The 10 Motivational Books Used By the World’s Top Achievers


As Buddha once said, “we are what we think”—and positive thinking is an important step in any achievement. Whether in your career or personal life, why not follow the advice that inspires some of the most successful people on the planet?

Maybe you are looking to make changes in the way you approach your relationships, or you are striving to alter the way you handle work-related stress, or looking to make your first million. Self-help books can be a valuable guide, and what better gauge of their quality than to select the ones that have helped successful people to live their dreams.

Sage UK has conducted the in-depth survey to determine the best books for shifting your mindset and creating personal happiness or professional success.

From Malcolm Gladwell’s “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking” which builds your confidence by teaching you to trust your intuition, to “Zero To One” by billionaire philanthropist Peter Thiel, which is aimed at generating a positive approach to starting your own business, this list covers all bases when it comes to inspiring you in all aspects of life:



Tony Hsieh offers an insight into the numerous life lessons he learnt while pursuing a variety of business ventures over the years. Delivering Happiness highlights the importance of creating a corporate culture which focuses on the happiness of those around you, and how their joy can grow you as an individual.

Recommended by:
Padmasree Warrior (CEO of NextEv, dubbed Queen of the Electric Car by Fortune)
Simos Kitris (Founder of People per Hour)



Peter Thiel finds the unexplored corners of your creativity: that’s the central premise of this luminary’s bestseller. Peter Thiel argues that you need to escape competition and think for yourself if you truly want to forge your own path in business.

Recommended by:
Elon Musk (Founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors)
Gareth Williams (Founder of Skyscanner)
John Sculley (Former CEO of Apple, Inc; and former President of Pepsi-Cola)



In Blink, Malcolm Gladwell explores how we ‘know’ something without exactly knowing why. Gladwell teaches readers how trusting your instinct can be more effective than approaching a decision with caution, inspiring you to think in new ways.

Recommended by:
Marillyn Hewson (CEO, Lockheed Martin; “The World’s 20th most powerful woman” –Forbes)
Paul Jozefak (Managing Director of tech company Liqud Labs)



Chade-Meng Tan, Google’s personal growth pioneer, talks us through the mindfulness techniques he teaches to employees as he attempts to unlock their full creative potential. Credited with augmenting the productivity of one of the world’s pre-eminent tech companies, Meng imparts a wealth of useful mind training.

Recommended by:
Arianna Huffington (Founder, Huffington Post)
Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos, an online shoe and clothing retailer)



Don Miguel Ruiz believes there are four rules that can transform our existence: be impeccable with your word, don’t make assumptions, always do your best and don’t take anything personally. By removing self-limiting beliefs, the author suggests that we will be better-placed to harness our innate potential.

Recommended by:
Ellen Degeneres
Jack Dorsey (Co-founder and CEO of Twitter)



Based on the author’s own experiences as a teacher and lecturer, A Return to Love looks at how the principles of love can transform and heal people during any trials or difficulties life has to offer. Sharing her own insights, Marianne Williamson offers practical applications of love and how it can change all aspects of our lives.

Recommended by: Oprah Winfrey



Using the data mined from a study of over two million high-achievers, this book by Marcus Buckingham sets out 34 themes geared towards maximizing your business success. Through the completion of an online test, readers will discover which of these themes relate to their strengths, allowing them to cultivate the best working environment for them.

Recommended by:
Sheryl Sandberg (Author and COO of Facebook; founder of Leanin.org)


In this book, Robin Campbell translates the philosophical musings of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the advisor to emperor Nero. Seneca was credited with humanizing Stoicism and transforming it from an otherwise foreboding belief system into a useful philosophy for life.

Recommended by:
Tim Ferriss (Author of self-help books on the ‘4-hour’ theme, entrepreneur, public speaker)



Author Tom Wolfe monitors and interviews the first Project Mercury Astronauts in an attempt to identify the mental and physical characteristics that primed them to become pioneers in their field.

Recommended by:
Peter Thiel (Co-founder of PayPal and founder of Clarium Capital)


Arranging the mind into three key processes (thinking, willing and judging), Hannah Arendt delivers an in-depth exploration of the way we process information. From scholars to business specialists, Hannah believes that an inability to think is preventing us from maximizing our potential.

Recommended by:

Phuthuma Nhleko (African businessman, executive chairman of MTN Group) The 10 Motivational Books Used By the World’s Top Achievers
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Love is good for health

By Cena, Although it sounds funny or weird, studies and experiments have demonstrated a closerelationship between health and love. It has been shown that the bonds offriendship, love and affection, enhance health and happiness. Some of the benefits of love on health are: improving attention, motivation and memory. There is a significant reduction in anxiety, stress and depression. Strengthens the immune system, dispels wrinkles and low levels of hypertension. Here are some findings that relate to health and love: 

  • (1) Strengthens the immune system. Biochemical reactions experienced by the body of a person when being in love help improve health and help to "strengthen the immune system," according to experts. With love our quality of life is better and tend to get sick less, and that negative feelings are outweighed by the positive and our body works better. 
  • (2) Influences on the rapid recovery. We have seen that sick people who have someone to love them and watch for them, have a faster recovery than patients who have no affection from anyone. (3) Improves quality of life. We are more likely to get sick and depressed when we have problems and we are alone. However, the love we prolong life. Being loved makes problems feel lighter with the support of others.  
  • (4) Energy and stress. According to experts, the emotional well it feels like to be able to give love and helping others makes people feel more energy and fighting stress. 
  • (5) A feeling of great comfort. From the endocrinological point of view, love brings change for the better. As Jesus says Dr. Rocca, Ricardo Palma Clinic, "the first thing you are beta releases endorphins that trigger when you're in love, and are responsible for the feeling of great comfort.  (6) Love rejuvenates. "The hormones, the nervous system and skin, forming a narrow triangle, so the separation of estrogen in women improves hair, nails, skin," says Sandro Tucto dermatologist. 
  • (7) Fewer doctor visits. Another study found that couples who have spent more time together, make fewer doctor visits. The psychiatrist Enrique Galli said that "stable relationships get colds less than singles, while elderly couples suffer less pain than the lonely elderly. This is due to segregation of hormones that allow for greater resistance to pain. " 
  • (8) Making love, health benefits. Keeping sexually active and safe, influences our physical and emotional state is very important to our overall health. It is scientifically proven that people who frequently make love, get sick less and are happier. The list of health benefits that are attributed to sex as therapeutic activity include: well-being, improves self-esteem, makes you look younger, is a natural pain reliever, improves interpersonal relationships, reduces snoring, strengthens immune system, increases energy, relieves symptoms of depression, anxiety and psychosomatic disorders. So now you know, since love helps heal, self-medication is recommended a good dose of love every day to live healthy and happy. Source: Forum Human Health, Image: flickr.com
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Five Ways to Move Beyond the Monster of Self-Doubt and Pursue Your Passion

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I don’t know the first thing about NFL football, but I have no trouble relating to Buffalo Bills running back Ty Johnson’s struggle to overcome bouts of crippling self-doubt.

A few years back, Johnson was dropping balls and questioning his abilities at every turn.

“There was a lot of things as a player I was experiencing, and you know it makes you question yourself as a player,” Johnson told WKBW news reporter Michael Schwartz a few days before the Bills trounced my hometown team, the Ravens.

Johnson then posed a question that’s plagued us all, at one point or another: “Do I deserve to be here?”

