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Inner power - How recognize it?

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We all possess various inner powers, but they are in a dormant state. in order to awaken these inner powers and start using them, special training and  inner work are required. However, sometimes, due to various factors, they might manifest unexpectedly, in certain circumstances. There is a brief story of young boy Arun who was always afraid  of speaking up in a group. let us go through the story about  how  Arun recognize his talent. Consider the story of young Arun. His friends ran the Dramatics Club of their college. Arun had never really thoughts of himself as an actor. In fact, he believed that he had no talent in dramatics at all. He was an introvert and was afraid of speaking up in a group, so he tried to stay happy with just being the audience. An inter-college street play competition was impending and the Dramatic Club was trying hard to come up with a powerful script for that. However, whatever they were coming up with sounded hollow and fake. R

Acknowledge your superpower

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Knowing ourselves and knowing what we want to achieve in life is like the chicken and egg situation. Without knowing our strengths and weaknesses, it is difficult to figure out what is within our reach.   And if we do not aim high, we can never challenge and overcome our weakness. So, understanding what we can and what we want to do in our lives is much more than a decision. It is a process. You need to give it time. You need to have patience. The first step to knowing ourselves is to have trust and belief in ourselves, but we often lose confidence at the first stumbling block. We start blaming our circumstances, unfavorable conditions, and start accepting the failures as our limitations. We blame ourselves for not being capable of handling situations, without really exploring different perspectives. To understand what is our superpower there is a brief story of the young man and a Swamiji… Once upon a time a young man was frustrated with his problems. For as lo

Reasons why we don’t achieve excellence

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Many people go through life with our emotional brakes on. Brakes are the factors that prevent you from achieving success that is - fear, procrastination, lack of pride etc. The way to release your emotional brakes is by building a positive attitude, realizing your self-worth and accepting responsibility. There are some factors that can cause you to fail. By working to overcome these factors, you can release this brakes that are holding back your success. 1.        Unwillingness to Take Risks Success involves taking calculated risks. Risk-taking is relative. Risk taking does not mean gambling foolishly and behaving irresponsibly.  Take risks but don’t gamble. Risk takers move ahead with their open eyes but gamblers shoot in the dark. Responsible risk taking is based on knowledge training and courage to act while facing fears. Risk taking is the part if the life. Sometimes not taking risk could become the greatest risk. People who doesn’t

Qualities That Make A Person Successful

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If you really want to bring success in your life, you should cultivate yourself just as you’d cultivate a garden for the best yield. Here are the traits that the highly successful people cultivate. These traits may sound simple, but they lead to remarkable results. 1.        Desire:       The motivation to succeed comes from the burning desire to achieve a purpose. A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishment. Just like a small fire cannot give much heat, a weak desire cannot produce great results.   Napoleon Hill wrote: “ whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe the mind can achieve”. 2.        Courage: Successful people work to confront the fears that hold most people back. The biggest enemies to our success are fear and doubt. Fear might not be the only reason, but is one of the major reasons why many people miss out a great opportunity. So face your fear. Th