Ways to Simplify Your Life and Be Happier at Work

1. Make home your safe space

At work, you may have pressing deadlines to meet, you may feel you have to rush and multi-task to get things done, or you may feel that slowing down is not an option. This doesn’t mean you have to operate at the same speed at home. Give yourself a break when you’re off the clock and focus on your wellness.
The contrast in pace between your home life and work life will do you a lot of good, allowing you to fully appreciate and enjoy both more, as well as energizing your work life.

2. Shrink your problems

Is your house too big? Move to a smaller one. Big car? Trade it in for a smaller one. In other words, remove the things – especially the BIG things – you don’t need from your life.
In other words, occupy only the space you need and many of your problems and expenses will become much smaller.
By having fewer things, you will use, care for and appreciate the things you have that much more. Here are some extreme examples of minimalism that may inspire you: The 100 Thing Challenge and Living with 72 Things.

3. Be mindful of the green

You can take “living green” as far as you want. Buy Less. Use Less. Waste Less. Eat organic local produce.
If you’re really serious about this aspect of simplifying, check out the No Impact Project’s one-week challenge that will help you to reduce your carbon footprint.

4. Make more time for the people you (really) care about

Are you so busy focusing on your career that you tend to neglect the people you care about?
You’re not the only one. Most of us lead busy lives, and it’s easy to get wrapped up in all of the things we have to do. Yet when we simplify life, we have more time for the people who really matter.
Which is better: a modest life of freedom spending time with your loved ones, or a rich life of excess but at the price of neglecting those relationships that really count? Your answer will make this decision easy.

5. Appreciate the little things

Stop for a moment and take a look around. You are well on your way to a happy life when you find appreciation in simple things.
Enjoy the things that are right in front of you every day. Enjoy experiencing life. Enjoy sharing, learning, giving and receiving. Enjoy nature. Go for long walks. Breathe fresh air.
Again, the balance between being able to do this, then being able to shift gears when you need to in the workplace, can be really powerful – so powerful that it will ultimately lead you to more success in both your personal and business life.

6. Eat healthy – even when you don’t want to

Eat simple, nutritious food. Eat slowly and enjoy every mouthful. Exercise moderately and often. Drink plenty of water and live in the moment. BY focusing on these simple principles, you will be much healthier, both mentally and physically.
It’s nearly impossible to improve your health without having a healthier mind, becoming more alert, seeing an increase in your energy, and ultimately finding that you are more enthusiastic about the challenges ahead.

7. Make reducing stress a priority

Not all stress is bad, but a surplus can be detrimental to everything from your personal life to your work life. Busy people with a lot on their mind often get stressed when they surpass a limit. And too often, we think of “being stressed” as something we can’t control.
Try to identify your limits and take control of your time and your life by taking small steps when dealing with big challenges. Remove the word failure from your vocabulary. Replace it with experience and you will shift your view of stress.

8. Save money by not buying things you don’t really need

Live within your means, and keep those means modest. This will enable you to enjoy life more by giving you more resources (not just money but also time and energy) to invest in the things that really matter. You are effortlessly being more efficient.
And here’s another perk: being more efficient about how you view and spend money will increase the relative success of your career.

9. Make new connections

If you really commit to simplifying your life, you are going to make new connections. Believe it or not, by slowing down, you will meet more people – because you will notice more people – and you will have more time for them.
Not only will you connect with new people, you’ll also connect with new thoughts and with your surroundings. Being open to these connections could lead to career advancement you hadn’t expected before.

10. Let life become easier

Be true to yourself and take only what you need. Give what you can. Don’t hold on to things. Make time for the experiences and people that are really important to you and let go of anything that really isn’t. In time, you’ll find your biggest difficulties will fade away. Life will literally become less cluttered, and in turn, easier.
The result will be amazing – and your life, both personal and business will benefit tremendously. This concept is both simple and practical, and it’s up to you how far you take it.

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The Truth about Success.......

