My take from the book, “Attitude is everything” by John Keller.

I have recently completed reading the book “Attitude is everything” by John Keller. 

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE. . .

CHANGE YOUR LIFE . . .

This book is a quick and short read (128 pages). And boy! the lessons given here are so invaluable. The book is written in simple English that it is readable across every age and somehow, I felt that this book is even suitable for teens to achieve success from early years itself.

“You are not what you think you are, but what you think – You Are” – 
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

contents of the book

The basic idea of the book is that it tells you to always have a positive outlook in every aspect of one’s life, be it the way you walk, the words you speak, and every action that one performs should be in a positive manner so that the “positivity” becomes integral to one’s subconscious mind. Here are some interesting things the book tells….

• Success is a state of mind. 
• Your success in life begins and ends with your attitude.
• You are a human magnet, we become what we think!
• Behave what you want to be for the transition to happen effectively.
• You have control over the pictures that occupy your mind, However, when you don’t consciously decide which pictures to play, your mind will look into the archives and keep replaying the old movies that is there in your mental library.
• Visualize your success. Be clear about the things and goals you want to achieve.
• Never underestimate your power to change yourself.
• Success = Think - Speak – Act
• You must first clearly see a thing before you can do it.  Visualization is key!
• Whenever does someone asks you How are you?
• STOP COMPLAINING
• Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.
• The greatest mistake a person can make is too afraid of making one
• You can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
• Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to drawback.
• Committed people are going to hang in and prevail – no matter what. 
• Watch what you say, as that will become you and yours.
• Use positive self-talk as often as possible so that the spoken words get into your subconscious mind to become what you spoke.
• How you respond to “How are you?”, defines your approach to your dreams and desires and more so if you can succeed.   
• Complainers lack perspective, they tend to blow their problem way out of proportion. Optimistic people have a sense of what is truly important in life.
• Associate with positive people, achievers, performers, visionaries, etc, as their attitude and wisdom will inspire you to excel and achieve greatness.
• Evaluate friendship, from time to time. Those who occupy your time have a significant impact on your priceless procession, “your mind”. Do not abandon them but reduce your interaction if all you gain from the relationship is toxicity.
• You are stronger than your fears…   and you can overcome them.
• Confront your fears… and you’re on the way to developing your potential and leading the exciting, fulfilling life you deserve.     It’s a decision you’ll never regret!
• You can’t ignore negative thoughts altogether. Instead, you can try indulging in more positive thoughts. The positive thoughts should dominate your negative thoughts.

This book was bought by my wife and she too procrastinates quite a bit and she then prescribed this book for me to read and help me to introspect and overcome my procrastination for the family to be happy and set an example.

It's more than just a book. The author has explained using multiple examples instead of giving some deep theories, and this makes it quite easy to comprehend. This book was a very welcomed change. I would recommend everyone to buy and read this book… I intend to use this book as a refresher whenever I would need some perspective…

Buy the book:  https://www.amazon.in/Attitude-Everything-Change-Your-Life/

Is this just random, I think not!

These pics here are just some random thoughts that have been running in my mind since a few days. 

Everything begins with me and only me!

I have to work on myself first before things can become better and all changes begin with me making the first move.

“How do I avoid pandemic?" - Osho

“How do I avoid pandemic?"

This question was asked to OSHO about 40 years ago during the AIDS period!

′′ You're asking the wrong question Osho replied, ′′ the right question should be:

′′ How to avoid the fear of dying caused by the epidemic (pandemic)?"

Because it is very easy to avoid the virus, it is very difficult to avoid the fear in you and in the world. People will die more from this fear than from the epidemic (pandemic).

There is NO virus in this world more dangerous than FEAR.

Understand this fear, otherwise you will become a dead body before your body dies.

It has nothing to do with the virus. The scary atmosphere you feel in these moments is collective madness... It has happened a thousand times and will continue to happen And it will continue if you don't understand the psychology of crowds and fear.

