DREAM MOVEMENT...Happily Ever After!

Lovestory of A Bird that will make you Cry!

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:05:00 +0000

Millions of people (in America and Europe and even in India) cried after seeing these pictures. It is said that the photographer sold these pictures for a nominal price to the most famous newspaper in France. All copies of that newspaper were sold out on the day these pictures were published. And some people think animals don't have a brain or feelings

About the Author: Sourav Ghosh is co-founder of Dream Movement....Happily Ever After. He is one of the most inspiring youngest Leader of India based Network Marketing Company eBIZ.com Pvt. Ltd.(www.ebizelindia.com), inspiring many people specially youth from every classes of the society, to live their best life. He has a strong online presence too, inspiring many lives all around the world. He is a Dreamer,Innovator...A Good Human Being...overall. Connect with him at www.souravghosh.hd1.in through Google Friend Connect. You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Orkut,Myspace,LinkedIn.

Amazing Photos of Independence Day 15th August 1947

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:24:00 +0000

Just found these photos! I am sure you will like it!

Let us never forget that glorious day! Happy Independence Day!

Wish India Real Freedom on it's 62th Independence Day

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:06:00 +0000

When I am writing the post the clock is ticking...45 minutes to 15th August...62th Independence Day, I am reading my favourite lines ...

"At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new…India discovers herself again."

- Jawaharlal Nehru
(on Indian Independence Day, 1947)

while I am feeling great, little bit emotional too and very proud thinking about those brave souls who dedicated their life to give us the freedom today I am enjoying (writing Blogs! using internet!) I am also questioning myself "Are we really Free?" Answer is obviously "No"! as a Nation India is Free today, but as an individual Indians are still not free.

What is Independence?

I completely agree with Kallol Datta (Reputed Fashion Designer) when he said "independence is doing whatever you want to do without being answerable to anybody, but at the same time having sense of responsibility"

or Tajdar Junaid (musician) : "For me the concept is simple: to go to sleep peacefully and wake up looking forward a great day"

or Bidita Bag (model and actor): " For me independence day is all about economic freedom. It is also about freedom to think freely and being confident enough to live my dreams even when people may think otherwise"

or Rohit Patni (Managing Director, Rohit Ferro Tech Ltd.): "Independence to me primarily encompasses economic independence. Unless it is achieved, the benefit will not rech the masses"

Partha pobi (Director of Pobi Technologies & Construction Pvt. Ltd.): "Freedom from poverty, illiteracy, unemployment and an overall change of attitude to life where one can transcend the borders of nationality and narrow confines of self-worship"

Rohini Sureka(Vice-president, Finace & Accounts, Tantia Construction Limited): "Independence is a state of mind. For me it means freedom of expression, thinking and conscience. No one is free until he or she expresses from the heart and stands by for his or her own determination"

(As published in Colours of Freedom, Times of India, 15th Aug 2009)

But the Problem lies in the fact that

We still can't do whatever we want without being questioned

Most of us misuse whatever freedom we have

Rajesh Roy(Musician, composer & Director) pointed out very finely The Areas of Concern i.e. challenges we are facing currently in India

Racism, biasness in Marriage, School Admissions, sports team selections, etc.

False Democracy.

Corrupted Politicians.

Pollution.

Violence.

Terrorism (Both from outside & inside) and may be lots more...

But today is not the day of finding weakness withing our country, today is a day to take some steps to make our country REALLY FREE! For that at least what we can do is to develop our sense of awareness and good virtues.

Hey don't leave the responsibility of development to political Leaders or Social Worker. We can play our part. As Mother Teresa said, " If Everybody cleans his own doorsteps, whole world will be clean"

So let's take some Small steps to big development

Please stop wasting unnecessary power, by switching off power appliances when you are not using.
Stop throwing garbage on the street, it's our country and we have to keep it clean.
Be united as Indian, despite of being from different regions, different religions, different languages or different political parties.
If you are wealthy please share a little bit of it with those who don't have, if you are privileged with education try educating the underprivileged.
At this moment India needs Heroes! (not movie type! Real Life Heroes! ) who will stand by its people.
Start planting more trees to fight against pollution.
If you are anyone with the power, then please stop spending so much money on Cricket, Movies and Elections.
To Media and Film Industry: Future of India is much on your hand than schools and colleges, as youths are more interested in you. Please be responsible to inspire youth to live their best life.

Now it's time to share your suggestions to build an Incredible India. Very soon I am going to write a post on "What does Freedom Means to You?" Sharing vision of many of my Friends and Idols worldwide. I will love to share your views, plz DM me to @souravghosh at Twitter.

About the Author: Sourav Ghosh is co-founder of Dream Movement....Happily Ever After. He is one of the most inspiring youngest Leader of India based Network Marketing Company eBIZ.com Pvt. Ltd.(http://www.ebizelindia.com/), inspiring many people specially youth from every classes of the society, to live their best life. He has a strong online presence too, inspiring many lives all around the world. He is a Dreamer,Innovator...A Good Human Being...overall. Connect with him at http://www.souravghosh.hd1.in/ through Google Friend Connect. You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Orkut,Myspace,LinkedIn.

Have you Read AUTHORITY RULES for success in ONLINE MARKETING?

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:41:00 +0000

I know, I know you have visited thousands of sites offering knowledge on Online Marketing and found irritating Product Selling, Banners, Foolish Schemes or atleast eMail Registration. I have same experiences too! But today I really found a great resource by Brian Clark, Founder and Publisher of http://www.copyblogger.com/ (Follow him on Twitter @copyblogger)

Below is some exerpts from the Free Report:

AUTHORITY RULES

The 10 Rock Solid Elements of Effective Online Marketing

The Shocking Power of Authority
We’re trained from childhood to respect and trust
authority figures (such as scientists in lab coats), and the obedience that comes with it stays with us throughout our lives.
Even when we feel something may not be quite right.

Cashing in with Authority
A television reporter dresses up in a security guard’s uniform and sets up in front of a Las Vegas bank. He sticks a sign on the ATM embellished with a big gold badge and the following message:
"OUT OF ORDER — GIVE DEPOSITS TO GUARD ON DUTY."
Bank customers start showing up. Each time, the fake guard smiles and asks if the customer wants to make a deposit or withdrawal.
This whole scenario is ridiculous, right? No bank would conduct business this way.
And yet, customer after customer handed over cash, checks, Social Security numbers, credit cards, account numbers, PIN codes… you name it. Out of 10 people, only one hesitated, but even he complied seconds later.
When the reporter revealed the deception and asked the flabbergasted victims why they handed him money and private information, they all gave pretty much the same answer:
"Because of the uniform. Because of the sign."
In other words, they complied because he was perceived as authoritative and therefore, trustworthy.
Why?
Neuroscience reveals the somewhat frightening answer. Brain scans show that the decision-making parts of our brains often shut down when we encounter authoritative advice or direction.
That’s part of what makes authority so powerful. And why authority carries great responsibility.
When you’re looking to influence people and build a powerful business online, authority is the way to go. People respect other people who have authority, expertise, and impressive credentials just like they respect people in lab coats and police uniforms.
And they respect authority even more when you demonstrate it rather than simply claim it. More on that in a minute.
Simply put, authority makes you more important in the eyes of others… someone who should be listened to and treated better. And it’s not just people who operate this way.
Google Loves Authority Too
We believed we could build a better search. We had a simple idea, that not all pages are created equal. Some are more
important.
~ Sergey Brin, Co-Founder, Google
It’s quite complicated and sounds circular, but we’ve worked out a way of calculating a website’s importance.
~ Larry Page, Co-Founder, Google
To rank well, build a site so fantastic that it makes you an
authority in your niche.
~ Matt Cutts, Head of Google Web Spam Team
So… people respond to and follow important people more than others. And Google ranks important pages and sites higher than others.
We may be on to something with this authority thing.
If you’ve been around the online marketing scene for a while, you may be familiar with the paradox of search engine optimization (SEO). SEO is the art and science of ranking high in the search engines (mostly Google) for the words people are using to find what you have to offer.
It boils down to this:
If people think you’re important, so will Google.
This perplexes many webmasters and online marketers, since they wonder how people will consider them important when people use search engines to find things online in the first place. How are you important if you’re invisible in the search engines to start with?
And how does Google know people think you’re important anyway?
For one, they know because people link to you, and Google follows those links to index and rank web pages. And thanks to services such as the Google Toolbar, Analytics, Feedburner, Google Reader, Gmail and others that keep you logged-in to your Google account, the Big G has an enormous amount of usage data that shows what people actually spend time doing online.
So, there’s that. But how do you kick it off?
To get people to link to you and generally pay attention in the first place, you have to start thinking about authority in a different sense. Luckily, any dictionary will get you on the right path with the other definition of authority.
All Your Deposits Belong to Me
au·thor·i·ty noun: [1] A citation (e.g. from a book) used in defense or support; [2] the source from which the citation is drawn; [3] an individual cited or appealed to as an expert.
In order to get the power to influence or command thought, opinion, or behavior online, you need to become an authority that others cite (link to) in their online content. Which means, of course, you need a content-rich website that demonstrates your authority in the first place.
Your content actually demonstrates your expertise, compared with a website or bio page that claims expertise. This is a crucial distinction, because it truly levels the playing field and allows anyone to come along and build authority that outpaces even recognized and credentialed experts in a particular niche or field.
How is this possible? Well, it’s due to the one essential truth about how both people and Google perceive authority:
What other people say about you is more important than what you say about yourself.
Authority is all about perception. Perceived authority can outrank actual authority, because both the general population and the most powerful search engine on the planet look to what others "vote" to be the most relevant expertise for any given topic, rather then some other method that might give a different result.
The key to becoming an authority in any area is to learn all you can, and share all you can. Then you make money by selling something related to your authority, and even by re-packaging the content you’ve already created.
As you might have guessed, there are ways to go about this that provide better results than other approaches (especially in the competitive niches that don’t need Brad Pitt to drive traffic). Let’s get into the elements that result in authoritative websites that work.
The 10 Rules for Building Authority Websites
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
~ Albert Einstein
The last thing I want you to think is that following rules is the way to succeed. In fact, breaking a few of the "rules" people try to dictate to you might be the smartest thing you ever do.
The title of this report has a double meaning. The first way to look at it is authority rules… as in it kicks ass and can’t be beat when it comes to publishing and marketing online.
And that’s the truth.
But when it comes to building authority sites or blogs (same difference, really, given Google’s preference for constantly-updated content), some things are fairly critical. The following ten elements of online authority are important enough to be considered rules that should be followed, not broken.
Let’s take a look at each:
Rule One: The Winning Difference
...There are a lot of ways to differentiate yourself, but no matter how you do it, it’s absolutely essential to building an authority website. In many ways, it’s how unique your content is that sets you apart, and that’s why the winning difference is rule number one… and why all of the following rules support it one way or another.
Rule Two: Don’t Sell... Teach
Many people think the main barrier to online marketing success is a lack of traffic. But it’s really a lack of trust. People love to buy stuff, but they hate to feel sold. So despite the fact that you’re building a website that will build your business, you need to concentrate on delivering value that builds authority.
Educational, tutorial-style content works online. It attracts links, it brings traffic, it builds trust, and it causes you to rank for relevant keyword-phrases in search engines. And all the while, you’re decreasing sales resistance, because after all… what is effective selling?
Selling is simply educating people about the benefits of doing business with you.

Rule Three: Cornerstone Content
A cornerstone is something that is basic, essential, indispensable, and the chief foundation upon which something is constructed or developed. Cornerstone content reveals what people need to know to make use of your site and do business with you.
Beyond that, your cornerstone content should naturally rank for your most important keyword phrase (it’s what your site is about, right?). But to attract the links you need, your cornerstone content must not only be strategic—it must provide off-the-hook value.
Think about it this way: Imagine your ideal customer or client calls you on the phone. She’s got money and a problem, and you’ve got the solution. What would you tell her?

