Life and Productivity Tips

Spending time  in damaging relationships  — whether its parents, partner or friends, put yourself first. Trying  to please everyone  — by doing meaningless favors, making decisions based on other’s opinion, etc. Pursuing  a career that you don’t care  about — to make your parents happy or to fit into society. Procrastination —  waiting for the day  when you will finally start crushing your goals. Avoiding pain  — not taking risks, staying in your comfort zone, not working enough, etc. Unconsciously watching Tv, movies, social media — trying to  escape the reality  of your life. Never growing as a person, realizing your potential — just  being okay with a mediocre you. You wouldn’t give away your money for free, then why do you give away your time — giving it away to  people you don’t like. Working a 9–5  job that you hate  but never making efforts to get out of it. Above all, not pursuing true joy and f...

Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group Ltd., controls over 400 companies. Branson  started  his entrepreneurial journey with a magazine publication, and has since successfully expanded into a variety of industries, such as music, banking, aviation, space flight, healthcare, mobile phones, retail, travel, to name a few. Branson did not excel at school as he struggled with dyslexia, and was more interested in extracurricular activities. At the age of fifteen, he  started  his first business trying to grow trees. He then dropped out of high school at age sixteen. After quitting school, he  started  a magazine about youth culture, called  The Student . Branson  started  to sell advertisements to companies trying to tap into the student market. He then  started  a mail-order record company called Virgin to complement the student magazine. As his record business expanded, Branson  started  his own record...

He makes time for it. Buffet once gave students in an investing class at Columbia University the following advice: "Read 500 pages like this every day," Buffett said to the students, while reaching toward a stack of manuals and papers. "That's how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it." Well, we can all build up that knowledge. But are we really doing it? Warren Buffett says, “I just sit in my office and read all day.” What does that mean? He estimates that he spends 80% of his working day reading and thinking. This leads to what is known as the  Buffet Formula: “Going to bed smarter than you woke up.” Why is that so important? We’ve been recording knowledge in books for a long time. That means there’s not a lot that’s new; it’s just recycled old knowledge. Odds are that no matter what you’re working on, someone somewhere, who is smarter than you, has...

The Subtle Art Of Faking. The guy in the centre, Vladimir Putin, never misses to mesmerise me. Whenever he is with world leaders he is full of confidence. Wherever, whenever, in whatever situation, he is always confident about himself. Many world leaders are full of confidence and have high self esteem. So, why does Vladimir Putin impresses me? Because his height is 5 feet 7 inches. For me he is the perfect example of “Never Feel Inferior”. One would argue that he is powerful and that's why he feels confident. So, I ask, why don't you feel powerful? You feel what you think. You become what you think. You control your mind. You have to fool yourself to be confident. You have to continously tell yourself that you are powerful, intelligent and good looking. You have to keep on telling until and unless you feel powerful and confident about yourself. You feel inferior because you think others are better than you. And that snatches away your confidence from...

A bit of simple advice that works for any age. Copy what millionaires do. I’ve studied over 40 millionaires and finally found out their secret to wealth. It took me a long time to piece together the puzzle, but I’ve finally figured it out. Here’s the golden question: What do Elon Musk, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Cuban, and Tonny Robbins have in common? Besides the mulah...they all  read . Yep - reading. Don’t believe me? Let one of the most successful and admired entrepreneurs tell you... Musk built four multibillion-dollar companies by his mid-40s -- in four separate fields (energy, software, transportation and aerospace). How is that possible?  Because he reads. SpaceX co-founder, Jim Cantrell, mentions Elon Musk’s passion for reading, He'd been borrowing all my college textbooks on rocketry and propulsion. You know, whenever anybody asks Elon how he learned to build rockets, he says, 'I read books.' Well, it's true. [...

I will become an IAS officer. For that, I need the best books available in the market. I need to be enrolled in the best training institute. I need the advice of a few successful candidates. I need a separate room in my house. It must have a comfortable study table and an Airconditioner. I must have the fastest wi-fi and the best laptop to study. I must take a week's break and enjoy the fullest before I start my preparations. It's too late now I will plan for the “holiday” tomorrow. In the meanwhile, a poor auto driver's daughter was studying under street lamp from torn second-hand books at 3 am in the morning. Procrastination starts from- Putting conditions on a particular task. From the lack of urgency and non-compulsive nature of an activity. From the thought of having a perfect environment to do something. The wait for the perfect moment (which never comes) The thought of undervaluing the present moment. Fear of failures or facing complexit...

