365 Exciting Ways to Live: Excitement # 16: Carry a Book of Learning!

Carry a Book of Learning!

Learning never exhausts the mind.

– Leonardo da Vinci

Some time back I wrote about an idea book, which I suggested that you carry it wherever you go and jot down every idea that pops up in your mind.

How about a ‘learning book’? The other day I met a very important person, who showed me a book in which he writes every day, what new thing he learns on that day.  A learning book registers something you learn every day.

Suppose you miss a flight, write down one new thing you learnt while you went through the tension of missing the flight. If you meet with a minor accident, jot down what you learnt out of that experience. If you mess up something in the office and your boss shouts at you, jot down one learning point.

Once in every month read all the learning points that you’ve registered and you will be stunned at the richness of the experience!

It’s a simple, yet powerful self-improvement plan.

Do it from today! 

From my book '365 Exciting Ways to Live'

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365 Exciting Ways to Live: Excitement # 42 - Avoid Emotional Hijacking.

Avoid Emotional Hijacking.

The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of their reason.

– Marya Mannes

Are you a victim of ‘emotional hijack’?   As human beings, we have our emotions and feelings, which decide our external behaviour. We have basic emotions such as happiness, sorrow, anger, jealousy and irritation. Our mind triggers these emotions and activates the brain to give certain commands to our five senses and we say or do something; we don’t listen to certain things; we ignore certain things; our emotions may make us to ignore the consequences of our actions. We may regret for our actions.  We should ensure that we don’t fall into the emotional traps laid by someone.

Watch for the following in you when your emotions are tickled:

·         How do you respond when you are praised, sometimes much more than what you deserve?

·         How do you feel and what do you do when you don’t receive the praise and appreciation you deserve?

·         How do you respond when someone irritates you and makes you feel angry?

·         What words do you use and how is your facial expression when your negative emotions are tickled?

Resolve not to get emotionally hijacked!

(From my book '365 Exciting Ways to Live')

N C Sridharan

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63 / 365 Become a ‘Time-Rich’ Person

The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.

Stephen R. Covey

We will not value a resource which is freely available to us. It applies to the scarce resource called ‘time’! Time lost is lost forever. Successful people are more careful with time than with their money.

If you are conscious that money is scarce, you will become careful while spending. This consciousness will influence your attitude to money and your priorities. This consciousness makes you to handle two important portfolios with respect to money: budgeting and accounting. You will start accounting for every rupee you spend.

From today be conscious of how you spend your time. Calculate how many hours are available to you in a day, when you are awake and budget the various ‘expenditure’ of your time. Decide in advance how much time you want to watch TV, read newspaper, meet people etc. Decide if you can find a ‘twin purpose’ for your travel time, like travelling and listening to some audio books, of course taking care of your safety.

A cash-rich person knows that it is wiser to save than to earn. Similarly a ‘time-rich person’ will avoid unnecessary work and wisely invest the time elsewhere fruitfully.

(From my book “365 Exciting Ways to Live”)

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 N.C. Sridharan

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