Rule Four: Headlines and Hooks
The process of building authority involves a constant battle for attention. When you’re an unknown just starting out, it can be tough. But when you’re well established, you’re often competing even for the attention of the faithful. Let’s face it… it’s noisy out there.
Your headline (or the title of your content) is what determines whether or not your effort even gets a chance. Think about this: On average, 8 out of 10 people will read the headline, but only 2 out of 10 will read the rest. Improve the odds with a killer headline.
A hook is the angle or the attractor that gets people interested in your content, no matter how dry the subject matter. It could be a great analogy, a pop culture reference, a historical intersection… whatever. It’s just got to be intriguing. Your hook not only helps you write a killer headline, it also keeps people glued to your content and more inclined to spread the word.

Rule Five: Win Friends to Influence People
Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the bestselling self-help books ever published, and for good reason. But as the web gets more social, winning friends alone can make you immensely influential.
It all goes back to that basic truth about building authority: What others say about you is more important than what you say about yourself.
So, make friends with influential people in your niche or industry who can vouch for you and your content. Make friends with social media power users who can promote your content on Digg, Reddit, and Delicious. Make friends with people on Twitter who can retweet your content to their followers. Once that happens, your own readers and followers will start doing the same, and the benefits of authority get truly sweet.

Rule Six: The Money’s in the List
"The money’s in the list" is an old saying from the direct mail industry. If the mailing list is dead on target, even uninspired copy sells. If you send a brilliant promotion to a bad list, it still bombs.
Online, buying a "list" of subscribers and followers is stupid… it simply has no value. But putting out great content for "hits" and page views alone may be even sillier.
The point is to get relevant visitors to your site to request updates every time you publish… whether by email, RSS, or carrier pigeon (okay, maybe not the pigeon). Getting people to opt-in and pay attention to you over time is the key to building authority… and to selling them something in the future.

Rule Seven: SEO Matters
Pssst… here’s a secret. Search engine optimization is not that hard (at least in this context). In fact, I’m going to point you to free resources below that basically give away the farm when it comes to SEO for building an authority site.
The only mystery is why some online marketers neglect SEO. Some seem to think it’s somehow bad because it’s "gaming Google," which is obviously in violation of local statutes, common decency, and the Geneva Convention.
It’s not. In fact, everything in this report is exactly what Google wants you to do. And if you’re doing the stuff revealed in this report, Google wants you to rank well. But you won’t rank well if you ignore SEO, and some jerk with shoddy content and a basic understanding of SEO will. And we can’t have that, can we?

Rule Eight: Code Google Loves
One thing some people who get basic SEO miss is the quality of website code. You can do everything else right, and still lose to other sites because of jumbled, poorly constructed HTML.
You’ll hear time and again that WordPress is the best way to build a site (whether you call it a blog or not), and that it’s extremely SEO friendly. And that’s true (with a few tweaks). But many of the free themes (designs) for WordPress destroy that search-friendly start with sloppy code.
Chris Pearson (my designer, business partner, and friend) solved that problem with his innovative Thesis framework for WordPress. And that’s one reason why Google’s own Matt Cutts, search legend Danny Sullivan, and some of the top SEOs and professional bloggers around use Thesis for their own sites.

Rule Nine: Design Makes the Site
They say "clothes make the man," and that’s because human psychology that favors and trusts pleasing packaging. The same applies to the way you dress up your content with site design. Don’t be sloppy.
When I first started Copyblogger, I thought content was the only king. As long as I followed the authority rules with regard to my content, that was all that mattered, right?
That was until the aforementioned Chris Pearson (an unknown at the time) created an iconic site design (now built on the Thesis framework) that helps my content spread and grows my authority to this day. As Copyblogger grew in popularity, Chris Pearson became a rock star web designer. But there’s no doubt that Chris’s design also helped Copyblogger become what it is.

Rule Ten: Tend Your Tribe
When you become an authority figure, what you really become is a leader. And leadership involves great responsibility, because it involves great power.
Seth Godin has set the buzzword for online authority with his new book Tribes, and it’s because he smartly taps into that primal psychological need for people to belong and to follow the leader. The question is… what kind of leader will you be?
Remember: Authority is powerful stuff. Authority can be abused and it can definitely corrupt… but it can also build trust, admiration, and respect.
Treat your tribe well, and authority will serve you well.

Your Next Step
Your next step is to go forth and conquer.
Okay, given the amount of information in this report and all the supplemental links, it’s a lot to digest. But hopefully you’ve now got a good framework to roll with.

And it’s also true that a lot of these points can benefit from elaboration. No worries there, because if you’re getting free updates from Copyblogger, we’re exploring all aspects of building authority sites each and every week.
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@copyblogger

Never Give up ur Dreams...even when ur loved ones aren't co-operating

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:24:00 +0000

So how many times have you faced this situation? You have a dream, a dream to die for, but surprisingly the people who matters most to you are not ready to understand. In worse case, they even discourage you to pursue your dream! I know how you feel. I have gone through or you can say going through same situation. When I started following my dream of being an Entrepreneur(something my parents had never heard of!), my parents panicked! "How can you reject your placement offer from your college? What do you think of yourself? Bill Gates II?" Once I used to feel very bad about all these things. But then I read life story of many successful persons. And wow! Most of them have same stories! But none of them stopped following their dreams.

I feel very sad, when I hear someone who says " I had to sacrifice my dreams for my Family/Parents/Spouse...etc" So I thought of doing something that can inspire everybody to NEVER GIVE UP their DREAMS and also make us understand that WE SHOULD RESPECT AND CO-OPERATE OTHER'S DREAMS...even if that's not exactly what we wanted them to do.

I requested my friends to express their view on this topic. And their reply was awesome and really inspiring. Let me share those with you:

My friend Sourav asked to write about this subject.

I must say, that one of life's most terrible ordeals, is when we are wholeheartedly convinced that our way is in one direction, and everybody around us seems to have (and sometimes, wants to impose) a different direction to our dreams!

Of course I am not saying one should not be sensible and use common sense, but very often if dreams are not pursued and lived, one ends up with a life not lived, a head full of resentment and a sad heart.

Given this, what would be a good advice?

Well, first of all, do not precipitate yourself. Analyse well and probe deep into your hearts.
Is this dream what you really want to do?
What is there in your life that can support your choice (for instance, it has to do with your studies, or someone in the family has had the same dream, or does that job, a friend is able to give you a hand, etc...).

Then, visualise what you would love to do.

Come back to reality and try to understand and detail all that is contrary to your dream (for instance, it was not what you studied, your family does not agree, or whatever else).

Go by parts. What can be solved?

For instance, you can get a position and still study to become later what you dream of?
If your family is against it, is someone in the family a bit more open, who could help bring others around to your vision of your future? Or is there a teacher or friend (older friend) who can help convince the family?

Another thing that may help is the following:

When we dream, it may seem to other people, who saw their own dreams frustrated, as if we are "having things easy" - these people sometimes try to stop others from having what they could not reach. But if they can sense that in us, their dreams also come true, maybe we can turn around their anger into something that can be positive.

Also, sometimes they feel we are only dreaming dreams because somebody else is paying for our food and house. Then, sometimes one has to get a job and pay for our own dreams when we can afford it on our own.

In any case, DO NOT STOP DREAMING! And all the best,
Maria Carmo, Portugal.
Blog: http://anewworldinthemaking.blogspot.com/

keeping lines of communication open among all your loved ones do let them know what are your dreams also know what they are dreaming for you try to listen their point of view...then voice your opinion-why you are following your dreams....whats going on your mind there will be frictions,confrontations,heart breaks,etc....but if yo are persistent and your heart and soul are into your dreams....at last they will understand...and will support you but or all this one has to be confident about one's dreams....have clear goals and willing to go extra mile
--Thanks and Regards,
Shrabasti, Kolkata, India
http://www.linkedin.com/in/shrabasti
http://twitter.com/Shrabasti

SpringPrincessDreams...hhmmm... for me, I believe in myself and my special dream. I believe that one should not only act to achieve something.
SpringPrincessHe should know how to dream,not only plan about it but to believe in it. if today, it seems that your dream is too far way......
SpringPrincessWe should always remember that there's always tomorrow for us to achieve what we want.
SpringPrincessI have a quote that I always have in my mind that's why I still keep on dreaming and believing that i can achieve it.
SpringPrincess"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
Melanie Jose, Doha, Qatar
Follow her on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SpringPrincess

Now it's your turn! Tell me are you killing your dreams? Or being courageous to listen to your heart? If you have any suggestions or experience that can inspire others to follow their dreams, please share with us, may be your comments will bring hope to one!

About the Author: Sourav Ghosh is co-founder of Dream Movement....Happily Ever After. He is one of the most inspiring youngest Leader of India based Network Marketing Company eBIZ.com Pvt. Ltd.(http://www.ebizelindia.com/), inspiring many people specially youth from every classes of the society, to live their best life. He has a strong online presence too, inspiring many lives all around the world. He is a Dreamer,Innovator...A Good Human Being...overall. Connect with him at http://www.souravghosh.hd1.in/ through Google Friend Connect. You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Orkut,Myspace,LinkedIn

Stand Still at the face of Storm

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:23:00 +0000

How many have you faced the similar situation like, someone shouted in anger to you and your replied back, and then he replied again, and ... battle goes on. And at the end who wins? Both of you loose my friend.

May be in highly reactive mood, under uncontrollable anger you uttered some words to the other person which actually you didn't mean to. But those words may create miles of distance between your friends or family.

Once I used to face such kind of problem in my relationships. But one day I read a book "The Saint, The Surfer and The CEO" by Robin Sharma... found one wonderful line "Stop Dancing"

What a powerful concept! If one become silent, how long the other can continue shouting? Another bonus for you -by remaining silent you are doing justice to your mental and physical health. You know what I mean, you know how bad it feels to have disturbed mind, catching breath, headache, high blood pressure, insomania after a fight.

Learn to be like water. It never fights its obstacles, but make ways avoiding it.

Try it today. You will definitely be more happy. I promise...

Next time your parents/kids/spouse/friends/anybody shouts at you, please for god's sake remain silent... you will gain nothing by winnng "who shouts louder? contest" but I promise you will not loose your loved ones by remaining silent.
When someone on the way shouts at you, before opening your mouth to reply pause for one moment...does he really matter in your life? Does it worth indulging and winning the fight at the cost of loosing your peace of mind?

If you see fire, what will you do? Pour some fuel? Obviously not! You will use water or fire extinguisher. Then why do you react in anger providing fuel to someone who is already angry.

If you still think "Suppressing my emotion is acting, pretending...why should I do it?" My answer is " Because you love Yourself, your family, your friends"

I will love to hear from you about your experience.

About the Author: Sourav Ghosh is co-founder of Dream Movement....Happily Ever After. He is one of the most inspiring youngest Leader of India based Network Marketing Company eBIZ.com Pvt. Ltd.(http://www.ebizelindia.com/), inspiring many people specially youth from every classes of the society, to live their best life. He has a strong online presence too, inspiring many lives all around the world. He is a Dreamer,Innovator...A Good Human Being...overall. Connect with him at http://www.souravghosh.gq.nu/ through Google Friend Connect. You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Orkut,Myspace,LinkedIn.

Wanna be the WRITER of your own LIFE? Master your EMOTION!

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:31:00 +0000

Who don't want to write the story of their own life? Who don't want to fullfill their every dreams? Everybody does. Above all Everybody dreams of BEING HAPPY always! From long I always searched for the secret of being HAPPY...and atlast I found!!!

Our life can be magnificent, if we can master our EMOTION!

Ask yourself, you already know how much our emotion affect our daily lives. You must have encountered situations like below:

If we are feeling sad or depressed nothing seems to be alright. Everything goes on opposite to what we expected, making us more sad or depressed.

When we are in bad mood, everybody around us seems to be in bad mood too.

Listening to our favorite music, when we feel good, everything seems to be alright.

I was also suffering from Negative Emotions like Fear, Sorrow, Anger like most of you... It was becoming the biggest barrier between me and my SUCCESS and HAPPINESS both. I was desperate searching for some remedy.

Suddenly one night, when someone very close to me, said something so terrible that I never expected from even my enemy, I was on the verge of bursting with anger and tear... something strange happened...Anger suddenly vanished, tears dried and I couldn't believe--- I SMILED!!!

In a spark, I realize may be one of the greatest wisdom

Our EMOTIONS are not reaction, we can CHOOSE our emotion in any circumstances.

May be you are thinking "It is easy said than done" I agree. But tell me was it easier to suffer from our negative emotions?

