Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: JK Rowling- This book was a good ending. I was disappointed with HP-6. But Deathly Hollows really turned the plot upside down. An amazing read. I loved it.
Illusions – “The adventures of a reluctant Messiah” – Richard Bach : This is one hell of a book. Anyone who indulges in spirituality and ontology will instantly connect with the book. My favorite quote from the book is “Argue for your limitations and sure enough they are yours”.
Before You Quit Your Job : Robert Kiyosaki & Sharon Letcher : Another sexy book from Robert Kiyosaki. Most recommended for anyone who is planning to be an entrepreneur. I learned many things that I really needed to know before starting my business. I am gonna write a big review for this book soon. I have also taken on reading all of the “Rich Dad Series” books and buying the CashFlow game this year.
Megaliving – Robin Sharma: Need I say more about this one
Angels and Demons – Dan Brown: I liked “The Da Vinci Code”. Being a conspiracy theories’ buff myself. I thought this one would really be (as many have told me), better than “The Da Vinci Code”. It was entertaining but not as good as the former. I personally didn’t like the degree of luck that Robert Langdon enjoyed. It was not digestible. But I have become a fan of the guy who painted the ambigrams. Pure genius.
I also reviewd a book by my graphology teacher “Keith Rozario“. I look forward to picking up Handwriting Analysis again.
I completed my Megaliving 30 day program yesterday! Life has really transformed. I have grown by leaps and bounds. This is the happiest I have been in the last 3 years! . I can feel myself growing above my moods and circumstances.
It was a tough journey. I stuck to it with discipline. And I have got the fruits.
I would like to write a lot about my journey in the coming posts, but here is a quick list of a few things that I have achieved :-
I eat 3 times every day. Feel very energized and upbeat!
I exercise 5 days a week, have built a decent endurance and can feel my abs hardening
I meditate regularly and my focus levels have gone up several times.
Its pretty easy for me to persevere these days as I don’t get distracted easily.
I have built amazing discipline. And I enjoy it
My pimples have disappeared and my dandruff has reduced
I get very very few negative thoughts every day and I am quick to challenge and dispel them.
My will power has increased significantly
My memory has improved.
I have started remembering routes to various places and names of people.
I am literally upset-free. (this credit I’ll give to Landmark Education though)
I keep my room neat and tidy.
I feel so good that I never feel like being in disheveled clothes. I am almost always clean-shaved. And I do so not for the people looking at me, I do so because I feel like it.
I have started waking up early morning. Thanks to Soniya for this.
I have become very good at practicing commitment over attachment.
I have really started living a life of no pretense! It used to be very confronting, but now I must say, I have overcome the tough phase and am enjoying the fruits.
I managed to read 6 books in January. Overshooting my target by 1 book.
I eat fruits regularly and am noticing their effect in my skin and body.
I have built this habit of “kaizen”. Pushing myself without taking stress .
There are a few things that I could not achieve, the prominent one being my 1000$ target. But the kind of guy I am now, I just wanna learn from it and move on. My targets for April and July stay as stated earlier. I also did not complete my handwriting analysis website. Primarily because I was focusing on other strategies to meet my targets. And something tells me, I’ll meet them this time.
Not to mention, I will continue to MegaLive each day from now on. In fact today was better than any of the previous 30 days. Today was way above them all.
Today’s Megaliving exercise were superb. I thoroughly enjoyed them.
Mind:
It gave a list of 10 things to do. I did some and didn’t do some others. Among the ones I did:-
I took on completing everything I start today. (Tried but did not succeed)
I went to an Aerospace Museum. I had been wanting to visit the museum for the past 2 years but had never done so.
I found a lake nearby in Google Earth. And went out to discover it, and see if I find a good reading spot near it. Well I found the lake but not the reading spot! It was a marshland. But very beautiful. Man what a fragrance it was.
Body:
It again gave a choice among 6-8 habits and asked us to incorporate 2. I realized I already follow 3 of the 8 regularly.
Character:
Journal Writing. I guess I do this fairly regularly these days!
So great going so far. I had started this year with the resolution of completing Megaliving properly. I guess I am on track with respect to that!
Mind: Go on an imaginary vacation! It was real fun. I did feel relaxed after coming out of my forest to my room. We even found a cave with a mini lake inside and camped there. Not to mention my tree house in the forest and my friendship with the Langoors there. I used to think that my imaginary skills are not that good. But this exercise proved otherwise. None the less, its fun and easy! I would love to make such a discovery (talking about the cave here) in real life.
Body: Banishing the belly. Well I did 20+ sit-ups
Soul: Writing a love letter! This one was amazing. I wrote a love letter to my ex. Of course we were not asked to dispatch it. But writing it, I realized there were just so many good things in our relationship that I ignored earlier. It felt great to look at the things that worked rather than the things that did not. Good exercise.
Thats all for Day 16.
I have started waking up early, but the routine is still in a mess. Lets make it better tomorrow.
Robin Sharma is a leadership guru and the author of “The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari”. While I could not complete TMWSHF, I sure have picked up Megaliving pretty well.