Fortunately, Johnson found a way toward, as he put it, “having positivity” by writing affirmations like I’m great or Be present on his wrist before every game.

This solution might not work for everyone, but it’s clearly helped Johnson to put doubt in its place so that it no longer dominates his every waking moment.

We should all be so lucky. Living with doubt breeds a lot of uncertainty, as we postpone decisions and plans, not sure how they’ll turn out. Furthermore, as mental health professionals have long known, self-doubt often leads to a vicious cycle involving anxiety, procrastination, low self-esteem, and depression.

The good news? We have the power to turn this around—to go from doubtful to purposeful.

“Uncertainty is a foundation of creativity,” Maggie Jackson, author of Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure, told me recently.

My own lifelong strides with doubt led me to conversations with doubters around the world—from artists to entrepreneurs. And I’ve come up with five strategies every self-doubter can adopt to shift their mindset toward feeling motivated and more self-confident.

1) Change the channel. Competing inner voices clamor in our heads for attention. Your “doubt monster” may be among the loudest and most persistent—but it’s not the only voice. Acknowledge the fear and insecurity. Then invite your self-affirming voices to speak up: Look at what I’ve already accomplished! Put the positive voices on repeat—and even try saying them out loud in the mirror each morning. You’ll be surprised at how changing the channel will alter your perspective.

2) Focus on your ‘why.’ When the jitters kick in, take a beat and remind yourself why you’re doing the work you do in the first place. Whether you’re a major league athlete or an entrepreneur embarking on a new start-up, you’re going all-in on something you love, something that lights you up and gets you out of bed in the morning. Your ‘why’ holds the key to driving your passion forward. Any doubts you feel are worth the price—and it’s not their job to slow your roll.

3) Put your doubts to good use. Doubt can be a force for good. Think of the surgeon who pauses before cutting into a patient. Doubt focuses your attention. Your doubts are not telling you “no,” they’re telling you where to sharpen and apply your skill, talent, and intellect so as to achieve your goal. This is a classic “yes-and” strategy: acknowledging doubt’s downside while harnessing its upside.

4) Gather the right allies. Anytime you take a big creative risk, friends and family will question your motives and possibly your sanity. You cannot comfortably make big moves surrounded by doubters who exacerbate your doubts. Instead, expand your networks to identify more allies—people and institutions that will back you and encourage you every step of the way. Dial down the adversaries and dial up the allies.

5) Renegotiate your relationship to risk and reward. Our culture prizes efficiency and a fast return on investment. But anytime you set an ambitious plan in motion, doubt quickly kicks in when conventional measures of success, whether profit or external validation, do not materialize. Try uncoupling risks from traditional rewards. Start-up companies and novelists often fail many times before succeeding. The time and effort invested in your passion project or career is intrinsically valuable; productivity and accolades are not the only—or even the best—measures of a worthy pursuit.

Doubt is a trickster, often masquerading as fear and lack of confidence. It wields enormous and sometimes undetected influence on how we make decisions. All the more reason to take stock of your self-doubts and ask whether they are serving you or holding you back.

Never forget that at every stage of life, we retain the capacity to change in ways that give our lives meaning and show us we have not yet finished becoming who we really are. There is room to grow and discover. Chances are, you’re still well on the way to finding that out for yourself. Don’t let self-doubt hold you back.Amy L. Bernstein is the author, most recently, of Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration, an inspirational book for self-doubting creatives. She is an award-winning novelist, a former journalist, and a certified nonfiction book coach helping authors find their best path to publishing. She also teaches workshops and brings an empowering message to conferences and podcasts around the world. Five Ways to Move Beyond the Monster of Self-Doubt and Pursue Your Passion:
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Making Space for love, kindness and understanding

New Delhi, (IANSlife) No matter what, we all deserve to be loved and valued. Make sure to take the time this year, whether you're single or in a relationship, to express your love in unique ways.

Spend some time expressing your love and gratitude to those around you. Making breakfast in bed for your loved ones can be as simple as delivering a handwritten message. Relationships can be strengthened significantly by demonstrating care.

Reach out to loved ones; whether it be through a phone call, text message, or a handwritten note, spend some time to let them know that you are thinking of them and value them. Give the people you care about the gift of time, connection, empathy, compassion, and a safe place to be vulnerable.

Dr Chandni Tugnait, a Psychotherapist, Life & Business Coach, & Founder-Director of Gateway of Healing, shares 14 ways to help you create meaningful memories:

Have a spa day: Treat yourself and your loved one to a relaxing spa day, complete with massages, facials, and other pampering treatments.

Plant a tree: Plant a tree together in honour of your relationship or friendship. This can symbolise growth and remind you of the love you share.

Do a puzzle: Working on a jigsaw puzzle helps enjoy each other's company and boosts the satisfaction of completing a task as a team.

Have a photography session: Have a professional photography session together or take candid photos of each other throughout the day.

Go stargazing: Find a secluded spot away from city lights and spend the evening stargazing and discussing your hopes and dreams for the future.

Write a song: Write a song together, either from scratch or by remixing a favourite song to make it your own.

Plan a scavenger hunt: Create a scavenger hunt for your partner or friends, leading them to different locations with unique gifts and special memories.

Create a care package: Put together a care package for someone you love, including their favourite treats, a cosy blanket, and a handwritten note.

Create a memory book: Collect photos, mementoes, and memories from your relationship or friendship and create a memory book that you can look back on for years to come.

Have a movie marathon: Choose a selection of your favourite romantic comedies or heart-warming films and spend the day with your loved ones.

Play games: Play games together, such as board games, card games, or video games. This can be a fun and playful way to spend time together.

Make handmade gifts: Create handmade gifts for each other, such as a painting, a photo album, or a knitted scarf.

Take a dance class: Sign up for a class together and learn how to salsa, tango, or swing dance.

Perform acts of kindness: Plan a day of random acts of kindness, such as leaving positive notes for strangers, paying for someone's coffee, or donating to a charity.Dr. Chandni Tugnait suggests celebrating everyone who brings happiness and joy into your life - friends or neighbours who have been by your side during tough times or family members who keep filling your life with laughter. Remember to be kind to yourself too! Give yourself the same amount of love and kindness that you give others, and don't put yourself last on the list constantly. Treat yourself well - it'll make all the difference! Making Space for love, kindness and understanding | MorungExpress | morungexpress.com
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Quotes Of Time

