All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.
Swami Vivekananda
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
Swami Vivekananda
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.
Swami Vivekananda
Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
Swami Vivekananda
External nature is only internal nature writ large.
Swami Vivekananda
GOD is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
Swami Vivekananda
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.
Swami Vivekananda
If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Swami Vivekananda
In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.
Swami Vivekananda
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.
Swami Vivekananda
Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.
Swami Vivekananda
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Swami Vivekananda
That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.
Swami Vivekananda
The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
Swami Vivekananda
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
Swami Vivekananda
The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
Swami Vivekananda
The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.
Swami Vivekananda
The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
Swami Vivekananda
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Swami Vivekananda
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
Swami Vivekananda
When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.
Swami Vivekananda
Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.
Swami Vivekananda
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
Swami Vivekananda
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
Swami Vivekananda
Friday, October 24, 2008
Top 25 Success Quotations
Top 25 Success Quotations.
Consider what it takes to become an undeniable success with these sincere quotations that identify the fundamental factors necessary to triumph...
" Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing."
-- Abraham Lincoln 
"God gave us two ends. One to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one you use; head you win -- tails, you lose."
-- Anonymous 
"The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. "
-- Ayn Rand 
"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."
-- B. R. Hayden 
"Success is a journey, not a destination. "
-- Ben Sweetland 
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"The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."
-- Benjamin Disraeli 
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
-- Bill Cosby
"The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm? to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore."
-- Cyril Connolly 
"All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."
-- Danny Thomas 
"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other."
-- Erma Bombeck 
"Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must first set yourself on fire."
-- Fred Shero 
"Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time."
-- George Bernard Shaw 
"A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success."
-- Joyce Brothers 
"Failure is success if we learn from it."
-- Malcolm S. Forbes 
"The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself."
-- Mark Caine 
"True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful. "
-- Paul Sweeney 
"Get up one time more than you're knocked down."
-- Peter's Principle of Success 
"Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit."
-- Robert Schuller
"The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent."
-- Smiley Blanton 
"When your physical environment is in alignment with your aspiration, success becomes the norm."
-- Susan St Lawrence 
"The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people."
-- Theodore Roosevelt 
"The way to succeed is to double your error rate."
-- Thomas Watson http://hindijokes. informe.com
"Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price."
-- Vince Lombardi 
"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm."
-- Winston Churchill 
"Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have."
Six Reasons Salary Statistics Don't Tell the Whole Story
We've all read those fantastical career stories about starting salaries that sound too good to be true. While the old saying 'if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is,' can be true in many cases, those starting salary statistics do hold some truth. There's more to those sometimes eye-popping starting salary statistics than, well than meets the eye. You've heard of six degrees of separation? Think of this as six reasons to get a degree.
Double Your Money
It used to be that blood, sweat and tears were all that someone needed in order to achieve top-dollar status. The times, however, are changing. These days, you generally need to have your college degree if you want to get ahead in most careers. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, bachelor's degree holders earn over 50 percent of the annual salary of someone with just a high school diploma. Not only does this make a sizeable impact on your monthly paycheck, consider this for further motivation to get your degree: over the average American adult's working life, high school graduates earn an average of $1.2 million; associate degree holders earn about $1.6 million; and bachelor's degree holders earn about $2.1 million.
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Job Retention
To paraphrase Mark Twain, there are three kinds of lies: lies, darn lies and statistics. In this case, the statistics are hard to refute. Not only do college graduates earn more over their lifetime, but finding a new job and keeping it can be easier for those who have college degrees. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 'Education pays in higher earnings and lower unemployment rates.' The BLS reports an unemployment rate of 1.4 percent in 2007 for those with a doctoral degree, 1.8 percent for those with a master's degree, 2.2 percent for those with a bachelor's degree, 3.0 percent for those with an associate degree, and 4.4 percent for those with only a high school diploma. In other words, those without at least a bachelor's degree from either an online or campus based college were twice as likely to experience unemployment. Even an associate degree improves the odds by over a percentage point.
More than Money
The intrinsic value of a college diploma extends far beyond better job prospects, career training and enhanced wage earning potential. According to College Board, individuals who have attended college receive more than just salary benefits. Benefits such as vacation time and health insurance are greater for college graduates. Those with degrees also benefited from improved working conditions and greater professional mobility. A degree often gives you more options -- not only in what you choose to do for living, but where, when and how you choose to do it.
Health Benefits
The College Board also reports encouraging demographic statistics for college graduates. For example, many who have completed a college diploma program have priceless health benefits such as longer life expectancy and lower risk of obesity and heart disease. Even more important to many parents who are considering going back to school, children of college graduates generally have a better quality of life as well as improved test scores and cognitive abilities.
A Better Work-Life Balance
In addition to the salary, employment, and fringe and health benefits, college graduates have the unexpected benefit of the fun factor. Not only are college graduates more likely to go hiking and camping, they are also more likely to go to amusement parks, art museums and sporting events. They vote more and they tend to read more. They also pay more taxes, but that's because they earn more.
Life Satisfaction
While having more money, more fringe benefits and more leisure time are compelling reasons to get your college degree, there are many less obvious but just as important reasons why pursuing a degree is worthwhile. You will have the satisfaction of learning about things that interest you and expanding your knowledge and skills. While these are not the primary reasons most people initially choose to attend college, they are the elements that many graduates appreciate the most after having obtained their degree. You'll learn to think critically and strategically. You'll also learn how to manage your time.
Money talks, but salary statistics don't tell the whole story. No matter what career path you intend to follow, a higher degree can position you to make the most of your opportunities. While receiving a bigger paycheck is a huge bonus, getting your college degree can have a wide-ranging impact on your - and your children's -- quality of life.