We express specific emotions at specific circumstances because that's how we are conditioned from our childhood. We are programmed to smile and feel good when we are happy, and cry and feel bad when we are sad. But the GOOD NEWS is we can reprogramme ourselves.

We can practice FEELING GOOD always...remember it's a choice.

Just read some wonderful lines in a great book The Greatest Salesman in The World by Og Mandino.

"Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions, strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts"

Each day practice these self-talk:

"If I feel depressed, I will sing.

If I feel sad, I will lough.

If I feel ill, I will double my labour.

If I feel fear, I will plunge ahead.

If I feel inferior, I will wear new garments.

If I feel certain, I will raise my voice.

If I feel poverty, I will think of wealth to come.

If I feel incompetent, I will remember past success.

If I feel insignificant, I will remember my goals.

Today I will be master of my emotions. "

We need to learn to control our emotion too...

"If I become overconfident, I will recall my failures.

If I overindulge, I will think of past hungers.

If I feel complacency, I will remember my competition.

If I enjoy moment of greatness, I will remember moments of shame.

If I feel all-powerful, I will try to stop the wind.

If I attain great wealth, I will remember one unfed mouth.

If I become overly proud, I will remember a moment of weakness.

If I feel my skill is unmatched, I will look at the stars.

Today I will be master of my emotions."

If you read the book The Secret or watch the movie The Secret , you can understand more about how by controlling emotion, we can control our life.

Have you seen the movie Pursuit of Happiness ? Truly said "You can never have happiness, but it only can pursued"

Ok...now my last words Happiness is not a destination, it's a way of life.

Wish you a very HAPPY life.

About the Author: Sourav Ghosh is co-founder of Dream Movement....Happily Ever After. He is one of the most inspiring youngest Leader of India based Network Marketing Company eBIZ.com Pvt. Ltd.(http://www.ebizelindia.com/), inspiring many people specially youth from every classes of the society, to live their best life. He has a strong online presence too, inspiring many lives all around the world. He is a Dreamer,Innovator...A Good Human Being...overall. Connect with him at http://www.souravghosh.gq.nu/ through Google Friend Connect. You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Orkut,Myspace,LinkedIn.

10 Wonderful Articles I read recently

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:36:00 +0000

Let me share with you some wonderful articles I read recently on the net with you:

10Ways to Find People on Twitter: Now if you use twitter (I strongly recommend if you still don't), you must be looking forward finding great people to follow. Don't fall into the trap of the schemes like "Get xxxx followers every morning". Follow people you really want to connect.
Rehabilitating your social network addiction: You may think, “I’m not addicted, I can quit anytime!” Well if you have more Facebook friends than real friends, something must be done. If you spend more time on Twitter than in sunlight, it’s time for change. If you spend more time working on your LinkedIn profile than doing actual work, it’s time for an intervention. Regardless of your excuse, this is not OK.
Tip on Marketing You: You know how to market your product or service, but do you know how to market yourself? You are the critical factor to successfully selling your product or service, so make sure your marketing medium and message aren’t outdated.
Love How Cruel Thou Can Be: A wonderful love story that will touch your heart. That will remind you to give love first priority. It will make u cry. Wonderfully written.
Reduce Leadership Friction: Know what is standing between you and your Leadership Greatness, a wonderful post from Leadership Guru Robin Sharma.
Be Like The Willow Tree in The Wind: You can stand strong and weather any storm. Like the willow in the wind, you will bend rather than break. And you will be able to help others. As you grow in your wisdom. Acceptance is the key to inner peace.
Your “Attention Radar” – Choosing Your Focus: Scientific explanation on Conscious and Sub-conscious mind.The RAS(Reticular Activating System) acts as a sort-of connector between your conscious and unconscious mind and filters information by “listening out for” things that are relevant to your conscious thoughts and focus.
How to Kill Your Excuses: We all give excuses, but killing excuses is one of the most important criteria for being successful.
Are You Adding or Subtracting Value? Two New Laws of Leadership:A wonderful article on Leadership, focusing mostly on "Leaders Lead by Example" Some lines I found most interesting : Teaching it is easy, living it is the hard part. That’s one of the reasons why many parents (and bosses) say, “Do as I say, not as I do.” and Author Norman Vincent Peale said, “Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.”
Shy? Here is how to Network for the shy Entrepreneur: Very useful article for those who are introvert in nature but want to be an Entrepreneur and looking for Networking .

About the Author: Sourav Ghosh is co-founder of Dream Movement....Happily Ever After. He is one of the most inspiring youngest Leader of India based Network Marketing Company eBIZ.com Pvt. Ltd.(http://www.ebizelindia.com/), inspiring many people specially youth from every classes of the society, to live their best life. He has a strong online presence too, inspiring many lives all around the world. He is a Dreamer,Innovator...A Good Human Being...overall. Connect with him at http://www.souravghosh.gq.nu/ through Google Friend Connect. You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Orkut,Myspace,LinkedIn.

Real Reason behind BAD LUCK revealed: LAW OF ATTRACTION BACKFIRE!

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:41:00 +0000

So you have heard of The Law of Attraction? Which basically says, Whatever you think predominantly, will manifest for sure. But for some reason you ignored mastering it. Be Careful!!! May be all the troubles and misfortunes you are facing day by day is because The Law of Attraction is backfired to you. Let me tell you what I am trying to say:

One of my room-mate, studying M.Sc(Mathematics) from the same college I just completed my Engineering, was preparing for his upcoming exam. For last 15 days I heard the following sentence from him 'n' number of times "If I can't attend 50% in the XYZ subject, then I am going to strike through the paper, and I will rather give supplementary exam for XYZ paper in my next semester"And guess what exactly it happened!!! His preparation was not that bad, neither he was selective in his study, but still he couldn't attend 50% and came out of exam hall striking through the paper!Now he is feeling completely miserable as his next semester will be itself very busy with some competitive exams also.

He had never given importance to Law of Attraction before, but yesterday he confessed to me that it happened only due to the fact that he thought about it again and again.

Be careful my friends: Law of Attraction says 'Your predominant thought will be manifested' But it can't differentiate between positive or negative thoughts, neither can't differentiate between whether you do want something or you don't want!

So if you have ever experienced any of the following situations, you are a victim of Law of Attraction Backfire!

You thought again and again about avoiding some person, and embarrassingly she showed up.
Sitting in class you were afraid of getting punished by your teacher for not preparing lesson and hell!!! that happened.
Met red signal in every traffic crossing.
You always complain about some behaviour of your parents/spouse/children...but they never change!
You mood was bad...you felt bad...and more bad experiences through out the day made it worse!

To sum up: If you ever didn't wanted something badly but you got it!!! Then you are a victim of Law of Attraction Backfire.

So if you neglect mastering your thoughts and feelings to focus only on the things you want or you underestimate the power of FEELING GOOD always, then life may be very difficult for you. You have to always complain your bad luck, but the real reason behind all these being YOUR THOUGHTS!!!

Here is some quick-tips to avoid Law of Attraction Backfire and Live a Life of Your Dream:

Never...never think about what you don't want.
Focus on what you want. Keep your dreams infront of your eyes 24/7. You can use Picture/Desktop Wallpaper/Remainder/Sticky Notes...anything...Try to feel in advance how wonderful will it feel to have all these.
Whenever you experience something you didn't wanted, just shift your focus, think of something else...may be about your dreams. Listen to music/Call a good friend/watch a movie you love/Have a walk in the nature/have a long relaxing bath.
Remember FEELING GOOD is not a reaction, it's a choice, it's a habit. It will attract good positive things in your life.
Stop! and remind you throughout the day to FEEL GOOD! FEEL GOOD! again and again.
Focus on the things you like about your parents/spouse/children.
In difficult situation believe "This too will pass soon"

So just remember if you are not using Law of Attraction in favour of yourself, may be you are using it against yourself!!!

About the Author: Sourav Ghosh is co-founder of Dream Movement....Happily Ever After. He is one of the most inspiring youngest Leader of India based Network Marketing Company eBIZ.com Pvt. Ltd.(www.ebizelindia.com), inspiring many people specially youth from every classes of the society, to live their best life. He has a strong online presence too, inspiring many lives all around the world. He is a Dreamer,Innovator...A Good Human Being...overall. Connect with him at www.souravghosh.gq.nu through Google Friend Connect. You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Orkut,Myspace,LinkedIn.

Reading:The Time to Prosper | SUCCESS Magazine | What Achievers Read

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:43:00 +0000

Just been reading this wonderful article, let me summarize the Important points

Mel Robbins, nationally syndicated radio host and SUCCESS columnist, calls attention to the recession mindset. “Maybe it’s the words: recession, depression, collapse, layoff. They’re very powerful words,” Robbins says. “Powerfully depressing. And we hear them all day long. They dominate the news.” But there is some good news. Changing your recession mindset is a matter of choice. “If you have the right mindset, it simply doesn’t matter what the market does,” Robbins says.
Jack Welch, business guru and former chairman and CEO of General Electric, says, “Control your own destiny or someone else will.” People who control their income sources are entrepreneurs who, just like you, decided to stop opting out of their fi nancial choices and take control of their destinies.
Robert Kiyosaki, best-selling author of the Rich Dad Poor Dad book series, says entrepreneurs who break away from typical jobs and create their own sources of income are in the best position to weather an economic storm. They aren’t dependent upon a boss or the economy to determine their annual income. They determine it.
In a White House event in March, President Obama said, “Our recovery in the present and our prosperity in the future depend upon the success of America’s small businesses and entrepreneurs.”
He said small businesses are responsible for half of all private-sector jobs, creating nearly 70 percent of all new jobs in the last 10 years. “So small businesses are not only job generators, they’re also at the heart of the American Dream,” Obama said. “After all, these are businesses born in family meetings around kitchen tables. They’re born when a worker takes a chance on her desire to be her own boss. They’re born when a part-time inventor becomes a full-time entrepreneur, or when somebody sees a product that could be better or a service that could be smarter, and they think, ‘Well, why not me? Let me try it. Let me take my shot.’
We haven’t seen the end of this mess yet, and workers are feeling the pinch. Layoffs at U.S. companies during the first months of 2009 reached almost a quarter of a million each month. Executives, middle managers, administrative employees and blue-collar workers are all at risk. Even the healthcare industry, until recently considered a safe zone, is trimming areas of its workforce. And companies that aren’t cutting jobs are cutting benefits, from retirement funds to healthcare coverage.
World-renowned economist Paul Zane Pilzer has seen a dramatic shift in mentality for many workers. The conventional career structure is being replaced, he says, with a new, entrepreneurial mindset: “The traditional wisdom in the second half of the 20th century was this: Go to school, get a good education and go to work for a large company. The idea of going into business for yourself was most often regarded as risky. Admirable, perhaps, but risky… and maybe a little crazy. Today, it’s completely the other way around.”
Look into businesses like real estate investing and direct selling that offer the opportunity for residual income, which is payment for the continuing results of work completed in the past.
For most middle-income Americans who still have a job, living paycheck to paycheck has become a way of life. In Rich Dad Poor Dad, Kiyosaki warns of the long-term effects of this kind of lifestyle: “Financial struggle is often directly the result of people working all of their lives for someone else. Many people will have nothing at the end of their working days.”
As President Obama said, “I want to say… to every American running a small business or hoping to run a small business one day: You deserve a chance. America needs you to have that chance. And as president, I will continue to do everything in my power to ensure that you have the opportunity to contribute to your community, to our economy and to the future of the United States of America.”

Read the fullarticle:

The Time to Prosper | SUCCESS Magazine | What Achievers Read

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Spend Time With Your Loved Ones...Before it's too late

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:22:00 +0000

After waking up toaday, I was replying my tweets and planning for whole day, when my Grandpa asked me to go to morning walk with him. Atfirst I thought I should say 'No' as I have lot works to do. But then I thoughts after 10years from now, when my Grandpa will be no more possibly, then I am going to regret missing these moments with him.

As we both walked around the streets, nearby rail-station, sweet-shop(my grandpa likes sweet, though have sugar :-), market; his face was glowing having me with him. He was showing me excitedly all the places he walks through everyday...alone! He told me how much he misses me. He told me some ancient history of some ruined buildings. He introduced me with lots of pride with everybody familiar around. Even bought my favorite magazine for me.

