Challenges of life

• Pursuing my hobbies
• Building good habits and eliminating bad ones with the power of WILL FORCE
• Being more focused on 'happiness' factors of life
• Improving mental concentration 10 times to be happy with what I do
• Improving health parameters
• Improving listening skills to learn something from others
• Improving self-confidence and courage to handle practical affairs of life
• To become more practical-minded and logical in making choices
• To acquire newer skills of being effective in telephonic conversation
• Not dancing at the tune of others
• Being able to say 'NO' TO things, when I definitely intend to do so
• Taking care of my family members...
• Introducing more simplicity in my lifestyle
• Being simple and humble so that I am not the victim of jealousy of others
• Achieving professional excellence
• Improving personal productivity
• Thinking more effectively and logically  and in a much more planned & organized manner
• Positive doing should be my key to prosperity and happiness
• Managing time well
• Giving my best efforts in teaching and training
• Behaving well with one and all
• Overcoming shyness of all kinds
• Being more extrovert in social and professional  life
• Learning newer things 

What I got from IIT

• I had seen some of the most brilliant academic minds in my IIT days(1985-89)
• My teachers had been great scholars matching world's best
• Most of our text books were of foreign origins and had been excellent ones
• Discipline among all is the biggest quality in academic areas....
• Most of my friends had been  inclined towards materialistic ideas and professional career
• We had been totally immersed in enjoyment of life in the beautiful campus of IIT-Kharagpur
• IIT days had been my golden times of my life
• Administrative excellence can be seen in IIT
• Impartiality and transparency are IIT's great qualities...
• Hostel life had been full of fun, good food  and sports

I am overwhelmed by 'HAPPY SCIENCE' books by R.Okawa

• Some of the finest self-improvement books, I have ever found.
• Books are really inspiring and self-motivating...
• Self-motivation is the biggest thing in life for accomplishing great things in life
• Lack of motivation results into mediocrity
• Motivation comes out from our innermost thinking process...
• Hence, we should change our present thinking for a better and prosperous tomorrow...
• We should learn to think more systematically
• We should organize our thinking process so that our real-time actions are greatly influenced for enhanced performance and increased productivity & creativity
• We are solely responsible for our present state of living
• Positive thinking coupled with positive doing will surely improve our productivity in a particular area...
• Self-confidence is the key to all kinds of successes
• Hence, we must build greater self-confidence and self-image to do better things in life
• If we strive to maintain quality of our actions, our business will surely grow and develop 
• For any business, we should know well the psychology of our customers & deal with them in the most befitting manners
• Customer satisfaction is the key to sustaining a running business..
• We fail to excel, as we have less faith and belief in our skills, abilities, knowledge and attitudes (SAAK
• Knowledge-skills-attitudes-abilities (SAAK)is the key all types of successful ventures in life
• Along with SAAK, we must have excellent MARKETING SKILLS and MARKETING PERFORMANCE in our specialized field of activities to bring success & prosperity in our own lives
• Above all, we must accumulate enough COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE, along with being able to SEE A BIG PICTURE ABOUT OUR DREAMS & REAL-TIME ACTIONS FOR SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY

Sara Orem & Larry Demarest's book 'LIVING SIMPLY'

HIGHLIGHTS of lessons from THE BOOK mentioned :

• Choices: to remain happy , we must make right choices for ourselves from the ocean of activities that life offers us . We should be very choosy about what think, what we do and what we speak about
• Balance: maintaining a balanced living is the best ever philosophy of living a happier life
• Simplicity: "Keep it simple, stupid!"(KISS) is the greatest principle of living a happier and more prosperous life. We should break down a big problems into a number of simpler ones and solve them one by one by step-by-step method....
• Vocation: we should be able to work with full devotion and mental pleasure for our assigned duties
• Harmony: we should seek harmony and balance in all spheres of life and activities
• Wisdom: we must attain intuitive wisdom through practical experiences in the form  of living through various activities such as reading, pursuing our hobbies, maintaining good health, caring for the family members, and doing hard work in our professional services...

Thought of the day for a better and happier life

• self-control, patience and self-restraint are the key words for living life better
• patience and control should be made our personal religions. Truths will be revealed to us slowly but steadily through maintenance of such virtues
• earn money through honest means. Life will be more peaceful and happier...
• breathing exercises will slow down our thinking, eliminating mental dirt and garbage...
• be slow
• slow down the pace of life
• love nature and its infinite beauty to be happy with yourself and others
• create beauty in life by changing your thinking process
• attitude is what makes us happier
• running after anything will not make you happy
• innovate and be happy
• smile and win in almost all situations
• change bad habits and be an effective leader in your own field
• apply discipline in your field of activities
• self-discipline will take you to greater heights
• meditate to realize GOD within yourself
• Externals can not make you happy. It is the innermost state of mind by which you look at things in life
• Everything that achieve is so transitory and temporary
• Live one day at a time...
• Live in the present
• Worrying about future and brooding over the past is the stupid waste of time and energy. We should only remember the lessons of the past...

