Life & Living

M.D.ChanderConsultant Chennai

Establish values in your life

• “Wealth without workPleasure without conscienceScience without humanityKnowledge without characterPolitics without principleCommerce without moralityWorship without sacrifice.”

- 7 sins, Gandhi

Care what you think

• “Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny” – Mahatma Gandhi

Discipline

• Self Discipline.• Think about why you

want to discipline yourself !

• This will empower you to overcome any addiction.

• Time Discipline• Time is precious; Waste it wisely. Some time it flies. Some time it crawls.

Simplicity• Living simply is a

voluntary practice of one’s own life style.

• In this materialistic world simple living takes us towards spirituality, health conscious and spending quality time with family and friends.

• Mahatma Gandhi believed in a life of simplicity and self sufficiency.

Generosity

• Giving is the opposite mental state of greed.

• Sometime when we are generous it can change someone else’s life forever.

• True giving is to those who can never repay you.

• Materialistic gifts may produce liability…

• Emotional gifts stimulate tranquility – a feeling of calm; absence of mental stress.

Responsibility• Responsibility is

accountability for a duty or obligation to complete a task.

• We all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.

• Let us be a responsible person in family, among friends, in the society to have a positive impact on the communities we serve.

Health

• Health is wealth.• Health gives happiness.• Respect your body.• Eat well, sleep well.• Getting fit is all about

mind over matter.

• “Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.” – Mark Twain

Religion

• Religion relates humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values.

• Respect your own and the religious beliefs of others.

• Be a better follower of your own religion.

• “ God has no religion “ – Mahatma Gandhi.

• “ My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” – Dalai lama XIV

Creativity

• It is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality.

• Think and produce.• Be creative at

workplace.• Every individual is

creative; tap your own potential to be creative.

• Creativity is a core competency for managers and one of the best ways to set your company apart from the competitors

Ambition

• Love is a kind of mutual respect for one another.

• Respect gives a positive feeling of self- esteem.

• Respect ourselves guides our morals.

• “Respect yourselves and others will respect you.” – Confucius

• “I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one’s self-respect .” – Mahatma Gandhi

Respect

• Love is a kind of mutual respect for one another.

• Respect gives a positive feeling of self- esteem.

• Respect ourselves guides our morals.

• “Respect yourselves and others will respect you.” – Confucius

• “I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one’s self-respect .” – Mahatma Gandhi

Reading

• Reading reduces stress.• Books are very good

companion .• It improves creativity.• They show us how to

live .• You can learn at your

own place.

• Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.” –Carlos Ruiz Zafon

• “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” –Margaret Fuller

Listening

• Every good conversation starts with good listening.

• Listening creates a feeling of goodwill in intimate and professional relationships.

• “The less you talk, the more you are listened to .” –Buren, Abigail Van

• “Listening well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.” – Marshall John

Speaking

• It encourages you to look inside yourself and explores what matters to you.

• Listen to great speaker’s speeches.

• You eyes too can speak.• Develop public speaking

to reach others mind.

• “That’s one small step for man, one great leap of mankind.” – Neil Armstrong. His speech were heard all over the world when he set foot on the Moon.

• “Almost nothing need be said when you have eyes.” – Tarjei Vesaas

Writing

• Writing is truly a creative art.

• … you can write your thoughts & such, for time to come & to stay past the time beyond you …. ( words of a person close to me )

• “You have to write the book that wants to be written…” - Madeleine L’Engle

Passion

• Have passion towards your work. It will certainly take you to reach the goal you aimed.

• Develop a passion of learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.

• Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Appreciate

• Make your appreciation sound more genuine and heartfelt .

• things like : thanks a ton, buddy ( buddy makes it more friendly)

• words like: extremely grateful, honestly, sincerely …

• “Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it secret.” – Mary Kay Ash

Socialize

• Establish deeper connections with people.

• It gives confidence that you are not alone.

• Encourages Team work.• Builds alliances and

knowledge sharing.

• “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Role model• Role models are those

who possess the qualities that we would like to have and those who have affected us in a way that makes us want to be a better person.

• A person has many role models in their lives.

• “I think role model is a mentor – someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.” – Denzel Washington

Identity• It is the distinct

personality of an individual.

• It takes courage to stand alone in a crowd.

• Create an identity by appearance, habits, work hobbies, possessions, interest, creations, choices, values, beliefs, friends & family

• “Through others we become ourselves.”- Lev S.Vygotsky

• “We are not defined by the family into which we are born, but the one we choose and create. We are not born, we become.” – Tori Spelling

Be a winner in life. Thanks for the patient viewing.