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LIFE IS... by Mother Theresa

2010-06-23T15:33:00.001+10:00

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a promise, fulfil it.

Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a struggle, accept it.

Life is a tragedy, confront it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is too precious, do not destroy it.

Life is life, fight for it.

What this motivational and inspirational book can do for you??

2010-05-23T17:39:00.001+10:00

1. Provide you with proven Success Principles that are simple, inspirational and motivational to help you to achieve better results in your relationship, work, and business.

2. Get you out of your Comfort Zone so as to demand more out of life.

3. When you feel down, and discouraged, this motivational book will help to Inspire and Motivate you. Provide you with inspirational and motivational thoughts.

4. Take control of your emotions, attitudes, behavior, and action - achieve outstanding results!

5. Discover your inner potential and Awaken the "Sleeping Giant" within you.

6. Your inspirational reading of this motivational book will make you appreciate your loved ones and have a better lasting relationship.

7. Tackle Challenges and Obstacles with a smile.

8. Have bigger Dreams and set better Goals.

9. Achieve Financial break through.

10. Relax and get rid of stress and worries.

Generosity

2010-05-08T23:06:00.004+10:00

Mahatma Gandhi went from city to city, village to village collecting funds for the Charkha Sangh. During one of his tours he addressed a meeting in Orissa. After his speech a poor old woman got up. She was bent with age, her hair was grey and her clothes were in tatters. The volunteers tried to stop her, but she fought her way to the place where Gandhiji was sitting. "I must see him," she insisted and going up to Gandhiji touched his feet. Then from the folds of her sari she brought out a copper coin and placed it at his feet. Gandhiji picked up the copper coin and put it away carefully. The Charkha Sangh funds were under the charge of Jamnalal Bajaj. He asked Gandhiji for the coin but Gandhiji refused. "I keep cheques worth thousands of rupees for the Charkha Sangh," Jamnalal Bajaj said laughingly "yet you won't trust me with a copper coin." "This copper coin is worth much more than those thousands," Gandhiji said. "If a man has several lakhs and he gives away a thousand or two, it doesn't mean much. But this coin was perhaps all that the poor woman possessed. She gave me all she had. That was very generous of her. What a great sacrifice she made. That is why I value this copper coin more than a crore of rupees."

INSPIRING STORIES FROM GANDHIJI'S LIFE

You can start to win at any time

2010-05-08T20:27:00.003+10:00

To solve any problem or to reach your goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.

All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord. Don't procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem, break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time.

If you can get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. It's the job you never start that takes the longest to finish. Don't worry about what lies dimly at a distance, but do what lies clearly ahead.

Your biggest opportunity is where you are right now. Once you begin you're half done. when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody You want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible

Cherie Carter-Scott's, Ph.D Life Rules

2010-04-16T22:31:00.002+10:00

1) You will receive a body.
You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period this time around.

2) You will learn lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called "life." Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant or stupid.

3) There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of experimentation - trial and error. The so-called "failed experiments" are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "work".

4) A Lesson is repeated until learned.
It will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it you can then go on to the next lesson. If you do not learn easy lessons, they become harder. You will know you have learned a lesson when your actions change.

5) Learning lessons does not end.
There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. Every person, every incident is the universal teacher. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

6) "There" is no better than "here."
Nothing leads to happiness. When your "there" has become a "here," you will simply obtain another "there" that again will look better than "here."

7) Others are merely mirrors of you.
You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate in yourself.

8) What you create of your life is up to you.
You have all the tools and resources your need; what you do with them is up to you.

9) All your answers lie inside you.All you need to do is look, listen and trust.

10) You will forget all of this.

-Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D.
"If Life is a Game, These are the Rules"

Fire of Motivation

2010-04-04T18:42:00.007+10:00

I believe in two premises:
(i) most people are good people, but can do better; and
(ii) most people already know what to do, so why aren't they doing it?

What is missing is the spark--motivation. Some self help books adopt the approach of teaching what to do; we take a different approach. We ask, "Why don't you do it?" If you ask people on the street what should be done, they will give you all the correct answers. But ask them whether they are doing it and the answer will be no. What is lacking is motivation.

The greatest motivation comes from a person's belief system. That means he needs to believe in what he does and accept responsibility. That is where motivation becomes important. When people accept responsibility for their behavior and actions, their attitude toward life becomes positive. They become more productive, personally and professionally. Their relationships improve both at home and at work. Life becomes more meaningful and fulfilled.

