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    Have Confidence: Simply living positively
    Have Confidence: Simply living positively
    Have Confidence: Simply living positively
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    Have Confidence: Simply living positively

    By Alankrita -

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    Life is never a bed of roses. At times it moves left at other times right, sometimes it goes up and at other times down, pretty uncertain. However, if we know how to negotiate our way between the thorns and hurdles of life, the roses of success will be ours for picking. The greatest asset in the quest for success and happiness is our measure of self-confidence. More than half of all life’s battles are won or lost in the mind. Therefore, a person needs to saturate his or her mind with positive thoughts at all times. Our mind will then play host to many big ideas. Converting these big ideas into practical goals and long-term success calls for dollops of vision, hard work and perseverance.
    This book shows you how to shake off all the sloth and lethargy and get cracking right away on your tasks and goals in life. It teaches you how to overcome old habits and encumbrances on your journey to the highest peaks and how to mould your circumstances, rather than be moulded by them. And once you learn to face life head-on with loads of self-assurance and self-confidence, success and well-being will be yours for the asking.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherV&S Publishers
    Release dateJan 9, 2017
    ISBN9789350578483
    Have Confidence: Simply living positively

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      Have Confidence - Alankrita -

      Chapter One

      Journey Towards Self-confidence

      The Benchmark of Greatness

      If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

      —Martin Luther-I

      These words are as stirring and true as the life of its believer. In a few words, the very meaning of human existence has been summed up. Life is nothing more than a search – a continuous search for a cause to live and die to be governed by the thoughts and dreams and propelled by a concealed urge to achieve Greatness. In this vast sea of humanity, let us take a solemn pledge – a pledge to accomplish that for which we are born, to conquer our follies and failings and stand apart from the teeming millions, as the one who leaves his footprints for others to walk upon. But before we commence our journey towards greatness, we must contemplate upon its nature and try to find a coherence with it in our own short life.

      Defining Greatness

      Greatness can be termed as the measurement of the 'intrinsic value' of a person or his deeds. Greatness is never tainted with selfish motives. Rather, it is guided by a strong motive which is the 'welfare' of mankind. A man can earn lots of money, build palaces, provide the best to his family and wallow in the swamp of glory, but can't reach greatness if his efforts are guided only towards self elevation. On the other hand, a soldier fighting for his country after putting everything at stake or a modest social worker dedicating his life for social upliftment without caring for his personal well-being, can definitely be termed as Great. Greatness has within its bosom, the central theme of Giving – giving knowledge, cultivating faith, giving solace, giving peace and above all giving up yourself for the good of others.

      It has been truly said by Khalel Gibran -

      You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

      The benchmark of GREATNESS comprises the following virtues:

      •Possessing a worthwhile cause

      In the words of Swami Vivekananda Life is short, Give up to a great cause. It is only when a person rises above his own petty self and dedicates himself to a cause, that he sows the seeds of an enlightened life. He becomes an embodiment of an ideology and gradually loses his own tiny existence. This is the first benchmark towards greatness. He and his cause become one. The cause can be social, moral or patriotic.

      One such man was Martin Luther. On October 31, 1517, when Martin Luther was nailing his thesis upon the door of the church at Wittenburg, criticizing the sale of indulgences, never did he realize that he was going to give birth to a new religious sect called the Protestants. Amidst turbulent opposition from the greatest powers in Europe, he kept his cause glowing like a radiant sun. What kept him moving was his unflinching faith in his cause which he believed was the voice of his conscience.

      I can and will retract nothing, as it is dangerous to act against one's conscience was his confident

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