Identifying Your Passions, Strengths and Values

Try to complete the following statements. Do not worry if you are not sure of the answers. More ideas may come to you in time and as you finish your Quest Journal


Passions
My heart pounds with excitement when...
I feel especially good about myself when...

I get a lump in my throat when...

I lose track of time whenever I am...

If I could be any person in history , I would be...

When I dream about the future I see myself...

If I could change one thing it would be...



Strengths
Mark as many of the following words with which you identify yourself.

forthright
adventurous
forceful
sharp
decisive
risk taker
demanding
authoritative
direct
curious
competitive
self-sufficient enthusiastic
expressive
influencing
emotional
inventive
spontaneous
trusting
outgoing
unselfish
self-assured
charming
inspiring steady
amible
predictable
supportive
loyal
methodical
team player
calm
thorough
dependable
self-composed
possessive analytical
controlling
perfectionist
systematic
conventional
respectful
meticulous
well-disciplined
diplomatic
precise
sensitive
accurate




Values
Before you can achieve any goals in life you have to know how to set them. Before you can set your goals you need to decide what is important to you, what your values are. There are no right or wrong values, They can be anything that you consider important or maybe something that you couldn't imagine living without. Just make sure that the values you choose to define yourself are truly your own values and not someone else's. Look at the following categories try to decide what is the most important to you now, and what maybe the most important value in your future.


Family
Family can mean many things. It can be people that you are related to or just a group of people that you are close to. If family is a very important value to you, you might want to consider a career that lets you stay close to home with consistant hours that will let you keep the commitment to your family and close friends Adventure
Adventure may take you many places and put you on an irregular, spontaneous schedule. It is possible to enjoy family life and adventure by weighing your priorities. Remember you can have a little of everything in moderation.


Knowledge
If you value knowledge you should structure a lifestyle where you are constantly learning. You can chose a job where you do research. Remember that "living is learning"--you just have to keep an open mind. Power
It's hard to find an entry-level job with a lot of power. If power is an important value you should always keep that in mind and keep your sights high. You should take a lot of leadership roles that will help you gain the skills necessary to be in charge.

Moral Judgment and Personal Consistency
If this value is important it means that you are proud of yourself and your values, no matter how they look in sombody else's eyes. You should choose a career and life that you feel is worthwhile. Money
If money is your top priority you should be prepared to spend long hours at work. you should remember to look at the salary that a job offers before accepting the position, It may be hard to make money right away but if you keep your sights high then everything will come in time.

Recognition
If recognition is what you want, you first have to choose what you want to be recognized for. Remember to choose something that you have a talent in. If you don't seek world wide recognition then you may try to assert yourself in a small community. Aesthetics
If you love to be surrounded by beauty. Open your eyes to the beauty all arround you. You may also want to take a job that would take you into more pleasures for the eyes.

Defining Success

What does success mean to you? What would you have to be doing to feel that you are a sucessful person? Everybody has their own opinons, here are some listed below. Indicate whether you strongly agree, agree, are not sure, disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following opinions.

Money, achievement, fame and success are important, but they are bought too dearly when aquired at the cost of health
-Anonymous

It's great to be great, but it's better to be human.
-Will Rogers

Nothing succeeds like excess.
-Oscar Wilde

Success is a journey, not a destination.
-Ben Sweetland

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if your playing by other people's rules, while quietly playing by your own.
-Michael Korda

She could not separate success from peace of mind--the two must go together...
-Daphne Du Maurier, Mary Anne

All of us are born with 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

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money: it's the talent and the passion that count in success.
-Ingrid Bergman

The two leading formulas for success are building a better mousetrap and finding a bigger loophole.
-Edgar A. Shoaff

Success is something to enjoy to flaunt! Otherwise why work so hard to get it?
-Isobel Lennart, Funny Girl

Success is knowing what your values are and living in a way that is consistant with your values.
-Danny Cox

Success can only be measured in the terms of distance traveled...
-Mavis Gallant

If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average.
-Jean Kerr

Success can make you one of two ways. it can make you a prima donna, or it can smooth out the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
-Barbara Walters

Six essential qualities that are key to success: sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.
-Dr. William Menninger

The people who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.
-Lloyd Jones

The wealthy man is the man who is much, not the one who has much.
-Karl Marx

Winning isn't everything--it's the only thing.
-Vince Lombardi

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
-Robert F. Kennedy

If at first you can't succeed try, try again. Then give up--there's no use being a fool about it.
-W.C Fields

I'm opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
-Mark Twain





Write up your own definition of success:
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myths and symbols than by logic and reasons

Myths are stories being passed through generations; Humans required a cause to motivate them, Myths provide that cause, and symbols provide a sense of belonging. A myth is something that born from truth, but not necessarily 100% true. For example, Ancient Chinese couldn’t explain the solar eclipses, so their myth was that dragon was eating the sun, this is not the best example of how myths motivate people more than logic and reason, and instead it simply explains hot myths get originated.

