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The inner voice is God’s own voice if we understand it as our own godliness, loving longing to be clean, creative, giving. God is not a person, but the ultimate in truth, the ultimate in gracefulness, the ultimate in beauty, the ultimate in love. The inner voice insists we experience our godliness. Feel it. If we experience it, if we feel its clean boundless beauty, we radiate a luminosity – “the personality of personalities.” We feel meeting any person is a gift, any situation, a blessing. “an all fulfilling sense of well-being and calm that resolves into radiant simplicity of being.” It’s coming home to our true nature – a fullness of being that knows no limitations – incomparably, profound vast…

The ego says: Add on something, anything for self-fulfillment.
The inner voice says: Subtract the superficial for self-fulfillment.

The ego makes us complicated, conniving adults.
The inner voice makes us open minded, receptive, empathetic, loving children.

The ego drives us to argue, become incenced, irrational.
The inner voice calms us, shows us our priorities, keeps us poised admist chaos.

The ego provokes us by saying, “You are a failure.”
The inner voice convey, “Be calm and content. Failure is onlu sucess postponed.”

It is a real pain in the neck – in the literal sense of word. To avoid getting bitten by the traffic bug, keep yourself busy during that hour in the following ways:

• Look around and read people’s faces. Try guessing what they must be thinking at present, where they must be going, their age, and other facts about them.
• Check all boards and hoardsing in your view and see if you can coin words from them. For instance, if the word is ‘Marinate’, you can make ate, mate, rate, rat, tin, main, and so on. It’s an excellent mind excercise.
• Clean your cassette/CD shelf and arrange the CDs/cassettes in proper order.
• Organise your wallet; keep all the notes in order, place all importance papers properly and throw any waste receipts tucked in a hurry.

Make the most of your time by organising yourself better. To optimise your time,

• Prepare a list of all the pending work and number it according to priority. Once you get a rough idea of this, you can arrange to get it done right by assigning enough time to each activity.
• Make a flexible schedule and allow time for unexpected activities or contingencies. Don’t bother about hard and fast rules. Rules and regulations simply remain on paper.
• A schedule that suits your needs and specifications is the best one to follow.
• Don’t let the going get tough. Make plans that are simple, easy to follow and within your reach. Do not pressurise yourself.
• While making big plans and spending hours discussing them are great ways to go, implementation is what’ll get you there.
• Analyse and evaluate your time so that you know where and how you have wasted your time.

While keeping in touch with the outer world, remember to enhance your inner self too. It will ensure that you never get into a rut and remain sane and mentally healthy. You’ll lead a quality life, fruitful by every standard. To connect with your inner self, tune in to spirituality. It empowers you to face the trails, tribulations and bitter experiences of your life head-on. Your belief in the divine will help you emerge a stronger individual. Meditate. It’s a unique way to get in touch with your higher self. With expertise in meditation, you will be able to study and evaluate your mind and express yourself better. The countdown has begun. Get set, go.

Being irresistibly attractive is about energy. It is your energy, and the energy of the people with whom you relate. Energy is invisible, real and very powerful. Your energy extends out around you and bumps up against the person next to you. The person’s energy next to you bumps up against you and your energy.

We put energy out into the world, and we attract it back to us. Have you heard the expression, ‘like attracts like?” If it is true that “like attracts like,” would not you agree that you want to be putting good things out there so you attract good things back?

Notice the kind of energy you are putting out into your world. Is it positive or negative? Remember that “like attracts like.” If you are not happy with what is coming back to you, then take a look at the kind of energy you are putting out there to begin with in the form of your thoughts, words, attitudes, and actions. Ask yourself this, “what can i think, say or do differently the next time so i can attract back to me what i really want?” And then do it. Start practicing being irresistibly attractive today.

The words you choose in communicating with others make a big difference in how well you connect with the people in your life. Just a few words can either build bridges or build walls. Bridges keep the communication flowing easily and harmoniously. Walls create distance and cause disharmony. Which do you want to build? If you want to live success, make sure you are building bridges.

Remember, a sure fire way to quickly improve your all round communication is to immediately eliminate “should” and “have to” from your language. Become aware of when you use these words with yourself and others. Notice the reactions to them. Be aware of people using these words with you and how you react to them.