After a person's basic physical needs are met, emotional needs become a bigger motivator. Every behavior comes out of the "pain or gain" principle. If the gain is greater than the pain, that is the motivator. If the pain is greater than the gain, then that is a deterrent.

Gains can be tangible, such as: monetary rewards, vacations, and gifts. They can be intangible, such as: recognition, appreciation, sense of achievement, promotion, growth, responsibility, sense of fulfilment, self worth, accomplishment, and belief.

Inspiration is changing thinking; motivation is changing action.

Motivation is like fire unless you keep adding fuel to it, it dies. Just like exercise and food don't last long, neither does motivation. However, if the source of motivation is belief in inner values, it becomes long--lasting.

- Shiv Khera

Present, Past and Future

2010-03-27T18:52:00.001+11:00

Past is Experience! Present is Experiment! Future is Expectation!
Use your Experience in u r Experiment to achieve u r Expectations!

5 Time Management Techniques

2010-03-09T17:38:00.001+11:00

Aymen Fares often talk about time management techniques. People often tell him that they don't have time for themselves, in fact they just don't have time. He often asked how do I get more time for myself?

The answer is simple.

First and foremost, there is no such thing as you having less time than anyone else. We are all allocated the same number of minutes in a day. It's a question of what is most important to you. I hear people say "I haven't got time to do ..." That's an incorrect statement. You do have time. The fact is that you have placed another task higher in order of importance.

Here are some things you can do to free up your available time.

1. Priority. Give priority to what's important. Decide what's important and what's not. Do that which is important first. When you have finished then you can start on the unimportant tasks.

2. Say NO. When people ask you to do something say NO. You can't do everything. For some people it's very hard to say "NO" to other people. You might feel obligated to do something or you might be unable to say no. You need to examine why you do this and what is your 'true' motivator.

3. Delegate. If you are able to delegate something, do so. Delegation will free up an enormous amount of time. This includes paying someone to do something. Ie: If you pay someone to mow the lawn you get more time to spend with your family on the weekend. If you run a business this is especially important otherwise you will not be able to grow.

4. Handle Things Once Only. If you pick something up and start to think about it - finish the job now. Don't put it down just to pick it up again later. An example is tidying up. If you pick something up, put it away in its proper place NOT on the table out of harms way where it needs to be handled again later. Doubling up wastes time.

5. Make Yourself A Priority. This is the big one when it comes to time management techniques. I can't give you a short answer here. If you are constantly putting others ahead of yourself. If you find yourself doing tasks for others ahead of your own, you need to examine your belief systems and your self esteem. This is no easy task and I write extensively about it in the Key To Life Manual.

Source:Aymen Fares is an International Life Coach with clients all over the world. He is based in Melbourne Australia.

Specfic emotions

2010-03-08T23:00:00.001+11:00

Specific emotions that weaken organism of the body...

ANGER weakens the LIVER...
GRIEF weakens the LUNGS....
WORRY weakens the STOMACH .....
STRESS weakens the HEART & BRAIN and FEAR fails the KIDNEY....

SO stay happy... look good,,, feel good and DO GOOD

Motivation

2010-03-02T22:10:00.001+11:00

Seven Rules of Motivation

#1 Set a major goal, but follow a path. The path has mini goals that go in many directions. When you learn to succeed at mini goals, you will be motivated to challenge grand goals.

#2 Finish what you start. A half finished project is of no use to anyone. Quitting is a habit. Develop the habit of finishing self-motivated projects.

#3 Socialize with others of similar interest. Mutual support is motivating. We will develop the attitudes of our five best friends.

#4 Learn how to learn. Dependency on others for knowledge supports the habit of procrastination. Man has the ability to learn without instructors. In fact, when we learn the art of self-education we will find, if not create, opportunity to find success beyond our wildest dreams.

#5 Harmonize natural talent with interest that motivates. Natural talent creates motivation, motivation creates persistence and persistence gets the job done.

#6 Increase knowledge of subjects that inspires. The more we know about a subject, the more we want to learn about it. A self-propelled upward spiral develops.

#7 Take risk. Failure and bouncing back are elements of motivation. Failure is a learning tool. No one has ever succeeded at anything worthwhile without a string of failures.

Source Motivation-tools

Success in Life

2010-03-02T18:18:00.002+11:00

True success depends more on inner means than outer means. The six A:s of success are:

1. Aptitude
Natural interest in a particular field. Somebody has an aptitude for music; somebody for arts; another for business; yet another for sports, etc. Some have an aptitude for aptitude tests! If you have the aptitude for something, concentration is natural in that field.