People are definitely get motivated by myths and symbols, it’s faith that keeps them to believe, Symbols give them direction in order to come to understanding of particular aspect, Similarly, Myths to had significant impact on our daily life, we can't simply rule out myths, because, myths are something that are existed from the ages, and people are believing it, I knew it might look strange to us at this point of era, but ultimately when we look depth of the subject, It is some or the other way connects to the myths and symbols, today we can create a logic from various facts, such facts are variously connected to myths.

Myths alone doesn't help us to come to conclusion in this complex world, day by day new technology is coming in, and when we relate the myths with the modern facts, things seems completely different, so we always has to go with logic and reasons. This logic should come from myths and symbols, so in my view, i don't say they are different. Overall, one has to be aware of myths, and also logic and reasons, when a person reach the that understanding, It will become very easy to confront the problem of daily life in different stand points.

the best managers are those who trust their employees to work on their own

The conventional definition of the management is getting work done through the people, but real management is developing the people through the work, So best managers always believe in giving an opportunity to employees to utilize their strengths to do the given work, When the best managers give the freedom to the employees to do their work without any close monitoring, employee can come out very creative work and achieve better results than expected.

On the other hand, without close monitoring, there are people, who won’t like to work, they always want someone to watch them in order to do the task, Such cases manager always have to put restrictions in order to make them productive, but here, there are ways to tackle things very creatively, only best managers know this art of tackling people through emotional intelligence. The best manager defines, what the great work place is, and he also acknowledges the fellow team mates, how to reach the highest levels of productivity and get organization profitable and customer satisfaction.

Overall, your attitude has lot to do with your success, so the best managers never mostly bothered about close monitoring, rather, He concentrate on Talent, right outcomes, and the employee strengths and best managers always know that they can’t fix people, everyone has weakness, but they also have strengths, so they focus on capitalizing on those strengths by making sure their employees have the opportunity to use them.

Interview Questions

I found a useful list of questions which are typically asked at any interview..... Review these questions and think about how you would answer them.....

Self Awareness

1. How would you describe yourself ?
2. Tell me about yourself ?
3. How do you think a friend or professor who knows you would describe you?
4. What motivates you to put forth your best effort ?
5. How do you determine or evaluate success ?
6. What academic subjects did you like best ? Least ?
7. What led you to choose the career for which you are preparing ?
8. What personal characteristics are necessary for succeeding in the career that you are interested in ?
9. What is your philosophy of life ?
10. Why have you switched career fields ?

Weaknesses / Negatives

1. What major problems have you encountered and how have you dealt with them ?
2. What have you learnt form your mistakes ?
3. What do you consider to be your greatest weakness ?
4. Did you ever have problems with your supervisor ?

Skills / Abilities / Qualifications

1. What do you consider to be your greatest strength ?
2. Are you creative/innovative ? Give an example.
3. What qualifications do you have that makes you think you will be successful ?
4. In what way do you think you can make a contribution to society?
5. Why should we take you ?
6. What are your own special abilities ?
7. Why should we take you over another candidate ?
8. What is your managing style ?
9. Why do you want to join this institute ?
10. What do you know about our institute ?

Values

1. What is your attitude towards working hard ?
2. What part does your family play in your life ?
3. What are the most important rewards you expect in your career ?
4. What is more important to you : money offered, or the type of job ?
5. Do you enjoy independent research ?
6. In what kind of a work environment are you most comfortable ?
7. How would you describe the ideal job for you ?
8. What two or three things are most important to you in your job ?
9. Do you prefer working with others or all by yourself ?
10. How do you like to work ?
11. Under what conditions do you work best ?
12. What is the highest form of praise ?

Experience

1. In what part-time or summer job have you been most interested ?
2. Tell me about your experience.
3. What jobs have you held ?
4. How did your previous employer treat you ?
5. What have you learnt from some of the jobs that you have held ?
6. What jobs have you enjoyed most ? Least ? Why ?
7. What have you done that shows initiative and willingness to work ?
8. Describe your current job.
9. What did you like least about your last job ?
10. What did you like most about your last job ?