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  • • 1.Feeling The Soul Of Mind.
  • • 2.To get your true love bonding its important for you to call/communicate if you have the information....
  • • 3.Utilities of any tech is defined by its easy to use and advanced approach of its segment
  • • 4.To find the god (Abilities), simply check your positives and enhance the same.....
  • • 5.You must need to love your self, what ever you are as love is the form of construction correlate with emotion, so find your emotions with term call normality and accept your own presence of doings.....
  • • 6.Down to earth approach provides us, enhancement in our Abilities in all directions...
  • • 7.Simplicity are the best ornaments....
  • • 8.Cost of Nuclear weapon Collections, Ten years economic recovery blocks, along with Corona as biggest world war, Russia & Ukraine war, direction less proceedings require immediate economic block feed to be with time.
  • • 9.Human recognizes by their vision and brain is sources of generation, so being with emotions mean we are ready to accept our own presence...
  • • 10.Simply God @ Abilities.....
  • • 11.Define Probabilities & Define Calculation (Formulation)
  • • 12.Love calculation is bounded by its non-variability (Karma) as whole.
  • • 13.If you would like to gain out of nothing then be ready to lose everything.
  • • 14.Everything has a cost as nothing is available in free of cost.
  • • 15.Love is an extreme calculation of living .....
  • • 16.Love is vital to live and those provide moral in such approach find their poise ……..
  • • 17.Positivity is the era of definition .......
  • • 18.Work is the positive aspect, live the same the way you can....
  • • 19. God please give the chance to bounce back from conspiracy crimes against us.
  • • 20.Mental errors come when an individual doesn't come in exitence (Present).....
  • • 21.Live the life positively.......
  • • 22.Realism is a tool of worth creation, analysis past and future but stay in present to achieve objective orientation.....
  • • 23.Presence of mind is the generation of realism....
  • • 24.Wisdom converts period of time doings in point of time formulation...
  • • 25.When intellect hits the highest point there is the origin of wisdom and its opinion formulates the revolutionary compositions . wisdom is nothing its one kind of invention which occurs in point of time under purist situations.
  • • 26.Being as an adult we must need to mature enough to handle our responsibilities....
  • • 27.Management comprise effort of group members to achieve the ambition in time, can be an art, scientific approach or amalgamation of these to utilize the organizational resources with accuracy and apply the opinion spontaneously about the planning in external and internal areas. Management opinion indicates to an individual or organizations as whole by various methods of proficiency for the continual improvement....
  • • 28.A comprise effort of team members make the formation of management...
  • • 29.An expert advice always plays a vital role to increase the productivity.
  • • 30.Business: Where is a deal there is a business if its going to be a buying or selling process always move towards a vision of benefit less knowledge makes a dreadful plan which becomes a loss making association or else effective strategy makes it a profitable venture, business can be minute pact to huge negotiation that’s why expert advice always plays a vital role.
  • • 31.Sex is the vital part of adult love composition as it generates breed of futuristic generation...
  • • 32.To be in exitance and leave yourself from your own abductions...
  • • 33.A review with eyes called like editorial...
  • • 34.Editorial's are the asset for Media, based on the review of most important issues, framed by the expert, covers vital sections to find out the absolute value by calculating all the require situations and offer the best way.
  • • 35.Breaking News is the out come of the most vital happening which creates the history for generations categorized by hourly, daily, monthly, yearly etc. as per its requirement.
  • • 36.Outlook is an approach to make, require corrections...
  • • 37.Fitness opinion is the key to live strong and disease less...
  • • 38.Humor offers a medium to present the viable requirement...
  • • 39.Self motivation is the best realize to inspire by your own...
  • • 40.Spirituality is a vision to gain a shape of justification as well energy inclusion..
  • • 41.Sports its nothing its an appeal of our personality Be sporty and make others sporty...
  • • 42.Almost all the fields proper quantum computics are the requirement of current time....
  • • 43.Abilities define All.....
  • • 44.Acute your nature with respect to self belief...
  • • 45.Abandoned your negatives to be with time.
  • • 46.Absolute creation is the out come of realistic doing....
  • • 47.Life is moving fast, being with all available resources to be with time....
  • • 48.Gentle Smile is the beautiful gesture of our decorum, presents the configuration of our activities....
  • • 49.Fashion shows the trend of living speculate generation to generation....
  • • 50.Extra Lightning can’t hide the reality of complexion....
  • • 51.Normality makes a beautiful everlastingly beautiful....
  • • 52.Eklavya was desire full to be like Dronacharya however he was a quiet instructor for him....
  • • 53.Growth is the symbol of evolution that's the sign of modernism....
  • • 54.Where is learning there is the existence of vision...
  • • 55.Learning provides a feel of individuality that's sufficient for self motivation....
  • • 56.Live acts determine the perfection of an artistic....
  • • 57.Parameter is a symbol of counting.
  • • 58.Parameters to define ability, called ability index....
  • • 59.Parameters to define recycling, called recycling index....
  • • 60.Parameters to define profit, called profit index....
  • • 61.Parameters to define maturity, called maturity index....
  • • 62.Parameters to define rate of reality, called realistic index....
  • • 63.Parameters to analyse situations, called situation analysis....
  • • 64.Parameters to define visibility, called visibility index....
  • • 65.Parameters to define feeding, called feeding index....
  • • 66.Index represents the statistics of its all available Probabilities...
  • • 67.Adult age comes with the sign of responsibilities....
  • • 68.Meaning of life is beyond human’s age of living ….
  • • 69.Life is so beautiful if it’s being with positive efforts of doing ….
  • • 70.All the colors are known by of its beautiful nature correlate with one shape to another....
  • • 71.Economic warfare is cleared by proper economic allocation of existence...
  • • 72.Love is an endless bounding to capitalize the idea of living...
  • • 73.If two feel one that's the signage of love, so here is no requirement to delay in the process of acceptance.
  • • 74.Learning is the source of every generation.
  • • 75.Realism is the source of worth creation as its evaluate all the era and provide us tool to be with time.
  • • 76.Love is the purist definition.
  • • 77.Not Learning from mistakes, sign of collapse.
  • • 78.Smartness of no kinds has no Existence.
  • • 79.Humanity is the simply term to live.
  • • 80.For doing any positive aspect you must need to be positive...
  • • 81.You Must need to be positive to improve your basic instinct which is vital to find qualitative out come of your doing....
  • • 82. Feel of existence is always define.
  • • 83. Some time Waiting period can be a part of existence.
  • • 84. Waiting period is the outcome of situations.
  • • 85. An idea of live long and prosperes life is based on existence.
  • • 86. Alone ness is met out by living together.
  • • 87. Unconditionally thinking of each other is the sign of love.
  • • 88. Sex is an important part of the life of legalised couple.
  • • 89. Where is love there is life.
  • • 90. Stability of Relationship between couple is the result of togetherness..
  • • 91. Togetherness is the feel of living with each under every situation.
  • • 92. Doubt originates the problems.
  • • 93. To resolve any doubt take the help of professional.
  • • 94. Love is vital to enjoy the marriage..
  • • 95. Thinking for each other requirements are the sinage of love.
  • • 96. Simplifying the life by accepting the reality.
  • • 97. Reality Makes you compitable to accept your love of your doing & living.
  • • 98. Compatability defines mind, body, soul connection between a true couple.
  • • 99. Realistic approach always defines the path for present.
  • • 100. Live in present is the definition for all.
  • • 101. Waiting period in love generates the intensity of togetherness.
  • • 102. Death is the biggest truth of life.
  • • 103. Soul Mate's love to take the responsibilities of each other with respect to their horizon.
  • • 104. Come up & communicate if you love your soul mate and being with the parameters of the same to give chance for making your future life tension free by all the meanings of living.
  • • 105. If Feeling is this, you are the definition of me then give me a chance to define you by all means.
  • • 106 Be motivated by your own to know your existence.
  • • 107 feel of existence provides proper way of doing.
  • • 108 Space as whole we all are naturally bounded by work (Karma).
  • • 109 Just do your work don't think for result as result runs with your work. ,(Krishna)
  • • 110 in Space we all are defined by Ability.
  • • 111 feel of existence is enough to clear the mental error or dual world.
  • •112 its vital to accept the reality of time.
  • • 113 as we feel naturally we make the legality of time.
  • • 114 Natural criminals are those, those don't accept the reality.
  • • 115 if we try to know those things, those are not exist, simply make us criminal of time.
  • • 116 Love clarify the value of living.
  • • 117 Real Number clarify the reality of living..
  • • 118 Biological Number clarify the Biology of time.
  • • 119 Probable Number clarify the possibility of time.
  • • 120 Natural Number clarify the Natural Happening of time.
  • . 121 Life is so useful if its being with clarity of living.
  • . 122 Clarity is the feel of outcome of situation.
  • . 123 Clarity is nothing its an acceptance of time.
  • . 124 When we don't know what to do then just need to apply the Procedding of available clarity.
  • . 125 Utilise the time and Utilise oneself.
  • . 127 Reality is the feel of existence.
  • . 128 Existence means presence.
  • . 129 Presence means where oneself is.
  • . 130 Time clears the clarity.
  • . 131 informal approach defines the time clarity of oneself.
  • . 132 Friendship is important for better judgement in various stage of life.
  • . 133 Oneself acceptance in oneself is the process clarity to get the acceptance of otherself.