Art of living in the form of organized silence

• In modern life, most of us are constantly moving around for one thing or the other. This is very bad for both body and mind
• To be happy, we need silence in in our live
• We should introduce a certain of period of TOTAL SILENCE to know ourselves truly
• We must have session of deepest thinking process about we are actually doing and should actually do...
• We should reflect on what we are doing in this world
• We should constantly meditate on the question : WHO AM I ?, so that we receive internal answers and act according to our innermost conscience
• We should try to meditate on our lives, closing our eyes and controlling other sense organs
• We should set our daily routine properly
• We should plan well for today and tomorrow only. The day after can be planned tomorrow. It is like LIVE ONE DAY AT A TIME
• LIVING IN THE PRESENT is one of the greatest achievements of forming an ART OF LIVING
• I read one book 'LIVING SIMPLY' by Sara Orem & Larry Demarest recently. This is ONE OF THE FINEST SELF-IMPROVEMENT books I could ever find...
• Let us make a habit of reading good books that would surely bring about positive changes in our lives...
• We should also take time to smile and laugh to relax
• We should have fun...
• We should pursue our hobbies
• We should try to maintain good health and fitness
• We should serve our family well...
• We should love people selflessly
• We should expect least from others to be happy
• We should try to be self-reliant in our daily life
• We should cultivate both POSITIVE THINKING & POSITIVE DOING in daily lives
• We should not bother about what others say. We should listen carefully to our innermost selves only
• We should do our breathing exercises regularly to keep ourselves fit and happy
• Breathing exercises will relieve us of worries and tensions
• We should never dance at the tune of others
• We should be free and independent in our decision making to be happy
• We can never satisfy everybody and hence we should never try that thing...
• We should try hard to develop our own ART OF LIVING, instead of blinding following other great masters in the field
• Lastly, we should be happy in our own unique ways....
• BEING MY OWN BOSS is the ultimate aim in life
• NOT TAKING LIFE SO SERIOUSLY will eliminate many of the troubles of life and living

Winning formulas of life

• Be happy with yourself first and then with  the world at large
• Try to keep your body and mind disease-free, as far as possible
• The greatest evils of faulty lifestyle are high blood sugar and high blood pressure. Hence we have to change our lifestyle today itself...
• Be harsh to yourself regarding health
• Be selective about diet
• Include anti-oxidants in daily meals
• Appropriate quantity of water is a must for each one of us...
• Train your mind to meditate 
• Train your mind to think clearly and systematically to win in life
• Wrong thinking takes life to wrong directions...
• Honesty is always the best policy...
• Do not run after money like fools do...
• Money is the most essential component of living,but addiction to money will make life a hell...
• For important decisions of life, take advice from experts, but take the final decision from your inner conscience and intelligence...
• Kill your consumerist attitudes slowly but steadily to be happy in life...
• Enhance your interpersonal skills and negotiate well in social life to be winners at the end of the day...
• Be your own boss to be happy
• Respect others to be happy
• Strive for personal excellence to be happy and prosperous
• Take enough time to plan your life and execute well to produce tangible outputs...
• Be a role model for many others in your life...
• Minimize pleasure-seeking attitudes, as pleasure is so temporary and hence will make you thoroughly frustrated at the end of the day..
• Realize GOD in your body, mind and soul silently to be ever happy

Attaining happiness, peace and prosperity

• Living with minimum expectations from others will enhance our happiness
• Living with a spirit of 'detachment' will surely pave the way for inner happiness....
• To feel happiness and peace, we must be of good health and a sound mind....
• Working with pleasure for the sake of 'work' only will make us happier...
• Work, work, and work is true life and enjoyment of life
• Expect least from others...
• No external factors can make us happy. It is just a temporary impuse of living. Let's not be overwhelmed by such temporary impulses of pleasure and happiness
• Happiness is a innermost state of life, and the same can be nurtured with detachment, devotion and disinterestedness.....
• Do not be overwhelmed by external mass advertisement, as most of them are false and misleading to remain happy...
• Be happy with yourself first and last...
• Be self-less
• Be neutral as much as possible
• Control all types of greed to be happy
• Be yourself
• Be your own boss
• Earn money through honest means and hard work & sleep well at night
• Keep away from all types of extreme ideas and ideologies for the sake of humanity...
• Do not be influenced by politicians, police and prostitutes(3Ps) of the society
• Do not be influenced by religious fanatics. Make humanity your practical religion.  

Improving self efficacy and ensuring a better world for ourselves

• E-diary for me worked excellently for me, as I did it in the form of excel-sheet on duties and financial actions
• For all types of financial actions, I now use excel sheet so that all actions and balances are tracked properly
• I also am learning to concentrate my mind on what I require to do...
• Mental concentration is the highest ever achievement for any human being to realize truths and realities of existence
• We must be tough with people with psychological disorders of 'ego' of extreme ideologies and ideas
• No religion that possess extreme ideas on human freedom and liberty  can exist on this planet for a long time, as the existence is firmly based on Natural Balance, not on stupid ideologies of exploiting people on self-generated ideas of being absolute destinies of infinite variety of people 
• Lets stop being organized on organized on bureaucratic religious ideas and organizations...
• There is no stupid religion except concern for humanity and compassion
• So, eliminate extreme ideas, ideologies and beings to build a happier world for tomorrows' children