Goals / Objectives

1. What are your short-term and long-term goals and objectives ?
2. What specific goals other than those related to your occupation have you chosen for yourself for the next 10 years ?
3. What do you see yourself doing 5 years from now ?
4. What do you really want to do in life ?
5. How do you plan to achieve your career goals ?

Education

1. How has your education prepared you for a career ?
2. Describe your most rewarding college experience.
3. Why did you select your college or university ?
4. If you could, would you plan your academic study differently ?
5. Do you think grades are a good indication of your academic achievement ?
6. What have you learnt from participation in extracurricular activities ?
7. Do you have plans for continuing your studies ?
8. Why did you pick your programme ?
9. What courses did you like best and why ?
10. What courses did you like least and why ?
11. How has your college experience prepared you for this job ?
12. How did you pick your dissertation ?
13. Describe your dissertation process.

Salary
1. What do you expect to earn in 5 years ?
2. What did you earn in your last job ?

Interests

1. What are your outside interests ?
2. What do you do with your free time ?
3. What are your hobbies ?
4. What types of books do you read ?
5. How interested are you in sports ?
6. How did you spend your vacations in school ?

General

1. What qualities should a successful manager possess ?
2. Describe the relationship that should exist between a supervisor and a subordinate.
3. What 3 accomplishments have given you the greatest satisfaction ?
4. If you were taking a graduate for this institute, what qualities would you look for ?
5. What can I do for you ?
6. Tell me a story.
7. Define cooperation.

Stress Questions

1. What causes you to lose your temper ?
2. How often have you been absent from school, work or training ?
3. Have you ever had trouble with other people on the job ?
4. Can you take instructions without getting upset ?
5. Don't you feel you are a little to old/young for this job ?
6. How does your family like you being away on business trips ?
7. With your background, we believe that you are overqualified to join this institute.
8. You haven't had sufficient experience in this field.
9. Our experience with women on this job has not been good.
10. What would irritate you most if I as a manager did it ?

Influencing Others

1. Tell me about the time you were most persuasive in overcoming resistance to your ideas or point of view.
2. Tell me about the last time someone made an unreasonable request of you.
3. Describe the most disappointing and frustrating experience in gaining the support of others for an idea or proposal.

Interpersonal Skills

1. Describe a situation where it was most important for you to display tact and diplomacy.
2. Tell me about the last time you had a clash or disagreement with someone at school/college/workplace.
3. Tell me about a time when you felt most frustrated and disappointed at a person with whom you had worked.

Personal Adaptability

1. Tell me about the last time you were criticized by a supervisor or a professor.
2. Tell me about the time when you felt most pressured or stressed at work/ school/internship.
3. Tell me about the time when you felt most frustrated at your school/workplace.
4. In what aspects of your work/internship do you have the most confidence in your abilities.

Communication Skills

1. Tell me about the time when you felt best about your ability to draw out or solicit information from another person.
2. Tell me about the time when you had to work your hardest in order to fully understand what another person was saying to you.
3. Describe the last time when someone at school/work misunderstood what you were trying to communicate.

Motivation

1. Tell me about the most long term, sustained extra hours of effort that you put into your work/college/internship.
2. Describe a time when you felt most frustrated or discouraged in reaching your goals or objectives.
3. What do you feel has been your most significant work/school/internship related achievement within the past year or so ?
4. Describe the last time you did something well which went beyond the expectations in your work/internship.

Administrative Skills

1. Tell me how you go about organizing your work and scheduling your own time.
2. What do you do to ensure that your goals and objectives are met in a timely way ?
3. Describe the most extensive planning that you have ever done.

Problem Solving and Decision Making

1.Tell me about the most difficult problem that you faced in your work/school/internship ?
2.Tell me about the last time you made a decision that backfired.
3.Tell me about the time when you regretted most not getting advice before you went ahead ?

Conflict Management Skills

1. Tell me about the last significant crisis situation that you faced in your work.
2. Tell me about a time when you were most persuasive in overcoming resistance to your ideas.
3. Tell me about the time when you had a disagreement with someone at work.

Automated Mapping (AM)/Facilities Management(FM)/GIS systems Concept.

AM/FM/GIS
Automated Mapping/Facilities Management and is a subset of GIS, Which is associated with Utilities like Gas, Electric, Water and Telecommunications.