Really my friends, after returning home I was feeling wonderful both mentally and physically! So here is some idea I like to share with you:

Nothing is more important than your family, your loved ones. Reaching the mountain top alone, or being in heaven alone isn't much satisfying.
Tell all the people you love, who matters most in your lives...how much you love them...no!no! Not tomorrow...Express your feelings today...now...at this very moment...simply tell "I love you...you are really important to me" Who knows you may not get tomorrow!
You say you are super busy attending calls, tweeting, contacting People or prospects in Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn...bla bla bla...tell me can you stay with these things until the end of your life without your family...I can't!
While you are with your family keep your mobiles, pager away...Be genuinely with them.
Be a good listener...you will be loved.
Focus on what you like about the person you love, not what you don't like.
If you are not loved, not popular in your family what's the point being most popular in the world?

So today I made my choice. Maybe by spending the time with Grandpa, I lost some important time...maybe I am not the most followed on twitter, maybe I am not most popular on Facebook, maybe you think I am not professional...But obviously I became a better human being.

Tell me how much time you spend with your loved ones?

About the Author: Sourav Ghosh is co-founder of Dream Movement....Happily Ever After. He is one of the most inspiring youngest Leader of India based Network Marketing Company eBIZ.com Pvt. Ltd.(www.ebizelindia.com), inspiring many people specially youth from every classes of the society, to live their best life. He has a strong online presence too, inspiring many lives all around the world. He is a Dreamer,Innovator...A Good Human Being...overall. Connect with him at www.souravghosh.gq.nu through Google Friend Connect. You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Orkut,Myspace,LinkedIn.

20 Tips on Overcoming Fear

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:29:00 +0000

(Taken from http://blog.dalecarnegie.com/tipsforsuccess/20-tips-on-overcoming-fear/ )
Dale Carnegie was not big on falling to fear. He was all about confronting it, and letting everyone know that he was in it for the long haul. The following are some quotes from “Dale Carnegie’s Scrapbook” the man in his own words on not succumbing to fear:
1. “You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear does not exist anywhere except in the mind.” (Carnegie 13)
2. “When you’re afraid, keep your mind on what you have to do. And if you have been thoroughly prepared, you will not be afraid.” (Carnegie 15)
3. “ If you want to develop courage, do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it until you get a record of successful experience behind you. That is the quickest and surest way ever yet to discovered to conquer fear.” (Carnegie 20)
4. “ The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid.” (Carnegie 22)
5. “Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.” (Carnegie 25)
6. “To conquer fear and worry, keep busy!” (Carnegie 26)
7. “Fear is a bully and a coward and all we have to do to conquer fear is to forget that it is there. You can do it.” (Carnegie 27)
8. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit a t home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” (Carnegie 30)
9. “ Take stock of your fears now and see how many of them are senseless. If you are honest with yourself you will probably find that most of them are groundless.” (Carnegie 31)
10. “ If you want to conquer fear, don’t think about yourself. Try to help others, and your fears will vanish.” (Carnegie 35)
11. “The next time you are appalled by some task, sail into it, accomplish the impossible. It can be done; if you will have the utmost confidence in yourself, you can do it.” (Carnegie 21)
12. “Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The ‘sure thing’ boat never gets far from shore.” (Carnegie 18)
13. “Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.” (Carnegie 23)
14. “You are never defeated as long as you don’t think the job is impossible.” (Carnegie 28)
15. “ The very best way in all the world to overcome self-consciousness and shyness is to get interested in other people and to think of them and , almost miraculously, your timidity will pass. Do something for other people. Practice deeds of kindness, acts of friendliness, and you’ll be surprised to see what happens.” (Carnegie 29)
16. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest steppingstones to success. No other element can do so much for a man if he is willing to study them and make capital out of them. Look backward. Can’t you see where your failures have helped you?” (Carnegie 32)
17. “Do things for others and you’ll find your self-consciousness evaporating like morning dew on a Missouri cornfield in July.” (Carnegie 33)
18. “This is the day of dramatization. Merely stating a truth isn’t enough. The truth has to be made vivid, interesting, dramatic. You have to use showmanship. The movies do it. Radio does it. And you will have to do it if you want attention.” (Carnegie 37)
19. “ The way to acquire enthusiasm is to believe in what you are doing and in yourself and to want to get something definite accomplished. Enthusiasm will follow as night the day.” (Carnegie 41)
20. “You can’t get anywhere in the world without wanting to do something.” (Carnegie 42)

Simple Act of Kindness...You Can Make Difference Too

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:19:00 +0000

Yesterday I was returning home from college. It was one of the hottest day in Howrah. Everybody in Bus was feeling exhausted. Sun was at its highest intensity. It was 2PM...Road was nearly deserted. I was feeling like, I could die any minutes...suddenly I saw something! I was taken aback...

A Family, Possibly Punjabi family(as you can see in the above picture) was distributing Some food and cold-drinks(Home Made) to poor childs. It was really wonderful. But I was shocked in surprise when I saw one of them coming with glasses of cold-drinks to our buses, and offering it to every passengers, driver everybody through window. And not just our bus...to every buses passing by!!! And every strangers passing that road!

Wish I could take some pictures of the poor children who was dancing in joy enjoying the cold-drinks...wish I could show you how all the exhausted passengers came to life, not just sipping the cold drinks but having such a wonderful experience.

Let me tell you Mr. Sun...you may be the most powerful source of energy of the universe, but yesterday a small family had beaten you touching so many hearts by thier simple act of kindness.

You can make difference too by just simple act of kindness.

Share here if you have any experience like this. What simple act of kindness do you want to do today?

About the Author: Sourav Ghosh is co-founder of Dream Movement....Happily Ever After. He is one of the most inspiring youngest Leader of India based Network Marketing Company eBIZ.com Pvt. Ltd.(www.ebizelindia.com), inspiring many people specially youth from every classes of the society, to live their best life. He has a strong online presence too, inspiring many lives all around the world. He is a Dreamer,Innovator...A Good Human Being...overall. Connect with him at www.souravghosh.gq.nu through Google Friend Connect. You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Orkut,Myspace,LinkedIn.

Janine Shepherd ...A Smiling Fighter

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:46:00 +0000

[Have you ever written to a Best-seller Author, Motivational Speaker,Miracle Survivor, based on whose life a movie had been made...and got a reply??? Yes I got...not 'a' reply...the priviledge of being in touch with her in twitter. Even she read my e-mail(unnecessarily lengthy stating all challenges I am facing...I am sorry for that) and mailed me back with such advice which genuinely helped me to dream better. And she did it self-lessly!!! All my life I will be grateful to this great human being JANINE SHEPHERD] Let me tell more about her...

Unless the scars caught your eye, you would never guess she has suffered misfortune, let alone the trauma that cost her almost eight pints of blood—and very nearly her life. Janine Shepherd has a breezy, country-gal air that only fades when recounting her epic story’s darkest, strangest chapters.
Rewind to 1986. The blond Australian was a champion cross-country skier tipped to win her country’s first Winter Olympics medal. Shepherd, 47, recalls the run-up to her downfall calmly, and quizzically, with the words “It was funny.”
Just back from training with the Australian ski team in Europe, she was about to head to Canada in preparation for the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. “I was just on top of the world,” she says. Shepherd was not in top form, however. Her doctor had just detected she had anemia and she yearned to relax. “I was tired. I was really tired.”
But a fellow skier on a visit to Shepherd’s home state, New South Wales, persuaded her to come for a bike ride over the scenic local hills known as the Blue Mountains. Shepherd acknowledges she should have refused, but casts her decision as “destiny.” The last thing she remembers, she says, her voice trailing off, is riding up a hill with her friends.
Then a pickup truck slammed into the back of her bike, shattering her body and dreams. Shepherd suffered a broken neck and back and abdominal gashes. Her right leg was ripped open, her collarbone and five ribs were fractured, and she sustained serious internal injuries and more. The complete picture makes gut-wrenching reading.

Shepherd believes her will to live made the difference. She describes herself as “a damn stubborn fighter.” But as a maimed athlete who had worshipped her body, her recovery would be fraught with heartbreak and frustration.
To shield her from the full horror of her condition, doctors provided information on a need-to-know basis. The list of wounds would have gone on forever and driven her to surrender, she says. Meanwhile, her head propped on sandbags, she sprawled in disbelief.
“I always thought, No, no, no. That’s not me—part of me knew that people broke their necks and backs and didn’t walk, but that wouldn’t be me. Not me.”
Six months of hell followed, punctuated by the sound of other patients sobbing deep into the night. Finally, the nurses lifted her for the first time since the accident in a plaster body cast. In a darkly Alice in Wonderland moment, she realized she had no feeling from the waist down. “I’m looking down and I was actually standing, but I had no sensation of standing,” she says, “so that was a really strange experience.”
After her hospital ordeal, the partial paraplegic went on an emotional roller coaster, seesawing between depression and bitterness toward the driver who voiced no remorse. A simple “Sorry, how are you?” would have been nice, she says.
“Finally, I got to the point where I thought, My God, this accident controls every part of my life—every single part. And I thought, What are you going to do? Are you going to spend the rest of your life being a victim—or are you going to get on with your life?”
Shepherd believes all her strengths and experiences up until the accident prepared her for the challenges of her life-changing injuries— and for the lessons she took from the trauma and fulfillment she finds today.
Born in 1962, Shepherd’s father was an orchard tender who joined his father-in-law in a gas station business that built pickup truck bodies, among other tasks. Her parents were not afraid of hard work, and encouraged that same ethic in their daughter. As she blossomed into a champion athlete, snapping up several national titles by the age of 10, the Shepherds nurtured Janine’s desire, urging her to be disciplined and to commit to being the best.
Innately, she was strong and equally at home sprinting or performing half-marathons or triathlons. “I was just so damn good.”
Shepherd also possessed an inquisitive nature; one of her favorite quotes is from the book Playing in the Zone: Exploring the Spiritual Dimensions of Sports by Andrew Cooper. The quote defines sports as a container where passions are channeled and virtues cultivated.
“I think about all the training and all the virtues that I’d cultivated up until my accident. And I really think that they gave me this strength to overcome everything that I was about to encounter,” she says.
“The technique I used when I ran or rode my bike up a hill was that I put my head down: Just focus on the next pedal push or the next step—until I finally got to the top,” she says. “I dealt with my recovery the same as I prepared for a ride. I put my head down. I had a plan. I focused. I was dedicated. I strived for excellence, whatever that meant for me—at one point it was just to be able to use a catheter. And so everything shifted from my outer life to all the inner victories.”
Progress was agonizingly slow. “I couldn’t look too far ahead—it was just too overwhelming.”
But her strategy worked. Not only did she recover, but Shepherd set her sights on new challenges. “When I got home and an airplane flew over, it dawned on me very quickly and I thought, Oh well, I can’t walk. I might as well fly.”
She became a commercial pilot and aerobatics instructor. She ultimately confounded the doctors by learning to walk. In addition, she married and—again defying medical opinion—had three children.
Shepherd’s life story became the basis for a TV movie. She was also recognized by the positive-change institute Junior Chamber International, which named her one of the Outstanding Young Persons of the World.
“I used to ask, Why, why, why me? But I didn’t have any answers,” Shepherd says. “I don’t care about the ‘why’ anymore. It’s about what you put into life—that’s what matters.”
Still heavily scarred, Shepherd walks with a limp but is in-demand on the talk circuit, drawing as many as 8,000 people in Australia and overseas. Through telling her story, she says she can make a difference in ways she might otherwise not have been able. “Giving to others is a much more fulfilling life than Olympic medals,” she says.
Shepherd has forgiven the pickup driver who changed her life. “I moved on, and I have no hard feelings at all,” she says. “In fact, in a weird way, I’m thankful because this made me who I am today. So life is a little bit of paradox, isn’t it?”
Dealing with the accident was a huge lesson in forgiveness—a key theme when she tells her story, and one that has a profound effect on audiences. Another important message she delivers: “I know that every single person has the strength and the spirit within to do what I have done. I truly believe that.”
Her advice to people enduring tough times is simple: “Learn to love the hills. Embrace adversity, because everything is here to teach you something.”