Reasons for less prosperity in my life

• Less of self-confidence
• Less courageous
• In-decisions
• Wrong decisions
• Listening to many others
• Bad companions
• Waste of time and energy
• Study of large number of subjects
• Less enthusiasm in any matter
• Lack of clarity
• Inability to say NO to many things
• Home-sickness

Art of living a happier life

• Detachment is the key word in attaining a reasonable level of happiness and peace...
• We should remain highly active in routine and creative activities to be happy
• We should not be emotionally much involved in the fruits of our labor. We should work harder and forget about it. Waiting for the fruits produces emotional attachment that might make us unhappy...
• We should try to do our duties well....
• Happiness lies in  'forget and forgive' in social circumstances
• Happiness lies in selfless actions
• Too much of  thinking and worrying produce negative impact on both body and mind...
• Worrying is truly a bad habit...Worrying is a sheer waste of time and energy
• We should learn to organize our 'thinking' process
• More organized is our thinking process, better our actions in the field and actions in the field become the source of happiness and satisfaction....
• Life is action, and powerful action results from organized and planned 'thinking'
• Hence, thinking is the man
• Quality of thinking defines the quality of the person 
• To change anything in life, we must firstly change our core 'thinking' process
• Think deeply for a long time on a particular topic and arrive at certain concrete conclusions & then apply the principle of  'plan-decide-act'

Being in the company of good people...

• To remain happy, we must seek the company of honest and good people...
• We can be carefree and relaxed with good people and hence level of happiness is enhanced...
• At the same time, bad people creates a negative atmosphere around them and we feel awkward about openness, frankness and liberty 
• We must also learn to handle tough and difficult people. This is an art. We should be master of human psychology that we adjust and adapt ourselves to the environment. We should also be equally strong and tough so that we are not unduly exploited...
• We should learn the ART OF SAYING 'NO'. This is very important for personal peace and happiness
• We should learn to organize our thinking process so that we become more productive at the end of the day...
• We should filter out garbage from our minds so that our actions are well-defined and well-channelized...
• We should try hard to use our brain and knowledge. Knowledge becomes powerful, when used with tact and diplomacy.... 

Realizations of life...

• To be very frank, the world is primarily ruled by the rich, mighty, and the powerful people.
• It is quite challenging to acquire power in the society...
• By God's Grace, only a few people enjoy power, authority and riches
• At the same time, rich people , many times , are not the happier people 
• Happiness is a state of mind, where peace exists in harmonious relationships with large number of personal and social factors
• Happiness is just a personal feeling of being in a state of peace with one's own self...
• We need sufficient amount of money and wealth to live happily, but money and wealth are the reasons for being happy
• The natural tendency is that everybody wants to be happy, but very few people know what happiness is....
• To be happy, one should become as simple as a child....

Enjoying my present life

• Reading of two good books: HOW TO REMAIN EVER HAPPY by MK Gupta & sECRETS OF MIND POWER By Harry Lorayne
• These books are simply excellent for self-improvement for any person....
• Retention of breath exercises is giving me very good results. My mental and physical strengths are slowly getting boosted up...
• What I now realize is that we should translate our organized and systematic thoughts into practical actions so that we become more productive and creative in our present life...
• Three things are most vital to unfolding of our inner talents:actions based on planned thinking,  higher level of mental concentration and and consistent attitude of  living in the present 

About Late Prof.Debashis Lahiri of Techno India...

• Devotion towards content-development, knowledge and his daily activities as a teacher...
• Great sense of humor
• Large number of foreign assignments and hence opportunities for earning good amount of money
• A good administrator
• A disciplined man
• A dedicated teacher...
• A good leader
• Hard core professionalism 
• High thinking
• Love for life and humanity
• Great sacrifice for his near and dear ones
• Technically a strong person....
• Affection for others
• Personal honesty
• Personal courage and confidence
• A good entrepreneur, himself
• Energy, enthusiasm and leadership par excellence

What I learnt from Late Dr.MN Mitra(CU, Physics)

• Extraordinary communicative skills
• Depth of knowledge of the practical aspects of the theories of basic Physics
• Personal charisma for attracting students by his great speeches
• Personal devotion towards laboratory classes...
• Great level of energy, enthusiasm and zeal at the age of more than 70 years....
• Encouragement to others to grow and develop
• Affection towards and sharp intelligence at such an old age
• A true karma-yogi

What I learnt from Mission-10X program of WIPRO

• Superb training on high-impact communication skills and teaching methods by Prof. Ganguly...
• Basic training on creating drama in class room
• Overcoming shyness in various manners
• Making effective public presentation...
• Training on Nature of human intelligence in the form of remembering, understanding, analyzing , applying and creating knowledge
• Students-centered  teaching learning system
• Outcome based teaching learning system
• Motivational inputs to students
• Creating interest in the minds of the students  and hence serving the nation its future development....

Strength is life...

