Concentration...

After winning several archery contests, the young and rather boastful champion challenged a Zen master who was renowned for his skill as an archer. The young man demonstrated remarkable technical proficiency when he hit a distant bull's eye on his first try, and then split that arrow with his second shot. "There," he said to the old man, "see if you can match that!"
Undisturbed, the master did not draw his bow, but rather motioned for the young archer to follow him up the mountain. Curious about the old fellow's intentions, the champion followed him high into the mountain until they reached a deep chasm spanned by a rather flimsy and shaky log. Calmly stepping out onto the middle of the unsteady and certainly perilous bridge, the old master picked a far away tree as a target, drew his bow, and fired a clean, direct hit. "Now it is your turn," he said as he gracefully stepped back onto the safe ground. Staring with terror into the seemingly bottomless and beckoning abyss, the young man could not force himself to step out onto the log, no less shoot at a target. "You have much skill with your bow," the master said, sensing his challenger's predicament, "but you have little skill with the mind that lets loose the shot."

Assumptions........

A certain man asked the famous Mulla Nasrudin, "What is the meaning of fate?"

Mulla replied, "Assumptions."

"In what way?" the man asked again.

Mulla looked at him and said, "You assume things are going to go well and when they do not, you call that bad luck. You assume things are going to go badly and when they do not, you call that good luck. You assume certain things are going to happen or not happen a certain way, but you do not know what is going to actually happen. You assume the future is unknown. When you are caught out (things do not work out for you), you call that Fate."

Note: This story is one of many about the interesting character, "Mulla Nasrudin." It is an old Persian tale. On a different note, my mother who has not read this story, once said to me, "When things do not go the way we want them to, we wrongly blame Fate!"

Life lessons from Michael Phelps

At 23, Michael Fred Phelps has become an international sporting sensation.

The young American swimmer has smashed seven world records and won eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, the first athlete ever to secure first place so many times at a single Olympics Games.


And what life lessons do his struggles and successes hold for us?

Deal with your own issues effectively -- Michael certainly dealt with ADHD and his parents' divorce that way. His mother helped him cope up with his condition and channeled his energy into what he loved.

Cut out the drama -- Michael's story is inspirational but at the same time, neither the young man nor his family have exploited their experiences to sensationalise his life. They've told it like it is.

Zero in on your strengths and overcome your weaknesses -- He was less than an average student at school, but Michael was a passionate and dedicated student of his sport. The young swimmer is known to have studied tapes of his races over and over, zeroing in on mistakes and working towards bettering himself constantly. Excellent is still not good enough.

Remain focused on your goals -- At the Athens Olympics back in 2004, Phelps was beaten by teammate Ian Crocker beat in the 100m butterfly. He put up a poster of Crocker in his room to motivate him and keeps a list of his career goals beside his bed.

Pursue what you love with passion and put in a genuine effort -- Phelps' dedication to swimming was apparent back when he was nine and began to break national records in his age group. His commitment to what he does has grown with him.

It's not just his career and his unbelievable performance at the Olympics that classify Phelps as a winner -- it's his story of inspiration that makes him a real champion, a youth icon, somebody to look up to.

Improve your aim, improve your life!

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes , to one of his great surprise,is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. To explain this let me take you through a small story.

There was a king with a small army, the captain of the army was not confident to win a war with another country.so, the king went for a toss by starting if we get a head ,God is with us,we will win and if we get the other side we will lose the battle.they won the toss, warriors were motivated and fought with the hope that god was with them.at last they won the war.

The captian told the king "only bcoz God is with us ! victory came. The king laughed and showed the coin which had the same on both side and said,no with the hope of having God with us,we fought with strong will power! which paves the way for victory.the kings action ,was nothing but motivation and extension of positive thinking within the soldeirs, if one possess strong will power, he can win anything,anywhere and anytime.

Sachin Tendulkar,Sania Mirza,Kalpana Chawla,Leander Paes,Joshna Chinappa,Narein Kartikeyan....etc, who did the country proud by thier achievements in respective fields only due to their will power and positive thinking.
We all have dreams which are different in every aspect.Our dream may indicate the great possibilities that are in store for us in the future years to come. A dream may precede all big works and achievements.But even for converting dreams into reality, the role of positive thinking is very important.

You, all need to show the world is the results of your positive thinking, not the blue print of your dream.the world expects results. do not talk to them about your labour pain,instead show them the little baby. everything depends upon the human mind, which is capable of creating positive and negative thinking.it is our duty to train our mind to have full of positive thinking. the route cause of success, which not only avoids failure and brings the name and fame to live even after bidding farewell to this world. Always remember nothing great was ever achieved with out enthusiasm.

It's simple to train your brain ; ask yourself how was your day ? if your answer is "great" then you have started training your brain to think positive.

14 Laws of Charming Personality!!

Charm is an charismatic thing which strikes the sight & leaves it impression in heart. that's why first impression is the last impression. Use the following laws to make your personality more & more charming. As follows,
Law : 1 - Control Your Moods :- Make a habit of breaking bad moods. always trying to be nice with peoples & being nice to the people only when you want i.e. as per your mood makes the difference, So it is better to control your moods.
Law : 2 - Offer understanding, Empathy & help.
Law : 3 - Don't desire to be center of attraction, Create your own influence.
Law : 4 - Avoid Fault finding, Spend time to analyze yourself.
Law : 5 -Give Encouragement & Appreciation.
Law : 6 - Avoid desiring to be considered as superior.
Law : 7 - Show Interest.
Law : 8 - Be Co-operative, helpful & Generous.
Law : 9 - Be pleasent & look cheerful.
Law :10 - Be enthusiastic & energetic.
Law :11 - Spread Genuine love & being loved.
Law :12 - Look pleased to see peoples, While speaking be proactive.
Law :13 - Be Nice to the people.
Law :14 - Avoid talking back of the peoples.
Just 14 laws is not the standard set, it is the basic primer for personality.You can create your own laws, you will be able to create your own 14000 laws as you keep on analyzing yourself, learning yourself, analyzing your real self. The more we study our-self, we will come to know more about our-self.
There is no excellent book which will help you to be charming, but, yes, there is an one perfect book which will help you & guide you to be CHARMING and that is your own MIND.