Does It Pay To Be the Bad Guy at Work?
One of my favorite high school teachers was also one of the least liked by many students. He assigned a lot of homework, gave the kind of exams I had nightmares about and therefore gave only mostly Bs and Cs each semester. In class, when someone gave the wrong answer, he didn't humor us by saying, "Well, almost ... " He would tell you that wasn't the right answer without belittling you and then asked if anyone else knew the correct response. He was the exact opposite of the popular teachers. Still, those who dared to take his class actually respected him quite a bit.
My GPA didn't like him, but I learned a lot more from his class than any other. If I gave an incorrect answer in class, I never forgot the right one. I learned how to study and to accept imperfect scores -- both valuable lessons when I went to college.
The whole tough love approach wasn't easy to take, and at times I imagine it wasn't easy for him to be the bad guy, but it worked out for the best. It's a good approach to use in business, too.
What does bad mean?
At work, there are two types of bad guys or gals. One is the actual enemy -- the person who sets out to make your life miserable. This could be the co-worker who steals your ideas and then makes you look incompetent in front of the boss. The other kind is the person who will take unpopular stances for the good of the company.
At first glance, being the second type of bad guy doesn't seem so bad because your ultimate purpose is an admirable one. But, do you want to explain to the boss that her new plan is actually an old one that failed miserably? Do you want to tell your colleague that his work ethic is damaging the team's reputation? Honesty can earn you a reputation as the enemy rather than the tough-love friend and alienate co-workers who don't see you as a team player.
How to make the bad image work for you
Whether you're the CEO or an administrative assistant, everybody wants respect. Remember: Anyone can complain, but a critical thinker can offer insight for people to consider. If you're going to express an unpopular opinion, justify it and offer some good alternatives instead of just problems.
When you're highlighting someone's mistake, be honest but tactful. If you have a caustic tone when you approach some team members about an unsuccessful deadline, you'll immediately put them on the defensive. Speaking down to anyone, especially in front of other people, will reflect worse on you than on the person who made a mistake.
Think about my unpopular high school teacher. He didn't coddle us but he didn't make us feel stupid. Would you want to work for a boss who didn't have the same respect for you? Probably not, says Laurent Duperval, president of Duperval Consulting.
"Employees want to be treated with respect and they want to feel valuable," Duperval cautions. If your type of bad guy is disrespectful and humiliating, then don't expect to receive much appreciation in return.
Duperval witnessed examples of the wrong kind of bad guy on multiple occasions. When a boss fired an employee via e-mail, several other employees soon found work elsewhere because they didn't want to receive the same disrespect. Chances are, if the person was fired for just cause, the other employees wouldn't have feared for their jobs. But if the boss didn't have the decency to tell the person face-to-face, in private, what else would he be willing to do when they made a mistake?
Being Mr. or Mrs. Popular shouldn't be your No. 1 work goal, of course; but you should think about the kind of culture your harsh critiques cultivates.
"One person's good guy is the next person's bad guy and vice versa. The question is: Did you get compliance or commitment?" Duperval asks. "With compliance, you get what you want in the short term, but the long-term price can be steep."
How can you do it right?
Being the bad guy (but really being the good guy) isn't impossible, it just requires careful attention.
- Don't throw anyone under the bus. You'll come off as a traitor if you're quick to pin blame on someone without offer suggestions of how you can collectively improve next time.
- Don't mistake honesty for cruelty. Telling the truth isn't painless, but it doesn't need to be torture.
- Keep things in perspective. Sometimes it's OK to let little things slide. Nobody's perfect, so there's no need to highlight every mistake someone makes.
- Be the good guy, too. When something goes well, make a point to mention it. Being the bearer of bad news gets old for both you and others.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
"In my research, 9 out of 10 people who've lost weight and maintained it exercise regularly and make it a critical part of their lives," says Fletcher. Even if you've never been a fitness fanatic, it's not too late to get moving. Even taking a few 15-minute walks throughout the day will be a move in the right direction. Once you start to enjoy the mood-boosting and calorie-burning advantages of exercise, start looking for ways to keep your workouts interesting. Join a local gym and try a variety of classes and cardio machines, find friends to walk with, or experiment with at-home exercise DVDs.
Almost everyone is guilty of occasionally drowning their sorrows in a pint of Ben & Jerry's or taking out frustration on a batch of brownies, but thin people definitely don't make it a habit. "They tend not to eat purely for emotional reasons," says Fletcher. When you are upset (or bored, lonely, frustrated or angry), she suggests asking yourself: Is food really going to solve the problem, or will it just end up making you feel worse after you finish eating? Chances are, the food won't fix what's bothering you, so it's important to come up with a list of other small pleasures you can turn to instead of food. Some ideas include going for a walk, watching a movie, calling a friend, playing with your kids, or taking a bubble bath.
Most thin people are not members of the clean-plate club. Instead of mindlessly eating however much they are served, they pay attention to internal hunger cues and satiety. "Thin people are tuned into noticing when they are satisfied, and they stop eating even if there is food left," says Jill Fleming, M.S., R.D., author of Thin People Don't Clean Their Plates (Inspiration Presentations Press, 2005). "They often report that they don't like that feeling of being uncomfortably full, so they've learned how to stop before they reach it."
According to the National Weight Control Registry, which tracks the habits and strategies of more than 5,000 people who have maintained a significant weight loss, nearly 80 percent of these successful losers eat breakfast every single day. And most of their naturally lean counterparts do the same, and make sure that eat within about an hour of waking up. "Breakfast is literally breaking the fast of the night," says Fleming. "Until you send food into your system, your metabolism doesn't really start to kick in."
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