• Swami Vivekananda says: strength is life, weakness death
• Hence, we should try hard to build on our existing strengths
• Then we should be sincere about eliminating our weaknesses, one by one
• To realize the self and GOD, we need sufficient strengths of body, mind and soul...
• But we should deeper secrets of GOD-realization to our own selves only, as it is the deepest personal and emotional feeling our existence
• We should only set certain examples through our actions

Education is an essential component of modern lives...

• Education is a life-long process....
• Continuous learning will keep us younger
• Hence , not to stop learning...
• Elder people are neglected in the society, because many of them do not up grade their technical skills...
• Elder people are no longer respected much in family and society, as they become partly or wholly dependent on other family members.....
• The biggest factor is that elders must earn their own financial and medical security for their last phases...
• So, we must mind our finance from today
• We must minimize our non-essential expenses from today
• We must start saving money from today
• We must buy insurance policies from now, if that was not done earlier...
• We must take care of health parameters 
• We must take regular physical exercises like yoga, free-hand, Kapal-Bhati, and other breathing exercises to remain fit and healthy
• Health is the greatest wealth in our present and future lives
• We must stop unregulated lifestyles from today
• We must also enjoy life
• We must take time to smile and laugh
• We must take care of our family members
• We must spend time with our near and dear ones....
• We must be able to build a better self-image for ourselves
• We should behave well with others
• We must help others in need
• We also need some fun in life

Expertise in any field...

• Experts are those people, in a particular professional area, who are master of the following fundamental scientific operations:

1. addition
2. subtraction
3. multiplication
4. division
5. differentiation
6. integration

Highest aim in personal life....

• Enjoyment of personal freedom and liberty , without disturbing others in any manner...
• Being carefree...
• Avoiding confrontation and conflicts, except in exceptional situations
• Finding a fine balance among conflicting factors in social situations
• Selfless service, as per the needs and demands on the self...
• Realizing GOD in this very life
• Earning money through honest means and hard labor
• Not doing any harm to others
• Being happy in one's own ways
• Overcoming material desires slowly, but steadily to realize GOD in self
• Being One with GOD and His Supreme Consciousness
• Giving love and compassion to others selflessly
• Adapting to the changing circumstances of life and living
• Updating the self on the latest Economic-Social-Political-Technological(ESPT) situations of life and living

Dealing with shrewd people...

• Better to speak as less as possible...
• Never to express frank personal opinion
• Never to reveal personal secrets
• Never to reveal trade secrets
• Never to disseminate knowledge and information 
• Better to keep some reasonable distance...
• Better to avoid the companion of shrewd people
• Better to behave well with such people
• Better to take strong steps whenever required

Art of living

We should take care of the following challenges to be able to enjoy a better life:

• Social aspects
• Political aspects
• Economic aspects
• Science and technology factors of living
• Care of the family members
• Continuous Education and training of the self
• Special care of the important health parameters and fitness
• Spiritual development of the self
• Developing own philosophy of living
• Not imitating others
• Being one's own self in all matters
• Self-esteem
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills

Seminars and conferences teach us a lot of things...

• Seminars and conferences teach us a lot of things which are usually not written in books
• There are very good speakers from which we can learn the art of communication skills & effective public speaking
• Good speakers have great command on the subjects and sub-topics of the content...
• Apparently, we feel as if we know what the speaking is saying, but we are actually not prepared as the speaker is....
• Seminars and conferences open up new areas of thinking 
• Most of the speakers are found to be extremely fit and stout & disciplined & thoroughly prepared 
• They plan their speech very well and possibly they rehearse a lot about the content-delivery as well as dramatics involved....

Foundation of my present life

• Concern for my family members and then others in the society
• Love of knowledge, ideas, ideals and wisdom
• Love and passion for teaching and training
• Love for honesty and integrity
• Spirituality in action
• Prayer to GOD
• Yoga, Meditation  and Pranayama
• Slow but steady  Detachment from worldly enjoyments

Improving the standard of thinking and living....

• Quality of our thoughts determine the way we behave and act...
• Hence, we must have a life inspired by high ideas, ideas and ideologies so that we could do some good things for the human society
• When our lives are governed by wisdom, knowledge, ideas and ideals, we transform ourselves to higher level of consciousness and we derive spiritual pleasure out of our lofty thoughts and emotional feelings
• Mind is the man, and hence we should take special care of our mental processes so that we remain mentally alert and sound....
• Mind power occupy the central place in one's life and the whole world revolves round the superb mind power of a few people...
• We should then focus upon the actions we take from certain inspiration, motivations and ideals of truth and reality...
• 'Think-decide-act-review' should our guiding principle in personal life so that we remain productive and creative in our specialized domain of activities...
• Through better self-management, we emerge as more effective persons and through continuity of our hard work, we slowly develop creativity and innovation in our fields of activities...
• The world produces huge number of clerks for its administration, but mostly the clerks are supposed to produce 'copy and paste' materials devoid of creativity. But, if a clerk wants to be a creative person, he or she can become creative, if his or her inner willingness is generated spontaneously...
• The best manner in which we can be happy is to apply creativity and innovations in our daily activities....
• Happiness is a state of mind in which we feel no worries, tensions, anxiety and remain engrossed in some kind of routine or creative activities
• Our actions will display our level of happiness...
• Attitudes towards life matter in determining our happiness...
• If we are in the company of bad and dishonest people, temporarily, we might feel certain pleasure, but our mind may get polluted by wrong patterns of thoughts and ideas...
• Hence, we should try to be in the company of good persons and honest individuals....
• We should say our daily prayers to speak to GOD silently so that we might be blessed by His Divine Grace
• We must remember that we are basically playthings at the hands of GOD and we are only serving GOD through our daily actions....
• Life is action...
• We should try to take actions that will be some benefit to ourselves and others
• Selfishness will always led to utter frustration and unhappiness
• We should be open to newer ideas so that we fine-tune our own ART OF LIVING  

