History Lesson – The Story of Twitter.

Tweet–Sweet-Sweet…..:)   🙂  🙂    Tweet … Tweet .. Tweet… This  is not the bird’s sound by the way…

Its the new  killer app – the buzzword  heard across the globe threatening to get the top celebrity status in the social media world above Google’s space…

The concept looked childish to me initially when the site instructed to update the status of what I am doing within 140 characters. But when couple of my friends asked me to join this and watch this twittersphere to know what exactly is going around.

I have been just a month twittering around and so far it seems to be informative.

Word of  Caution : It is addictive sometimes.

So to know what this Twitter is : Join and be there for a while to get some glimpse out of it.

Came across a beautiful picture that tells us the History of Twitter Story.

[Thanks Pic Courtesy : Sean]

Twittering Usage

Happy Twiteering… 🙂 :).. Adios..

Essence of Life

Slides  – our guides – for better lives…

Elections in India

Finally Elections are over in India and the new government is set to start its work.

Here are the links where you can get a feel of Indian elections

1. Awesome Election Pitures
2. Meet Our MPs and MLAs of India
3. Interesting facts

Motivation

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.”

What  is motivation ?

Motivation is the inner energy that drives us to achieve the non-achievable. Its the adrenalin force within us that helps us to accomplish things.

Why  we need  motivation ?

Motivation is the need of the hour in any of its forms to keep us in the competetive edge.To reach our goals , we need consistent motivation and lots of perseverance. But it is not so easy as said .

How does it works ?

There are types  of motivation like positive and negetive motivation. When the boss in the company forces his team members to work on late nights to meet the deadlines , we term this as negetive motivation.

The best motivation, is a way of  really wanting to do  something, to get excited about it, to be passionate about it.

For any task to achieve , let us start with the right motivation for better chance of succeeding in it.

Few Ways to get the right Motivation :

1. Start with small goals: When we try to achieve a goal, we can start in a small way. For example if my goal is to reduce my weight by 5 kgs , we can slowly change our     diet and the workouts rather doing intensive workouts everyday and losing out interest. We can jog for 15 minutes for the first week, and then we can increase our speed gradually every week as it progresses. It’s important to keep toddler steps before making big steps towards your goal.
2. One goal at a time: Always focusing on one goal at a time is more effective than having many and loosing focus on all. The goal with the highest priority has to be taken  first and worked upon. By this all the energy and motivation is intense and spent only on the current goal.
3. Examine your motivation: We need to know the reasons for our actions. If the reasons are the loved ones, then it’s much stronger than the Self-Interest. We need to be extremely passionate and excited about it.
4. Commit Publicly: Committing publicly to your near and dear ones about your goals will keep you accountable to update them with the progress.
5. Keep it Visible: Take print outs of your goals in BIG WORDs and post them in your room or other place where you can see them frequently. By this way you will be reminded constantly and keeps you aware.

Few ways to maintain our motivation when we are struggling.

1. Hold  yourself  back.  When you feel that you have so much energy at the beginning of pursuing your goal/program, and want to go all out — it is advisable to HOLD BACK.  Don’t let yourself do everything you want to do. Plan out a course of action where you slowly increase over time.  For example, if I want to run, I might think I can run 3 miles at first. But instead of doing that, I start by only running a mile. After that I’ll let myself do 1.5 miles. I keep that energy and harness it, so that I can ride it even further.
2. Just start. There are some days when you don’t feel like heading out the door for a run, or whatever it is you’re supposed to do that day for your goal. Well, instead of thinking about how hard it is, and how long it will take, tell yourself that you just have to start. Once you start, it  all flows naturally.
3. Stay accountable. If you committed yourself publicly in person or by other means then stay accountable to that group of people. Commit to report back to them frequently and stick to it! That accountability will help you to want to do well, because you don’t want to report that you’ve failed.
4. Remove negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones. It’s important to start monitoring your thoughts, and to recognize negative self-talk. Just spend a few days becoming aware of every negative thought. Then, after a few days, try  removing those negative thoughts and then replacing them with a corresponding positive thought. It sounds hard, but it works really.
5. Read more about your goals and Read inspiring stories. When you lose motivation, it is good to just read a book or a magazine about your goal. It inspires and rejuvenates. Reading helps motivate and focus you on whatever you’re reading about. You can try reading inspirational stories of people who have achieved amazing things.
6. Find like-minded friends. Staying motivated on your own is tough. But if you find someone with similar goals (running, dieting, finances, etc.), see if they’d like to partner with you. You both don’t need to have the same goals — as long as you are both pushing and encouraging each other to succeed.
7. Chart your progress and Reward yourself often. This can be as simple as marking an X on your calendar. But you can look back on your progress and see how far you’ve come, and it can help you to keep going. Strive to keep the chart progressing positively. For every little step along the way, celebrate your success, and give yourself a reward.
8. Never skip two days in a row. This rule takes into account our natural tendency to miss days now and then. We are not so perfect. When missed one day … now laziness creeps on the second day … tell yourself NO! You will not miss two days in a row which is detrimental to reach our goal.
9. Use visualization. Visualize your successful outcome in great detail. Close your eyes, and think about exactly how your successful outcome will look, will feel, will smell, taste and sound like. Now do this every day for few minutes. This is the only way to keep that motivation going over a long period of time.

“Never, never, never, never give up.” – Winston Churchill

( Credit : this article is based on the post  by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits)

Living happily….

What does happiness mean to each of us…

Happiness within you.

 

The happiest person doesn’t have the best of everything in life… Perhaps he is just good in making the best of everything that life brings along his way…

There is a beautiful child within each of us that just needs to be loved…

I can give only what I have to others…

If I have mangoes, I will be able to give mangoes…

If I hate myself, then the very person who matters the most, hatred is what I will give out …

If I resent myself, resentment is what I will exude all across..

If I am insecure, insecurity is what I will pass on…

But If I love myself ,

I learn to accept myself irrespective of my numerous weakness, If I love myself unconditionally, it is this pure love that I will give to anyone who comes in contact with me .

No one is born happy…

But all of us are born with the ability to create happiness…So today, everyone can vow to be happy and make others happy…..afterall it the choice within us.

Let us have All the Days Full Of Smiles….