SELF IMPROVEMENT AND MOTIVATION

Here are some simple tips on how to meditate. . 1. Posture Whether you sit on a chair or cross-legged on the floor, make sure that your spine is upright with head up. If you are slumped your mind will drift. Mind and body are intertwined. If your body is well-balanced, your mind will also be in balance. To straighten up, imagine that your head is touching the sky. 2. Eyes Try and keep you eyes open. Open eyes allow you to be more present. Just lower your eyes and let your gaze be soft. If you close your eyes you will be more likely to drift away on thoughts and stories. However, it’s important to do what is comfortable for you. Some people find closing their eyes much more effective. It’s good to experiment and see what feels best for you. 2. Focus In ordinary consciousness we are hardly ever present. For example, sometimes we drive the car on autopilot while being preoccupied with thoughts. Suddenly we arrive at our destination and don’t remember anything about the drive!...

Physical Benefits of Meditation With meditation, the physiology undergoes a change and every cell in the body is filled with more prana (energy). This results in joy, peace, enthusiasm as the level of prana in the body increases. On a physical level, meditation: Lowers high blood pressure Lowers the levels of blood lactate, reducing anxiety attacks Decreases any tension-related pain, such as, tension headaches, ulcers, insomnia, muscle and joint problems Increases serotonin production that improves mood and behavior Improves the immune system Increases the energy level, as you gain an inner source of energy Mental Benefits of Meditation Meditation brings the brainwave pattern into an Alpha state that promotes healing. The mind becomes fresh, delicate and beautiful. With regular practice of meditation: Anxiety decreases Emotional stability improves Creativity increases Happiness increases Intuition develops Gain clarity and  peace of mind Problems become sma...

Stress Reduction Meditation reduces stress better than anything else I know of. Not only does the practice of meditation give you some “down time” to rest physically and mentally, it also has a very direct effect on your entire nervous system by reducing your body’s production of stress related chemicals like cortisol, and increasing the production of mood enhancing chemicals like serotonin. Improved Health Meditation will improve your health by strengthening your immune system, reducing your blood pressure and lowering cholesterol levels. Meditation is often of particular interest to people who are diagnosed with a chronic or potentially life threatening illness. People with serious medical conditions like cancer will sometimes turn to meditation as a means to enhance the process of healing and recovery. While meditation should never be used as a substitute for proper medical care, in some cases it can lead to medical breakthroughs and healing even when traditional medic...

Do you wish you had done certain things differently in the past? Going forward, you have the power to make those wishes come true. Yes that's true! There are times when you wish you had been more diligent, more disciplined, more considerate, or any number of things. Though there is nothing you can do about what has already happened, there is everything you can do about what will now take place. Whatever you’ve wished you had done, this is your chance to do it. This is your opportunity to turn regrets into action. You don’t have to create any more painful wishes about how life might have been. You can take the actions that will create the life you wish to live. Take all those wishes about the past and transfer their energy into purposeful actions in the present. Enjoy making life happen the way you choose. This is your day, filled with great possibilities. This is your moment to stop wishing and start living. NOW 1. Draw a table in 4 quadrants 1.1  Goals In ...

You are not that far away from where you want to be. You are only a single decision, a single instant, a single positive action away from the direction you wish to go. Whatever you seek is within reach. What you must do, is reach. You will always be pleasantly surprised at how quickly you make progress. Just go ahead and get started. Learn from all that has brought you to this point. Be thankful for the wisdom, the experience, the strength and the purposeful sense of determination it has all given you. Then point that determination in a positive direction, and go.  Go with guts, go with enthusiasm and the greatest of expectations along the path that is already in front of you. Right now, right here, you are not that far away. Step up and make the journey, for you deserve it.

Leadership. It is easier said than done. I am an imperfect person managing a team of five people in a startup. Together, we are trying to build a new company and create a business model on a shoestring. The business is an advisory model providing content to help line-of-business leaders in supply chain management. Our goal is to help leaders navigate the evolution of new technologies to drive process innovation. While the traditional business model is selling content behind a paywall, we give content away. The company makes money through speeches, strategy workshops, and events. We think supply chain matters. It is our belief that supply chains can save the world. In my hiring, I am attracted to bright people who want to make a difference. The team is composed of committed individuals with strong personalities with sharp edges. They are comfortable wearing multiple hats, multi-tasking, and turning out materials on a quick cycle. They rise to new challenges. The culture ...

What is easy is not fulfilling. What is fulfilling is not easy. The effort necessary for achievement is what gives the achievement value. You cannot get anything for free and expect it to make a meaningful difference in your life. What gives you richness is what you give yourself to. It is a beautiful dynamic and a challenging one. Grab that challenge, treasure it, work it, grow stronger through your efforts and know the fulfillment it will bring. Find in every day and in every encounter the opportunity to offer life the unique gift of you. Earn what you enjoy, and enjoy what you earn. Invest yourself in life and take joy to a whole new level. Now is your chance to give, to make a difference, to make life richer and more meaningful with your efforts. Celebrate life through those efforts, and delight in all the good you can do.