Seeking the company of honest and spiritual personalities

• Meeting with saintly people enriches our lives in many ways
• Honesty gets embedded in our mind and heart...
• Company of bad and dishonest people slowly corrupt our mind and souls, and make us prone to greed and other negative emotions
• Lust, anger and greed are basically the gateway to sins and hellish experiences of life
• Knowledge is power and we should try to acquire knowledge in as many fields as possible
• We must also specialize in certain domains so that we sustain a good standard of living for self and family members
• We should serve the society through our meaningful actions
• "Service" is the key to happiness and peace
• The greatest satisfaction comes from doing our duties with heart-felt pleasure....
• "Work with pleasure" should be motto of a good human life...
• The basic art of living lies in working hard with detachment and devotion....
• True happiness lies in seeking GOD within our own selves...
• A truly spiritual person will radiate positive energy to others at the lower level which is dipped in excessive materialistic desires and consumerist attitudes towards the Divine life and existence
• Our life is truly divine in nature and hence we should try hard to realize our true spiritual self....

We should be intensely aware of the protection of natural environment

Living among the natural environment should be the ultimate aim of one human being: 

Striving hard to change myself...

• Professionalism ,in my present  style of working,  should be improved...especially not to keep things pending for long time
• Health parameters need to be improved, especially drinking right quantity of water
• Duration of yogic exercises should be slightly increased up to one hour daily, from present level of half an hour
• Breathing exercises are showing good results for me and I am overcoming my physical weakness by doing pranayama
• I am trying to read some good books almost everyday to keep myself alert...
• Interpersonal relationships require improvement, as I am unable to devote much time to certain people...
• To me, MANAGEMENT  has become an integrated area of science, technology and art
• Management principles and practices are inherently very complex, as it deals with complex human behaviors
• We must master human psychology for mastering Managerial and Leadership styles ...
• To me, Management studies have become a top priority, as this is the most interesting branch of study that involves human resources, marketing, consumer behaviors, finance and operational strategies....
• In my opinion, everybody should study management basics for improving personal productivity and achieving personal excellence...

Life is LITP

• LITP is living in the present
• Forget about anything else, focus on present moment
• There is nothing to gain in life, except GOD realization
• You are actually nothing s but a plaything at the hand s of GOD

The art of living a life gifted by GOD

·        Health is life’s topmost priority

·        Desires have no limits, and can never be fully satisfied

·        Hence, it is best to have self-control over all kinds of desires,  to realize the Ultimate Truth, GOD

·        Enchanting of Holy Names of GOD gives us peace and tranquility

·        Nothing is absolute except the existence of GOD…

·        We should slowly be prepared to die a physical death….as man is mortal

·        GOD makes us do whatever we do, but we must have conscience to do good things in life

·        Basic biological life is same for one and all….

·        In this life, we are supposed to realize GOD and His Divine Creations for eternity…

·        GOD only gives us name, fame, wealth, money, pleasure and we should be grateful to GOD for His Divine Grace

·        We are almost nothing, but the innocent Children of GOD….

·        So, let’s live a GOD-dependent life for ever

Most inspiring words of my present life...

• Management IS A Science....
• Motivation CAN BE CREATED BY AN EFFECTIVE LEADER
• Inspiration
• Strong & positive thinking
• Possibility Thinking
• Tough times are not tough for tough people
• Yes, I can do
• Never stop learning
• Learn, learn and learn through ACTIVE LISTENING
• Praise others SINCERELY
• Compassion
• Service
• Sense of Humor
• Smile and laughter
• Be a fighter
• Build up your strengths slowly but steadily
• Respect for others
• MEDITATION FOR PEACE AND GOD....
• Stress-free living
• SPIRITUALITY
• Be evergreen by KNOWLEDGE-SKILLS-ATTITUDES AND ABILITIES
• Be SELFLESS
• BE DETACHED AND ENJOY LIFE, AS IT COMES ....
• Happiness lies in GIVING
• SELFISHNESS IS A SIN...
• CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION ARE THE HIGHEST QUALITIES OF ANY HUMAN BEING
• WALK THE TALK
• DO IT NOW
• MANAGEMENT IS A SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY BASED ON HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY
• GIVE YOUR BEST...
• LIFE IS A FUN, ENJOY IT....
• BE THE CHANGE
• LOVE PEOPLE
• FORGET YOUR YOURSELF AND DO YOUR DUTIES WITH DETACHMENT & DEVOTION....