  • . 134 True Scientist is the one who feels the require experimentation on self own.
  • . 135 Ask questions with self own about the right clarity of Subject make you smarter and smarter..
  • . 136 Naturally education is everywhere.
  • . 137 Education is a medium to empower the magnificence of basics.
  • . 138 Education is the continual process of learning.
  • . 139 Learning is the source of motivation.
  • . 140 Self motivation is the best implement to get inspired by your own.
  • . 141 Motivation resembles the efforts to gain the command over purpose.
  • . 142 Confidence @ Command.
  • . 143 Evertime you need to be educated enough to define yourself.
  • . 144 My love clarity is defined by grace.
  • . 145 Grace means senses of emotion.
  • . 146 Sense shows our presense.
  • . 147 Concentration generates the presence.
  • . 148 Presence @ Availability.
  • . 149 Concentration means intensity of doing.
  • . 150 Intensity comes from the corelated data analysis of the subject.
  • . 151 Ability comes from the accence of our corelated Impact analysis.
  • . 152 When two individual become one, shows the singularity of their companionship.
  • . 153 No utility of illusion.
  • . 154 Non-Existentence comes from illusion.
  • . 155 Fundamental working is important under the direction of its source infra to move with and beyond time.
  • . 156 Grace is Love not an illusion and that's enough to be with Myself.
  • . 157 We always need to sustain the feel of our living as on earth as well in space.
  • . 158 The way we will find more clarity about earth we will find the same in space.
  • . 159 Earth As a space vehicle as one of its attribute, rotating around sun in 365 days.
  • . 160 Earth is 4 time bigger in diameter of moon, and still we didn't clear a single moon on earth.
  • . 161 Be with time by welcoming the inovations of current era is the fundamental to move ahead.
  • . 162 Both Side Curiosity in love is important to make strong bounding.
  • . 163 Grace is the will to do something well & so on, Her Presence is vital to be with Myself.
  • . 164 If we are positive enough then we can conclude our doing for further progression..
  • . 165 If we are negative in our doing then naturally we become the part of time base recycling..
  • . 166 Every body must need to know what exactly who is..
  • . 167 We must need to define our working other wise we won't have any idea for what we are working.
  • . 168 Work is the definition of our living.
  • . 169 Time is the biggest term on earth.
  • . 170 Humanity is term, we should live.
  • . 171 All are bounded by work.
  • . 172 Construction takes corelated, parallel efforts to find the progressive shape of time...
  • . 173 Destruction takes just no time to convert development into disaster...
  • . 174 Be with time to be progressive...
  • . 175 Situation is defined by data clarification..
  • . 176 In work no place for excuse.
  • . 177 Those live in doubt without any doubt, automatically become the symbol of excuse.
  • . 178 Continuous efforts are important to achieve the objective of doing.
  • . 179 Efforts represent the effectively applying the process of our doing.
  • . 180 Process is the path way of the combination of our education & experience.
  • . 181 Effect comes from data clarity.
  • . 182 Data clarity shows the existence..
  • . 183 Existence shows the presense..
  • . 184 Presense means where we are and where we need to move..
  • . 185 Advancement of any specie are the reflection of data clarity.
  • . 186 Mental health is vital to be in the race of doing.
  • . 187 Dual personality is a serious mental error.
  • . 188 Anywhere there is no place for dual world.
  • . 189 Forgetting ourself its a signage of dual personality.
  • . 190 When we don't accept the reality then we start to forget our self and that's frame the serious mental error of dual personality.
  • . 191 Approach is important in the definition of love.
  • . 192 If we believe we can do it yes we can.
  • . 193 Non stop education and time fram experience always makes the clarity.
  • . 194 One can calculate an individual to any one behalf of his abilities of doing.
  • . 195 Define work and define ability.
  • . 196 Utilise the ability to be with time.
  • . 197 Infrastructure must need to be handled by those individuals those capable to utilize it at utmost level.
  • . 198 As proper infra is the need of an ability as well ability is the need of proper infra.
  • . 199 Dual world are not exist.
  • . 200 To be with existence is the requirement to be with time.
  • . 201 Assignment of doings are based on area of interest and fundamental clarity of an individual.
  • . 202 If you are forced by any body to do crime and as per situation you are capable to oppose the same then just do it otherwise you are as same offender as compare to those ones those started the crime.
  • . 203 Self belief is vital to find the belief of requirements.
  • . 204 If your belief is stuck then simply belief on the source of clarity to be with time.
  • . 205 A true professional always clarify the subject of doing.
  • . 206 Clarity is nothing its just a pathway of doings.
  • . 207 Data clarity is the best tool to judge a professional of requirement.
  • . 208 Firstly we need to define earth then we can do something in space As earth in the space.
  • . 209 Define the earth means we have to mange the atmosphere and move along with time fram parallel advancement of doings.
  • . 210 Quote resembles the requirement of time.
  • . 211 Time is important so define yourself just in time.
  • . 212 Time presents the rate of acceptance.
  • . 213 Time never waits for anyone.
  • . 214 Festivals are the symbol of purity.
  • . 215 Vision presents the configuration for activities
  • . 216 Inspiration is the result of unconditional correlation.
  • . 217 The word relation is branded by its wholesomeness.
  • . 218 Where morality there is a relation or else negotiation
  • . 219 Growth is the symbol of evolution that's the sign of modernism.
  • . 220 When the inscription starts to speak, illustrates the existence of a genius.
  • . 221 Generation is the highest level of development by one after another era's.
  • . 222 Self-centered Manipulation only justify the superlative self not the wholesomeness.
  • . 223 Following anyone isn’t the hint of inspiration; it can be a part of erudition or attraction.
  • . 224 Confidence is the highest peak of motivation to gain most desirable command over purpose.
  • . 225 Fight shows the highest level of positive intensity to move out all the barriers and run towards the way of succession.
  • . 226 Reading from books not the only means of education as it’s all over just see from your eyes and grab the prospects to learn useful things.
  • . 227 Innocence is the gift of god.
  • . 228 Relations are the result of negotiation.
  • . 229 Competition is the breath of development.
  • . 230 Vision is a goal or mission towards the way of progression.
  • . 231 Winning is an invention of admiring capability to lead the people by examples.
  • . 232 Leadership is the inspiring competence to excel the recognition by various methods of living.
  • . 233 Integrity is the source of every progression by the way of deep combination with highest level of devotion to generate an astonish productivity.
  • . 234 Visions are the foundation of every development.
  • . 235 Materialistic life formulates relation as a tool of negotiation.
  • . 236 When statistics available then probability needs to be the next.
  • . 237 You are the only one who knows yourself better then anybody.
  • . 238 Politics is the purist maturity and worst demolition in the era of developing various Mythologies by the stage of progression.
  • . 239 Precise value of right thing makes a good deal otherwise spawns the huge risk.
  • . 240 Love is an unconditional behavior between its followers and their bonding.
  • . 241 Once the people congregate for veracity fall down any Despotism.
  • . 242 Development shows the rate of modernism.
  • . 243 Modernism is an art of self development!!! Let’s be modern and make others modern.
  • . 244 Emotion shows the point of evolution with every particle of the nature & says that we all are still human. So to be an emotional one not a bad choice, can get emotions from those, present normality of combination with define term of existence....
  • . 245 Sheer science is the sheer art and sheer art is the sheer science.
  • . 246 To be with each other under every situation is the symbol Love.
  • . 247 Behalf of our term if something is not available for other then how it can available for us.
  • . 248 Any free advice to other without otherself desire, doesn't create any justification.
  • . 249 If we have something to do then we must try to express the same at a place of its doing.
  • . 250 It's not bad at all to show our qualities as its the gate way to be with time to attain the goal of requirement.
  • . 251 A productive fram of doing, called work it doesn't mean that oneself need to be busy for long hours without doing anything.
  • .252 Balancing the state of mind under every situation its the art of living.
  • . 253 If any organization try to generate value and not being with such value so one can imagine the value of such organization.
  • . 254 Worshipping generates the impartiality.
  • . 255 No body is perfect.
  • . 256 Perfection of any kind is an endless journey.
  • . 257 We need to be educated enough to be with time.
  • . 258 Doing associates with every aspect of life.
  • . 259 It's important to be positive.
  • . 260 Defination of positivity relates to the doings of clarity.
  • . 261 Oneself must need to understand who is right & who is wrong, behalf of the objective of requirement.
  • . 262 Are we right ?
  • . 263 It's a fortune to be with our people.
  • . 264 Its important to Determine the necessity of living.
  • . 265 Quote comes out of experience of time.
  • . 266 We must need to understand what exactly we are.
  • . 267 Process defines the result of doine.
  • . 268 Law covers all Probable Situation to maintain the justification otherwise, becomes the terrorism.
  • . 269 Solutions are important So always welcome its source of clarity.
  • . 270 If something unusual is not right for us then how it can be right for others.
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  • . 271 To be wise oneself must need to be with time.
  • . 272 Meaning of relation is branded by its wholesomeness.
  • . 273 We are not a robot (Machine) as our body feel which is never be possible for a robot (Machine).
  • . 274 Our feel makes the clarity of our Karma which clears the justification of our living.
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What inspires one to donate blood?