The Term AM/FM/GIS mostly refers to GIS Software that allows utility users to digitize, manage and analyze their utility network data.

This data is stored in an underlying GIS database which also maintains the associations between the graphical entities and the attributes.

GRAPHICAL COMPONENT

The graphical component, as the term suggests, deals with graphical data which can consist of different types of real world entities or objects represented graphically by shapes and geometrics.

DATABASE COMPONENT

The database component, as the term suggests, mainly deals with the database part which stores the attribute data for the real world entities that need to be captured or managed as a part of the digitization process. This attribute data is often stored in an underlying relational database. The database component is often linked or associated with the graphical component to complete an intelligent GIS system.

ARCHITECTURE

An AM/FM/GIS System’s architecture depends solely on the requirement defined by a public utility.
The AM/FM/GIS system data model allow GIS architects to define a relationship model which consists of all the database tables and their dependencies, this is often combined with business rules to make the system more intelligent so that it can be utilized in running various dependencies.
An advanced AM/FM/GIS Software is always equipped with predefined functions and procedures to carry out common GIS operations.

ADVANTAGES

GIS Technology has given many organizations a chance to stow away the clumsy torn maps and go digital

A complete AM/FM/GIS tool not only provides digital maps but also numerous time saving and cost cutting tools.

Utilizing an existing GIS System
Supporting Workflow Management System
Integration with Customer Information Systems
Integration with Operations Support System
Integration with planning and engineering
Cost analysis
Inventory Management

Suffer in Silience!!!

Have you ever wondered why it's said, "Silence is Golden?"
Hidden in these words is a secret instruction by which a person can find a peace that passes all understanding
Silence is golden because, for the individual who is willing to remain in that silence with his or her own suffering that person finds spiritual gold,
The suffering in silence is the purification of the soul and the suffering.
Letting the world push us around is not what is meant by " suffering in silence" It's actually a secret form of self-glory
In moments where life moves against our wishes, the only responsibility we have is to bring that pain, that upheavel,
Right up to the surface of ourselves and see it with great purity
Istead of letting that disappointment become willful, we become watchful.
In that moment of watchfulness we are granted power, Not the power to be something
but rather the power to stop being used by something that's been using us our whole life
Learn to suffer in silence, Nothing in this world or your interior world can change until you change your relationship with this pain.

each morning will be a new morning: Subhinder Singh Prem, MD Reebok India

Subhinder Singh Prem, Managing Director of Reebok India left students highly energized with his thoughts, experiences and learning. Starting by talking about the India’s growth story, Prem said, “I feel very five years you get a new India! And I’m sure India will get rich before it gets old, unlike China, which got rich only after it got old. When you are young, your ability to change is much higher.” Those who have or are looking at working in India will be at a premium, he added.
Encouraging around 300 students from different MBA colleges to keep learning, he said, “Your time is now, but your challenge is now too. Nothing is going to change your lives more than self awareness. If you are on a learning mode, each morning will be a new morning.”
Asking the students of the MBA colleges to come forward in each sphere of life, the Reebok MD explained who a try leader is. “Leader is someone who takes the first step. And for that, you have to have an idea; you have to take a fresh guard after each success. Your focus, right now, should be on which team would you play for or how well would you play,” he stressed, and added, “Be a first class noticer. Push yourself a little harder, a little father each day. Be better than your former self. Don’t let the urgent overcome the important. Commit thyself, read, stay fit and network.”
He got the audience attentive when he came to explain what he looks for while hiring. “In an interview, I generally ask questions like what’s your friend circle, do you drink, what are your views on this movie… By asking such questions what I try and gauge is the candidate’s value system, his or her background. I never ask technical skills,” he said and emphasized on the need to absorb the moment and dive in at the right time.
Stressing on the need to have a human angle Prem said, “Today, the need of the hour is good MBAs. Have a human angle to whatever you do. Always try to look beyond yourself. Take risks! If you don’t risk, you’ll miss out. I keep worrying that we are not making mistakes.”
Stressing on the need to have a human angle Prem said, “Today, the need of the hour is good MBAs. Have a human angle to whatever you do. Always try to look beyond yourself. Take risks! If you don’t risk, you’ll miss out. I keep worrying that we are not making mistakes.”

