My Soil

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...

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...