2. Aspiration
Enthusiasm in the mind. One-may have the aptitude, but one may not feel like doing the work at hand.

3 . Ability
One may have the enthusiasm to sing, but if there is no ability, it is torture for the listeners.

4. Application
One should be able to apply one's mind at any piece of work. Being focussed is a very important ingredient of success, whatever the field.

5 . Attitude
When the going gets tough, it is the tough who keeps going. Never get demoralised. Attitude determines the altitude - the heights to which you can go. Such a person sees an opportunity even in difficulty.

6. Altar of dedication
In life, if you have an altar, your life will alter. e.g. Mahatma Gandhi - an ordinary person underwent a complete transformation because of just one goal- the nation's independence. Generally, people work for filling up the stomach; some for money; others for power; there are others who serve the nation; devotees do everything for the Lord.

Success is not the final destination. Life is a journey - keep moving ahead. Sometimes, in life I don't get what I like. At such times I must like what I get. If you apply your mind, you will enjoy. Put in more effort in that which you find boring; cultivate a taste for it. Ultimately, understand that 'to act alone is in our hands'.

- Swami Tejomayananda

What are Your Strengths?

2010-02-26T13:17:00.002+11:00

1. A - activating, adapting, administering, analyzing, arranging
2. B - budgeting, building, briefing, balancing
3. C - communicating, controlling, co-ordinating, creating, checking
4. D - deciding, detailing, developing, directing, devising
5. E - empathizing, evaluating , examining, explaining
6. F - finding, fixing, formulating, finalizing
7. G - guiding, gathering, generating
8. H - helping, handling, hosting
9. I - imagining, implementing, influencing, initiating, innovating, improving
10. J - judging
11. K - keeping
12. L - learning, listening, locating, launching
13. M - managing, mentoring, monitoring, motivating
14. N - negotiating, navigating
15. O - observing, organizing, overhauling
16. p - persuading, planning, preparing, presenting, problem-solving
17. Q - questioning, qualifying
18. R - researching, resolving, reporting, recording, repairing
19. S - scheduling, selling, setting -up, supervising, simplifying, speaking
20. T - teaching, team-work, trouble-shooting, training, tracking
21. U - understanding, uniting, upgrading, updating
22. V - verbalizing, volunteering, verifying
23. W - writing, working

Faith,Truth,Hope and Confidence

2010-02-25T11:14:00.002+11:00

NICE LITTLE STORIES

1. Once, all villagers decided to pray for rain, on the day of prayer all the People gathered but only one boy came with an umbrella...

THAT'S FAITH

2. When you throw a baby in the air, she laughs because she knows you will catch her...

THAT'S TRUST

3.Every night we go to bed, without any assurance of being alive the next Morning but still we set the alarms in our watch to wake up...

THAT'S HOPE

4. We plan big things for tomorrow in spite of zero knowledge of the future or having any certainty of uncertainties...

THAT'S CONFIDENCE

Lessons of Life

2010-02-24T20:14:00.001+11:00

I feared being alone
Until I learned to like
Myself.

I feared failure
Until I realized that I only
Fail when I don't try.

I feared success
Until I realized
That I had to try
In order to be happy
With myself.

I feared people's opinions
Until I learned that
People would have opinions
About me anyway.

I feared rejection
Until I learned to
Have faith in myself.

I feared pain
Until I learned that
it's necessary
For growth.

I feared the truth
Until I saw the
Ugliness in lies.

I feared life
Until I experienced
Its beauty.

I feared death
Until I realized that it's
Not an end, but a beginning.

I feared hate
Until I saw that it
Was nothing more thanIgnorance.

I feared love
Until it touched my heart,
Making the darkness fade
Into endless sunny days.

I feared ridicule
Until I learned how
To laugh at myself.

I feared growing old
Until I realized that
I gained wisdom every day.

I fear growing old
Until I realized that
I gained wisdom every day.

I feared the future
Until I realized that
Life just kept getting
Better.

I fear the past
Until I realized that
It could no longer hurt me.

I feared the dark
Until I saw the beauty
Of the starlight.

I fear the light
Until I learned that the
Truth would give me
Strength.

I feared change,
Until I saw that
Even the most beautiful butterfly
Had to undergo a metamorphosis
Before it could fly.

Australia

2010-02-11T14:27:00.000+11:00

Australia is a unique and diverse country in every way - in culture, population, climate, geography, and history.

Culture

Australian culture is as broad and varied as the country's landscape. Australia is multicultural and multiracial and this is reflected in the country's food, lifestyle and cultural practices and experience.