Being happy

• Being happy means being DETACHED from non-nonsensical  aspects of life
• Being  disinterested is another great technology
• Being in the MEDITATIVE STATE IS THE BIGGEST OPTION BEFORE ANYBODY....

Four pillars of physical existence with reasonable level of happiness & satisfaction

The pillars of personal challenges, trials & tribulations, struggles and testing phases are:

How to remain

• COOL
• CALM
• CONFIDENT
• COURAGEOUS

Staying positive is really a big step in one's life...

• There will always be merits and demerits in any system, but 'STAYING POSITIVE' is the biggest step one can take and the consequent results will always be ENCOURAGING AND STIMULATING...
• I have realized that CRITICIZING IS AN EASY TASK , BUT TAKING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING SYSTEM IS QUITE CHALLENGING...
• Instead of taking CHALLENGE, we usually tend to take SHORT CUT TO CRITICIZE AND MAKE THINGS MORE COMPLICATED...
• My personal experience says that WE SHOULD NOT GO ON BACK-BITING PEOPLE & SHOULD ABSTAIN FROM TELLING BAD THINGS ABOUT OTHERS...
• It is wise to SAY GOOD THINGS ABOUT OTHERS & ACT ACCORDING TO PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ONLY, IF NEEDED...
• What we can do is that WE CAN GO ON INCREASING OUR LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGH DEVOTED HARD WORK AND APPLICATION OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION...
• Creativity and Innovation can take us forwards and in the long run, we shall be rewarded by GOD for our hard work....
• We should also speak the truth frankly so that we do not get trapped in the vicious circle of lies and falsehood....
• We should never bluff and cheat people...
• We should give our best in whatever situations we are in ....
• We should make our present moments stronger and stronger so that our future should be taken care of by GOD Himself...
• We should be symbol of simplicity and humility for achieving greater heights in life...
• People will be there in plenty to criticize and pull our legs and make us feel bad, but our inner character, confidence, calmness and moral strength will certainly be rewarded by GOD & the surrounding environment...

Attitudes occupy primary place for greater progress in life...

• Attitudes are the foundation for most of the human behaviors and actions
• It is best to form strong and positive attitudes...
• It is difficult to change age-old attitudes, but continuous learning process can be of great help..
• If our learning is continued, new lessons will enhance formation of better attitudes and habits...
• 'TRY AGAIN AND AGAIN' should be our guiding principle in life
• Our ancestors used to say to us 'TRY AGAIN AND AGAIN'. But we have forgotten such great words and owing to laziness, we hardly apply such great lessons to our daily life....
• It is always better to keep ourselves engaged in activities that might be either of routine nature or creative. We shall feel ourselves happy and peaceful, as we hardly understand how the time has passed...
• Life is a daily struggle and each day brings us newer opportunities and challenges 
• Let us take one day a time and act on the basis of our present day priorities...
• Priority based actions are the most justified one for all of us...
• That's why I REPEATEDLY THAT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES SHOULD BE APPLIED JUDICIOUSLY IN OUR DAILY LIVES so that we become PRODUCTIVE AND CREATIVE IN A GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES...
• Self-management is the top most priority in one's life...
• I repeated say that AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE MUST BE ABLE TO FINISH OUR ASSIGNED JOBS AND RESPONSIBILITIES....
• This can happen most perfectly through PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY...
• To me, MANAGEMENT IS BOTH A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY based upon the fundamentals of human psychology, sociology, culture, human factors engineering and the science of MOTIVATION
• MANAGEMENT IS A VERY COMPLEX SCIENCE, BASED UPON HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY, MOTIVATION, SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS...
• EACH HUMAN BEHAVIOR HAS psychological basis, economic basis, political basis, and mental basis...
• Human behaviors are extremely complex, but most the fundamental aspects of brain-functioning and behavioral tendencies are now revealed through scientific researches and there are established facts and figureS that are nowadays widely applied in MODERN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY...
• Secrets of MANAGEMENT lie on deep understanding of LUST-ANGER-GREED-INFATUATION-EGO-JEALOUSY  among the human beings. Controlling such passions and engaging people to productive activities is the greatest function of MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS...

Coping up with stress...

• Daily job pressure in modern life is quite high...
• To overcome such mental and physical pressure, I am trying MEDITATION as a tool & I have been benefited for last few days and I am trying to continue, as MEDITATION SURELY HAS ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ON BOTH BODY AND MIND...
• People are mostly driven by negative emotions of anger, jealousy, revengeful attitudes and such actions will kill them slowly but steadily...
• So, let us decide to eliminate all kinds of enmity , jealousy and revengeful attitudes for ever, to be at peace with ourselves...
• Through MEDITATION, WE REALIZE THE FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF TRUTH AND REALITY....
• Everything is so transitory, we must realize...
• Many political brains are destroying youth power through their misguided ideologies ,,, mostly those ideologies are not strongly founded on humanistic ideals, compassion, human development & peace, morality and ethics...So such completely wrong ideologies should be banned throughout the world by meaningful intervention of the UN Mechanisms and political diplomacy...
• People are largely misguided at the hands of the political masters as well as so called extremist ideologues 
• This happens due to lack of spiritual ideologies based upon humanistic ideals and humanistic services to the needy and the distressed

It is always better to avoid controversial and sarcastic comments...