Her Website: http://www.janineshepherd.com/

Meet Her at Twitter: http://twitter.com/janineshepherd

Buy Her Book & Movie Today: Never Tell Me Never

Virgin Entrepreneur-Richard Branson started his first business as a youth.

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:18:00 +0000

(Taken from www.successmagazine.com)
The 20-something Richard Branson racked up a résumé that would impress no one: high-school dropout with poor reading and math skills. Failed get-rich-quick schemes. Long-haired, barefooted hippie. Struggling business that led to two arrests and a night in jail on suspicion of tax evasion.
But as he turns 59 in July, Branson’s life seems as golden as his locks. Worth about $4.4 billion, he ranked as the 236th richest person in 2008, according to Forbes. Branson has put his Virgin brand on independent businesses in the airline, hospitality, space travel and financial industries, to name a few. He has made headlines as a humanitarian, environmentalist and adventurer. In 2000, he was knighted for his services to entrepreneurship.
Perseverance, imagination and courage sustained his transformation. His family nurtured his independence and entrepreneurial spirit; however, many of his strengths were born out of struggles. Dyslexia, for instance, made reading and understanding some concepts painfully difficult. Even today, he says he doesn’t trust numbers. “I don’t complicate my life with financial reports,” he says, laughing. But he compensated for what he lacked by exceeding in other areas, developing extraordinary people skills and learning to trust his instincts.
“I do a lot by gut feeling and a lot by personal experience,” Branson says"The challenge is to follow through on a great idea."
As entrepreneurs struggle in today’s economy to throw off the negativity and rekindle the bold spirit that fueled their passion in the first place, Branson has this advice: “Obstacles and challenges are healthy for everyone, not just entrepreneurs. They force you to think outside the box, so to speak—to be creative.
“The challenge is to follow through on a great idea. I think if [you’ve] got a great idea, you need to just give it a try,” he tells SUCCESS. “And if you fall fl at on your face, pick yourself up and try again. Learn from your mistakes. And, remember, you’ve got to go make a real difference in people’s lives if you’re going to be successful.”
He writes in Losing My Virginity. “My parents had always drummed into me that all you have in life is your reputation: You may be very rich, but if you lose your good name, then you’ll never be happy.”
A New Approach
Out of what had been a chaotic and heartbreaking experience came a new business strategy: “branded venture capitalism,” as Branson calls it, which gives him control over a large number of companies with minimal financial risk. Today, the Virgin Group is an eclectic empire of more than 200 diverse companies that run independently with different shareholders and boards, yet share the brand, as well as the resources and collective knowledge and experience of others at Virgin.
Branson believes in empowering talent to flourish, providing freedom and minimizing bureaucracy to foster creativity.
“Every business… operates according to its own rules. There are many ways to run a successful company. What works once may never work again,” Branson writes in Business Stripped Bare. “There are no rules. You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing.”
In addition to Virgin Atlantic, Branson’s airlines include Virgin Blue and V Australia in Australia, and Virgin America. He expects to fly even higher with Virgin Galactic, which plans to offer space tourism beginning in 2011 or 2012 (f lights are $200,000 per ticket, and the group has already secured almost $40 million in bookings). Interested passengers include designer Philippe Starck, actress Sigourney Weaver, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and, of course, Branson and his family.
In a new venture to encourage entrepreneurship, Branson launched PitchTV in March as part of Virgin Atlantic’s 25th anniversary celebrations. The show will air the video pitches of wannabe entrepreneurs onboard and online. Virgin Atlantic’s business travelers, many of them executives, will see the pitches, and each year Branson will select a favorite with a yet-undisclosed prize for the winner.
Branson remains mindful of his own entrepreneurial beginnings, as well as the fact that great ideas from up-and-comers help fuel the Virgin Group today. He tells SUCCESS that one key to entrepreneurial success is to “get a great group of people around you who believe in your idea.” Just as he had his family’s support from his childhood to his earliest business ventures to his space flights today, Branson aims to provide encouragement and inspiration for other entrepreneurs. But, he says, the ultimate reward for an entrepreneur is individual and personal.
“Entrepreneurship is business’s beating heart. Entrepreneurship isn’t about capital; it’s about ideas. Entrepreneurship is also about excellence. Not excellence measured in awards or other people’s approval, but the sort that one achieves for oneself by exploring what the world has to offer.”

101 Twitter Tools For You

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:41:00 +0000

(taken from New Economics of Advertising )
Twitter has become an incredible tool not just for communication, but for improving your life. Anyone can use it to expand their social circle, promote their side business, keep their coursework organized, and more. Whether you want to achieve your Twitter goals, or just use it as a tool to achieve others, these tools will help you get there.
Twitter Analysis
If your goal is to be popular and influential on Twitter, be sure to check out these tools that will tell you how you’re doing.
Twitter Grader: Learn your Twitter grade, your local Twitter Elite, and find new people to follow through Twitter Grader.
Twitterholic: Check out the top Twitter users and find out your Twitter stats on Twitterholic.
TweetStats: TweetStats offers a graphical analysis of your Twitter stats.
Twitter Friends: Carefully measure your Twitter conversations using Twitter Friends.
Twinfluence: Twinfluence will measure your Twitter influence based on reach, velocity, and social capital.
Tweetwasters: Find out how much time you and other users waste on Twitter.
Tweet-Rank: Learn about the quality of your tweets by finding out which ones won or lost followers.
Mr. Milestone: Get a tweet when you reach various milestones using this Twitter tool.
Retweetrank: Find out how many retweets you and other Twitter users have through this service.
Information Gathering
With these tools, you and gather information for market research, blog posts, and your own simple curiosity.
search.tEarn.com: Unique, social network for viewing photos and videos on any topic and chatting with Twitter users interested in the same subject. Search on any topic.
@myflightinfo: Use @myflightinfo to stay updated on your flight’s status.
Twitterverse: Check out archived timelines and tweets through Twitterverse.
Twitscoop: Twitscoop shares what’s hot on Twitter at any given moment.
Twitbuzz: Twitbuzz tracks the latest conversations as well as popular Twitter links.
StrawPoll: Use StrawPoll to make sharing your opinion as easy as sending an @reply.
Retweetist: This service ranks the hottest links being retweeted on Twitter.
Monitter: Get real time keyword monitoring on Twitter from Monitter.
TweetNews: TweetNews ranks stories based on the amount of related tweets.
TwitterBuzz: TwitterBuzz will tell you what’s being linked to the most on Twitter.
Tweetscan: Set up Tweetscan to make sure you don’t miss any @replies, and to get alerted of your search queries.
Network Building & Management
Find more relevant Twitter users with the help of these tools.
Twitter Local: With this service, you can see tweets from Twitter users in a specific location.
Twubble: Twubble will expand your Twitter bubble, picking out people you may like to follow.
MyCleenr: Sort your friends by their last tweets, and you can get rid of the inactive and useless accounts you’re following.
Follow Cost: This tool will tell you how much effort it takes to follow someone.
Tweepler: Use Tweepler to organize your tweeps based on whether you’re following them or not.
Just Tweet It: Find Tweeple, tools, Twitter bots and more through this directory.
TweetWheel: TweetWheel will help you discover which of your Twitter friends know each other.
SocialToo: SocialToo will help you keep track of all of the people who have followed or unfollowed you.
Twitoria: Reduce your clutter on Twitter by finding your friends that haven’t tweeted in a long time.
TwitDir: With TwitDir, you’ll be able to search for people, and exploring categories including top followers and updaters.
Who Should I Follow?: Using this site, you can get good recommendations for Tweeps to follow.
Nearbytweets: Learn about all of the Twitter users in a specific area with the help of Nearbytweets.
Twellow: Find Twitter users in a specific industry using this service.
Mr. Tweet: Mr. Tweet is a personal networking assistant for Twitter, helping you find relevant followers.
Qwitter: Qwitter will help you manage your network by sending an alert when a person unfollows you.
Twitter Management
Save your time and cull your Twitter list with the help of these tools.
Summize: Retrieve information on Twitter quickly to search Twitter in real time.
Tweet O’Clock: Trying to reach someone? Tweet O’Clock will help you find the best time to get their attention.
Just Signal: Set up a filter using Just Signal to get only the tweets that discuss the keywords you’d like to read about.
TweepSearch: Put your Twitter network to good use and search your followers for specific parameters.
Friend or Follow: Manage your Twitter contacts and find out who’s not following you back through Friend or Follow.
TwitResponse: TwitResponse makes it easy for you to schedule the delivery of your tweets ahead of time.
TwitterSnooze: Put the pause button on a particular user for a while with Twitter Snooze.
Twitterless: Get notified when someone stops following you with Twitterless.
Twilert: Track specific keywords to receive alerts for using Twilert.
Tweetdeck: Tweetdeck has a groups function that will help you more efficiently follow the people you really want to listen to.
Twalala: Put the mute button on certain people and topics for a while if you are receiving lots of updates you’re not really interested in.
Sharing Tools
Promote your business, share photos, and more using these Twitter tools.
Tweetburner: Use Tweetburner to share links, and you can track their usage.
Twitpic: Twitpic makes it easy to take mobile phone photos and share them using your Twitter account.
TwitterHawk: Get targeted marketing on Twitter through TwitterHawk.
Acamin: Acamin makes it easy to share files on Twitter with your followers.
Glue: Post links to books, movies, restaurants and more on Twitter through Glue.
Ping.fm: This service will update all of your social networks at once.
TweeTube: TweeTube makes it easy to share videos on Twitter.
twiggit: Use this automated service to share the articles you digg on Twitter.
Twisten.fm: Share what you’re listening to on Twitter through Twisten.fm.
Organization & Productivity
These Twitter tools will make your life a bit more streamlined.
Twittercal: Link your Twitter account and Google Calendar to easily keep up with your events and appointments.
Timer: Use Timer to get reminders about tasks through your Twitter account.
TwitterNotes: Organize your notes using Twitter with TwitterNotes.
Remember the Milk: Use Remember the Milk on Twitter to update your to do list.
Tweetake: Tweetake will back up your Twitter timeline for archiving and more.
Nozbe: Nozbe makes it easy to add and update your to do list on Twitter.
Toodledo: This popular to do list app integrates nicely with Twitter.
TrackThis: Send TrackThis your tracking number, and you’ll get Twitter messages every time there’s a change in location.
Joint Contact: Get project management productivity on Twitter using Joint Contact.
Tempo: This time tracking tool allows you to send in updates from Twitter.
Tweet Later: Tweet Later offers a great way to set up alerts, schedule tweets, send thank you DMs, and more.
OutTwit: OutTwit will make it easy for you to use Twitter inside of Outlook.
Jott: Jott makes it easy for you to tweet without ever having to type, transcribing your voice message to Twitter.
Life Tools
With these tools, you can work on relationships, life tracking, and more.
MyMileMarker: Keep track of your mileage with info sent via Twitter every time you fill up.
21Tweets: 21Tweets offers personal coaching on Twitter.
TwtTRIP: Organize your travel plans and find other Twitter travelers on your way with TwtTRIP.
Tweet Answers: Twitter Answers makes it easy to ask questions and get answers on Twitter.
Twtvite: Twtvite is a simple event organizer that will help you create a tweetup.
Vacatweet: Set up an autoresponder for your Twitter account with Vacatweet.
plusplusbot: Share when someone goes out of their way to help you, or otherwise make your feelings known using plusplusbot.
TrackDailyGoals: Use this site and the #dailygoals hashtag to keep track of your goals every day.
ConnectTweet: Put the voices of your group or business together through ConnectTweet.
Tweeteorology: Find tweets about the weather in any location through Tweeteorology.
DreamTweet: Keep a reminder of your dreams and nightmares, and follow the dreams of others through DreamTweet.
Business & Finance
Use these tools to improve your business and finances through Twitter.
Chipin: If you’re raising funds on Twitter, make use of Chipin to set a goal and let your supporters track the progress of the campaign.
Xpenser: You can Twitter your expenses to Xpenser and they will be recorded for you.
Twittertise: Schedule your tweets and track their clickthroughs with this app designed for Twitter advertising.
TwtQpon: Create simple Twitter coupons for your business with TwtQpon.
CheapTweet: Get all of the deals, sales, coupons and more being discussed on Twitter through CheapTweet.
Tipjoy: Like Chipin, Tipjoy offers a way to create social payments for your cause, content, or people.
SalesTwit: Get contact management for Twitter with the help of SalesTwit.
Tweet What You Spend: Track your cash in a really effective way using Tweet What You Spend.
StockTwits: StockTwits shares the investment discussions on Twitter in real time.
Health
Track your health using these Twitter tools.
Qwitter: Update Qwitter to shame yourself into quitting smoking.
TweetPlot: Use TweetPlot to chart your food and fitness statistics.
Tweetwhatyoueat: Keep a food diary to track what you’re eating every day using Tweetwhatyoueat.
gtFtr: Use the gtFtr tool to record your exercise activity on Twittr.
SugarStats: Track, monitor, and share your blood sugar through Twitter with SugarStats.
FoodFeed: This Twitter-based food log makes it easy for you to track what you’re eating.
Blogging
Bring your blog life and Twitter life together with these tools.
Add to Any: Get your posts shared on Twitter by using Add to Any on your WordPress blog.
TwitThis: Make use of this plugin to send Twitter messages about your blog post.
MyTwitter: Use the MyTwitter plugin to display your Twitter status on WordPress.
Twitpress: Twitpress will send out a Tweet every time you post a new blog entry.
TwitterCounter: With this plugin, you can display the number of followers you have on Twitter.
TwitterFeed: Announce your blog post on Twitter with a customized message using TwitterFeed.
FriendFeed: Announce your blog post on Twitter.

