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Do you find any meaning in your work?

Once upon a time, there was an unfortunate poor man. His home was also

very poor – a small and empty house, where mice made their nests and spiders made their webs. People tried to avoid coming into his house – why should they stick their noses into those poor ruins? And the poor man thought that poverty is the reason of his misfortunes – his eternal destiny. So once, the poor man met a wizard and complained to him about his poverty and miserable life. The wizard felt sorry for the poor man and gave him an unprecedented vase. And said: - This is a magical vase that will save you from poverty.

The poor man took the vase and wanted to sell it at first and then spend

the money on alcohol, as usual, besides, why would he need such a beautiful thing? But then he started admiring the vase and couldn’t take it to the market. He brought the vase home, put it on the table and started admiring it. It’s not right for such a beautiful thing to be empty, - the poor man thought. So he picked some wild flowers and put them into the vase. It became even more beautiful. Not good, - the poor man though again, - that such a beautiful thing stands next to a spider web.

So the poor man started cleaning his house from spider webs, sweeping out

cockroaches and mice, cleaning the dust, washing the floor and the walls, whitening the ceiling. And it became clear that his house wasn’t poor, but rather warm and cozy. And the poor man wasn’t a poor man anymore, but a hard working host, who had no time for thoughts about misfortune.

Magical Vase

Nobody likes or dislikes you in absolute sense. Nobody likes you

hundred per cent. At the same time nobody dislikes you hundred per cent. Always you find likes and dislikes in combination.

It’s challenging to define the ratio of likes and dislikes. We may not know exactly how

much a person likes you and how much somebody dislikes you.

But you know one thing for sure i.e. when you are connected to somebody;

nobody can like or dislike you completely. Now you put yourself

at ease without being over judgmental.

You have two ways of taking the relationship forward. One is you

focus on the like part and work on increasing its percentage. Second; you dwell on the dislike part and work on increasing its percentage.

If you work on the like part you make the relationship better. When you focus the

dislike part you know that you have already started making the relationship bitter even before it grows on its own.

Every relationship gives you choice. It depends on how you look at it and how

you strengthen and make it more meaningful. So focus on the like part; however little it may be; and work on it to make it better.

The ‘Like-Dislike’ Game — Tapas Dasmohapatra


I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work - Thomas Edison

Self-Esteem

Self-esteem is all about how you estimate yourself. And the fact is that if you don’t

rate yourself very highly, others won’t either. People who have an appropriate value of themselves mostly cope with life’s problems better than people who don’t. They tend not to stay in bad relationships – because they have the confidence to know that they would be better living alone than with someone who is damaging them or their morale. They rarely develop addictions to drink or drugs – or get deeply depressed either. Of course, they have

their difficulties. Just like we all do. But they are better equipped to survive and overpower the difficulties than individuals who have insufficient regard for themselves.

People with a good and healthy self-esteem are able to feel good about

themselves for who they are, appreciate their own worth and take pride in their abilities and accomplishments. They also acknowledge that while they’re not perfect and have faults, those faults don’t play an overwhelming or irrationally large role in their lives or their own self-image

(how you see yourself).

“If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.” - By Zig Zaglar

There are times in our lives when we do not feel like getting up and doing what

we are meant for. Sometimes we do not get up because we are just not aware about what we are meant for or we get so tired search-ing for that reason to get up. Well, it is alright not to clear out things. It is alright to be messy for some years and be confused because after all this confusion, when we really find out what we are meant for, that awareness itself gives so much satisfaction which nothing else can give.

Everybody goes through this phase in life; so much pressure from parents, we

see our friends doing so much

better than us and some of our friends have so clear plans in life and the fact that they actually pursue those plans with success-ful results make many of us think, “What the hell is wrong with me?” But then that is the time to sit and think that everybody is not the same. So what if some of us are still a mess or if some of us are in some place where we know we don’t belong to. Keeping ev-erything aside, the most impor-tant thing is just keep working. The thing is not to stop at any point. Because if we are passion-ate enough we’ll keep searching for it keeping in mind our present life which is equally important. Because whatever we do today will decide tomorrow in some or

the other way.

Excerpts from Suresh Semwal’s Book - ‘Selling Simplified’

Life’s What You Make It — Kamna Chauhan


“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” --Anonymous

CLOSED DOORS OR OPEN WINDOWS - CHOICE IS YOURS - Mahak Vaish

How To Respond To A Rejection LetterNever Discourage

The next time you get a rejec-tion letter from a hoped-for employer, just send them

the following announcement:

To Whom It May Concern:

Thank you for your letter of [date]. After careful consideration, I regret to

inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me employment at this time. This year I have been particularly for-tunate in receiving an unusually large number of rejection letters.

With such a varied and promising field of candidates, it is impos-sible for me to accept all refus-als. Despite [your Company]’s outstanding qualifications and previous experience in rejecting applicants, I find that your rejec-tion does not meet with my needs at this time. Therefore, I will ini-tiate employment with your firm immediately. I look forward to working with you. Best of luck in rejecting future candidates.

Sincerely, [Your Name]

As an observer of other people’s lives and we think that we will never

experience what they’re living and that will never happen to me. But life is unpredictable and that’s the only truth of life. Nothing is permanent, everything changes; and of course, a lot of things can happen that will transform who you are and have an impact on your life. That is where we need to cultivate the ability to accept whatever comes and embrace it.

Of course, life will bring many challenges such as losing a wonderful job

opportunity, family loss, a missed opportunity, not getting promo-tion at workplace etc. I agree that it’s not easy to embrace them when we’re suffering and wish-ing those things would have never happened. But if we start cultivat-ing acceptance in our lives right

now, we’ll likely cope with future crises in a different way and per-spective. We will accept instead or resist. We need to receive with open arms what happens to us. There are two ways out of a prob-lem: accept what’s happening, see the positive, and choose a peace-ful state of mind; or fight against it, be miserable, if you want to move from feeling happy from being happy state, acceptance can help you with us.

When something unpre-dictable happens, in-stead of complaining

and over-thinking it, we need to choose to live with it. And when we need to live with it, what’s the harm in living happily. I know it’s hard to practice acceptance when you deeply wish things aren’t the way they are. But the truth is, sometimes we can’t change our reality, even though we try. So in-

stead of staring at the closed door in front of us, or getting tired and bruised while we try to break it down, let’s turn around and see how many other windows we have open. One candle can en-lighten the deep dark room, what will you do? Light a candle, wait for the morning or else close all doors and windows in the day time too. Choice is yours.

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” --Walt Disney


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