Focus on What you Want

Will Smith says: 
"People ask me about racism in Hollywood.  Why would I acknowledge racism?  When you acknowledge the obstacle you actually give it power.  I want to walk through it.  I want to walk over it.  I want to walk around it.  So my preoccupation is with the power that we all possess individually."

There are 3 steps:

1. Focus with clarity on the goal.
2. Imagine your goal as if it were already happening.
3. We commit ourselves to it. We know in our hearts that this will be. There is absolutely no doubt.

A quote from the movie The Pursuit of Happiness - "Don't ever let somebody tell you, you can't do something… not even me.  You got a dream...you gotta protect it.  People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you, you can't do it.  You want something?  Go get it.  Period."

The more you imagine your goal, the quicker you will accomplish it.

Positive Attitude

Positive Attitude

When snake is alive, snake eats ants. when Snake is dead, Ants eat Snake. Time can turn at any time. Don't neglect anyone in your life…….

Never make the same mistake twice, There are so many new ones, Try a different one each day.

A good way to change someone's attitude is to change your own. Because, the same sun that melts butter, also hardens clay! Life is as we think, so think beautifully.

Life is just like a sea, we are moving without an end. Nothing stays with us, what remains is just the memories of some people who touched us as Waves.

Whenever you want to know how rich you are? Never count your currency, just try to Drop a Tear and count how many hands reach out to WIPE that - that is true richness.

Never change your originality for the sake of others, because no one can play your role better than you. So be yourself, because whatever you are, YOU are the best.

Baby mosquito came back after 1st time flying.
His dad asked him "How do you feel?"
He replied "It was wonderful, Everyone was clapping for me!"

Now that's positive attitude!

WAYS OF REVISION

Make notes.
Use paper or revision cards to write up notes for each module. Re-read your class work and summarise it into key points. Then you can use a highlighter to mark the most important ones which you should learn first. 

Record your notes.
Either record yourself saying the notes or use a voice converter programme to change word files into an audio format. Listen to it, even if it is while you are doing other things, and it should soon start to sink in. 

Make use of past papers.
Ask your teachers for papers from previous years or find some online by using the websites of the exam boards for each of your subjects. This is a very effective way of practising the actual format of an exam and the real thing will seem less intimidating as you will be familiar with it. 

Stick notes up around the house.
Write your notes on post it notes or just tape them up where you are likely to seem them. On the fridge, inside your wardrobe: wherever you will see them day to day. When in the exam you can visualise the area they are stuck in and it will help bring them to your mind. 

Colour code.
Use different colours for different areas, you can visualise these when in the exam and help trigger your memory. 

Test yourself.
There are many revision books available with questions in them, but even without one you can create your own questions and get family and friends to test you. That way you know what you still need to work on. 

Make sure you have a full set of notes.
It's vital that if you missed any lesson you get the work from it, you can either ask the teacher or borrow them from your friends. 

Make revision a group activity.
Invite friends around to revise together and test each other. You could make it into a game by making some cards with questions on and others with the answers. Lay the questions face up on a table and divide out the answer cards between everyone. The first person to get rid of all their cards by laying them on the corresponding questions wins. 

Make mind maps.
Write the main topic you want to revise in the middle and then draw lines coming off this with the different areas written on them. Continue to branch out until you have all the information for each section down. This is very visual and helps you realise how the areas of a topic interlink. 

Make acronyms and rhymes.
By taking the first letters of the things you need to remember (e.g. The processes the body needs for survival) you can come up with a word to help remember it. For this example you could use Mrs. Nerg (Movement, reproduction, senses etc.). By doing this or making a rhyme to remember things you can jog your memory in the exam by repeating it in your head. 

Look, cover, write and check.
One of the most basic but simple ways of learning. Look at your notes, cover them, write them down without looking and then check if they are right. This is best with diagrams or phrases you have to learn so you ensure you get them right. 

Try teaching.
If you have a willing parent or friend then sit them down and teach them about a certain area of your subject. You will need to know it to explain it. 

Repetition.
Repeat your notes aloud as this is a good way to commit things to long term memory. 

Know the guidelines.
Make sure you know what the examiners are looking for and the knowledge that you need. Make a checklist, it will feel good every time something gets ticked off and you can be confident that you haven't missed anything out.   