I came across the following 2 podcasts from Robin Sharma on YouTube,
Robin Sharma – 5 forms of wealth
Robin says, that Financial Wealth is only 1 metric of measuring wealthiness. However to be really wealthy, there are 4 other metrics. A deficiency in any one of these has a major impact on your well being. And I agree.
After listening to the podcast I found significant gaps in my life (in which I honestly don’t feel wealthy enough). So lemme share the 5 forms of wealth and the gaps that I see I gotta cover in each of them.
Financial Wealth: Well I am broke right now, but I don’t feel powerless in this area. I am confident that I am above money.
Relationships: Hmmm, I have amazing friends, but have a long way to go towards enriching my relationships with a few family members. A significant gap. But still, I feel I am moderately wealthy in this segment.
Health: Nops, I don’t have a good health. Even though my body is doing pretty fine, I can see that I can’t run 2 km at a stretch. I want to be fit enough to run a marathon someday (with training of course). Until recently there was no exercise in my life. And I didn’t even care to eat my food 3 times daily. I am 10 kgs under weight and my Yoga training has got me present to a few areas of my body that are weak. But the good thing is that I am already taking solid and consistent action towards this domain.
Adventure: Though I call myself an adventure freak, I am really not doing much to have fun in a regular basis. Robin’s concept of Micro Adventures is cool. I can take on trying out something new everyday. And I can decide that while brushing my teeth!
Contribution: I think I keep contributing in my own small ways. I feel reasonably good in this area.
Robin Sharma – 8 Things successful people do
Focus: I suck at it. But I am steadily improving.
Positivity and Passion: Yes, this is there 80% of the time.
Hard Work: Yes, I am capable of doing it when I am motivated. Since the time I have quit my job, my motivation levels have soared. So has the potential for hard work.
Never Stop Innovating: Wow, I really do this. All the time. I am so full of ideas. In fact I have started keeping an Idea book as well . I never accept the ordinary.
Time Management: I suck at it again. I will read something on Time Management tomorrow.
Add Outrageous Value: I doubt if I have it.
Strong Relationships: Yes. I really take time out to build strong relationships.
Devoted to Excellence: I guess I am, . Ok, yes I actually am.
Not bad, I rate his opinion on success highly. And as per my self analysis, I am pretty much on track. Gotta work on Focus (already doing so) and Time Management. And of course to add outrageous value. Now I am sure I’ll be doing so with my clients in my business. I didn’t do it at my job.
This is a good piece of self analysis done for the day!
I am very happy today. For no good reason. I didn’t do anything towards my targets today but still.
I noticed that I keep my backbone straight and that my standing posture (that people often complain about) is improving as well. This is definitely out of my Yoga practice which in turn is a gift from Megaliving.
Today’s or rather yesterday’s mind building exercises included auto-suggestions which I obediently followed (though with some initial resistance). The body thing included using a moisturizer, doing weight training + aerobics and walking everyday. I chose to follow the 1st and the third. I don’t want to take on aerobics just yet and I am happy with my sit-ups, crunches and pull-ups for exercise. Wow, I am exercising regularly these days as well.
But there are 2 or rather 3 important habits that I am really not building.
Waking up early everyday
Eating my food as per the elimination theory suggests
Chewing my food well
Meditating at a fixed place, fixed time everyday
Doing some good reading everyday
So I take on following these habits from today. I declare waking up every morning at 5.30 sharp.
Ill then follow the following routine:-
Wake up at 5.30 and review my goals
Read the day’s Megaliving goals [5.35]
Brush my teeth and answer the important questions like “How do I make today a living masterpiece?” and “What do I do today to have fun?” [5.50]
Meditate for 20 mins [6.15]
Do my daily exercise [6.30]
Clean my house, Soak clothes for washing [6.45]
Do my Yoga [7.45]
Put water for boiling and Read something inspirational [8.15]
Have a shower and wash clothes [8.45]
Write a blog entry that I have done the above, and what I have learned using them [9.15]
Plan for the day [9.30]
Make breakfast and eat (chewing my food properly) [10.00]
Practice Simpleology daily lessons [10.30]
Work the plan the rest of the day.
Aha, I have given a healthy amount of buffers this time around. This plan looks more achievable!
Todays spiritual exercise was to be the most enthusiastic person I am every day from now on. Enthusiasm is one of my strongest personality traits, and I am glad that I got an easy one. I will buy a wrist band tomorrow and wear it. Every time I look at that wristband, it will remind me to be enthusiastic and chirpy.
The journey has been good. I am beginning to see results as well. For 1 thing, I am not stressed out that easily. Anyone who knows me well, knows that I used to take life too seriously. Well, seems like I have improved a lot in this side. For instance I have only 14 $ left in my pocket and yet, I am absolutely chill. Money is not a constraint anymore. I am so clear that I am above it. However, its Mamta who asked me to stay at her place when she found out of my sulking habit. She has really been a sweet mum. There is a very solid chance that I have picked up this “Don’t get stressed” thing from her. None the less, Megaliving has been giving me a lot as well. I am seeing a lot of all around result in me, as in more energy and better concentration. I myself can’t believe that I am practicing Yoga regularly. I seem to be heading to my physical, mental and spiritual goals but I am not sure if I can measure them effectively. 1 thing is for sure, if I am able to make my 1000$ this month then I would truly confirm that I have transformed. I have done a lot of things that I usually don’t do these couple of weeks, things like being disciplined and cleaning my house everyday. So things are moving. However, I am probably not doing everything the way its meant to be done. For instance, I don’t wake up in the morning everyday. And due to this my whole daily routine gets ruptured. Also, this tests my will power and I have been consistently failing in this direction.