From Junkie to Software Success

Accidental entrepreneur Bob Williamson's personal turnaround led to the creation of his 180-employee, $26 million company.
Bob Williamson fled a broken home in Mississippi at age 17 to hitchhike around the country. He landed in Atlanta in 1970 at 24, homeless, broke, and addicted to heroin and methamphetamine. When he got a job there cleaning bricks for $15 a week, no one would have guessed that he would start a $26 million software company someday.
Bob Williamson fled a broken home in Mississippi at age 17 to hitchhike around the country. He landed in Atlanta in 1970 at 24, homeless, broke, and addicted to heroin and methamphetamine. When he got a job there cleaning bricks for $15 a week, no one would have guessed that he would start a $26 million software company someday.
"I was either going to commit suicide, which several of my friends had done, or I was going turn my life around," says Williamson, now chairman and chief executive officer of Horizon Software International, a 180-employee maker of software for food service systems used in schools, hospitals, and other institutions.
Promoted Eight Times in Two Years
Williamson eventually landed a job putting labels on paint cans in the basement of the Glidden paint company in Atlanta. He cleaned up the labeling department and helped Glidden move to the company's first computer system. His work ethic, he says, was: "First one there, last to leave." Glidden promoted Williamson eight times in two years.
He went on to work at two other paint companies. By then a paint expert, Williamson started working in his basement to develop a better formula for his hobby: airbrush art. "I borrowed $1,000 on my Visa (V) card and bought a bunch of chemicals and made a bunch of paint," he says. At a trade show, artists flocked to his booth to buy the paint he developed, called Polytranspar. He quit his job and started his own paint company, Master Paint Systems, in 1977.
He spun that into several other businesses: a magazine for artists, how-to books, an art supply manufacturer, and a mail-order business, teaching himself as he went along. As the business grew, so did his need for organizational tools. It was the early 1980s, and he realized he needed systems for his warehouse, inventory control, and supply-chain management. "Back then you couldn't buy software, so I hired a couple of programmers, and we wrote software for all these different companies," Williamson says.
Recovering From Bankruptcy
By 1986, when he was selling 6,000 different art-related items, Williamson prepared to take the company public. But during the audit for his IPO, he discovered an accountant had been embezzling money from the company. "We fought our way through it, and my accountant and my lawyer and everybody told me to just take bankruptcy and forget about it," Williamson says.
But he was convinced he could recover. Williamson urged his creditors not to file lawsuits that would force a liquidation. "Every week I would send them a letter and tell them what was happening, and we rebuilt it up beyond its former stage," he says.
Focused on School Cafeterias
After recovering, he sold off his previous ventures, and in 1992, founded Horizon. The company was built on the back-office software Williamson spent years developing for his own businesses. "We wrote a system for our mail-order business, we wrote software for our manufacturing company, a point-of-sale system for retail," he says. "We weren't selling that to anybody. We had just written in-house for our own use."
The company focused on systems for school cafeterias when Williamson found no one had written back-office software for that market. He was soon selling into other institutions like hospitals, nursing homes, colleges, and military bases. Horizon recently won the contract for the Los Angeles public schools, the nation's second-largest system.
Williamson's son, Michael, who is Horizon's chief operating officer, says his father succeeded by jumping on opportunities that chance presented. "You would never have thought that we would be in food service software when we started Horizon, but the path just kind of led that way and we took advantage of it," he says. "He's always had a great ability to look out into other markets and other products."
The Element of Chance
Williamson, now 61, presides over Horizon's 44,000-square-foot headquarters in Atlanta. The company had $26 million in revenue in 2007, and he's projecting $32 million this year. Still, Williamson says, "I'm the first one there and the last one to leave." And he ascribes his business success to his conversion. "I have always tried to run my business according to the way that God would want me to…I've always tried to be honest and straightforward, and not lie and not cheat, and not try to take an easy way out."
Hard work was certainly part of Williamson's improbable personal turnaround: He recalls years of working 20-hour days and says he still only sleeps four or five hours a night. But chance guided his entrepreneurial success as well: a car accident that jolted him out of a destructive life, a paint recipe that became a hit, and early exposure to the burgeoning software industry.
And in some ways, Williamson's arrival in Atlanta at the nadir of his life set the foundation for his rise. "I'd been through so much in my life, I don't get discouraged," he says. "The trials I've had in business are mild compared to what my life was like."

A Bad Economy is the Perfect time to start over!

