Do you want to become successful in life? Consider these as necessary steps to do so:
11. Light a candle beside you when you are reading in the evening. It is most relaxing and creates a wonderful, soothing atmosphere. Make your home an oasis from the frenzied world outside. Fill it with great music, great books and great friends.
12. To enhance your concentration
and powers of focus, count your steps when you walk. This is a particularly
strong technique. Take six steps while taking a long inhale, hold your breath
for another six steps, and then exhale for six steps. If six steps is too long
for the breaths, do whatever you feel comfortable with. You will feel very
alert, refreshed, internally quiet and centered after this exercise. So many
people allow their minds to be filled with mental chatter. All peak performers
appreciate the power of a quiet, clear mind which will concentrate steadily on
all important tasks.
13. Learn to meditate
effectively. The mind is naturally a very noisy machine which wants to move
from one subject to another like an unchained monkey. One must learn to
restrain and discipline it if one is to achieve anything of substance and to be
peaceful. Meditation for twenty minutes in the morning and twenty minutes in
the evening will certainly provide you with exceptional results if regularly
practiced for six months. Learned sages of the East have been advancing the
many benefits of meditation for over 5000 years.
14. Learn to be still. The
average person doesn't spend even 30 minutes a month in total silence and
tranquility. Develop the skill of sitting quietly, enjoying the powerful
silence for at least ten minutes a day. Simply think about what is important to
you in your life. Reflect on your mission. Silence indeed is golden. As the Zen
master once said, it is the space between the bars that holds the cage.
15. Enhance your will-power; it
is likely one of the best training programs you can invest in. Here are some
ideas to strengthen your will and become a stronger person:
a. Do not let your mind float
like a piece of paper in the wind. Work hard to keep it focused at all times.
When doing a task, think of nothing else. When walking to work, count the steps
that it takes to get all the way to the office. This is not easy but your mind
will soon understand that you hold its reins and not vice versa. Your mind must
eventually become as still as a candle flame in a corner where there is no
draft.
b. Your will is like a muscle.
You must first exercise it and then push before it gets stronger. This
necessarily involves short term pain but be assured that the improvements will
come and will touch your character in a most positive way. When you are hungry,
wait another hour before your meal. When you are labouring over a difficult
task and your mind is prompting you to pick up the latest magazine for a break
or to get up and go talk to a friend, curb the impulse. Soon you will be able
to sit for hours in a precisely concentrated state. Sir Issac Newton, one of
the greatest classical physicists the world has produced, once said: "if I
have done the public any service, it is due to patient thought." Newton
had a remarkable ability to sit quietly and think without interruption for very
long periods of time. If he can develop this so can you.
c. You can also build your
will-power by restraint in your conduct with others. Speak less (use the 60/40
Rule = listen 60% of the time and speak a mere 40%, if that). This will not
only make you more popular but you will learn much wisdom as everyone we meet,
every day has something to teach us. Also restrain the urge to gossip or to
condemn someone who you feel has made a mistake. Stop complaining and develop a
cheerful, vital and strong personality. You will greatly influence others.
d. When a negative thought comes
to your mind, immediately replace it with one that is positive. Positive always
dominates over the negative and your mind has to be conditioned to think only
the best thoughts. Negative thinking is a conditioned process whereby the
negative patterns are established over and over. Rid yourself of any
limitations and become a powerful positive thinker.
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