Twilight: When There is Faith, There is No Fear!

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:51:00 +0000

Twilight is a young-adultvampire-romance novel written by author Stephenie Meyer. It was originally published in 2005 in hardback. It is the first book of the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan who moves from Phoenix, Arizona, toForks, Washington, and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen. The novel is followed by New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.

"Twilight," which has grossed 382 million dollars worldwide, dominated the MTV MOVIE Awards

show, taking home top honors for best movie, best female performance for Kristen Stewart, breakthrough male performance for Robert Pattinson, and best kiss and best fight.

Just seen the movie yesterday, and as always learnt something wonderful...that's what I will be sharing here with you:

*Can you imagine a girl(Bella) loves a boy(Edward), knowing he is a Vampire!!! Knowing some part of Edward and his family is thirsty of her blood. In the wood, Bella was telling Edward that She knows who he is, but she is not afraid, she loves him UNCONDITIONALLY!!! The scene is really amazing!

When There is Faith there is no fear.

*Now think about Edward...How can he control his blood thrist? Answer? Simple He Loves her!

Love is the secret which kills the Demon within each of us, and bring the Angel out of us.

* A few lines I found in the above photo, which made me think

If you can live forever, what will you live for?

Reply me...I will love to hear from you.

If you like to share your views about the movie, please post comments.

Thank You.

The 6 Fuels of Inspiration

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:05:00 +0000

from Robin Sharma Leadership Blog - Robin Sharma's Blog
I used to think the whole notion of inspiration was soft. I've now come to deeply understand it's not. Every great act and innovation in science/arts/society was done under the spirit of inspiration. And as a Leader Without a Title, may I suggest that you owe it to yourself to get your levels of inspiration to world-class. In so doing, you'll change the game. And elevate every thing you touch.

Here are 6 of the tactics I teach to employees of our corporate clients to help them stay inspired so they do great work:

1. Leverage Music. During your Holy Hour, listen to music that elevates your state and rekindles the fire in your belly. During workouts lately, I've been listening to Aerosmith. The flood of energy provoked runs me through my routine.

2. Be Near Art. At least once a week, find some free time to connect with art. Being around masterpieces and high works of creative self-expression will engage the genius within you.

3. Rise early. Leaders get up early. And once you do, make time to reflect. Reflect on your mission. Consider your deepest values. Deliberate on what you want the coming day - as well as the gift of your life - to stand for.

4. Love Good Food. Interesting food can be inspiring. If you usually eat meat and potatoes, try Malaysian food. If you usually have sandwiches for lunch, go for Japanese. Shaking things up grows your reserves of inspiration.

5. Read Great Books. Few fuels are as powerful an energizer than learning. As I wrote in a recent post I did on Twitter, "Learning drives passion." And when it comes to learning, you just can’t beat reading. I try never to hold myself out as an ideal. I'm a simple/ordinary person - doing the best I can. But one thing I'm fairly good at is my commitment to reading every morning. And it moves me to drive my standards forward. Every single day.

6. Talk to Yourself. Words are so very powerful. Manage your vocabulary. In my new "Leadership in Turbulent Times" workshop, I encourage employees to use words that keep them in peak state. You won't find Lewis Hamilton complaining and condemning before the big race.

Leadership has a lot to do with inspiration. Being uber-inspired helps you see solutions where others see problems. It helps you innovate. Move faster. And positively influence others. Please remember: you can't inspire others until you get inspired. So we need you at your greatest. And absolute best.

P.S. – Want more inspiration and coaching weekly? Registration for my 52-week FastLeadership eNewsletter opens today, May 27th at Noon EST for a limited time only. Click here to register now.

The First Step

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:45:00 +0000

(Taken from a must read book: "6th Bowl of Chicken Soup For The Soul" by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen )

To take the first step
Is a frightening thing.
To face the unknown
The uncertainty brings.
But like the child
Who is tired of the crawl,
The first step is
The most important of all.

It expands your horizons,
You can see a new light.
The joy of discovery
Is like taking flight.
The first step you take
Will open all doors,
To see yourself as
You've seen you before.

And like the child
Who gives it his all,
Sometimes he falters,
He will teeter and fall.
But strong arms are there
To catch him and then,
They stand him back up
To start walking again.

The longest journey,
Takes one step at a time,
But once you get going
You'll do just fine.
Take my hand,friend
I'll help you along
I'll be right beside with you...
And two we'll be strong.

Yes that first step is a big one,
The most important of all.
But I'll be there to catch you
Should you teeter and fall.
We'll set our sights forward
Grit our teeth and walk on...
When we see that road ending
We'll break into a run.

I love you, I'll help you
All the way through.
But to take the first step,
Well...that's up to you.

Rabona Turner Gordon.

Everyone Sells...Mastering the Essentials...by Zig Ziglar

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:13:00 +0000

I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don’t hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales. At Ziglar Inc., we fully understand that anyone on our staff can make a sale and anyone on our staff can lose a sale.

Many years ago our company had a van that displayed our company logo and name in very large print across the full length of the vehicle. One particular day the individual driving the van made a bad choice to pass cars on the shoulder of the highway during afternoon traffic. I cannot tell you how many people that day came to associate our company name with the arrogant, impatient, illegal behavior of that one employee, but we got calls from folks who said they were surprised that someone from our company would behave that way… and this was before cell phones existed! The behavior of one, whether it is good or bad, influences the opinions of many.

When I started speaking full time nearly 40 years ago there was no blueprint for how to become a public speaker. I didn’t think of myself as an entrepreneur, but I was, and I had to use every sales technique I had ever learned to make my business grow. I shudder to think how diffi cult it would have been to attempt what I did without my prior years of sales experience.

I had to convince my staff that they were in the business of making a difference in the lives of people. I wanted them onboard with the idea that everything we did in our company had the potential to change someone’s life for the better. There was no task so small that it could be discounted. There were no conversations with customers that were not of monumental importance. Until everyone could see the bigger picture, they couldn’t truly understand how vitally important their role in the company really was.

Interestingly, I have met people who believe they can be successful entrepreneurs without having any true sales skills. I’m sure there are some who happen to have such an innovative product that they achieve a level of success they never dreamed possible, but I ask, what could they have achieved had they understood how to truly help people get what they need and want? Sales are what you do for people, not to people.

"Sales are what you do for people, not to people."
There are a few indispensible principles and procedures that any good salesperson must embrace. Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur. With these two traits in place, a relationship of trust can be established with both employees and clients. My mother always said, “Son, if a man’s word is no good, eventually he’ll be no good.” If you commit to something, follow through. My surrogate father and childhood employer, Mr. John R. Anderson, once explained to me, “You can’t make a good deal with a bad man.” I had no idea at the time how true that statement was, but it has served me well to remember his wise words. I promise you, there is some money out there that is not worth having. Be honest. If you have integrity you’ll have nothing to hide.

Listening, as you’ve heard before, is so basic it is often overlooked. If you are so busy thinking of what you’re going to say next that you can’t hear what your prospect or employee is saying, you’re going to miss your opportunity to connect to their felt need. If you don’t know what their perception is, you can’t address their issues. You may as well have skipped the whole encounter. Slow down, focus and pay more sincere attention to what is being said than your prospect, client or employee expects. You’ll be surprised at how good listening creates a feeling of partnership.

Prospecting. That word drives fear into the heart of the individual who doesn’t believe that selling something to someone is for their benefit and overall well-being. We all prospect and don’t even know we’re doing it. When you start the dating process, you are actually prospecting for the person you want to marry. When you’re interviewing employees, you are prospecting for someone who will best fi t your needs. When you have a product to sell, you need someone to sell it to, so you have to go out and find the folks who need what you have. If you don’t believe that their lives will be better because of what you have to sell them, then you are either selling the wrong thing or you are selling it to the wrong person. A true prospect needs your product, has a potential desire to own that product and has the financial ability to make that decision.

Prospecting becomes second nature when you can implement my quote: “You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” When you are truly interested in other people, you will learn what they are interested in and if they have a need for your product. If they like you, and most people like folks who take an interest in them, they’ll help you find people who do need what you have to sell, even if they don’t.

You must be able to easily explain what you sell and easily identify who buys what you sell. If you can’t tell anyone those two things in a few simple sentences, you aren’t in the right business. You must also be able to identify a need. I know these suggestions sound like “a given” for the sales pro, but I have found that entrepreneurs who haven’t studied the art of selling and don’t yet understand how vital this skill is to their growth potential need clarity on these basic ideas.

Mastering sales techniques, principles and procedures should be the first skill set entrepreneurs aspire to acquire. Good business starts on the inside, in your home office, with the folks you need to believe in you and what you are trying to accomplish. If your team isn’t on your team, you’re in big trouble. The belief in the value of what you do or sell has to be so strong that everyone who comes in contact with a customer exudes confidence in the company and the product. When that is the case, everyone is prepared to help in the sales effort. If everyone in your company is taught to actively prospect, listen with true interest to the other person and has an honest desire to help them get their needs met, then I can honestly say that I will not only see you at the top, I’ll see you over the top!

Zig Ziglar is a renowned international speaker, author and expert in sales, leadership and human potential. His best-selling books include See You At the Top and Secrets of Closing the Sale. He is the chairman of the board for the Zig Ziglar Corporation.

Workaholics Anonymous – Your STOP Doing List (Comments from Step 1)

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:05:00 +0000

Posted by: Darren Hardy in: Workaholics Anonymous

It was difficult to select from your excellent STOP DOING suggestions. Below are 10 great ones with bonus suggestion I particularly like!

1. STOP doing tasks that do not pay me my appropriate hourly rate.

2. STOP trying to make everything perfect.

3. STOP letting my days go on forever. Get a good nightâ€™s rest.

4. STOP checking email all day long and STOP replying them immediately.

5. STOP shortchanging my health by replacing exercise with work

6. STOP doing other peopleâ€™s work for them; train them to do it for themselves.

7. STOP being distracted by work during family time.

8. STOP â€˜pausingâ€™ so often in the middle of major tasks.

9. STOP wasting time (mindless T.V, gaming & nonessential social networking) and replace with quality motivational reading and DVDâ€™s.

10. STOP taking meetings and appointments that are not using my best time to produce the results and goals that I have.

10.5. STOP listening to news talk radio and listen to only material from SUCCESS magazine.

Some additional great STOP DOING ideas:

STOP doing important things last minute.

STOP doing projects and tasks that donâ€™t fall into my top 3 priorities, delegate them instead.

STOP reading all emails to the end (I do not need to read them all).

STOP doing personal issues during business time and vice versa.

STOP procrastinating and start selling!

STOP listening to gossip and the like.

STOP procrastinating regarding the most important (#1 task of the day).

STOP fooling/convincing myself that Iâ€™m doing my best.

STOP taking calls from people who want to complain/vent about the job.