My first six months in Wisconsin were interesting to say the least. Ryan Paugh and I lived on $1,000 a month in a beat up old house on the East Side of Madison. We worked from home, we rarely went out, we fought with each other, we fought with Penelope, and we watched the snow pile up on the cold Wisconsin ground month after month.
By all accounts, it was pretty terrible. I was used to having lots of friends, going out all the time, and counting on a good paycheck to come in every other week.
But then we raised some money. We took bonuses, we got regular paychecks, we hired people, we rented an office, and I moved in to a nice place with my brother and bought a flat screen TV. It was great. It was comfortable.
It was boring.

Any true entrepreneur will tell you that the best time in the life of a start up is the beginning. You work tons of hours and you can’t wait until you’re funded because that’s when you’ll be able to do the things you really want to do.
But once you get funded, the headaches just begin, and it starts to feel like a “real job.” It’s easy to get comfortable, to forget about all the hard work you put in before there was cash in the bank. And strangely enough, you end up wishing you could go back to the beginning or sell your company and start a new one.
Rather than being completely focused on the company, I found myself walking down the street, sometimes nostalgic about the little apartment Ryan and I lived in and sometimes dreaming about our big exit and all the money that would come with it.
Then, before we even realized what was happening, the market crashed, investors pulled back, and we didn’t have salaries anymore. The whole company had gotten too comfortable; we weren’t prepared to handle the downturn.
But oddly enough, three months later, things are going really well. We made a decision to switch up our business model and bring in revenue any way possible. Every dollar we make is treated like gold, we’ve managed to cut our burn rate by nearly 50% without losing any productivity, and we’ve realized just how many ways there are to make money, without begging someone for a multimillion dollar investment
I’m confident that we’re going to make it through, and I’m convinced that when Brazen Careerist does end up a success, we will have George Bush to thank (Did I really say that?). The recession allowed us, or some might say forced us, to reevaluate and start over.
In a way, I did get my wish, Brazen is like a brand new start up, except we have a site that’s already built, we have founders who have all done this part before, and we have a whole army of people that want us to succeed.
I’ve learned a lot from this whole experience, both personally and professionally. Difficult situations are the best learning opportunities; when things are good it’s very difficult to see how you can improve. But when times are tough you have the opportunity to make difficult, life-altering decisions. Great businesses and great leaders embrace difficult situations and thrive when times are tough.
The question is, when adversity is staring you in the face, will you get comfortable, or will you embrace the adversity and emerge stronger than ever.

Attract Desired Relationships-Careers With Unseen Forces

"Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are." - Neils Henrik David Bohr (1885-1962) Danish physicist - Nobel Prize for Physics - 1922.Creativity and imagination are masterful tools often underutilized in tapping into the results you seek. Most of us get hooked on the doing of things, which often keeps us stuck in the familiar. When faced with a dilemma of which direction to go, accessing your imagination elicits the genius within you. However, there is a prerequisite in the deal to bring forth amazing results: Inspiration (aka, energy field, intuition, gut feeling, spiritual guide).When you allow inspiration to be a guide, you are combining forces unseen by the naked eye. The world is composed of energy transmitting vibrational frequencies. George Meek in his book, "After We Die What Then?" explains that the form of all matter depends on the level of vibrational frequency. To illustrate, he explains the changing frequencies of water. Water changes from ice to liquid, to steam, to an invisible vapor as the temperature of the water changes. The vibrational frequency of the water is also changing. The heavy density of ice has a very low frequency; while the invisible water vapor with a lesser density contains a higher vibrational frequency, which is no longer distinguishable by the human eye.The frequency most of us rely on is the denser vibration of our five senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. Combine the energies of higher inspirational frequencies with denser vibrations to allow the genius in you the space to develop your imagination and creativity to get the results you are seeking.Inspiration is spiritual intelligence available 24/7 - around the clock. What happens to most of us is we try to solve problems with the denser frequency of our brain. The irony is that logic comes from inspiration. The less we utilize the energy available to each of us from the unseen energy of imagination, the more limitation we put on the availability of our potential. We are beings of energy. Integration of the higher frequency of imagination and the denser frequency of physicality produces awareness to unlimited potential.Albert Einstein, Carl Jung, Marie Curie, William James, Mother Teresa, and Niels Bohr are great examples of human beings who were not limited by their five senses. Science is expanding its scope from the physical to quantum physics and vibrational medicine."New scientific ideas never spring from a communal body, however organized, but rather from the head of an individually inspired researcher who struggles with his problems in lonely thought and unites all his thought on one single point which is his whole world for the moment." - Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858-1947) - German physicist considered founder of quantum theory.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*Questions Hold the Answers: In the Flow to Bigger Results *1. What is it you want to strive for?2. Why do you want it?3. What is so important about it?4. How would you feel if you were to succeed?5. What is the distinction between inspired action and shoulds?6. Can you feel the difference from inspired action and an action commanded by a should?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*Tips to Using Unseen Forces to Attract Your Wants *1. Visualize something you want to achieve that inspires you. Shoulds are negative vibrations.2. Remember to integrate vibrational frequencies of higher and lower densities.3. Keep your vision alive by putting it on paper, on your computer, on your nightstand. This creates an escrow of vibrations attracting what you want closer to you.4. Make up a name for your vision, such as "Millionaire in Action" or "Beautiful Home" or "Dream Vacation /Job", etc.5. Dare to challenge your imagination by asking, "What if?"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Inspired visions create positive energies fields creating flow and reducing stress."Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained." - Maria Sklodowska-Curie (1867-1934) - First woman awarded a Nobel in 1903 for Physics B became the first person to win two with the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.Remember - Anything is Possible!