Anyways, I take on doing the remaining 16 days of Megaliving, just the way they are meant to be done.
Today’s exercise included listing you top 10 dreams and take action towards them. Since I am already taking action towards my top 10 dreams in a consistent basis, I modified this exercise to “Top 10 goals for this year” which I have already listed.
Man look at me, I just so casually said – ” I am already taking action towards my top 10 dreams in a consistent basis”. And God damn it, thats true. You know, When I was doing my Self Expression and Leadership Program at Landmark. The bottom line of the program was – “Living Life Powerfully and Living a Life You Love“. Sooooo very true. At that time I did not think it was happening. I was struggling confronting my life back then. But when I look at myself now, just about a month later, I am actually “Living Life Powerfully and Living a Life I Love“. Wow, Thanks Landmark.
I worked long and hard, got stuck, didn’t work smart and didn’t do all that I said Ill be doing. Got some old friends coming home, chose to give priority to that. And I am glad that I am not killing myself over not finishing up my site, not making my future plan on time and not attending headstart.in (the conference that so many of my good friends have been working so hard at organizing).
Today is my 13th day following Megaliving. Today’s character building exercise is finding “Energy Leeches” and eliminating them.
Today is also my 5th day following Simple.ology.
I know there is lots to do and that I have fucked up my plans.
But I have just too many unkept promises right now to take life easy.
I have had my day’s share of fun. Now I better get down and finish things off.
Man I am so lost. Feel really helpless. Guess I’ll paint tonight.
Ever since I have taken on working on myself, there have been a lot of bad days. Today has been the worst among them.
Why? Because, YET ANOTHER TIME, I panicked at a critical juncture. I had declared that I will build my website, Earlier I had also promised my buddy ‘Kiran’ that I will make a draft of my 5 year plan and share it with him by 8 PM tonight. And I really wanted to attend this conference thats happening today.
3 important things at stake and what did I end up doing? I said, “ITS TOO MUCH FOR ME TO HANDLE” and went off to bed. Of course I didn’t get sleep. And it was well past noon that I actually got out of my bed.
Boss, this is where I need to grow up. Later on when I’ll be having my own company and I would be leading people, I am sure my super star colleagues won’t be inspired to work under a boss like the current me. To have a star studded team, I gotta be a star. And to be a star I gotta work on myself. We all carve our own sculptures.
The choice of making a “Michelangelo” or “Some Random Plaster Of Paris Shit” is ours. And I chose the former.
Ok, enough of philosophy. This blog is about action remember. To me building a habit of keeping my promises is more important then meeting my friends in the conference or learning about entrepreneurship. I have got the following things to do:-
Write down my 5 year plan and share it with Kiran [3+ hours]
Looks like I do not have sufficient time to do em all. But I am taking them all on. Anyone other than me might wonder, “Why do I always make my life so difficult?” (Mamta says this often). The simple answer is: “Because I am like this”. I have always encountered situations where I had to choose between ‘bringing my goals down and winning‘ and ‘keeping my goals the same and growing up to it‘. I have always chosen the latter. Thats who I am. Thats what I stand for.
Here is an opportunity for me to really grow up to a big challenge. To work like a genius and make things happen.
Well we’ll all come to know the outcome by 11.30 tonight.
This journal really helps me be on track, I am indebted to it and this blogging habit
Building habits is probably the toughest, and the most rewarding of practices.
Thanks to Mamta, had she not woken me up in the morning, I would have again ended up sleeping till 11
Man todays flower exercise was a repeat of yesterdays. Initially I thought that I had been doing well. When I thought I have crossed 10 minutes of concentrating in the flower and was about to congratulate myself on doing really well today, I chose to have a look at the watch. MAN, it was only 3 minutes over and in these 3 minutes about 10 thoughts passed by me as clouds. Not a bad number, then it would be about 70 thoughts for 20 minutes. But the subsequent 17-20 minutes were a repeat of yesterday. I got so bugged that by the end of it I was only in my thoughts and the flower was just a thing I was staring at.
None the less, this is a tough exercise and I am making progress
More on flower exercise tomorrow.
Yesterday I tried a Hibiscus bud as a flower. Today I tried Petunia. They don’t offer much to look at. I should try a Rose tomorrow if I can get my hands on one.
Amit
P.S. I also realize that I am getting faster at typing and jotting down my thoughts. Journal writing is fun. Ok, back to Yoga and then washing my clothes and then breakfast and then practicing todays Megaliving exercises, then the Simple.ology daily practice and then ahemmm… I shall finally start building my Handwriting Analysis website , Given that I have only a max of 20 hours to build it and write 20 good posts, I better hurry.
. Ok, yes I actually am.
