The Art Of Living

How to regain your lost self-confidence? Almost all human beings lose their self-confidence at least once at a particular point in their life due to failures or some bad experiences. Now at this point those who are not able to refuel their confidence are likely to be a loser for the rest of their life. And those who somehow manages the situation to regain their confidence, succeed. This is neither very tough nor too easy job, but fortunately it’s not an impossible job. Let’s discuss some of the ways by which you can regain your lost confidence                                           Analyze the root cause:- Try to find out and analyze the cause of your fallen self-confidence. It may be departure of a loved once, bullying, failure in profession, letting down someone. Remember one thing that, you have to adjust with the inevitable, you cannot change the thi...

How to create the best first impression Human mind is able to remember only the first and last impression of events or persons for lifetime. It does not bother about the middle impression. At first meeting one can probably observe a person completely. First impression are quite difficult to change and are nearly impossible to remove. Below are some tips to create the best long lasting first impressions.                                         Decent dressing:- The first thing which gets highlighted about you is your appearance. Make it very decent which suits the occasion (like job interview, family function) or just a random meeting. It builds a positive impression and reflects your positive personality. Body language:- Body language not only means your hand movements while talking but it is related to your way of standing, sitting, walking each and every p...

Lying asanas:- Two terms to understand Prone Position:- Person lying on floor or mate in such a way that he is facing downward. This is known as prone position. Supine Position:-   In such position a person lies horizontally on floor or mate, his face and torso are facing upwards. 1. Bhujangasana (cobra pose):-                                      How to perform:- * Lie down on floor or yoga mate in prone position with your feet’s together. * Keep your palms underneath your shoulder. * Inhale deeply. * Slowly exhale with pushing the floor with palms so as to straight your hands and prevent the elbow bending. * Try to look right upward. * Return to the initial position when you run out of breadth. * Repeat 3-5 times as a beginner. Benefits:- * Strengthens upper arms, abdomen, lower arms. * Makes your spine flexible. * Improves the cardiovascular functio...

The law of attraction and how to get the best out of it The law of attraction states that your future will be designed as per your thought. If you think positively and constantly spread positively around you, you are more likely to be successful in upcoming future, whereas negative thoughts will lead you to failure. This law of attraction is in work 24/7 just like gravitation and a lot of other forces. And fortunately if you add little works on daily schedule, your chances of getting success can increase. Below are the mentioned steps to get the most out of this wonderful law of attraction of nature. How to use the law:- Thoughts about past: - Are you one of those million people who caries all heavy burden of past like failures, guilt, regret etc. in the way to future, and are constantly stressed about it. And you are having self-doubts and think that you may not do well in future. Then you are unknowingly attracting all problem and sorrow in your life. I’m not saying ...

Today’s society demands good quality leaders more than ever. If you are wondering whether you poses leadership qualities or are willing to develop them, below are mentioned the qualities required by individual to become a great and phenomenal leader. Fearless: - This is the first and foremost quality a person should poses in order to become a good leader. He should not have fear of failure that prevent a normal person to take big decision. In this way he will be able to take risks, if he success he is grateful and unfortunately if he fails he is ready to start again. Humble: - Good leaders are always humble and never arrogant. This is main reason why people trust them. They try to understand everyone’s situation. Apology and forgiveness: - The real burden which we carry throughout our life are guilt and hatredness, leaders put this burden aside by this qualities. When they find themselves guilt they whole hearted apologize for that, when someone does bad to them ins...

10 best books to read for beginners Reading books is a good way of seeing the world with new perspective. Each book gives us new perspective of world. It takes you into the world of imagination and escape reality. Many of us could not develop a habit of reading books. And many of us cannot decide from which book to start as there are plenty of them. So here are list of 10 books that will help you start your habit of reading:- 1. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas by John Wayne:- The boy in the striped pyjamas is a young adult novel about the holocaust. It is certainly an amazing book to start with as these book is written with teens in mind, this is certainly a book worthy of adult reader. During World War II, 8-year-old Bruno and his family leave Berlin to take up residence near the concentration camp where his father (David Thewlis) has just become commandant. Unhappy and lonely, he wanders out behind his house one day and finds Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a Jewish boy of his a...

How to cultivate habit of reading books Book reading is considered as a very productive way to pose your leisure time. It is a great fun activity which adds to your knowledge and aids your language build up. Here are some ways which anybody can develop and persist the habit of reading. 1. Know Benefits:- First try searching for benefits of reading books. This will increase your determination and will power. It is psychologically proven that you are more likely to start something if you get benefit from it. 2. Language:- Initially start reading those books which is written in familiar language, and then jump to books of those language which you want to master. If you will begin with harder words, you might get bored and drop the idea.                                          3. Conciseness and interest:- Try searching for books which grabs your interest like ...

1. Padmasana(Lotus pose):-                                                                  Procedure:- * Sit on the floor with your legs extended forward. Use a mat for this purpose * Bend your knees of right leg and keep the feet on the left thigh such that the heels are close to abdominal region. Use your hands to do so. *similarly bend left knee. And keep the feet on right thigh. * Now straight your spine, and neck. Look straight ahead. * Keep your both palms on respective knee in mudra. * Close your eyes inhale deeply and slowly, hold the breath as much as you can than release and hold. * Do this inhalation and exhalation process 4-5 times. Benefits:- * Ensure better sleep. * Improves blood circulation and respiratory function in the body. * Helps increase bodly energies. * Removes menstrual ...

Most of the highly successful people reveal their secret of success as the habit of book reading. This makes it clear that reading book on daily basics is somewhere linked with achieving success. So, let’s take a brief look at the benefits of reading books. 1)       Environment:- All of us learn from the things which we look around us in our surrounding. We learn, watch, and observe which determines our thought process and actions. It is not certain that all of us have good surrounding. Books gives you a healthy environment to develop and grow positively. 2)       Develops Empathy:- When we read books we try to understand the perspective of each character mentioned in the book. This helps to develop empathy. In real life we then begin to put ourselves in other place and think from their point of view. Surely this is a very strong leadership quality. 3)       Communication skills:- Book rea...

Easy and standing yoga poses Benefits and precautions:- The yoga asana which are performed by keeping one or both the feet in the ground and moving the rest of body are known as standing asana. 1.        Tadasana (mountain pose):- How to perform:- * Stand erect such that your head, backbone and limbs are aligned vertically, shoulders should be parallel to the ground. * Take a deep breath, slightly lift your heel, upper arms, and try to stretch whole body upwards. * Hold one for 5-10 min as a beginner. * Exhale and relax the whole body. Benefit: - 1. Correct the body posture. 2. Helps in increasing height. 3. Relieves back pain. Precautions:- 1. People with low blood pressure should avoid this asana. 2. Pregnant women should not do this. 2.        Vrikshasana (Tree Pose):- How to perform:-                              ...

Pros and cons of comparing yourself to others in your lifetime you compare yourself with a lot of people around you according to the situations. These comparisons are neither worth it nor worthless. According to your mindset comparisons have their own pros and cons. Anyways you are your only constant and true competitor. Self-competition is the only way to bring the best out of you. Now let us talk about the pros and cons of comparing yourself to the people around you. Pros/Benefit:- 1.    Motivation: - If you compare yourself with someone who is better than you at a particular skill and think that I want tto become like the person anyhow. You will feel motivated. So, comparison can prove beneficial in this mindset. 2.    Confidence: - If you compare yourself with a person who is not better than you. You feel that you have something extra than the rest. This will boost your self-confidence. Cons/Disadvantages: - 1.    Depression: - As sai...