Like Obama, Father writes to his Daughter!

My Darling daughter Tisha

Since your birth, I have seen you grow up and evolve everyday and the pleasure it gives me cannot be expressed in words. These early years of your life are the foundation that will help you build a strong skyscraper in the world, once you are ready. As your dad, I cannot help but feel anxious that am I not doing enough to help you live a full life. Hence am taking this opportunity to pen down a few principles in life that will help you make the right choices irrespective of what course you decide to take your life on. Use these as guidelines and I am sure they will give you confidence and faith to do the right thing. Nature, if studied diligently, abounds with principles that can help us lead a fulfilling life in sync with it. A great example is the process that leads to the formation of diamonds. Technically, a diamond is made of a single element -- Carbon. Years of intense pressure and hard work converts Carbon from its softer coal version to the precious diamond form. While graphite carbon atoms are bound to each other by only three bonds, in a diamond, they manage to form a fourth bond, which results in the transformation to its glittering form. The same is true in life as well. To shine and become invaluable, you have to strive and follow the discipline of developing all four bonds. These four bonds are: Physical, Emotional, Mental and Spiritual bonds, which, if strengthened, will give you the strength and luminosity to live a full life. a) Physical Bond: This concerns our physical body, its material and monetary/economic needs. It includes the need for appreciation from others and other societal achievements. Taking care of this bond would mean being physically fit, being able to fulfill the basic needs for yourself and your family. b) Mental Bond: This can also be defined as IQ, but needs to be taken in context with knowledge, mental acumen and true education. This is what will help you keep yourself updated in your profession and solve problems. c) Emotional Bond: This includes the ability to form meaningful and lasting relationships as well as connecting with the society as a whole. It would include ideas about strengthening self esteem, love, appreciation and being able to keep commitments and promises. d) Spiritual Bond: This is the bond with God, our creator. It is also the basis of something unique to humans -- morality. It is this spiritual bond that leads to a principle-based life. Thus, while taking any decision, keep in mind the perspective of these four bonds and ensure that none of them are broken. Inevitably, you would have done the right thing. Let me explain this with nine fundamental situations that human beings constantly find themselves. 1. When others mock you or try to drive you down, do not lose heart. Remember not to break the emotional and spiritual bond. Remind yourself that you have to shine like a diamond and not break any of the bonds. Just focus on what you have to do and things will be okay. 2. When doubt creeps in and you feel scared of others and what they will think, don't worry. Just strengthen your physical bond. Revamp your physical appearance and look like you mean business. How you look on the outside is a result of how you feel on the inside.
Let others gauge from how you look that you are indeed a diamond. This will help you put other people in proper perspective. They are also human beings and wonderful creations of God. So why be afraid of someone? 3. When you find yourself being dragged into an argument or a quarrel, strengthen your emotional bond. Think if it is worth it? Ask yourself honestly, is this really important enough to argue about and endanger the emotional bond? Remind yourself that you never gain anything from an argument but you always lose something. 4. When things are not going right and you feel defeated, have faith in the four bonds. Everyone in their lifetime has his/her share of setbacks. Look at them as a learning opportunity to strengthen your mental bond and as a path to forming a brilliant diamond. Toughest of steel goes through the hardest of fire.
Learn from your setbacks. Research them and use the knowledge to propel yourself forward. With the confidence that you are making a diamond, you will have the strength to step back and start afresh with a new approach. There is no reason why it should not work. 5. As you grow up, romance will be a critical part of your life. If you feel it is ebbing away, do not feel insecure. Look at this as an opportunity to strengthen the emotional and spiritual bonds in your life. Look at the good things in the person you want to love and prioritise those over petty little things. Do something special for him and do it often. This will form a strong emotional bond between you two and help you to live a complete life. 6. When your progress in your job is slowing down, don't worry. Strengthen your mental, emotional and spiritual bond with your organisation. Think 'I can do better'. When you think that, ways to do your work better will appear. It will draw on your innate strengths and switch on your creative powers. Strengthen the spiritual bond by putting service first. Other things like money will take care of itself. 7. As a parent, if things are not going right with your family, step back and think what is really bothering you. Is it the fact that your kids are not making the right choices or is it that they are not helping you fulfill your incomplete desires.
Forcing them to make choices to live a life that actually 'you' want is breaking the emotional bond that your children place in you. You need to encourage them and enable them to achieve their true potential.
On the other hand, if they are fundamentally on the wrong path, then you are duty bound to show this fact to them and try to understand why they are choosing that path. You have to tell them how they should act, rather than just snubbing and grounding them. This route might consume a lot of time and effort on your part, but it will definitely strengthen your emotional bond with your children. 8. When you feel lazy to exercise or get tempted to feast on junk food, think of its long-term implications. Doing this is actually having a direct impact on your physical bond which will prevent you from achieving your true potential and becoming a diamond. Just making that bit of extra effort to go for the 30 minute jog or to resist the temptation to eat that piece of burger will not only make you healthy but will also give you confidence in yourself 9. Finally, I have a question for you. Would you do something like badmouthing your friend if you knew with absolute surety that no one would ever come to know and there would be absolutely no harm to anyone at all?
One school of though might say that it is perfectly fine to do so in this scenario, But you will break the spiritual bond that you have with your friend.
Your friend has placed his/her trust in you even if he or she might not be able to know everything that you do or say. Your friendships go beyond the body, mind and heart. It goes to the fourth critical dimension -- the soul. Thus remaining faithful to your friends and family is a critical element to elevate your spiritual connection with them. I sincerely hope that these principles help you make the right choices in life, wherever destiny takes you. And you must remember, no matter what, your mamma and papa are always there for you. Love,Papa dearest

