
• Cost control
• Keeping up physical fitness
• Maintaining relationships
• Improving my professional image
• Overcoming laziness and lethargy
• Taking care of my family members
• Mastering the art of negotiation in all types of interpersonal interactions and transactions
• Giving a business-like touch to all my daily activities
• Not being able to put my best efforts in my duties
• Overcoming lifestyle disorders
• Attaining mental peace through meditation
• Systematizing my daily activities and organized documentation 
• Accumulating courage and confidence to think big and act big
• Being hardy for hard situations of life
• Overcoming fears and taking control of myself
• Devoting more time to spiritual thinking and practices for self-enlightenment
• Exploration of alternate sources of income 

We are the architects of our fate

• Truly, we create what we are today
• We produce results accordingly to what we do or do not
• Investment of hard work may not give us instant results, but in the long run, we shall be enjoying the benefits directly or indirectly
• If we are happy today, that must be result of our own past actions
• Live one day at a time
• Happiness flows automatically for those who can give unconditional services to others
• Hard work always pays
• Happiness lies in upholding humanity and human values
• Money can not buy everything...
• We should try to keep away from financial troubles to be happy...
• It is best to avoid various types of nonsensical debates and arguments in daily life...
• Modern and the rich are mostly 'ego' driven, hence, intelligent people will keep aloof from the so called mighty and powerful, as far as possible. 
• It takes a lot of drama and action to keep peace in life...
• At the end of the day, we should finish all our planned actions...
• I suffered a lot from keeping the right actions pending for a long time...
• To overcome personal lethargy and laziness, we must take regular physical exercise including yoga, breathing exercises and meditation...
• Our will-force will slowly improve by all the above exercises...
• Finally, we should never compare ourselves with any people anywhere in the world...We must remember that we are unique creations of God

Changing myself with the changing times

• Change is an inevitable component of moving ahead in life
• We should live in the present and move ahead with renewed enthusiasm and newer hopes & aspirations
• We should keep hopes alive. Life is once. Let us make best use of  our times.
• We should keep our sense of humour alive to remain healthy, lively 
• We should try to make best use of our time
• I have seen many a friend who had all the time been ordinary & mediocre, but they achieved great heights by dint of hard labour, tenacity and determination
• Sincerity is the only quality which keep a professional the most sought after
• We should try to be sincere, dedicated and trust-worthy in our professional field
• There are lots of opportuniites, but many of us are not prepared to take up the challenges. Possibly, we lack in professional skills as well as courage & confidence that is required
• The greatest weakness in us lies in not being able to overcome various types of imaginary fears
• We can hardly do anything good, if we are not really motivated
• 'Motivation' is the key word in moving ahead in life with all kinds of energy and enthusiasm
• It is a real struggle to keep up the motivation at an elevated level
• When the motivation declines, we land nowhere and we become ineffective
• The mind is all, and we should take care of our mental health.
• All our actions are based on our mental states. Hence we need a strong mind to take strong decisions in life.
• A strong mind takes greater level stress and hence can win over obstacles and hurdles

Challenges in moving ahead in life

• Basic challenge lies in improving my present income by putting more efforts in the domain of my core skills
• Marketing of my ideas is the toughest battle I need to fight
• Common people run after big brands and in the long run they get disillusioned in many ways
• When people come to me for help, they have a tendency to negotiate with the basic price. This happens due to my inability of creating a stronger brand for myself
• The basic fault lies with market segmentation & setting the targets in the market place
• I should improve upon consistency and punctuality to deliver my teaching & training services in a more organised manner
• I should devote more in enhancing my core skills
• I should be a better negotiator
• I need to energise myself both physically and mentally
• I require to network with right kind of people
• I should work harder with a smiling face and a cheerful mood
• I should be more confident, courageous, systematic and organised in my daily life