Australia has an important heritage from its indigenous people, which plays a defining role in the cultural landscape.

This diversity of influences creates a cultural environment in Australia that is lively, energised, innovative, and outward looking.

Population

As of July 2007, Australia's population is roughly 21.0 million people. The most populous states are New South Wales and Victoria, with their respective capitals, Sydney and Melbourne, the largest cities in Australia.

Australia's population is concentrated along the coastal region of Australia from Adelaide to Cairns, with a small concentration around Perth, Western Australia. The centre of Australia is sparsely populated.

Climate

The majority of Australia experiences temperate weather for most of the year.
The northern states of Australia are typically warm all the time, with the southern states experiencing cool winters but rarely sub-zero temperatures.

Snow falls on the higher mountains during the winter months, enabling skiing in southern New South Wales and Victorian ski resorts, as well as the smaller resorts in Australia's island state, Tasmania.

Geography

Australia is an island continent and the world's oldest and sixth largest country (7,682,300 sq km).

Lying between the Indian and Pacific oceans, the country is approximately 4,000 km from east to west and 3,200 km from north to south, with a coastline 36,735 km long.
Canberra is Australia's capital city. With a population of approximately 320,000 and situated in the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra is roughly half way between the two largest cities Melbourne and Sydney.

Australia has 17 listed World Heritage properties. Australia is also famous for its landmark buildings including the Sydney Opera House, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge; its ancient geology, as well as for its high country.

History

Australia's first inhabitants, the Aboriginal people, are believed to have migrated from some unknown point in Asia to Australia between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
While Captain James Cook is credited with Australia's European discovery in 1770, a Portuguese possibly first sighted the country, while the Dutch are known to have explored the coastal regions in the 1640s.

The first European settlement of Australia was in January 1788, when the First Fleet sailed into Botany Bay under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip. Originally established as a penal colony, by the 1830s the number of free settlers was increasing. Transportation of convicts to the eastern colonies was abolished in 1852 and to the western colonies in 1868.

Legal system

Australia follows a Westminster system of government and law inherited from the British who originally colonised the country.

There are two main political parties and a number of minor parties, which make up the Commonwealth parliament. Each state and territory also has its own government.

Our Government

Australia's Federation

Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901. The British Parliament passed legislation allowing the six Australian colonies to govern in their own right as part of the Commonwealth of Australia.

The Commonwealth of Australia was established as a Constitutional Monarchy. "Constitutional" because the Commonwealth Government was established with a written constitution, and "Monarchy" because Australia's Head of State was Queen Victoria.
The Constitution, the Monarch and the Governor-General

The Australian Constitution is the most important document in Australian government history. It established the Commonwealth government, defined its structure, powers and procedures, and defined the rights and obligations of the states in relation to the Commonwealth.

The Constitution was brought into existence through a British Act of Parliament, the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act. This Act granted permission to the six Australian colonies, which were still then subject to British law, to form their own Commonwealth government in accordance with the Constitution. The text of the Constitution (which was clause 9 of the Act) was written by representatives of the six colonies during a series of conventions in the 1890s, and accepted by a referendum in each colony.

Under the Constitution, the reigning British monarch is also the Australian monarch, and therefore Australia's Head of State. The Constitution grants the monarch - currently Queen Elizabeth II - certain governing powers that place them above all other levels of the government. Because of the large distance between Australia and Britain, the monarch is permitted to appoint a Governor-General who can exercise the monarch's powers in their absence.

The Federal System

The birth of our nation is often referred to as 'federation'. This is because the Constitution created a 'federal' system of government.

Under a federal system, powers are divided between a central government and several regional governments. In Australia, power was divided between the Commonwealth Government and the governments of the six colonies, which were renamed 'states' by the Constitution.

Specific areas of legislative power ("heads of power") were given to the Commonwealth Government, including:

* taxation

* defence

* foreign affairs

* postal and telecommunications services

A complete list of Commonwealth heads of power is at section 51 of the Constitution. The Commonwealth also has power to make laws for Australia's territories (section 122).

The states retained legislative power over all other matters that occurred within their borders, including:

* Police

* Hospitals

* Education

* Public transport

The wording of the law has often created situations where both the Commonwealth and the states claim the authority to make laws over the same matter Commonwealth Government

The Commonwealth Government, known also as the Australian Government or the Federal Government, was established by the Australian Constitution. It is divided into three arms:

* legislature

* executive

* judiciary

Legislature

The legislature, also known simply as parliament, is made up of democratically-elected representatives from around Australia.