STOP logging on my computer first thing on weekend mornings.

STOP reading all the emails that Iâ€™m copied on (especially attachments).

STOP multitasking and practice more focus.

STOP checking mindless, social netstalking sites.

STOP worrying about things that I have no control over.

Standby for STEP 2 tomorrowâ€¦

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55 Ways to Get More Energy

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:49:00 +0000

Rock out to your favorite high-energy song. Photo by
Jeramy & the Octoberlings

55 Ways to Get More Energy

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Greg Go, co-author of Wise Bread’s new book, 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget. Buy the book today (by Monday 11:59pm PDT) and get a $15 Ebates bonus and a chance to win a brand new Flip Cam.

If you’re tired all the time, a change in what you eat (diet) or what you do all day (activity pattern) may be all you need to turn things around 180°.

You won’t be able to do everything on this list all the time — you’d tire yourself out trying to get more energy — but do try them all to see which ones work for you and your schedule. Add a few of these tips to your regular routine. Or mix them up to keep things interesting.

1. Change your socks for refreshment.

It’s an amazing trick. Bring a change of socks to work, and change your socks midway through the day (say, after lunch). You’ll be amazed at how much fresher you’ll feel. This trick is especially handy on days with lots of walking — like during a hike or family outing to the amusement park.

2. Rock out loud.

Whether you work alone or in a room with coworkers, a quick one-song rock out loud session is an effective way to beat back exhaustion.

In a cube farm? Get everyone to sing along! The key is to choose a song that everyone can sing along with. (I like Kokomo.) The energy boosting effect comes from bobbing your head and singing out loud. One song, 3 minutes. That’s a quick boost of adrenaline that lasts for a bit. You’ll be singing to yourself the rest of the never ending project delivery night.

3. Get rid of the stuffy nose.

If allergies have your sinuses blocked, you may be feeling more tired and cranky. An over-the-counter allergy medication should clear up your sinuses (and your mind).

4. Work with your body’s clock.

There is a natural ebb and flow of energy throughout the day. We start off sluggish after waking up, even after a solid 8 hours of sleep. Our energy peaks mid-morning, and it’s natural to want a siesta in the afternoon. We get a second spike of energy in the early evening, followed by our lowest energy point just before bedtime. Once you understand this natural rhythm of energy throughout the day, you can work on the important tasks during your peak hours and avoid early afternoon snoozefests (meetings).

5. Have a piece of chocolate.

Not too much, but if you’re going to have some candy, it might as well be chocolate. We get an endorphin buzz from chocolate (not to mention the energy boost from the slight bit of caffeine chocolate contains). Dark chocolate has more caffeine than milk chocolate.

An afternoon snack of yogurt, berries, and nuts will provide the boost of energy to carry you through the day. Photo by lepiaf.geo / Flickr

6. Have an afternoon power snack.

A small healthy snack that is low in sugar and has protein and/or fiber a couple hours after lunch helps you finish off the day strong. Some suggestions:

mixed nuts
nonfat yogurt
apple and peanut butter
frozen berrie smoothie
trail mix
granola bar

7. Hit up the water cooler for inconsequential banter.

A little midday gossip and random banter is a great pick-me-up for your tired mind. It works because it gets your mind on zero-stress thoughts for a while. The mental break for just a few minutes will revitalize you.

8. Eat lots of berries.

Especially berries that are blue, red, or purple. The color comes from anthocyanins, a powerful antioxidant, that boosts energy. Any kind of berry will contain tons.

All types of berries help fight fatigue and are delicious to boot! Photo by Zabowski / Flickr

9. Wear brighter colors.

This trick is related to the mood you project to people, and the reciprocating mood they project towards you. If you wear dark, somber colors, you project a dark, somber attitude, and people will respond to you with a somber attitude. If you wear bright, happy colors, you’ll get that attitude projected towards you, which will boost your own mood and energy levels.

10. Take a power nap.

But do it in your chair. Don’t lie down on the sofa or you won’t get back up. Keep it short: 5-10 minutes max. Any longer and it will have the opposite effect of knocking you out for the rest of the day.

11. Flirt.

It’s fun, it’s harmless (keep it innocent), and it’s effective. Nothing quite gets the heart pumping like a little flirting.

Amore gets the blood flowing. Flirt for more energy. Photo by Kjunstorm / Flickr

12. Aromatherapy with lavender.

Research has shown that the lavender scent increases alertness. Test subjects were given math tests before and after 3 minutes of lavender aromatherapy. The group completed the tests faster and more accurately after aromatherapy.

13. Wake up at the same time everyday.

Including weekends. This sets your body clock. Otherwise, you’ll be wide awake when you should be asleep. Or worse, asleep when you should be awake (dozing off in a meeting is embarrassing). The key is to go to bed at the same time every night. If you need to reset your sleep cycle in one day, stop eating for the 16 hours before the time you want to wake up.

14. Drink lots of water.

Dehydration is a sinister cause of fatigue because it slowly creeps up on you. If you consistently drink less than 8 cups of water a day, you may be sluggish all the time. Get a 32 oz (1 quart, 4 cups) water bottle. Your goal is to polish off 2 of those a day. Try it for a week and see if your general energy level increases.

15. Use caffeine wisely.

Coffee and caffeinated sodas can boost your alertness, but be careful about letting it be a habitual crutch. The temptation to drink more caffeine to get even more energy will be strong. Eventually you’ll be downing 5 double-shot espressos a day just to function. Drink coffee earlier in the day to avoid insomnia, which will make the next day worse.

Use caffeine in moderation. Coffee provides a shot of energy, but can also become a counterproductive dependence. Photo by visualpanic / Flickr

16. Avoid energy drinks.

Energy drinks provide a near-instant hyperactivity boost, but they always result in a crash. Energy drinks are like energy credit cards — you’re spending future energy to get short-term energy. The resulting energy deficit gets worse until you hit energy bankruptcy.

17. Eat low glycemic (low or complex carb) foods.

Trade in good, complex carbohydrates (low glycemic index) for the bad, simple carbs (sugar). Carbohydrates with a high glycemic index means the sugar is more easily digested by your body. That results in a spike in energy followed by a low-sugar crash.

High glycemic index foods to avoid include white bread, potato, and high sugar foods (like sodas). Low glycemic foods (the good carb foods) include fruits and vegetables, grains (eg., whole wheat bread), low-carb foods (eg., meats), and pasta. Check this chart of foods and their glycemic index before your next trip to the grocery store.

18. Eat more soluble fiber.

Soluble fiber is the kind that slows down the rate of absorption of sugars. It evens out your energy levels by preventing a sugar high and crash. (By the way, insoluble fiber is the kind that prevents constipation.) Don’t worry too much about which kind of fiber you’re getting — they’re both good for you. Rotate more high soluble fiber foods like nuts, grains, fruits, plant matter (vegetables), beans, and oats into your diet.

Eat and sniff more citrus fruits for an energy boost. Photo by Steven Fernandez / Flickr

19. Get your Vitamin C.

Get a daily dose of citrus fruits (eg., orange juice in the morning) or a vitamin C tablet. Study after study shows the correlation between citric acid deficiency and chronic fatigue. Vitamin C also helps you absorb more nutrients from food.

20. Sniff some citrus.

In addition to the Vitamin C, citrus scents (like orange, lemon and lime) stimulate alertness. So lather on some of that lemon scented lotion.

21. Cover the B Vitamins.

B vitamins cover a range of bodily functions, but most B vitamins are involved in the process of converting blood sugar into usable energy. To ensure you get the proper amount of B vitamins, eat a balanced diet.

22. Quit smoking.

Ex-smokers frequently report an energy boost of 2-3x when they quit smoking. Nicotine affects your sleep, so you don’t get as good a night’s sleep. That makes you cranky, frustrated and tired the next day. Which leads to more smoking. It’s a vicious energy sapping cycle.

23. Play to relax.

Playing a game keeps your mind working (versus, say, watching TV), but doesn’t have any of the energy-sapping stresses of work. Go ahead and play that quick game of Scrabble on Facebook, but have a strict time limit if you don’t want your boss to say something.

Play a game to relax. It keeps your mind active without the debilitating stress. Photo by Sukanto Debnath / Flickr

24. Eat smaller, more frequent meals.

Snack throughout the day. By eating smaller but more frequent “meals”, you will maintain a steady dose of energy instead of experiencing food comas. Don’t snack on fatty and sugar laden junk food though. You may get a short 30 minute burst of hyperalertness, but it’ll be quickly followed by a debilitating crash.

25. Enjoy a cup of tea.

In a recent study, University College London researchers noted that drinking a cup of tea 4-6 time a day reduces stress hormone levels in your body. The study’s results suggest “drinking black tea may speed up our recovery from the daily stresses in life.”

26. Splash some water on your face.

Just letting the cool water hit your face washes off the grime and stresses of the day. You could also jump in the pool or take a shower for the same effect. Showers stimulates the circulatory system and metabolism. Get wet to feel more energetic.

Get wet to freshen up and get a shot of energy. Photo by Liz Noise / Flickr

27. Stand up, stretch and take a couple of deep breaths.

Stretch your arms, back, legs, and neck. Take a deep breath through your nose, hold it, and let it out slowly and forcefully. Repeat several times. This will take 30 seconds and will be an instant fix. When you sit back down, you’ll have the clear head and fresh feeling needed to power through the tough/boring task in front of you.

28. Get your world organized.

When your world is organized, you don’t have to expend mental energy keeping track of a million things. Here’s how to take back control of your time and productivity:

The Getting Things Done (GTD) FAQ - Beginner’s guide to GTD

Zen to Done (ZTD): The Ultimate Simple Productivity System - Leo’s even simpler system

7 Productivity Tips for People that Hate GTD

Zen desk = less stress = more energy. Photo by Laure Wayaffe / Flickr

29. Look on the bright side.

A generally upbeat and optimistic outlook on life will keep your energy level up. Yes, the worst thing that can happen might actually happen, but giving it too much worry will only drain you. Look for the positive in every situation and you won’t be so tired.

30. Take a mini-vacation.

Take one day and just do whatever you want. No work, no chores, no errands. Enjoy your one full day of vacation, then come back to work more motivated and energetic.

31. Eat a satisfying breakfast but a light lunch.

A heavy lunch, especially one with lots of carbs or fat (like a burger combo) will hit you as soon as you get back to the office. And it’ll be a sluggishness that lasts to the end of the day. Eat a big breakfast instead. It provides the fuel you need for the day, at the time when your body needs it the most. Not only will you avoid the afternoon food coma, the big breakfast will make you more productive in the mornings. Double win.

Start your day with a powerful breakfast that provides the fuel you need for the day. Photo by Charles Chan / Flickr

32. Choose protein over fat or carbs.

Foods with lean (low fat) protein help you feel fuller for longer. It also prevents blood sugar spikes, giving you more steady energy. Lean protein foods include fish and other seafood, lean pork, or chicken breasts (”white meat”).

33. Shed a few pounds.

The things you do to lose weight — exercise, drink water, avoid simple sugars — are actions that also have a positive effect on your energy level. Even better, the actual loss of excess fat provides an energy boost of its own. You’ll feel “lighter” and things that use to make you breathless will now seem much easier. Losing weight provides a double-impact to boosting your energy.

But be careful with fad and/or crash diets. Cutting out too many calories (ie., energy your body needs) too fast will cause you to be even more tired. Take small steps, and make it a lifestyle change so you shed the fat for life.

34. Listen to tunes while you work.

It’s well known that our brain’s pleasure centers light up when we hear music. Throwing on the headphones and listening to any music you like while working will give you a productivity boost.

35. Start exercising.

If you have a fairly sedentary life, just the idea of starting an intense exercise program is exhausting. But if you go slow, literally taking one step at a time, you can go from being sedentary to becoming a runner just like Leo.

Get moving! Getting some exercise will lift your energy levels all day. Photo by Hamed Saber / Flickr

36. Eliminate stress.

Stress is draining. Sometimes it’s worth it, like when you’re on a deadline to delivery a big project. Sometimes it’s just a waste of energy. Leo says,

Certain things in our life just cause us to be more exhausted than others, with less value. Identify them, and cut them out. You’ll have much more energy and much less stress. Happiness ensues.