A blood donation camp organised at the Salesian College of Higher Education, Dimapur, commemorating World Blood Donor Day, June 14. (Morung Photo)

“What makes me to donate blood? I donate blood because it is life, it is lifesaving,” commented Shambhalang Lyngdoh Marshiliang, a 20 year-old Catholic novice preparing to become a ‘Brother.’

According to him, countless people across the world struggle to get life-saving blood transfusion on account of insufficient medical facilities or financial constraints. “I encourage others to join me in this lifesaving endeavor, as together, we can make a difference and ensure that no one suffers unnecessarily due to a lack of blood,” he said.

Marshiliang was one among voluntary donors, who donated blood at a donation camp, in the Salesian College of Higher Education, Dimapur, organised in collaboration with the Blood Bank, Dimapur District Hospital and Nagaland State Blood Transfusion Council on the occasion of the World Blood Donor Day, June 14. Share Life, Give Blood is the theme for 2024.

Donation camps ran simultaneously at the Unity College and Blood Bank. The camp at the Blood Bank was in collaboration with the Human Rights Help Association Nagaland. Dr Temsu Jamir, Consultant and Incharge of the Blood Bank, District Hospital, Dimapur, informed that frequent donors voluntarily turned up as well.

In his keynote address at the Salesian College, Dr Jamir likened June 14 to a global celebration to honour the people who voluntarily donate blood “to save lives without expecting anything in return.” He described blood donors as enlightened, motivated and empathetic.

While the day is generally marked by voluntary donation, he reminded that the greater objective has been to create wider awareness on the importance of blood donation and encouraging more people to come forward. “Save others life today, others will save you tomorrow,” he appealed.

“Our dream is safe and ready blood waiting for patients from all parts of Nagaland and, maybe, even from beyond,” he said, adding that making available safe blood is everybody’s responsibility. According to him, everyone should participate and take ownership. He said that the Blood Bank is for anyone in need.

A total of 80 units were collected at the three donation camps, today. From January to May 31, 2024, the Blood Bank has recorded a collection of 3845 units. In 2023, the total collection was 15,803 units, the highest in a year to date. The sharp increase in 2023, relative to other years, was largely attributed to the unprecedented dengue outbreak. The collection in 2022 was 8797 units. Prior to this period, 2020 and 2021 were marked by reduced collection owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, when collection went below 5000 units in both years. What inspires one to donate blood? | MorungExpress | morungexpress.com
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Bill Gates says 3 things make people happy


Happiness is a precious asset of life, which everyone strives to achieve. However, it is not in everyone's destiny as some can be happy, some are not. 

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was asked about happiness at a recent meeting called "Ask Me Anything" by popular US website Reddit. There he talked about three things that make people happy. 

Live with the present

According to him, you can't be happy in life if you think about what happened in the past. So, get rid of the past and live with how you are now.

Listen to yourself

He said that one of the ways to be happy is to listen to yourself first. If you feel like you have something bigger to do in life, get up and do it later.

Family

He added that family needs to be the first thing in everyone's life. Even if there are many problems in professional life, take time out from it. And spend time with family.Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com
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Bill Gates says 3 things make people happy


Happiness is a precious asset of life, which everyone strives to achieve. However, it is not in everyone's destiny as some can be happy, some are not. 

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was asked about happiness at a recent meeting called "Ask Me Anything" by popular US website Reddit. There he talked about three things that make people happy. 

Live with the present

According to him, you can't be happy in life if you think about what happened in the past. So, get rid of the past and live with how you are now.

Listen to yourself

He said that one of the ways to be happy is to listen to yourself first. If you feel like you have something bigger to do in life, get up and do it later.

Family

He added that family needs to be the first thing in everyone's life. Even if there are many problems in professional life, take time out from it. And spend time with family. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com/
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Stop drilling the brain


Earth is now an echo chamber, where all kinds of sounds coalesce and collide, creating what we call noise. In noise we live each moment, as it kills us in ways we don’t know. However, we just shrug off clatter of machines, deafening buzz of aircraft overhead or the babbling hoot of vehicles.

Even music today gets tiringly noisy, what with disharmony unfurling its hood at its heart. More than making us uneasy, noise pollution put us out on health front, leading to hearing loss, and other health conditions including increased heart rate, high cholesterol levels, diabetes, high blood pressure, migraine, disrupted sleep, muscle tension, poor cognitive function, impaired concentration and poor learning skills. The list might go endless. Exposure to deafening noise, even for a few minutes, could cause stress, anxiety, and emotional disorders.

There is no peace in the world, it seems. Each day our ears take in varying levels of noise—be it a rickety mixer or grinder at home, vehicles in the street, growl of machines at work place or even the muffled hum of an air conditioner, they all add to noise we listen to each day. Most people don’t know how harmful noise is, or they just take it for granted. 

