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Passport to Success 7 habits of highly effective people :Book review for mompreneurs
Have you read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ?
This book by Stephen .R.Covey is a must read .
If you want your life to follow your dreams,read the book!
It’s the passport to success .
Growing up everyone has dreams.On the way to becoming adults we forget our dreams.But what if you could make your dreams come true?
This book is not a magic book.It’s a book which helps you shine your inner self.
That part of you, which helps you succeed or fail.
That part which lifts you up when you fall down.
According to the author, success is a learned habit .In this book you learn ,exactly how.
Favourite quote from the book :
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separate from right living.
David Starr Jordan
We are what we repeatedly do.Excellence ,then is not an act ,but a habit.
Aristotle
Golden nuggets from the book:
Habit is the intersection of knowledge , skill and desire.
Production of desired result and production capability are both important.
Focus on the golden egg and the goose .
Our most important financial asset is our capacity to earn.
Work always for improving your own production capability.
3 of the favourite habits
- Be proactive
- Think win -win
- Seek first to understand ,then to be understood.
The book is 342 pages if you ignore the Appendix.It’s packed full of stories and lessons
Cons of the book:
It’s a wall of text.
Your eyes will glaze over.
Its pretty long for the genre, (I feel ).
It’s not light reading.
Pros of the book:
Life altering .
If you can read ,imbibe and learn .Then it will make life interesting .
The author doesn’t just tell you about 7 tips.
He helps you change from the inside .The stories,the psychology ,the hacks are really all aimed to show you the way.
But for this you have to be ready .Ready to change .
Inside out.That’s the first step.
25 million copies of this book have been sold.
Have you read the book ?
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Thankful Thursdays(2) :For the love of books
From the time I learnt how to read,books have been my constant companion.
I can read ,standing in a crowded platform . Reading in places ,which are outside my comfort zone is a my favourite brain workout .
Focus ,read ,understand.Become immune to the surrounding chaos.
I read ,ebooks when Rai sleeps in my lap.
I read books when I travel .Anywhere,anytime wherever I can.
I never visit the beauty parlour without my stash of books .
Waiting is fun for me, if I have my favourite books.
In the middle of chaos reading books calm me down.Even today when politics and economy both are making headlines, books helped.
I love getting books as gifts.Now blogging has made that even better.
Discovering new blogs ,reading them ,are like finding cookies hidden in moms kitchen .
If I didn’t read I would not have made it as a doctor.
If I didn’t read ,I would never have found your wonderful blogs.
If I didn’t read ,till my eyeballs fell off, I wouldn’t have managed to set up my blog .
If I didn’t read, I wouldn’t have my balcony garden.
If I didn’t read, I wouldn’t have found my hubby in medical college.
If I didn’t read I would never have the chance to read all the wonderful books stacked in libraries .
How does this habit of reading help ?
- Reading helps you write better.
- It improves vocabulary .
- It’s the best way to learn and increase knowledge .
- It builds memory.
- It helps you develop logical reasoning.
- It helps decrease stress
- It’s a form of mindfulness therapy.
- It gives you mental stimulation which is the best way to stop ageing.
I feel thankful for this love of reading.
Which habit are you thankful for, this #Thankful Thursday?
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INCEPTION :If I could incept
The movie Inception :A thief can steal secrets from deep in the subconscious mind.Extraction of information is his speciality.He is framed for his wife’s murder .To clean his record he will need to do the opposite.
Leonardo DiCaprio does the impossible in the movie .He plants one person’s thought’s in the subconscious mind of another.
The movie describes dreamscaping and high level corporate espionage by hacking people’s minds.
Written, Co-produced and directed by Christopher Nolan ,this Sci-fi heist film ,deals with the rather interesting concept on inception.
Strangely enough the movie, with this rather interesting theme looks totally plausible.
I identified with the movie because I have always wanted to peep, into other peoples mind.To understsnd why they do, what they do.
The mind is still the most mysterious part of our self.
If I could incept a thought I would incept one into the head of every child.
STUDY
Study because knowledge is powers.
Study because it will open your heart and mind to giving and receiving.
Study because it will help you become financially free.
Study because unless you know right from wrong you can always choose wrong.
Remember education never goes to waste.
What matters is education and knowledge which will help you find your way in life .
How to actually do an inception ?
Is it even possible?
Reverse psychology is a very common method of trying inception.
Is it a good thing to try inception ?
It’s a psychological hack which you often try subconsciously, to make people go along with your idea.
Hypnotic suggestion is a type of inception!
What if you could incept a thought into somebody’s mind .What would you incept and to whom?
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Delhi pollution:Vertical gardens ,vertical forests may be a solution
The problem of Deli pollution and poor air quality in other cities makes vertical gardens and vertical forests part of a possible solution. But is anyone listening? Imagine a life without greenery. Imagine a black grey and smog covered sky.No plants, will mean, the world without life itself. Only plants produce oxygen. Simple truth. God alone knows why men and governments allowed this to happen. Delhi has shut the school for 3 days, to let the life-choking smog to settle.