The Truth about Success.......

1-Success must be in your mind first
2-Be constant in your efforts
3-Get away from the crowd at the bottom
4-Be willing to change your life completely

The Stages in life:

The key to successful life is to realize that living is a learned habit & acquired skill

1-The first realization of life is that Life is a garden & you are the gardener.
2- The second realization of life is that Every action including inaction has a definite result.
3- The third realization of life is that All things have a season.
4- The fourth realization of life is that Two forces are at work in the Universe.
-The forces of good
-The forces of evil

The Process by which Thoughts become Things (Results)

1)THOUGHTS
2)FEELINGS
3)VISION
4)GOALS
5)PLAN
6)ACTION
7)RESULTS


No one goes alone to the heights of excellence.Whether your business is building a great networking team,a brilliant idea,a meaningful career,a work of art,or a vast commercial empire...YOUR SUCCESS WILL DEPEND ON OTHERS, AND THEIRS WILL DEPEND ON YOU.

cheers!!

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Six simple 'D' mantras for happiness

'LET EVERYONE be happy'. All philosophies unilaterally accept this declaration. The moment we think 'how to be happy' we acknowledge the feeling that we are unhappy. What could be the root cause of unhappiness?
In the present age everyone is focused on earning. Most of us, while performing our duties are more conscious of pain than pleasure and this painful realisation, rather unhappiness, results in anger, greed and lust. By turning away from these three entrances to the realm of unhappiness and behaving according to one's own highest good certainly results in happiness.
Happiness cannot be bought from anywhere. The question that arises then is how can one get happiness? Happiness is a state of mind. In short, it exists in man's mind. Mind is the substratum of happiness as well as of unhappiness. Hence, we must give inputs to the mind. The mind is to be fed with right knowledge rather than information. Happiness can be realised by knowledge. Knowledge comes by mastery over a object or subject.
Here are six simple 'D' mantras that are imperative to get into the realm of happiness irrespective of your profession, vocation and age.
Duty:
Do thy duty. That is a dictum that runs from ages. If a person does his duty, he will certainly be happy. There is no free lunch as we all know. This is an eternal law. It may not strike us, but sooner or later, the realisation will dawn on us. Our duty determines what we deserve and what we can assimilate. All work/duty is simply to bring out the power of the mind, which is already there. Duty is thus to be done irrespective of the circumstances.
Discipline:
A disciplined man is almost half successful. He does his duty and that brings happiness. It eliminates fear, and inferiority. That enthuses him to be creative. A disciplined mind distinguishes between right and wrong. A disciplined mind is fearless, so it does help in doing the right things.
Determination:
"He only is a well-made man who has a good determination". Determination shows the strength of a man's mind! It yields dedication and devotion. A decisive mind removes confusion and doubts thereby it endows intellectual satisfaction. A determined man is balanced and positive and that makes him happy.
Dexterity:
To create something novel, to invent anew, to attain great skills are all laudatory. But unless one is a master of his domain it is not easy to achieve success. To achieve one's ambition one needs to have dexterity. Dexterity here does not just mean being skillful with one's hands or body agility. It means one needs to be mentally alert to the best level. A person who is mentally conscious of his duties and responsibilities will never while away time in pondering over the unnecessary. His approach will be - hard work coupled with selflessness to achieve success and happiness.
To realise true happiness one must work incessantly with devotion and determination.
Decentralisation:
Here we use the term decentralised to mean socialising. Decentralisation makes one healthy and happy. Avoid being possessive.
If a person is self-centered, people do not consider him good. From sharing emanates happiness.
And unselfishness frees man from false ego, which is the cause of unhappiness. Therefore, to be happy, be decentralised.
Delightfulness:

A contented man is a delighted man. And the secret of happiness is satisfaction. One must love his work/duty. This is possible only if he is passionate about his work. In essence, 'performing duty with discipline and determination results in dexterousness. And a decentralised man is a delighted man".

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