Never unleash your tongue, keep a hold on your tongue. Have a firm control on your anger. Turn away from arguments and disputes. Avoid and remove misunderstanding in your life. Never let a toxic person come in your life. Talk in front of people not behind their back. Never gossip. Respect your words. Delete candy crush and play any mind teaser game or do 30 minutes meditation. Let your brain do more work than your body does. Always think twice before you act, but never go for third time to think. Have a good career and a distinct hobby. Read books. One book in three months. Prefer Quora over Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Spectacles should not mean that someone is geek and sober. It should mean that person did not take care of his/her eye sight. Learn conversational tricks. There are plenty of answers on Quora. Learn to smile while life force you to cry. Learn how to earn money through your money. Always remember that alcohol is stronger than your stomach. Make cou...

200 Push-Ups Silent Meditation Journaling on your Life & Goals Taking a Walk in Nature Preparing a Healthy Smoothie Drinking 12 Glasses of Water Going for a Run Thinking about your Next Big Step Calling your Parents/Friends Talking to a Stranger Learning Vocabulary in a New Language Practicing an Instrument Reading a Book Watching Lectures on a Subject of your Choice Improving your Artistic Skill Learning about Body Language, Confidence & Charisma Messaging your Heroes and asking them for advice Calling a Random Number Taking a Nap Researching the Lives of Successful People Applying Self-Improvement/Personal Development Tips Buying them and Eating Lunch with a Homeless Person Volunteering your Time Watching Videos that make you Laugh Doing whatever makes you Happy

Mature people don’t go to Burger King or restaurants and upload the food that they ordered on social media. Mature people think deeply before taking actions Mature people avoid issues with people and they also forgive easily. Mature people genuinely fall in love and not because of sex. Mature people cherish family and loved ones. They build homes and avoid destruction. Mature people are usually independent and sometimes, interdependent. Mature people know how to manage their finances and keep secrets. Mature people do not live to oppress or impress because they know this is a waste of life. Mature people make wise decisions and avoid rash behaviour. Mature people are generally honest people. Mature people are always calm and do not complain. Mature people do not bully, belittle and devalue their friends nor abuse others. Mature people know when to speak and what to say and they also know when to keep their mouth shut. Mature people stay away from negative people. They kno...

Let me walk you through a story before going to the point. He was furious. “You're getting old, Dad! Stop telling me to quit using social media,” my teenager told me. “There’s nothing wrong with social media, Dad!” he continued. “Everyone uses these devices… maybe you are the one with the problem,” he retorted. “Son, life is like a ladder. The higher you go, the easier your life will be — the lower you are on this ladder of value, the higher the odds you will struggle in the future.” That got his attention. “Ladder of value? What do you mean, Dad?” The same lesson I gave my son, will answer your question: do you have any advice for my early 20s life? “We all have the same twenty-four hours a day. No matter who you are, time makes NO distinctions. The ground is leveled. When we're young, we feel like time is infinite, but never underestimate your time. It’s your most precious resource of life.” “What does this have to do with my smartphone?” he asked. “E...

#1: Do not spend money. Invest money. Most people, when making a purchase, ask all the wrong questions. For instance, when buying a new pair of shoes, do not ask how good they look or what brand they are. Ask how long they’ll last, and in what kind of weather, and what the warranty is. If you get a good pair of warm waterproof boots with a lifetime warranty, they could literally be the last pair of boots you’ll ever need to buy. It is much better to buy a $400 winter jacket which will last you 20 years than a $200 one which will last you six. And both of those are better than the $1000 one which will be out of fashion in three. In other words, there are financial ramifications to every spending decision you make. If you buy an iPhone, will you also need a case for it? How expensive is the data plan? If you buy a house, how will that impact your taxes? What is the resale value looking like? #2: A dollar saved is $20 earned This one is pretty simple. If you put $1 in an...

This advice goes to all Readers out there: STOP LEARNING SO MUCH! Too many people nowadays spend their time learning and learning and learning, reading book after book, going to seminars, watching tutorials, videos and talking to their friends about theories, ideas and concepts. But none of them actually  do  anything about it and then the ideas never see the light of day! As Les Brown said: “The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry our their dream.” Chances are that you already know what to do. If you watch, read or interact with any form of Success, even through TV, you know some good things to do, even if you just pa...