• Best policy is to talk as less as possible...
• We should never reply to each and everything that others say...
• Best way is to say 'NO COMMENT, BROTHER /SISTER'
• Mismanaged comments make our situations complicated...
• Telling bad things about others is always risky, as ego is supreme in the lives of many people...
• It is better to praise others
• It is better to say good things about others
• It is better to give a smile to bad elements....
• It is best to dress well at work place....
• It is best to be professional

My long professional experience....

• There are good and bad managers at the work place, but bad managers are doing more harm to talented people through their poisonous actions....
• During my tenure at GAIL, I could find some very good management personnel and there are a lot of things that we can learn from them...some had been egoistic , mediocre and nakedly biased and partial...
• While, I had been running my coaching institute at Kolkata, I received huge response from students and guardians. But I networked with such friends who forced me to 'unprofessional', slowly but steadily. I could not understand their tricks. My fault lied on my simplicity and humility and carefree characteristics....When I could realize my big faults, I had to change my job. The decision was catalyzed by certain wrong advice and attitudes of some of my  close relatives...I had to close my institute in a few days' notice. Then I joined teaching in private engineering college. The experience here is mixed and full of variety...I realized here that teaching is fundamentally a PASSION and it requires guts, confidence and knowledge to continue in this profession...
• Here, again I could not progress much, as I did not have enough qualifications. Especially In our country, mostly, Quality is purely judged by so called academic degrees only ....
• But, there should be no space for any personal frustration, as frustration only can depress and do no good to anybody....
• I need to evaluate myself in totality, not by a few so called parameters of material achievements....
• God is merciful and hence, I go no regaining my inner self-confidence, as I had always been a good lover of books...
• Books have given me almost everything in life...I could spend lacs of rupees on buying books and reading them, whenever the need arises...
• BOOKS ARE OUR BEST FRIENDS....
• Books give us the fine opportunity of spending time well...
• Books inspire our thoughts
• Books give us innovative ideas
• Books ignite creativity in us...
• Books give us the right direction in tough times
• Books are our best teachers...
• Other than books, I am trying to enjoy gardening....
• I am learning MEDITATION for the third time to improve myself in many ways...
• I am trying to be more confident and courageous in facing the world....
• I am trying to overcome my old habit of thinking negative....
• I am trying to improve my health parameters....
• I am now a better listener, and I am trying to improve my SPEAKING POWER....

Thoughts of the day

• Yes. It is possible to transform ourselves through meditation
• Unthinkable changes will develop with our inner selves and  among the methods by which we excel , meditation is one of the greatest
• Our personal efficiency will surely be boosted up
• Our thought pattern will change for the better
• Concentration will certainly improve and our interpersonal behaviors will drastically improve
• We shall feel strengths and vigor in both body and mind...
• Mental concentration is the ultimate thing in achieving excellence in our field s of activities
• Yes, our inner consciousness will certainly improve and our personality traits will certainly be enhanced 

Thoughts of the day

• Today, I could spend some time on studying about MEDITATION
• I also tried meditating for some time and I found it quite interesting
• There are great number of benefits of meditation
• It relieves us of stress, anxiety
• Meditation refreshes the brain and improves its general functioning including improving our memory
• Meditation helps us feel good with ourselves
• It takes us to higher level of inner consciousness & transforms our abilities to newer levels of excellence
• To excel personally and to improve our will force, we may try meditation under the guidance of an expert
• One very common technique of meditation is my being focused on our breathing process for a considerably long duration....
• Meditation pacifies our mind and stops unnecessary mental chattering

Thoughts of the day...

• 'Positive thinking' is the greatest achievement of one's life, such thinking process energizes our body and mind for positive & creative actions
• Creativity is the highest state of  any human being, as it unfolds the inner talents and creates new ideas and new art...
• To be creative, we should be involved in self-meditation and self-exploration so that our actions take the form of an art.....
• Artistic skills and abilities in any profession give us the joy of creation that goes beyond so called materialistic pleasures of life...
• We should not estimate all our actions in terms of money. Money is an essential part of modern life. We can not do without money. But when our actions progress towards the art form, we tend to forget about the involvement of money and our artistic actions give us enormous satisfaction...

It is always better to talk less...

• Talkativeness always is risky
• Relations sour because of unmindful and careless talks only
• Hence, patience is of utmost importance in giving opinions
• It is better to express opinions very very cautiously...
• This is a great lesson in my life
• It is best to talk bad things about others...
• It is better to avoid confrontations, except in extreme emergencies....
• It is great idea to listen more and more to understand the undercurrents of motives and drives of others... 

Being a positive thinker...

• Most of our problems are psychological in nature
• We are bounded by our limited thinking abilities
• We are limited by our self-confidence and self-belief
• If we start believing in ourselves, things will start changing for us...
• Hence, we must begin to think positive about ourselves, to do great things in life...
• Let us not be subdued by criticisms and caustic remarks of the so called intellectual fools who constantly suffer scholarly or academic dysentery or diarrhea ....
• Let's be bold and courageous and act accordingly

'Survival of the fittest' should be accepted as a bare truth...