They think it is okay to be in the vicinity of a growling machine. The biggest health hazard from noise pollution is hearing loss.

The inner ear has a snail-shaped structure called cochlea, which is lined with numerous tiny hairs.These hairs move back and forth when sound enters the cochlea; they function well only in moderate sounds levels. When heavy sounds enter the ear, the tiny hairs get flattened and damaged, leading to hearing loss.

How much is too much noise? You may be asking. Sound is measured in decibels (dB), starting from zero indicating the quietest sound humans can hear.

One study has measured sounds in a quiet library at 30 dB, usual conversation takes place between 50-60dB, sound rate of busy traffic or a noisy restaurant might hover at 70 dB, and growl at factory may be at 80dB.

Remember your stereo head phones could be booming at 100 dB. Even brief exposure to more than 110dB could damage ears immediately. More than 85 dB sounds can damage ears over time. We have created a “sound hell” for animals as well. Increasing noise pollution affects animals mentally and physically. For example, intolerable noise levels, says a study, decrease milk production in cows, and in chicken it leads to major drop in egg production and stunted growth.

This is especially so in the case of underwater animals like whales and dolphins, who bear the brunt of heavy noise from submarines and ships.

It is time we tamped down noise we produce to a healthy level. Given today’s round-the-clock exposure to plugged-in music, increasing vehicle populations, and clatter of towns and cities, it is an ambitious task. Each of us can at least hone in on the noise we produce and try to manage things quietly, for silence is golden.Source: https://english.madhyamam.com
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Don’t be so hard on yourself

During the quarantine, I had a moment where I broke down because of the want and need for everything to ...
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  • During the quarantine, I had a moment where I broke down because of the want and need for everything to return to normal. In the midst of my tears, the reason for my sadness transitioned from the impact of the pandemic on my mental state to ultimately feeling badly about feeling bad. I still have a job, my health, and community while there are people dealing with illness and going without food, housing and employment so do I even really deserve to be unhappy about my situation? If you’re wondering, the answer is yes.
  • Through several conversations, I came to the realization that I’m not the only person struggling with navigating my feelings during this emotionally challenging time. It’s important for everyone to realize your emotions are valid. Having a moment of weakness does not make you weak it actually makes you human.
  • Acknowledging the moment and being in touch with your emotional state is the first step toward healing. Allow yourself, to feel everything and be present in all emotions. Then, also give yourself space to let those feelings go. Anxiety, uncertainty and frustration during this time, is completely normal and should be expected. However, the question is how you are dealing with this anxiety?
  • I find myself saying the Serenity Prayer daily: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” One thing you do have control over is your attitude. It’s important to be intentional about your resiliency. Once you have a negative thought don’t allow it to fester but instead, challenge negative thoughts with neutral and positive thoughts.
  • Now is also the perfect time to fully take advantage of your community. I learned that it is vital to have a support system whether they’re present virtually or in-person. Communication and expression of love is needed now more than ever. I also learned that it’s okay to speak about your thoughts and feelings and to ask for help. I’ve utilized online therapy services, which are available during this time if needed. I’ve also taken full advantage of communicating with my loved ones on videos apps like Facetime, Zoom, and House Party.
  • Over the past few weeks, I’ve come across tweets and Instagram posts with the intent to belittle others if they aren’t thriving during the pandemic or being productive in the sense of starting podcast, writing a new book, or learning a new language. If you happen to come across this content on social media do yourself a favor and keep scrolling as these posts negate the fact that all of our situations are different. Be cognizant of about whom you follow on social media being mindful that not all Instagram pages have your best interest at heart.
  • Processing the situation and figuring out how to sort your emotions takes time. Here’s a gentle reminder that you don’t have to have everything figured out. Being self-quarantined does not mean you have to become superhuman and you definitely don’t have to make the most out of a global pandemic.
  • Positively Caviar, Inc. is a nonprofit organization focused on a message of positivity and optimism. To learn more about our organization, the nucleus team or how you join our positive movement, visit: staybasedandpositive.com. Source: http://baltimoretimes-online.com
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Living in the Eternal Now, Wisdom Comes With Age


By Paul Ebeling: Successful older people’s ability to live long, and and be success at the things they poured their lives into during the years, came from their complete lack of desire to conform to anyone else’s needs or demands.

Notably: When we are young, there is a lot of peer pressure and some always feel that they are not doing as well as some other peer. When we are older … the expectation changes, expectations of other people and expectation of self, we accept ourself better.

With age comes a sense of balance, an “all things considered” approach that views being agreeable as not a betrayal of one’s personal code, but evidence of a greater understanding of what iss at stake and what’s truly important in life.

In Y 2016, Swarthmore College conducted a study in which researchers concluded that life experience should not be minimized as it sometimes is by younger people.

Science Daily declared, “With age comes wisdom, at least when it comes to knowing that things are not always as they appear.”

The researchers found that older people tend to assess the correct slope of a hill better than young adults simply because the former group has a greater set of life experiences to draw from.

More importantly, interpreting the slant of a slope may be a metaphor for all of life, the study authors conjectured: “Whereas much research on aging emphasizes perceptual decline, when it comes to space perception for navigation, older adults do well. And they also seem to have acquired wisdom with their years about the difference between how things seem and how things are. This is a point well worth making.”

In talking to younger relatives for their impressions of their elders’ personalities, characteristics and qualities, it’s telling that one younger relative in the study of Italian oldsters described her father as “a Dictator.”

My Father was a benevolent “Dictator”

We likely all know an elderly person who has not chosen to take the proverbial high road and instead chooses to look back on the landscapes of their lives with regrets of the past and anxiety for the future rather than focusing with gratitude and grace, both for themselves and for others in the Eternal Now.

That is why the researchers also encountered older people with a tendency to be domineering, inflexible and the ones in control.

It is easy to see how people with such a bent would find it particularly hard to face the changes that come with age, with their circumstances often dictated by a decrease in financial or physical freedom.

Some people call that survival skill “Stubbornness,” some others call it “True Grit.”

It is tough to be deferential in the face of hard times, like the loss of loved ones, lost jobs, unmet expectations and consequences of things that might not have gone quite as 1 planned or hoped, especially as old age is taking its inevitable toll.

“Old age ain’t no place for sissies”– Betty Davis

One of the most important things we can do in any situation is to look at the bright side, and that is probably more true with approaching older age as any other situation in life.

It is one thing to notice older people who are not handling it as well as we feel they could or should, but the bell tolls for us just as surely as it does for the archetypal “them.”

Time marches on.

There is something that’s both galvanizing and encouraging about viewing and living advanced age with an outlook that everything will be all right, no matter what happens.

That’s why a positive attitude may very well be worth its weight in Gold.

Studies suggest that how we approach the aging process can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you feel that because you have a certain number of candles on your Birthday Cake it means that iy is time to fade into insignificance and obscurity, you will do.

But, if you adopt a can-do, one-foot-in-front-of-the-other outlook on life with each new day, and are gratefull for it, the odds are you will live longer.

And, you will be happier and healthier along the way.

If you ever find yourself thinking “people my age should act or feel this way or that way,” resist it. Instead of allowing words and phrases like “cognitive decline,” “crotchety” or “feeble” to fill your thoughts of what “old age” looks like, focus on positive terms such as “knowledgeable,” “experienced” and “wise” instead.

