{Motivation} Short Story: Annoying Little Things - Lessons from 911

On this day, two planes rammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York.  The terrorists timed their attack at the hour where people have already started reporting for their day’s work. Most of those who were there on time, did not survive the attack. And those who were late for work on that day were saved from sure death. Let me share with you an inspiring article about some of those who did not arrived at the World Trade Center on time.

Here are the circumstances of some of those who were lucky enough not to be in the WTC at a appointed time when they were supposed to be there:

• The head of a major company survived the tragedy of “9/11” in New York because his son started kindergarten.
• Another fellow was alive because it was his turn to bring donuts.
• One woman was late because her alarm clock didn’t go off in time.
• One was late because of being stuck on the New Jersey Turnpike because of an auto accident.
• One of them missed his bus.
• One spilled food on her clothes and had to take time to change.
• One’s car wouldn’t start.
• One went back to answer the telephone.
• One had a child that dawdled and didn’t get ready as soon as he should have.
• One couldn’t get a taxi.
• One man put on a new pair of shoes that morning, took the various means to get to work but before he got there, he developed a blister on his foot. He stopped at a drugstore to buy a Band-Aid.

They did not get to the building on time and that is why they are alive today.

Now when you

– get stuck in traffic

– miss an elevator…

– turn back to answer a ringing telephone…

– all the little things that annoy you…

Think to yourself. This is exactly where God wants you to be at this very moment.

The next time your morning seems to be going wrong,

– the children are slow getting dressed,

– you can’t seem to find the car keys,

– you hit every traffic light…

Don’t get mad or frustrated; God is at work watching over you.

May God continue to bless you with all those annoying little things – and may you remember and appreciate their possible purpose.

Author Unknown

{Motivation} Live a quality Life

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups – porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite – asking them to help themselves to the coffee. 

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: 

“If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began eyeing each other’s cups”.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee 
The jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.”

God brews the coffee, not the cups………. So start enjoying your coffee today!

Quote: 

“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. 
They just make the best of everything.” 
Live simply. Love generously. 
Care deeply. Speak kindly. 
Leave the rest to GOD !

{Motivation} Topper Story: Shubhra Saxena - “ziladhikari Shravasti zindabad”

• As we are getting closer to the New Year, hopefully lucky 13, here is the tale of a young woman IAS, who was recently welcomed at Uttar Pradesh’s Shravasti district with slogans “ziladhikari Shravasti zindabad”. And this is how this 2009 batch IAS introduces herself in her blog post: “Hi I am Shubhra Saxena. I am an engineer from IIT Roorkee 2002 batch of paper technology. I am currently posted as District Magistrate, Shravasti, UP.” Her favourite films: Chak De India, A beautiful Mind and Swades. And her favourite book: Atlas Shrugged, We the living. 
• In her blog post titled “First posting as District Collector”, Ms Shubhra writes how people have such low expectations from administration that “even the most mundane thing I would do here would be huge for them”.
• “After joining Shravasti, I inspected a Block Resource Center of SSA where training of teachers was going on. As expected, most teachers were absent. I took immediate action against the teachers. When I came out... People there were shouting slogans... "ziladhikari Shravasti zindabad". I felt humbled to my core…” Ms Shubhra writes. 
• And she has a few tips for civil service aspirants too. “All of you are aspiring for civil services. Some of you will make it to IAS, some to IPS, some to IFS and so on. On the way to these services, you face so many roadblocks in terms of failure, loss of motivation and many other factors unaccounted for. You feel as if once you get into the service, you would have all solutions. But from an insider’s perspective, the day you enter a service, the real battle starts. It’s not a cakewalk I assure you. But even despite many constraints, there’s so much difference you can make just by being efficient, fair and honest…” she writes. 

{Motivation} Destiny will never change

Death came to a guy and said, “My friend, today is your day!”
The guy said, “But I’m not ready!”
Then death said, “Well, your name is the next on my list….”
Guy: “Okay, then why don’t you take a seat and I will get you something to eat before we go?”
Death: “All right…. ”
The guy gave death some food with sleeping pills in it. Death finished eating and fell into a deep sleep…..
The guy took the list & removed his name from top of the list and put it in the bottom of the list.
When death woke up, he said to the guy, “Because you have been so very nice to me, I will start from the BOTTOM of the list….”

Lesson for the day: Accept whatever is written in your destiny. Destiny will never change, no matter how much you try….

{Motivation} My questions to GOD

Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now? 
God: Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated. 

Getting in the right frame of mind

Hello everyone,

Before I actually start sharing some experiences about the exam, I wish to write a post about the mind set with which one must approach this exam. I feel before anyone starts preparing for the Civil Service Exam (CSE), he/she must have clarity on some fundamental issues in his/her mind. 

BLESSING's of the BUDDHA !

Wonderful it is to train the mind, so swiftly moving, seizing whatever it wants. Good is it to have a well-trained mind, for a well-trained mind brings happiness.

With the blessings of BUDDHA: Study Tips

How to study subjects effectively:

1. Begin with an overview: Have a glance of each and every topics of the chapter
2. Eliminate (or at least reduce) distraction: switch your mobile to silent mode, etc.
3. Don't do all ur study at once: It is easy to learn and remember new information when learning is spaced out over time.
4. Set specific, challening goals-but make sure that these are attainable.
5. Reward yourself for progress: eating a favorite dessert, watching a favorite movie, visiting friends etc.
6. Engage in active, not passive studying: in order to remember things it is very essential that u think while reading ur notes.

How To Increase Your IQ:

MOTIVATION: Transformation through tracking

• Once you start tracking your life, your attention will be focused on the smallest things you are doing right, as well as the smallest things you are doing wrong
• And, when you choose to make even the smallest course corrections consistently, over time, you will begin to see amazing results
• Therefore, it reminds that there may not be any immediate fanfare, applause, congratulations card or a trophy for the littlest disciplines you may adopt; but the payoff over time can be exceptional
• “The real cost of a four-dollar-a-day coffee habit over 20 years is $51,833.79. That's the power of the Compound Effect.”
• Over the years I've tracked what I eat and drink, how much I exercise, how much time I spend improving a skill, my number of sales calls, even the improvement of my relationships with family, friends, or my spouse. The results have been no less profound than my money-tracking wake-up call.
• Olympic trainers who get paid top dollar track every workout, every calorie, and every micro nutrient for their athletes
• All winners are trackers. Right now I want you to track your life with the same intention: to bring your goals within sight.
• Make the correct choice every day, every week for many years, and you can quickly see how you can become financially abundant