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A famous quote says “Make you life a mission, not an intermission.” When you were a child, you were provided with various linguistic inputs from your family, in order to help you communicate in a better manner. As you grow, you get few more inputs from your peers. This helps you to grow as a different entity. A person grows up with a distinct personality that includes his attitude, characteristics, intelligence, dressing-sense, world view, etc. Let us find out how you can improve your personality. Tips to enhance your personality Often there are certain people in and around you whose personality you really like to posses and envy. They generally include celebrities and successful people around you. But to acquire a personality like them, you need to follow these easy guidelines : • Develop leadership skills Try to be a self-motivator. Develop skills to lead a team or a group, no matter large or small. Initiate a good practice and induce it into your tea

Self Motivation is one of the essential qualities one should have in order to achieve anything. Self-motivation is an endowment which helps you to satisfy your desires and drives you forward to your ultimate goal, without taking any help from others. Self-motivation is necessary for all the people who want to be successful. Often it also helps one to combat depression and imperfections one has. Ways to motivate oneself There is no magical formula to motivate a person if she does not want to do it. But once she chooses to be motivated, she can overcome any kind of depression or failure. The voice has to come from within. There are few easy ways to be self-motivated. Given below are a few steps that can help you out: • Keep a positive attitude towards life Try to stay always positive in anything and everything you do. If you are getting worried on each and every thing you do due to your negative vibes, just give this a try- whenever you find ten reasons why you c

One of the best ways to relax and heal your mind, body and soul is through meditation. Meditation is one of the most popular alternative therapies which had its roots in India but is now practiced all across the world for its proven results. What is Meditation? The act of concentrating the mind on any particular subject is Meditation. Meditation is one of the vital exercises in yoga therapy and is practiced with a peaceful mind. Almost all the religions are based on meditation. Meditation was practiced in the ancient times by rishis and munis in order to achieve salvation or moksha . There might be variations in practicing meditation but the attainment is based on your concentration level. Even medical science has certified meditation as one of the best alternative healing therapies. How to meditate? Often people want to know how to meditate and what are the guidelines they should follow in order to meditate. Though there are various ways and forms to meditate, here

According to the famous arts person and educator Corita Kent- “Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed” Since your childhood you cherished a dream, a dream to achieve success. Success is something you can’t measure. You work honestly and efficiently in your office and you get promoted. You now hold a higher position in your office. But you are not at all satisfied with your work profile. If this is what you call success? Of course, this is not the success you wanted. You wanted an environment and the profile that could suit you. You wanted to succeed in whatever you do. You want to succeed in your day to day life, in your professional front, your relationships, social life, and even in the card games you play with your friends. So, let us find out if there are any golden rules to success. Success is an abstract unquantifiable term. That is, everyone has his/her own definition. You can’t say you are successful unless you feel satisfied. Satisfaction i

The world is really moving fast. As fast as you can’t afford to blink, have any flaw on your part, which pushes you off from the other competitors. Often, you are too good in your area of strength and excel in that but you fail in an interview just because you are not confident about yourself. What is Confidence? Self-confidence is often mistaken for over-confidence. But over-confidence means believing that someone is capable of doing something or everything, with connotations of boasting, when they actually cannot. While self-confidence is defined as having faith in herself. While over-confidence is a negative characteristic, self-confidence is positive. Often confidence is mixed up with self-esteem, which is also a positive aspect, but not similar to confidence. Then what is confidence? Confidence is actually the state where you are certain about somebody or something. This is a state of the mind in which you faith your capabilities, combat useless fears and feel con

Often it is quite difficult to maintain a perfect balance between your personal and professional lives. Mostly you devote your time to your professional life and the family gets less of your attention. Often your personal problems tarnish your professional life. Especially the working women find it quite difficult to keep a perfect balance between the two. These often result in a stained relationship. Beginning of Strained Relationships If you are a working, you rush to the office as early as possible and start off with your work. You work the whole day and are not able to answer any of your phonecalls properly, be it from your friends, relatives, spouse or children. You work the whole day and sit late as professional life becomes ever more demanding. You usually return home very late in the evening and feel completely exhausted. You, at this moment, are not at all capable to attend any social gatherings or a party. Your relatives or close friends, who were expecting you in

Anger is one of the major emotions which can hamper the mental peace of any individual. An expression of anger becomes more difficult at times, for both the person exhibiting it the one who is being the target. Often this can result to severe mental as well as physical problems. History tells us that anger dethroned many kings and killed many. Let us find out if there is any way to combat anger. Causes of Anger Anger is primarily caused when you are unable to cope up with the present situation. Though there are countless reasons of anger, the primary ones are - •Feeling frustrated- You feel frustrated for not getting or reaching a goal you expected, you may develop anger. •Feeling degraded- You feel that others are not paying any respect to you or your ideas, emotions, sentiments, etc. Consequences of anger Who is not aware of the damaging consequences of anger? Anger is an emotion and getting angry is a natural phenomenon. But the expression of i

There is an old saying “Morning shows the day”. If your morning is well, your day also goes well. But how can you make your mornings better? Let us find out. •Have a good sleep To get a good morning, you must ensure you get a sound sleep. Generally, 7-8 hours sleep everyday is enough to refresh you. But often stress or tiredness causes sleeplessness. In that case, take a cup of warm milk after a light dinner and follow a light exercise. Try to go to the bed early. If you are going to bed early, you can easily wakeup early in the morning. Make sure you are sleeping in a clean bed with a clean pillow cover and bed sheet, with dim or soft lights on. •Wakeup slowly and calmly Try to wake up as early as possible, so that you can plan the whole day. Make sure you are waking up slowly and calmly because when you are waking up, your mind is in a state of rest. Getting up suddenly hampers your mind and heart. So, try to get up slowly opening your eyes. Do not face too much l

Depression is one of the major problems one faces in today’s world. Today most of the people are so busy in his or her profession that he/she can’t spare a little time for himself/herself. This is not a disease, and of course, not something which you can neglect. Often this depression hampers your personal as well as professional life. Often it takes a toll on your health and can cause serious problems. But are there any ways to combat depression? Let’s find out. Causes of depression There is no specific cause for depression. One can easily get depressed with any specific reason, many reasons or for no reason at all. Depression can be temporary or long-term. Often many incidents leave a long-term effect in one’s mind and can take him/her to the dark world of depression. Many pills and synthetic drugs fail in this situation. But there are a plenty of causes for depression, which includes- · A physical change in brains- Mind has a very complex architecture. As

Depression is one of the major problems that people face in today’s world. Most people are so helplessly busy in their professions that they can’t spare a little time for themselves. This is not a disease, and of course, not something which you can neglect. Often this depression hampers your personal as well as professional life. Often it takes a toll on your health and can cause serious problems in your life. But are there any ways to combat depression? Lets find out. Causes of depression There is no specific cause for depression. One can easily get depressed with any specific reason, many reasons or for no reason at all. Depression can be temporary or long-term. Often many incidents leave a long-term effect in one’s mind and can take her to the dark world of depression. Many pills and synthetic drugs fail in this situation. But there are a plenty of causes for depression, which include: · A physical change in brains Mind has a very complex architecture. As