A willingness to prolong life is dependent on being able to maintain their current state of health or what they might deem acceptable. The best way to do it is by making lifestyle choices that will help increase your potential for a long, healthy life.

The researchers in the study noticed in talking to the older people the connection was of great significance, and recognizing their own significance was fundamental for survival physical and emotional.

It is important to have connection, there to be at least 1 place to go where everybody knows your name.

In another study I read today, it reported that people who had positive rather than negative ideas about what aging looked like lived an average of 7.5 years longer than their more negative counterparts.

Variables like age, gender, socioeconomic status, loneliness and functional health notwithstanding, the will to live is powerfully suggestive, and more often than not, it’s about the love of friends and family.

It is one of the Key aspects of being able to live happily, even if it is not forever.

No matter how old we are, we need to know we are wanted, to feel at home, to look forward to seeing familiar faces and knowing they can freely share both stresses and joys, but such freedom is missed most ‘old people’ when they no longer have it.

Social support does not have to come from a hundred friends, no one really has more that 5, ideally it should be at least 2 good friends or relatives to fulfill the sense of belonging we all need.

Eat healthy, Be healthy, Live lively Source: Live Trading News
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5 Tips to Spring Clean Your Life


By Shayne Heffernan: The spring season not only signifies the start of rain showers, colorful flowers and more outdoor activities, it also brings a rise in spring cleaning. Shake off the cold weather blues and revisit the simple parts of everyday life that could use a cleanup.

From storing your winter essentials to cleaning up your whole family’s diet (including your furry friends), these tips can help infuse the spring-cleaning spirit into your busy lifestyle.

Tidy Up Your Space: 
Spring cleaning starts by identifying what area to tackle first. Set yourself up for success by picking a small space, such as your pup’s abode. Clean his or her bowl, replenish old toys and freshen up the bed. Using a removable cover on the bed can help to keep the space tidy all-year long.

Store Away Winter Essentials
As the days get warmer and you start to break out your spring jackets, bulky coats and clothes may go unused. Declutter your closet by storing your winter essentials in bins and setting aside items to donate. This can help to make room for those bright spring clothes you’ve been waiting to wear.

Refresh Your Diet and Your Pup’s
Spring means that fresh fruits and vegetables are starting to come back into season. Spruce up your diet by reintroducing these items, as well as quality proteins like chicken or salmon. In addition, ingredients with sources of fiber, like sweet potatoes, can help fill you up without adding too many empty calories. These foods are not only good for your health, they’re also beneficial for your dog. In fact, these ingredients are often found in many high-quality pet foods such as the NUTRO™ WHOLESOME ESSENTIALS™ line of dry dog food. As part of the NUTRO. FEED CLEAN™ philosophy, these dog food recipes are made with real, recognizable ingredients, allowing you to share your healthy eating lifestyle with your pup.

For more information on NUTRO™, visit Nutro.com or Facebook.com/NUTROBrand.

Pay Attention to Hard to Reach Places
You may not realize how much dust collects on the top of your ceiling fan when it’s not running. Avoid circulating dust bunnies by giving ceiling fan blades a good brushing with a cloth or vacuum. In addition to keeping your home nice and neat, this can also help ease springtime allergies.

Dust Off Those Sneakers and Get Outside
With spring in full swing, freshen up your sneakers by throwing them into the washing machine (by themselves) and hanging them outside to dry. Once you’re ready to get moving, be sure to include your four-legged friend. Playing outside together can increase both of your activity levels and help you enjoy the warmer temperatures. Source: Live Trading News
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Mind your business

Meditation can keep your emotional brain in check
Meditation can help tame your emotions even if you are not a mindful person, suggests a new study Mindfulness, a moment-by-moment awareness of one’s thoughts, feelings and sensations, has gained worldwide popularity as a way to promote health and well-being.

“Our findings not only demonstrate that meditation improves emotional health, but that people can acquire these benefits regardless of their ‘natural’ ability to be mindful,” said lead investigator Yanli Lin, a graduate student at the Michigan State University.

For the study, the team assessed 68 participants for mindfulness using a scientifically validated survey.

The participants were then randomly assigned to engage in an 18-minute audio-guided meditation or listen to a control presentation of how to learn a new language, before viewing negative pictures (such as a bloody corpse) while their brain activity was recorded.

The participants who meditated — they had varying levels of natural mindfulness — showed similar levels of “emotion regulatory” brain activity as people with high levels of natural mindfulness.

In other words, their emotional brains recovered quickly after viewing the troubling photos, essentially keeping their negative emotions in check, the researchers said. — IANS Source: http://www.tribuneindia.com/
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They believe in giving


Here are some Bollywood celebs who are putting their fame and fortune to good use... As today we celebrate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, we cannot help but remember his powerful words and deeds. Gandhi's most powerful quote on love is, "Love never claims, it ever gives!" We agree. As it is only in giving that we receive. The list that we have drawn today highlights our favourite celebs who are using their star power for social change. Village route: Shabana Azmi: The actress has her own foundation called Mijwan Welfare Society that helps the people of Mijwan live a better life. Shabana Azmi has adopted this small village in Uttarkhand and she works towards bettering the condition of the village.

Health & hygiene: Vidya Balan: Vidya Balan has been supporting the cause of sanitation in rural areas. She is the brand ambassador for drinking water and sanitation campaign for the longest time. It is a government initiative that she is whole heartedly supporting.

He's all heart: Salman Khan: Everyone knows that Salman Khan's NGO Being Human started off as a charitable trust to aid underprivileged children. The actor supports three schools, has helped initiate heart surgeries of over 600 kids and is always in news for his good deeds towards society.

Financial help: Akshay Kumar: For Akshay Kumar, charity is worship. He recently donated money to the families of Indian soldiers who died at the URI attack. Earlier, the actor has donated Rs 90 lakh to drought-hit farmers in Maharashtra and has also helped Chennai flood victims.

Saving the girl: Priyanka Chopra : The Bollywood superstar, now a global icon, Priyanka Chopra, has actively spoken about child rights and has helped create awareness about the same. The actress has a long- standing association with the Save the Girl campaign by the UNICEF. In fact, she had auctioned her specially designed Louboutin shoes which she wore in her video Exotic with Pitbull. All proceeds of that auction went towards the betterment of the girl child.

Spreading smile: Sonam Kapoor: Sonam Kapoor was recently spotted spending time with kids suffering from cancer. The diva not only believes in donating money but also sending time with the little kids as that is what they crave for. She is indeed spreading love with her beautiful smile and spirit.

Animal instinct John Abraham: John Abraham loves animals, and is an active member of PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals). He has been supporting PETA in various campaigns and strives to protect animals and provide them a better life. The actor recently adopted a stray dog. Source: http://www.tribuneindia.com/
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    B positive... are you?