All the goings on in the world around you are important. The thoughts, feelings, passions and values within you are just as important, even more so in fact. Waves of new information wash over your awareness on a constant basis. Don’t let all that data crowd out your sense of who you are, of what you care about, and of what you intend. By all means, pay attention to what’s going on in the outer world, and respond appropriately. Pay at least as much attention to the abiding values that form the essence of who you are. Life is more than a mere stream of disjoined events and experiences. Life is the ability to fashion enduring meaning out of it all. You can pay attention to what’s going on without being consumed by it. You can live your life according to the direction you’ve set, instead of being tossed around by every new development. The way to make sense of it all, the way to find value and fulfillment in it all, is to see it all from a solid, stable perspective. Keep yourself grounded ...

Choose to do what you believe in, and then put the full power of your belief behind what you are doing. Follow what you are passionate about, and give the energy of your passion to it. That might mean making big external changes in what you’re doing with your life. Or it could mean making changes that are more internal, in how you think about and relate to what you’re doing.  Meaningful effort is not just an idealistic concept, and not just for a lucky few. It produces practical, valuable results, and is attainable by anyone. Doing what you believe in does not mean you must quit your job or walk away from your responsibilities. Following your passion is not necessarily a matter of abandoning the commonsense, practical considerations in your life. It is much more a matter of your expectations, your motivations, and your attitude in every moment. Though it may be challenging, you can find a way to express your highest values, and to follow your deepest passions, in any circumstance. ...

If your efforts are not bringing results, don’t make yourself into a victim, complaining about how unfair life is. Change your efforts, making them more focused and effective. If something is not working for you, don’t make a lot of excuses or look for someone to blame. Instead, look for how you can change your strategy. Yes, conditions have changed and they will continue to change even faster than before. Rather than seeing that as an excuse, see it as an opportunity. Doing something new is not a sure thing, but if you refuse to change, it is a sure thing that you’ll get yourself stuck in the past. If whatever has worked in the past no longer works, that can be disturbing and uncomfortable. Can you find a way to see discomfort as your friend, to push on through, and to transform a disappointing change into a positive opportunity? Life is not fair, and the world does not stand still, waiting for you to catch up. Yet even in such a challenging environment, you have what it ta...

Today is an opportunity to care. Today is an opportunity to care about what you do, about who you are becoming, about how you treat others, and about all of life. Though it is easy to be apathetic, it is terribly difficult to live with apathy. Be thankful that you don’t have to, and renew your commitment to care. Care, not to impress anyone with how enlightened or compassionate you are. Care, with thoughtfulness, with patience, with love, because it feels so right. Express your gratitude not with empty flamboyance, but with purposeful living. Even when all the world seems careless, especially when the world seems careless, your opportunity to care is more valuable than ever. Jump with passion into this day and give it some good, measured, meaningful caring. Add a little understanding, a decent amount of humility, and you have a formula for real enrichment. Care, because it is what you do. Care, and be vibrantly alive.

Make today a day of substance. Let go of your concerns about the superficial things that really don’t matter, and devote your energy to the things that do. Life is a grand experience and there is so much more to it than just keeping up appearances. Even the small, unimpressive moments can be profoundly rich if you’ll just allow them to be. Remind yourself how fortunate you are to be living this day. See how silly it is to worry and fret over the things you don’t have when you do have so much. Grab hold of the opportunity that is now. You can make good things happen, and you already know how great that will make you feel. Look around at the world and smile a great, big, satisfied and joyful smile. Realize, at a deeper level than ever before, how great and limitless your possibilities are. Use this day for real, substantive progress, the kind you care about so much. Be amazed at the abundance, and be delighted at what you do with it.

Enjoy your life. On this day, in this place, whatever concerns, challenges, opportunities and situations you’re faced with, enjoy yourself. Enjoy the little, seemingly insignificant things. Enjoy the big, life-altering things. Enjoy the drama and the peace, the solitude and the fellowship, the activity and the relaxation. Enjoy the work and the play. Enjoy being you. Enjoy not having to impress anyone, just being able to live your life in harmony with your values. You work better, play better, sleep better, eat better and experience better relationships when you allow yourself to enjoy. You’re more interesting, more interested, more loving and giving and creative. It’s really not that difficult to make the choice to enjoy your life. Enjoy your life in an authentic way, and make it a whole lot more enjoyable.

Leadership Enriched Culture CHARACTERISTIC PEOPLE VIEW THE ORGANISATION AS AN EXTENSION OF THEMSELVES PEOPLE FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT THEY PERSONALLY ACHIEVE THROUGH THE ORGANISATION COOPERATION IS EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUAL GOALS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE GOALS OF THE ORGANISATION PEOPLE USE GROUP RESOURCES TO ACTIVELY SOLVE PROBLEMS NOT LIMITED TO JOB DESCRIPTION, WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN MOST EVERYONE IS IN SALES, MARKETING AND PR; THEY ARE WALKING AMBASSADORS PEOPLE ARE CONSISTENTLY BRINING OUT THE BEST IN EACH OTHER LEADERS DO NOT DEVELOP FOLLOWERS, BUT DEVELOP OTHER LEADERS LEADERSHIP IS CONTRIBUTION DRIVEN AND NOT EGO DRIVEN VERY LOW EMPLOYEE TURNOVER MOST ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ORGANISATION AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS Primary Values of a Leadership Enriched Culture are: Everyone has something to offer to you and the organisation By assisting others...