Gandhi’s Top 10 Fundamentals for Changing the World.

Gandhi's Top 10 Fundamentals for Changing the World.

1. Change
"You must be the change you want to see in the world."
"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves."

2. Control.
"Nobody can hurt me without my permission."

3. Forgiveness
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
"An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

4. Action.
"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching."

5. The present moment.
"I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following."

6. Everyone is human.
"I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps."
"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err."

7. Persist.
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

8. Goodness.
"I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others."
"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people."

9. Truth
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
"Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well."

10. Development.
"Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position."

A to Z for success

Avoid negative sources, people, places, things & habits. 

Believe in yourself.

Consider things from every angle.

Don't give up & don't give in

Enjoy life today; yesterday is gone; tomorrow may never come.

Family & friends are hidden treasures; seek them and enjoy their riches.

Give more than you planned to.

Hang on to your dreams.

Ignore those that try to discourage you.

Just do it.

Keep trying no matter how hard it seems; it will get easier.

Love yourself first & most.

Make it Happen.

Never lie, cheat or steal; always strike a fair deal.

Open your eyes and see things as they really are.

Practice makes perfect.

Quitters never win; winners never quit.

Read, study, & learn about everything important in your life.

Stop procrastinating.

Take control on  your destiny.

Understand yourself in order to better understand others.

Visualize it.

Want it more than anything.

Xcellerate your efforts.

You are unique of all creations, nothing can replace you.

Zero in your target and for it.

દીકરી વ્હાલનો દરિયો...

દીકરી વ્હાલનો દરિયો...

લીલુડા પાંદડાની ઉછળતી વેલ
હવે કંકુ ના પગલા દૈ ચાલી
રાખડી ના તાંતણે બાંધેલુ ફળીયુ
હવે લાગે છે સાવ ખાલી ખાલી

દીકરી નો માંડવો જો સૂરજ ને ઘેર હોત
તો જાણત અંધારૂ શી ચીઝ છે
ફાલ ના આંબામાં જે પાંદડા ઝુલે
એની ભીત્તર કૈ મમતાનું બીજ છે?

ધીમા પગલા થી ઉમ્બરો ઓળંગતી
આંસુ ની આંગળી ને ઝાલી
લીલુડા પાંદડાની ઉછળતી વેલ
હવે કંકુ ના પગલા દૈ ચાલી

દીકરી વળાવતા એવો રીવાજ
કે તળાવ સુધી તો હાર્યે જાવુ
ઊઘળતી જાન તને આંખ્યુ તો દરીયો !
કહે તળાવ સુધી વળાવા આવુ?

જાગરણ ની રાતે તુ રમતી જે રાસ
એની ખોવાઈ ગયી છે ક્યાંય તાલી

લીલુડા પાંદડાની ઉછળતી વેલ
હવે કંકુ ના પગલા દૈ ચાલી

Pencil...

Pencil: I'm sorry....

Eraser: For what? You didn't do anything wrong.

Pencil: I'm sorry cos you get hurt bcos of me. Whenever I made a mistake, 
you're always there to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you 
lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time.

Eraser: That's true. But I don't really mind. You see, I was made to do this. 
I was made to help you whenever you do something wrong. Even though one day, 
I know I'll be gone and you'll replace me with a new one, I'm actually happy with 
my job. So please, stop worrying. I hate seeing you sad. :)


I found this conversation between the pencil and the eraser very inspirational. 
Parents are like the eraser whereas their children are the pencil. They're always 
there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along the way... 
they get hurt, and become smaller (older, and eventually pass on). Though their 
children will eventually find someone new (spouse), but parents are still happy 
with what they do for their children, and will always hate seeing their precious ones worrying, or sad.

Best Teacher...

"The best teacher is one who can help the
last person hearing him, the lowest in
intelligence, to understand. Of course the
best ones will understand easily,
but you have to keep aware of those
who are not that intelligent."

- Osho

Choose a Job.....

Choose a job you love,
and you will never have to work a day in your life.

They are always watching you

Don't worry that children never listen to you.
Worry that they are always watching you. 
~Robert Fulghum