    Akansha Verma
    Jasmine Singh: You can no longer tag them as a give-a-damn generation; just because they care two hoots about what the world (read distant relatives and neighbours) thinks of them. We are talking about youngsters who have the intent and courage to their voice, a generation that is young yet sensitive who care and show it through their acts, like donating blood. Here are these youngsters who have willingly gone ahead and donated blood, each time someone has requested them to do so, or each time they felt they needed to...Reasons, why not ask them. Five minutes of your time + 35ml of your blood: Colloquially, this young generation is known as the pizza-burger-fast car-fast lane types. But, not everyone falls in this bracket; there are those who think of others around them, pretty much always. Rahul Juneja, 23, has donated blood umpteen times. “Of course, more than five times,” he smiles, making it clear that he definitely meets the criteria we had mentioned— young blood donors who have donated blood more than 5-7 times! Rahul doesn’t spin a sob story or a heartfelt story to explain why he donates blood. “It will save someone’s life, is this not a reason enough to donate blood?” Like Rahul, Himank Singla, a resident of Panchkula-10, doesn’t see donating blood as an act of bravado. To this young gun, it is a mere duty, something each of us should be doing. So, does this mean no scepticism, no questions, just go ahead and donate blood? “Who said this,” Akansha Verma, a student of MCM DAV College, shrugs her shoulders. “I see blood donation as a duty as well, but this doesn’t mean I didn’t have my share of queries before getting into this act.” Akansha, who has donated blood on numerous occasions, at various camps, and whenever she has received a forward message regarding the need for a particular type of blood, wasn’t sure whether she could go ahead and get the needle pricked in her skin. “I was jittery for the first time, I had my eyes shut the entire time. I felt mentally and physically weak. But the following day when I woke up, it felt good. Some kind of ‘peace feeling’. I didn’t share the fact that I donated blood with anyone, yet I felt nice.” This made Akansha donate blood the next time, and the next time... “Almost seven times now,” she smiles. Some curious cases: These are youngsters who haven’t just walked away with a certificate of a successful blood donor from the site, they have first asked what good happens through this act. Many have also gone all the way to check where their precious drops of life go. Kanwar Rana, a student of law from Sector-45, was told by many friends that donating blood was a prestige thing. He laughs, “I was dumfounded when someone told me that it was cool to donate blood.” For Kanwar it was the thought that one day he or someone close to him may also need blood that made him donate blood many times. He adds, “The fact that my blood can someday somewhere save a life gives me immense peace.” As for the fear of needles and infection, Kanwar smiles. The same question gets a different response from Shweta Dogra, a regular blood donor. "It hurts, but it is worth the pain." jasmine@tribunemail.com. Source: http://www.tribuneindia.com/
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    Bonding hormone behind willingness to donate: Study

    Bonding hormone behind willingness to donate: Study
    Berlin: The degree to which people are willing to donate their money for social sustainability projects increases with their level of oxytocin, a new study has found. Scientists at the University of Bonn Hospital in Germany discovered that the willingness to donate increases with the quantity of this bonding hormone. The 'cuddle hormone' oxytocin strengthens social ties in persons newly in love, during sex and during breastfeeding, the level of this hormone is particularly high. "Earlier studies have found evidence that the messenger also promotes generosity," Rene Hurlemann, a professor at the hospital said. The scientists conducted experiments on 172 participants. Each subject received 10 euros and was able to decide whether he would keep the amount for himself or whether he wished to donate all or only part of it. There were two actual aid projects to choose from — one ecological project for rain forest reforestation in Congo and a social project to improve the livelihoods of the native inhabitants in the Congo region. Using saliva samples, the researchers tested the participants' oxytocin level during the study. Oxytocin appears to have no effect in the case of environmental projects. Whether there were high or low amounts of the body's own oxytocin did not change anything at all with regard to donation behaviour. In a second experiment, the researchers administered the bonding hormone to some of the test subjects via a nasal spray; the other test subjects received a placebo as control. "The pattern repeated itself — on average, the oxytocin group donated twice as much for social projects — 4.50 euros more on average - than did the untreated participants," said Nina Marsh, lead author of the study. The participants were given a catalogue of various foods and items of clothing. They could either select a conventionally produced version or choose the sustainable variant and indicate a price for these items that they would be willing to pay. One catalogue listed socially-conscious products which featured on good working conditions. The other catalogue targeted goods produced in an environmentally friendly way, for which emphasis was placed on maintaining biodiversity. The subjects each saw only one of the two catalogues. The group receiving oxytocin selected more products produced in a socially sustainable way than did the placebo participants. They were even willing to pay twice as much money than for conventional products. "The results show that subjects with low oxytocin levels tend to support environmental sustainability projects, since they donated an average of nearly half of their money for this purpose," Marsh said. The study was published in the Journal of Neuroscience. — PTI. Source: Article
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    Amitabh sings for charity

    Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was spotted singing in a Mumbai local train to raise money for cancer patients. The 73-year-old star accompanied Saurabh Nimbkar, who sings in the locals for raising money and even featured on the TV show Aaj Ki Raat Zindagi, hosted by the megastar himself. "Local from VT (Victoria Terminus) to Bhandup to support Saurabh, who sings in locals for charity to cancer... sang with him..." the Paa actor tweeted on Sunday night. Big B wrote on his blog that the money collected by Nimbkar is distributed to the "less fortunate cancer patients and their families in the city" and that this sudden appearance was to let him know that the "support runs even after he departs from the show (Aaj
    Ki Raat Zindagi). "The idea is not to create a splash among the media, or to create credible content for them, or for the subsequent promotion of the show #AKRHZ... the idea is to let him know that he is not alone...that he is appreciated... that our support runs even after he departs from the show," he wrote. Big B's appearance came as a ‘surprise’ for Nimbkar and for those who ‘travel daily’ on the local train as the whole exercise was ‘executed without his knowledge’. —IANS. Source: Article, Source: flickr.com
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    Athletes 'may benefit from vegetarian diet


    ANI, Melbourne: Some athletes feel that a vegetarian diet improves their performance, it has been revealed. Ultra-marathoner Scott Jurek has detailed his astonishing runs of 160 kilometres or more fuelled by foods like quinoa porridge with almond milk in his new book ‘Eat and Run’. Jurek is convinced that making the switch from a diet big on barbecues, burgers and fries improved his performance - although he’s not sure whether it’s because of what he''s eating or what he’s leaving out, like trans fats and refined carbohydrates. “It’s a question that’s already been answered because so many athletes have shown that it can,” the Age quoted exercise physiologist Darren Morton as saying. “When it comes to high-end performance, a high carbohydrate intake is important for endurance events as well as for power and strength and this is what plants can provide,” Morton, a senior lecturer in health and exercise science at Avondale College of further Education in Lake Macquarie, said. As for the extra protein required for serious bodybuilding or strength most people use protein shakes based on whey or soy that are suitable for vegetarians anyway, he adds. Does a vegetarian diet have any added benefits for athletic performance? That’s still not clear, according to the Australian Institute for Sport, but Morton wonders if the extra plant foods might reduce the number of sick days that keep athletes away from training. Although regular moderate exercise is considered an immune system booster, some research suggests that the stress of strenuous training at an elite level can make athletes more susceptible to colds and flu. “It may be that a vegetarian diet is protective. If you eat a plant based diet you’re getting a lot of extra antioxidants from vegetables and fruit so perhaps you’re less likely to get sick so often and you can front up for training every day,” he said. Morton, a recreational triathlete who’s followed a diet that’s vegan – if you don’t count chocolate - for about four years. “What I’ve noticed is that I don’t get sick now, whereas before when I was doing high volume training I got a lot of colds,” he said. But if there’s a downside to vegetarian eating for athletes, especially vegan diets that skip dairy products and eggs too, it’s that plant foods tend to be low in kilojoules. “Athletes who train at a high level need to work at eating a lot of food in order to get enough kilojoules. “But for non-athletes that can be an advantage of a vegan diet – you can still eat more food and weigh less,” he added. Source: Deccan Chronicle, Image: flickr.com
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