The Monk who sold his ferrari!

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari is the book that made the biggest impact in my life so far. I recommend the book to everyone. Here are some of the key ideas I captured.Forget about the past. Dare to dream that you are more than the sum of your circumstances. Expect the best.Condition the mind. Don’t let negative thoughts enter it.You are building your destiny because only you decide how do you react to what happens to you.Persistence is the mother of personal change.With one eye fixed on the destination, there is only one left to guide you along the journey.Reflect on your day, on your life.What you visualize, you get.There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. Run your own race.Never judge you self worth by somebody else’s net worth.There are no setbacks – only lessons.The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.Find out what you truly love to do, and direct all energy towards itThe purpose of life is a life of purposeClearly defined priorities and goals for every aspect of life server as lighthouse. Offering you guidance and refuge.Have the discipline and vision to see your heroic mission – Dharma – and to ensure that it servers other people while you realize it.Never do anything because you have to, do it only if you want to and if that is the right thing for you to do5 step method of attaining goals – form a clear mental picture, create positive pressure, set a deadline, put it to paper, apply it for 21 daysThe book of dreamsKaizen – constant and never ending enrichment of mind, body and soulThe only limits on your life are the ones you set yourselfHappiness comes from progressive realization of worthy objectivesFailure is your friendDo the things you fear10 rules of radiant living: Ritual of solitude, Ritual of physicality, Ritual of live nourishments, Ritual of abundant knowledge, Ritual of personal reflection, Ritual of early awakening, Ritual of music, Ritual of spoken word, Ritual of congruent character, Ritual of simplicityVirtues – industry, compassion, humility, patience, honesty and courageI am more than I appear to be, all the world’s power and strength rests within meLive with disciplineEnlightened people are priority driven. This is the secret of time mastery. Focus on priorities and maintain balance.Act as if failure is impossible and your success will be assuredWe are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experienceThe quality of your life will come down to the quality of your contributionSee yourself not as an individual, but as a part of collectionLife does not always give you what you want, but it always gives you what you needStop putting off your happiness for the sake of achievementKeep Smiling !!!