The shocking truth is we all knew. We knew it was going to be a gas chamber.Delhi government knows it’s on a tight rope, with respect to pollution.What did they do pre Diwali? What did the Government do after Diwali? (They did do something. Scroll down to read about the #Delhichallenge ).
A few questions :
Is the air through which the politicians, rich and famous travel pure? Does only Indian cars and vehicles pollute? Does pollution affect your body and mind?
The Singapore government makes builders replace trees by the equal square footage of vertical gardens. Why can’t we do that too? Did you know vertical forests are possible with technology? I believe this lack of exposure to greenery causes a lot of our problems. We need trees, plants, and forests.
The 3 PRONGS of the Problem
1)How to stop air pollution immediately?
2)How to improve the existing air quality?
3) How to prevent further deterioration of air quality?How to stop pollution immediately?
Delhi Government has banned the use of diesel generators for some days.No burning of solid wastes . Plus crowdsourcing solutions.The #Delhi challenge by Urban Labs Innovation a project of Tata Centre of Development happened in association with University of Chicago and Delhi Government
CHAKR innovations were the winner.
They are stopping the pollutants at the source itself. This company is testing an interesting solution with surprising results. A device, when attached to the exhaust pipe of diesel engines, can help trap and remove over 72% of particulate matter. These particles will be used to make ink. That’s smart and cool.
Improving existing air quality
Air purifiers are at best short-term solutions. But a solution for immediate use if you can afford it.They can improve the quality of air indoors to some extent by removing particulate matter.But be careful while picking indoor air purifiers. Some release negative ions and ozone(not good for you indoor ) which harms you more than helps. Best air purifiers can be priced from Rupees 10000 to 75000.Clean air for super rich!
Going for cheaper solutions may leave you with a machine which does little. Another problem is a lack of standards for quality control of air purifiers. Research shows air purifiers only remove some amount of particulate matter from air.Not really very efficient. Unlike water purifiers which treat the water chemically too.
Cons of air purifiers :
- It’s expensive
- It has doubtful efficacy.
- There are negative health effects of negative ion releasing Air purifiers.
- It may be useful for small rooms but not for large areas.
Pros:
May help as short term solution.
Vertical gardens Vertical forests and green walls:
Delhi challenge also had Capacloud as a finalist.Capacloud has a solution to the pollution problem. Grow green anywhere.I have written about indoor air pollution sometime back. With their technology, you can grow green plants on exterior walls, roofs inside homes anywhere. Their molecular technology helps provide plants with nutrition and water while letting then grow. Tested to cut up to 30 % of air pollutants in the vicinity.
How to prevent further deterioration of air quality?That’s a story for another post
Wake up to the problem. Breathe the grey cloud of pollution. This is “the end of the world”. You- me – and everyone else need to work together. Or die painfully being poisoned by the black air we breathe.
What do you think you can do to make the air clean?Comment below to let me know.
Posts in this series
Plastic pollution population:Hard truths
Car air purifier: Why I want it
Say no to plastic water bottles
Environmental pollution awareness and strict action
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Happy Sunday :Rejuvenation is good for your soul
Happiness optimism and positivity has a great effect on your mind.Since not choosing is a choice I like to have my Sunday open-ended.
No agenda .
A little drawing with Rai a lot of cuddling. Wishing time would stand still and rush at the same time.
A little housework.A tiny bit of decluttering.External chaos is after all a sign of inner chaos
Folding and keeping away the clothes(really hate this).At least some of them.Staring at my baby mustard leaves.
Thinking about the naughty sparrow that broke a few branches of my jasmine.
Trying to cook creamy matar masala without messing it up.
Not really doing a lot .
The brain needs a break. Making it a point to have the Indian soldiers in my prayers.
Hoping to go watch a movie like Gumnaami.
Hoping India and Delhi wakes up.to the idea of vertical gardening and green walls on all buildings to stay healthy and improve the countries lungs.
At this rate we won’t survive.
I wondered today at the news.
It’s only Bad news that makes the cut.
What about good news?
Why don’t these politicians work towards decreasing pollution ?
Why didn’t the Delhi government take preventive steps ?
Why didn’t they insist on growing green walls with every new building projects ?
Why do we always have to work backwards?
Why can’t we prevent?
Maybe we can.If you and me want to do something we can.
This studyfound that blogging about a relative suffering from cancer Helps in coping mechanism.
Can blogging help us fight this battle?
I think it’s not too late.We can still do a lot .
Can we give our children fresh air?
Can we give them sunshine?
Can we them a healthy life?
I am stuck in a small town in West Bengal .Not much here but the pollution is still there.
My home has 80 plants .That helps me .
1 to 3 per 100 square feet is said to be adequate.
Will you promise yourself to do a little for the environment ?
That will make this a very #Happy Sunday.
Let me know in the comment below,what your plan to do to help the environment and yourself?
