A NEW BEGINNING !!!

As new year ie., 2011 is going to begin soon. Let's begin the year with full of hope and happiness in our heart. HAPPY 2011 TO ALL. It's a fresh beginning and our chance to do things better. We need to set goals for 2011. As goals gives us direction. By setting goals we can make 2011 our best year.

New Beginning Quotes

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."    
-Seneca

"The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings."
-Dave Weinbaum

"All glory comes from daring to begin."
-Eugene F. Ware

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."
-Maria Robinson

"Making the beginning is one third of the work."
-Irish Proverb

 "Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way. Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be."
-Marsha Petrie Sue

"All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning." 
-Albert Camus

A NEW BEGINNING

There comes a time when the meaning of life begins to make sense,

At first it may not, 

The sky at first may look dark, 

The path one needs to walk down may be hard to see, 

Never let a disorder control one’s destiny, 

life created will not move forward, 

cannot be positive, fulfilling future, 

If you let it control your mind, body and soul, 

At this point, one cannot give up, 

A disorder cannot control,
 You control your disorder, 

 Accept yourself, 

Accept your disorder, 

Love yourself now and forever, 

You were thrown against a corner when you developed epilepsy, 

Getting up was not an option, 

Now it is, 

Today is a new day, 

If you stay down life will pass you by, 

So help yourself get up, 

fight the battle and win, 

To win the battle you do not have to stop having seizures, 

Winning the battle is teaching you how to live a healthy productive life, 

Helping you cope, 

Life may not always become what you want them to be, 

The road you lead may have some u-turns involved, 

Do not fear, 

For change can be good, 

Follow your path that was laid out for you, 

The sun is now shinning, 

You can now see your path 

There is a plan, a destiny that awaits you, 

Do not question your destiny, 

Do not ask questions such as “why me?”  

Accept the path that has been laid in front of you. 

Do not be afraid, 

Take one day at a time, 

Be proud of who you are, 

Walk with courage and your head up high,Believe in yourself, 

Focus on the positive, 

For the footsteps imbedded in ground of your new path will become the solid foundation to your future. 

Poem by Stacey Chillemi

POSITIVE THINKING

Positive thinking in simple terms means thinking in a positive manner. There are many benefits of Positive Thinking. Its helps to be stress free as by adapting positive mind frame you handle the situation in a positive manner. You concentrate on solutions not on problems. You have many friends as people like to be around positive people. You will enjoy peace of mind as your mind will be relaxed. When you know for certain in your mind that you can turn burdens into blessings, you’ll have nothing to fear. A positive state of mind creates positive emotions. Positive emotions creates a positive lifestyle.

Quotes on Positive thinking

      “The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.”

"Instead of thinking about what you're missing, try thinking about what you have that everyone else is missing.”

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their mind to be."
- Abraham Lincoln

"When you consistently maintain a positive frame of mind, you'll become known as a problem-solver rather than a complainer. People avoid complainers. They seek out problem-solvers."
- Joseph Somerville

"The World is what we think it is. If we can change our thoughts, we can change the world."
-H.M. Tomlinson

"A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror."
-Ken Keyes, Jr.

"We do not see things they are. We see them as we are."
-Talmud

A wonderful story on Positive thinking

     Jerry is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant.


     The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.


     Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.


     I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.


     "Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."


     I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.


     Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gun point by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.


     I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. “The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live."


     "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Jerry continued, "...the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man.'


     I knew I needed to take action." " What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.'


     Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.

-Author Unknown

ATTITUDE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE !!!

Attitude means what you think of a particular thing. It can be positive or negative. We can't control how people react to us. All we can do is control the manner in which we react. 

Attitude Quotes

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."
- Oprah Winfrey

"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation."
- Brian Tracy

"Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life."
- Joel Osteen

"My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength."
- Michael Jordan

"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude."
- Zig Ziglar

"Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude."
 - Dale Carnegie

"There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative."
- W. Clement Stone

I found this video by Zig Ziglar on you tube. The video explains that inorder to change others you need to change yourself first.

PEACE !!!

Peace means clamness. It is the mental state of being free from agitation, excitement or disturbance.

Peace Quotes

"A smile is the beginning of peace."
- Mother Teresa  

"Let loose of what you can't control. Serenity will be yours."

"Be happy in the moment - that's enough. Each moment is all we need - not more."
- Mother Teresa

"Don't fill your time with worry - fix what you can and let the rest take care of itself."

Story on Peace

     There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them.


     One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.


     The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all.


     But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest - in perfect peace.


     Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?


"Because," explained the king, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace."

- Author Unknown

STEVE JOBS' 2005 STANFORD COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

In this video Steve shares his life experiences and how he achieved his dreams.

ART WILLIAMS ON BUSINESS AND LIFE

Following are the videos of a Billionaire "Art Williams" where he talk about business and life. I find this really inspiring so shared it over here.

Part 1 :



Part 2 :



This is what i learned from the above videos.

Qualities required to win in business:

1.To win you need to be excited about what you are doing. 

2. You need to have a dream to succeed.

3. You need to feel good about yourself. Believe you can do anything, you want bad enough.

4. Stand for something

5. You are going to be conterversial.

6.You need to have total commitment towards what you want. If you fail then get up and keep going until you succeed.

7. Treat people well whether you like them or not. This way you will be able to manage people well.

8. Set right priorities. Keep the balance between business and family life.

9. You need to have Desire and Will to win.

10. Be tough, don't quit.

11. Be a leader.

12. Just Do it whatever you have decided.

(Art talks about winning in business in America but I think these principles apply anywhere not only in America.)

THOUGHTS FOR A WEEK !!!

"No one can please everyone so do what you feel is right."

"Where there is will, there is a way."

"Believe is the first step towards success."

"Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he'll have food for the rest of his life."
- chinese proverb

"The most important investment you can make is in yourself."
- Warren Buffet

"The more you learn, the more you can earn."
- Steven Scott

"Creativity makes you unique… uniqueness makes you indispensable…indispensable people have no competition!"
- Jim Edwards