These representatives meet at Parliament House in Canberra to discuss legislation and make laws for the benefit of the nation. The issues that they can make laws on are defined by sections 51 and 122 of the Constitution.
The Commonwealth Parliament comprises two separate chambers:

* the House of Representatives (or 'the lower house')

* the Senate (or 'the upper house')

The House of Representatives has 150 members, each representing a different area of the country ('electorate'). Each electorate has roughly the same number of registered voters within its boundary, meaning that states with larger populations have more electorates and therefore more representatives in the House.

The Senate is composed of 76 members. Unlike the House of Representatives, membership of the Senate is divided evenly between the states. Each state has 12 senators, and the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory have 2 senators each. The Senate was established this way to ensure that the larger states could not use their majority in the House of Representatives to pass laws that disadvantaged the smaller states.

The Constitution is silent on the role of political parties in parliament. It does not make any reference to a government party, an opposition party or minor parties, or to roles like Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition. These are conventions that have been adopted to assist the smooth operation of the legislature.

Executive

The executive is the administrative arm of government, and is made up of government employees (the public service) working in a number of departments and agencies. The executive is empowered by the laws of Australia to put those laws into operation and uphold those laws once they have begun to operate.

A Minister is a member of the legislature who has been chosen to also work as part of the executive, usually with responsibility for matters on a specific topic (his portfolio). The Prime Minister also serves as Australia's Head of Government.

Ministers (including the Prime Minister) are not mentioned anywhere in the Constitution, but their roles are accepted as being important conventions that help to ensure an efficient executive.

Judiciary

The judiciary is the legal arm of the government.

Independent of the legislature and the executive, it is the role of the judiciary to enforce Australia's laws. It must also ensure that the other arms of Government do not act beyond the powers granted to them by the Constitution or by parliament. The High Court of Australia is, as its name suggests, Australia's highest court. Underneath the High Court are a number of other Federal Courts
State and Territory Government

The six states of Australia are:

* New South Wales (NSW)

* Queensland (Qld)

* South Australia (SA)

* Tasmania (Tas)

* Victoria (Vic)

* Western Australia (WA)

Each state has its own state Constitution, which divides the state's government into the same divisions of legislature, executive, and judiciary as the Commonwealth Government.

The six state parliaments are permitted to pass laws related to any matter that is not controlled by the Commonwealth under Section 51 of the Australian Constitution.
The monarch's powers over state matters are exercised by a Governor in each state. The head of each state government is known as the Premier.

Territory Government

There are ten Australian territories outside the borders of the states. Two mainland territories:

* The Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

* The Northern Territory (NT)

and one offshore territory, Norfolk Island, have been granted a limited right of self-government by the Commonwealth. In these territories, a range of governmental matters are now handled by a locally-elected parliament.

Outside of government, the ACT and the NT are often treated like states because of their significant population sizes.

Seven territories are governed only by Commonwealth law, usually through a Commonwealth-appointed Administrator. They are:

* Ashmore and Cartier Islands

* Australian Antarctic Territory

* Christmas Island

* Cocos (Keeling) Islands

* Coral Sea Islands

* Jervis Bay Territory

* Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Capital Cities
Canberra, located in the Australian Capital Territory, is Australia's national capital. The Parliament of Australia is located in Canberra, as is most of the Australian Government public service.

The other State and Territory capital cities are:

* Adelaide (South Australia)

* Brisbane (Queensland)

* Darwin (the Northern Territory)

* Hobart (Tasmania)

* Melbourne (Victoria)

* Perth (Western Australia)

* Sydney (New South Wales)

Conflict of Laws

If the laws of a state ever conflict with the laws of the Commonwealth, the Constitution says that Commonwealth law is to be followed.
The Commonwealth judiciary may also have the power to review decisions by a state judiciary.

Local Government (Councils)

The six states and the Northern Territory have established one further level of government.

Local governments (also known as local councils) handle community needs like:

* waste collection

* public recreation facilities

* town planning

The states and the Northern Territory each have many local governments within their borders. The state or territory government defines the powers of the local governments, and decides what geographical areas those governments are responsible for.

Each local government has the equivalent of a legislature and an executive only.
The naming conventions for local governments vary across Australia. They can be called cities, shires, towns, or municipalities, but they are still controlled by the state or territory government above them.

In the Australian Capital Territory, the responsibilities usually handled by local government are administered by a department of the territory government.

Thanks to AUSTRALIA.GOV.AU