• To survive we need hard core skills to be employed in any business situation 
• We must be able to earn enough money and resources to keep up a decent standard of living
• We have to struggle a lot to survive only
• There are infinite number of factors that affect our lives and among them, food, shelter, education and health-care are most important for each one of us....
• We should be strong, stout and fit to be able to withstand stiff competition in our field of activities
• We should therefore prepare ourselves for the struggles
• We should try hard to develop right of skills and courage to beat all kinds of competitions
• Hence, THREE  things are most vital: KNOWLEDGE,SKILLS AND COURAGE(KSC)
• We should ask ourselves daily: DO I POSSESS RIGHT KIND OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COURAGE REQUIRED FOR TOP POSITION IN SOCIETY, INDUSTRY, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS?
• If I have those qualities, NOBODY CAN STOP ME TO RISE TO THE TOP IN THE SOCIETY, INDUSTRY, ACADEMICS
• We fail to rise to TOP POSITION, BECAUSE WE ARE LIMITED BY 'SELF-DOUBTS'
• SELF-DOUBT is our great ENEMY
• SELF-DOUBT is the source of all kinds of failures in our lives
• So, THE VERY FIRST STEP IS TO REMOVE VARIETY OF SELF-DOUBTS, INFERIORITY COMPLEXES AND PROMINENT WEAKNESSES
• SELF-BELIEF AND SELF-CONFIDENCE ARE THE BIGGEST QUALITIES OF ANY HUMAN BEING
• We should wake up to the calls of OPPORTUNITIES AND GET RELIEVED OF ALL KINDS OF WEAKNESSES AND LET MIRACLES HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY 

There are infinite dimensions of success in life

• It is unjustified to judge success of a person by one or two parameters
• There is truly a hero in each person...
• There is a biography of each person...
• You, many times, shall get astonished by true heroic stories of the so-called ordinary people
• I myself get astonished by extraordinary stories from the lives so called most ordinary people

My experience says:

• people are in general very selfish, egoistic and jealous....and apparently they are not so.
• People tend to pretend on every pretext...there is no set boundary
• people, in general, are very complex and they pretend to be simple 
• people are greedy, in general. There are exceptions too.
• satisfaction comes from selfless activities and sacrifices
• hard work and dedication pay us in the form of success and prosperity
• mostly, sinners get punished by GOD, today or tomorrow
• only the courageous become successful....
• talkers, mostly, are not doers...
• social harmony and peace are disturbed by cheats, hooligans and the corrupts

For a better and more peaceful world...

• Better the level of elementary education, the better will be societal conditions
• 'Education for all' should be slogan for all societies
• 'Discipline for all'
• 'Nutrition for all'....
• 'Health care for all'....
• As far as possible, social justice and "more equitable distribution of natural resources and wealth" by a striking a balance among infinite of factors
• Love one and all...
• Upholding the basic cultural ideals for all people among all kinds of diversities
• Educate people on ethics, morality, beauty, culture, taste, specialized skills...
• 'Respect and dignity for all'...
• 'Eliminate hooliganism and violence' from all societies

Certain milestones in practical decision-making...

• We should consult experts for their specialized advice before making tough decisions
• We should seek second and third opinion
• Then, we should make and take decisions by applying our own brains and common sense
• We should cross-examine facts and figures
• We should keep records systematically
• Health-care is the ultimate thing in one's life
• We should communicate well and effectively to succeed in life
• Fear is a great killer, as it kills the basic intelligence and common sense of a person
• We should remind ourselves that we have great potential to grow, develop and shine in life
• Keeping faith in one's own self is the biggest factor in life
• We should remember that we are supposed to deliver the goods at the end of the day...

hence,

• consult a specialist
• take 2nd opinions
• be yourself
• be unique
• deliver the goods
• be cool and calm
• take stock of the situation
• understand ground realities
• apply common sense
• love people
• giving your best and forget about everything else
• kill complexes and ego
• read good books and apply those great ideas in your practical life
• Walk the talk
• set examples and lead....
• be happy at the end of the day....

The art of living...

• enjoying witty sense of humor is excellent
• enjoying one's good health
• having meaningful discussion with people of great worth and great qualities
• working sincerely for the employer
• enhancing performance
• enhancing personality traits
• changing leadership styles for personal effectiveness
• developing  and employing knowledge, skills, abilities and attitudes(KSAA) for achieving higher levels of success.... 
• Being as selfless as possible 
• Being detached from all kinds of conflicts, violence, clash of ego, jealousy, enmity & other negative emotions 

My daily struggles

• maintaining good health
• managing personal finance
• networking with people I never loved or liked
• feeling comfortable with myself
• managing time for self-studies for self-development
• eliminating bad habits
• overcoming laziness
• managing time for increased effectiveness of the self...
• avoiding political discussion with colleagues and friends
• writing for the sake of writing only
• loving my daily work
• avoiding distraction of the mind to various directions...