To create harmonious communication, make sure the words you choose build bridges rather than build walls. Stop using such demanding words on yourself and others. Begin building bridges today, and hit delete on “should” and “have to!”

People are happiest and most prosperous in their work when it is aligned with what is meaningful to them and what they are passionate about. We happen to live in a rapidly changing work environment. What was joyful work one day can become dreaded work the next.

When things change, you want to make sure the changes are in alignment with what is more important to you – like your values and your talents. If they are not, see if there are ways to bring them back to alignment. If it becomes clear that there are no ways to do that, then it is time to move on.

If you are in tune with yourself, your gut instincts or intuition will tell you if the changes are in or out of alignment for you. Watch for clues: frustration, anger, fatigue, stress, boredom, taking things out on those close to you, being told you are no longer fun to be with.

The mistakes many people make – when things stay out of alignment with what is most important to them – is to hang on too long to a job that no longer works for them. They end up settling for less because it is easier and safer. They do not want to take the risk or make the time to look for work that would be more joyful. Hanging on too long will result in loss of self-respect, loss of self-confidence, and unhappiness. Don’t let this happen to you.

• I will let things be: Home and office work lists should be made up of absolute essentials for the day (only do-able portions of work you need to complete in the long term get included). Learn to delegate.
• I will plan holidays: Take into account office and school breaks, destinations, bookings, money… Stick to your plan.
• I will organize health checks: Do it for all the family and for yourself – you are not the most unimportant person in your family!
• I will work at a better diet: But remember, there is such a thing as ‘taste’ so don’t get obsessive about your healthy eating either.
• I will cut down on drinking (and smoking): Plan on weekend drinking within limits; then take the abstinence period up by a few days. Stagger cigarettes in a practical manner to start off.
• I will not nag my partner: Get a life! Most women end up expecting their partners to be a mental twin – cultivate forgotten hobbies.
• I will be more patient with my children: Set aside days when you vow not to shout at them no matter what (unless absolutely necessary).
• I will plan my day: Do it the night before. Plan your children’s days if possible, but remember to reward them if they stick to it.
• I will pay more attention to my parents and my in-laws: Remember they brought you up – or him, in the latter case.
• I will not be bothered by gossip: Avoid bad-mouthing others. Learn to brush it aside if you hear something negative about yourself.
• I will reward myself: Go easy on yourself. Set periodic, do-able targets and reward yourself suitably thorugh the year when you fulfil your resolution fro the time frame – even if that be a fairly short one.

You know how toddlers learn to walk? They are often not successful on the first try. They take some small steps here, and stop. Then they take some small steps there, and stop. This goes on for awhile, until all the small steps turn into a toddler who has now learned how to walk. Mission accomplished!

Thus, taking small steps over a concentrated period of time will result in achieving the large goal. Try practicing this right now. Choose a project or goal that you have been putting off because it seemed like too much work to accomplish. Break it down into small, manageable steps.

Schedule each small step into your calendar for a week. Mark off each small step as you complete it. See how much easier it is to accomplish the project or goal that once seemed overwhelming, simple by doing it in small steps.

• Successful people realize the importance of a mentor or advocate.
• Successful people know how to increase visibility.
• Successful people know how to develop an effective network.
• Successful people have learned to communicate effectively.
• Successful people can balance home and work.
• Successful people know when to take smart risks.
• Successful people underatnd the politics of organization.

Creativity is a gift given to each and every one of us in a form that is unique to each of us. It is not limited only to the Picassos, Mozarts, or the Bill Gates of the world. We are all creative beings. When the creativity part of us is suppressed, we are actually cutting part of what gives us great joy and what allows us our unique self expression.

Creativity is like oxygen for our souls. Cutting off our creativity makes us savage. We need to create what wants to be created. Discovering the creativity we are mussing can move us in different directions that we might never have thought of – in the kind of work we do, in the quality of our relationships, and in how we spend our leisure time.

Start bringing into your everyday life more expressions of your creativity. Add vibrant colors to your wardrobe, redecorate your office, take a writing or dance class, creatively solve a work related problem, help your kid with a science project, make something special for your loved ones, etc.