You usually keep your fear at bay, but in the moment of collective madness, your consciousness can be completely lost.

You won't even know when you lost control of your fear. Then fear can make you do anything. In such a situation you can also take your own life or the lives of others.

So much will happen in the coming times:

Many people will kill themselves and many people will kill more.

Attention, be mindful.

Don't watch news that trigger fear.

Stop talking about the epidemic, repeating the same thing over and over again is like self-hypnosis. Fear is a kind of self-hypnosis. This idea will cause chemical changes in the body. If you repeat the same idea over and over again, a chemical change is triggered that can sometimes be so toxic that it can kill you.

During an epidemic, energy around the world becomes irrational. This way you can fall into a black hole anytime. Meditation then becomes a protective aura into which no negative energy can penetrate.

*(Osho)*

The Power of Mind...

The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old-fashioned, pot-bellied coal stove. A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day, to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived.

One morning, they arrived to find the schoolhouse engulfed in flames. They dragged the unconscious little boy out of the flaming building, more dead than alive. He had major burns over the lower half of his body and was taken to a nearby county hospital.

From his bed, the dreadfully burned semi-conscious little boy faintly heard the doctor talking to his mother. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely die – which was for the best, really – for the terrible fire had devastated the lower half of his body.

But the brave boy didn’t want to die. He made up his mind that he would survive. Somehow, to the amazement of the physician, he did survive. When the mortal danger was past, he again heard the doctor and his mother speaking quietly. The mother was told that since the fire had destroyed so much flesh in the lower part of his body, it would almost be better if he had died, since he was doomed to be a lifetime cripple with no use at all of his lower limbs.

Once more the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be a cripple. He would walk. But unfortunately from the waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just dangled there, all but lifeless.

Ultimately he was released from the hospital. Every day his mother would massage his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control, nothing. Yet his mental power and will, that he would walk was as strong as ever.

When he wasn’t in bed, he was confined to a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he threw himself from the chair. He pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him.

He worked his way to the white picket fence bordering their lot. With great effort, he raised himself up on the fence. Then, stake by stake, he began dragging himself along the fence, resolved that he would walk. He started to do this every day until he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence. There was nothing he wanted more, than to develop life in those legs.

Ultimately through his daily massages, his mental power, his iron persistence and his resolute determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk haltingly, then to walk by himself – and then – to run.

He began to walk to school, then to run to school, to run for the sheer joy of running. Later in college he made the track team. Still later in Madison Square Garden, this young man who was not expected to survive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run – this determined young man, *Dr. Glenn Cunningham,* ran the world’s fastest mile.

On June 16, 1934, Glenn Cunningham ran the mile in 4:06.8 minutes, breaking the world’s record. His effort portrays that whatever you want to create in your life with the power of mind, is yours for the making.

*Lesson:* The human mind has potential beyond imagination. As the Bhagwad Gita says, "One's own mind is one's own friend or enemy."  It is a powerful instrument which can either bind or liberate. The catch is, to realize it's potential and use it well. 🙏

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Attitude matters!

*SUPERB ATTITUDE*.

_Pls read this story._

This story is about a person working with a freezer plant. It was almost the day end. Everyone had packed up to check out. A technical snag developed in the plant and he went to check.

By the time he finished it was late. The doors were sealed and the lights were off. Trapped inside the ice plant for the night without air and light, an icy grave was almost sure for him.

Hours passed thus. Suddenly he found someone opening the door.

Was it a miracle?

The security guard entered there with a torch and helped him to come out.

On the way back the person asked the security guard,

“How did you know that I was inside? Who informed you?”

the guard said, “No one sir; this unit has about 50 people. But you are the only one who says Hello to me in the morning and Bye in the evening.

You had reported in morning. But did not go out. That made me suspicious.”

He never knew a small gesture of greeting someone would prove to be a lifesaver for him.

You never know - it may work a miracle in your life too.

*Education is not a degree or certificate that can be shown to others as proof. It is our attitude, actions, language and behaviour with others in real life*