Here’s how to eliminate stress from your life.

37. Have more sex.

Talk about an endorphin rush! If you keep those endorphins flowing regularly, you’ll have more natural energy. Literally, more bounce to your step.

38. Move gym time to the morning.

A lot of people go to the gym after work. Try going to the gym in the morning instead to get energy that lasts all day. Sure, you’ll have to wake up an hour or two earlier, but you get that time back at night. That exercise in the morning gets the endorphins flowing, which keeps you happy and productive the rest of the day. By exercising in the morning instead of at night, you spend the same amount of time at the gym, but get the added benefit of having more energy at work.

39. Purge low-value tasks from your todo list.

If you have a ridiculously long todo list that is impossible to get all the way through, you’ll feel tired just thinking about the todo list. If you want to actually cross off tasks from your todo list, you’ll need to throw out the crap tasks that you don’t want/need to deal with. Either delegate those tasks, move them into a second “nice but not critical” list, or just admit that they’re probably never going to get done and move them to the “maybe/someday” list. Shortening your todo list to just the most critical, must-do tasks will give you the “energy” to start knocking out those tasks.

40. Avoid the mid-day cocktail.

If you want to function in the afternoon, avoid alcohol at lunch. Even if it’s just one beer. Alcohol’s sedative effects will take hours to recover from, killing the rest of your afternoon.

Skip the alcohol at lunch if you want to make it to 5:00. Photo by ktylerconk / Flickr

41. Get a massage.

Loosen up those tight muscles and you’ll feel more relaxed. A more relaxed you means a happier and more productive you. Trade a quick shoulder rub with a coworker after lunch to perk both of you up for the rest of the afternoon.

42. Dress up.

Feeling better about yourself has a magical way of giving you more energy. Put just a tad more effort into looking your best for work, and you’ll get compliments from coworkers that will make you feel better — and make you a perkier, more energetic worker bee.

43. Don’t drink yourself to sleep.

Alcohol keeps your body from entering deep sleep, so even if you get the same hours of sleep, you won’t feel as rested. Limit alcohol the hours before bedtime to get the best night’s sleep.

44. Get a thyroid test from your doctor.

If you are chronically fatigued, it may be a symptom of hypothyroidism. That’s when not enough thyroid hormone is produced, with fatigue as one of its symptoms. Visit the doctor if you’ve been tired for a long time and haven’t had a checkup in a while.

45. Take a walk outside.

Getting outside for some fresh air, a change of scenery, and a quick walk to get your blood going will do wonders for your mood and motivation. Seeing the sun is a signal to your body that it’s not bedtime yet.

Take a walk outside to clear your head. Photo by vshioshvili / Flickr

46. Lower your blood pressure.

Besides being a risk factor for a heart attack, high blood pressure makes you fatigued. If you haven’t seen your doctor lately, go in and get your blood pressure checked.

47. Rotate yogurt into your diet.

Yogurt with live cultures keep your digestive system clean, which helps your body absorb all the nutrients from food. That makes you healthier and more energetic. Yogurt is also a good low-fat snack.

48. Have a laugh.

Laughter is great medicine for exhaustion. Make sure you laugh regularly to keep your mood up. Seek out funny people or subscribe to a daily email joke. I like the geeky comic xkcd for a quick smile. What’s your favorite quick funny pick-me-up?

49. Add more cardio to your gym time.

The aerobic exercise gets your blood pumping. It builds stamina and endurance, which is useful for both triathalons and neverending department meetings.

50. Take up yoga.

The stretching, slow controlled movements, and focus on breathing reduces tension (and stress). The benefits include better sleep, feeling more relaxed, and being mentally sharper.

51. Eat eggs.

When people have eggs (mostly protein) for breakfast, versus bagels (all carbs), they feel more energy and eat less at the next meal. Protein makes you feel fuller without feeling stuffed, and they provide a steady stream of energy for your body (versus the quick high and crash of carbohydrates). Eggs are a great for breakfast or as an addition to a lunch salad.

52. Get a good night’s sleep.

We need 7-8 hours of sleep to be fully rested. Consistently sleeping less than 6 hours a night builds up a “sleep debt” that is hard to recover from. If you’re getting enough sleep, it should take you up to 30 minutes to fall asleep. If you’re falling asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow (or while sitting at your desk), that’s a symptom of sleep deprivation.

53. Get more ginseng.

Ginseng is well-known to have energy boosting properties. It is an adaptogen, which means it build resistance to stress and boosts energy. A ginseng supplement or sipping tea with ginseng can help improve energy.

54. Socialize.

Turn off the Internet and go socialize with friends. Humans are social animals, and we need regular socializing to keep ourselves in peak health and energy.

Go out and play with your friends! Photo by Strocchi / Flickr

55. Get on your toes.

Roll up and down on your toes. This stimulates your circulatory system, which will deliver much-needed oxygen and fuel (glucose) throughout your body. You’ll be more energized and sharper. You can do this right now.

What’s your secret for getting more energy? Share it in the comments!

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souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:14:00 +0000

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Fifty Inspiring Leaders, Authors, and Pioneers on Twitter

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:19:00 +0000

The Shift List: Evolutionary Leaders on Twitter

Fifty Inspiring Leaders, Authors, and Pioneers on Twitter

With Twitter going mainstream, many innovative change leaders are now using it to open a direct channel of dialogue with their supporters.

For the last few years, I engaged with hundreds of such leaders through a program I launched called Shift in Action that featured pioneers in personal growth, integral health care, frontier science, triple-bottom-line business, spiritual activism, and other fields. I’m excited that many of these conscious leaders (and emerging ones) are now entering this medium.

Here’s my top recommendation list for key Shift leaders to follow on Twitter (but be patient since some are just starting out!). Feel free to send me additions as they arrive in the Twitterverse.

Also, please follow me as well - I offer ideas, strategies, and resources that accelerate the Shift to a new culture: @stephendinan!

Inspirational Authors
@deepak_chopra – Always a pioneer, Deepak Chopra is active, wise, prolific, and creative on Twitter.

@marwilliamson – Marianne Williamson offers regular morsels of wisdom and insight that blend spiritual depth and a call to action.

@neale_d_walsch - Neale Donald Walsch authored the bestselling Conversations with God series and started the School for the New Spirituality. Just joined Twitter.

@pwDan - Dan Millman is the author of Way of Peaceful Warrior, and a pioneer in mind-body transformation.

@_Brian_Johnson of Philosopher’s Notes is a fountain of optimism and ideas for self-actualization - makes philosophy fun with engaging summaries of great books.

Green
@AlGore – Nobel Prize winner for his work on climate change, adding to an illustrious resume.

@KevinDanaher – Cofounder of the Green Festival, at the heart of sustainability movement, a deep thinking man.

@hunterlovins - President of Natural Capital Solutions, a straight-talking cowgirl who has been at the leading edge of green innovation and business.

@adamwerbach - the former youngest president in Sierra Club history, a fountain of strategic green initiatives.

@thecitizen – Scott Badenoch has his finger on the pulse of innovative happenings in the green space, and has just launched a green Twitter aggregator.

@greenforAll – Ground zero for the Green Jobs movement, started by Van Jones (White House advisor).

Social Justice
@ellabakercenter – Started by Van Jones (Obama Green Jobs Advisor), a group that is leading the way in social justice work.

Spiritual Teachers
@eckharttolle - Author of A New Earth, the #1 NY Times bestseller that sold six million copies. The Twitter account is not yet Eckhart himself, but if we build a strong followership, he'll be lured in.

@drmichaelbb - Founder of Agape International, a large congregation in LA, Michael Beckwith's an extraordinarily positive and visionary spiritual leader.

@ByronKatie - Author of Who Would You Be Without Your Story, a highly spiritual respected teacher.

Coaching
@j_canfield - America’s #1 success teacher, creator of the Chicken Soup empire.

@awakeningcoach – Arjuna has integrated the work of many pioneers through books such as Translucent Revolution.

Personal Growth
@tonyrobbins - The ultimate personal empowerment guru has a truly massive base in the medium and is worth tracking.

@marcishimoff - Author of NY Times bestselling Happy for No Reason and Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul.

@_robin_sharma - Author of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, great tweeter with much wisdom on leadership to share.

@JudithOrloffMD - Psychiatrist and intuitive, author of Emotional Freedom.

Relationships
@gayhendricks - A pioneer in relationship work, with his wife the co-founder of the Hendricks Institute. Also launched Spiritual Cinema.

@arielleford – Queen of manifestation and networking, author of book on Finding Your Soul Mate.

Shadow Work
@Debbie_Ford #1 NY Times bestselling author, expert on shadow work, new book entitled Why Good People Do Bad Things.

Collective Evolution
@barbarahubbard – The pioneering grandmother of conscious evolution we all yearned for growing up! Barbara is JUST starting to twitter, so let's encourage her by following her and recommending her to others.

@anodeajudith – Leader in taking work with chakras and applying the insights to collective evolution.

Women’s Spirituality
@devaa – A pioneer of reclaiming authentic women’s spirituality offering daily inspirations.

Yoga
@ShivaRea – A truly inspired yoga teacher - awake, embodied and magical. Steeped in Indian teachings but then brings in dance, surfing, rockclimbing, and more.

Sacred Sexuality/Tantra
@lisaschrader – The first sacred sexuality/Tantra teacher to appear on Oprah - a warm, deep, and wonderful soul, not afraid to post juicy morsels to spice up your day.

Buddhist Pioneers
@OHHDLInfo - Even if it's not yet the Dalai Lama himself, the stream of wisdom from him makes for an enlightening Twitter experience.

@lamasuryadas - A Dzogchen teacher who has deeply integrated East and West.

@genporoshi - His Big Mind process is celebrated as one of the best ways to touch enlightened states.

@jhalifax - Joan is a Zen Buddhist roshi, social change activist, hospice pioneer.

Comedy & Rock
@stuartdavis – The Twisted Mystic is not for the easily offendable, but he mixes wisdom and outlandish humor in wildly creative ways (and he’s a great musician).

Politics
@gavinnewsom – SF Mayor and CA gubernatorial candidate with, in my opinion. a truly evolutionary approach to politics.

@Thom_Hartmann - Air America host, prolific author, champion for transforming politics.

@josephmccormick – Key leader of new transpartisan movement bridging political divides.

Business
@chipconley – Voted most innovative CEO in Bay Area, author of Peak: How Great Organizations Get Their Mojo from Maslow, wonderful guy.

@mallikachopra – Founder of Intent.com, Mallika has a great combo of depth and entrepreneurial savvy.

Philanthropy
@larrybrilliant – Former head of Google.org, at the leading edge of philanthropic innovation and deep thinking about systemic change - deeply spiritual as well.

Technology
@BrooksCole – A true tech genius, always years ahead of the curve, designer of Shift in Action, building next generation platforms for top conscious companies.

Frontier Science
@deanradin – The most brilliant scientist investigating psychic abilities, who has a quirky sense of humor that will make him a top Tweeter some day.

Integral Medicine
@marilynschlitz – President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a pioneer in integral medicine.

Physics
@nassimharamein – The next Einstein of physics. Seriously.

Media/Celebrities
@oprah - Oprah has long been the bridge from the leading edge to the mainstream, as she showcases the work of people like Eckhart Tolle while remaining accessible and real.

@ariannahuff - The progressive political dynamo who drove the creation of Huffington Post.

@mrdannyglover - A Hollywood star who has been deeply committed to conscious causes, using his celebrity for good.

@visioneering1 – John Raatz is a PR wizard connected to the most conscious parts of Hollywood, rolled out What the Bleep. He's now launching the Global Alliance of Transformational Entertainment.

Fiction
@paulocoehlo – The truly transcendent Brazilian author of The Alchemist

Inspiring Quotes
@siona – Network maven of Gaia.com with an endless library of beautiful, wise, and inspiring quotes

Twibe
If you like the above leaders and are part of the larger Shift we are all working to make happen in our world, please follow me @stephendinan and also join the twibe I created for us: http://www.twibes.com/group/TheShiftMovement

And if you'd like to share this list on Twitter or elsewhere, just use this URL: http://bit.ly/m9XKj

Your Motivation Album

souravghosh.besu@gmail.com (Souravji) — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:42:00 +0000