The 12 Laws of Karma:

THE 12 LAWS OF KARMA THE GREAT LAW As you sow, so shall you reap. This is also known as the Law of Cause and Effect. Whatever we put out in the Universe is what comes back to us. If what we want is Happiness, Peace, Friendship, Love… Then we should BE Happy, Peaceful, Loving, a Friend. THE LAW OF CREATION Life doesn’t just HAPPEN, it requires our participation. We are one with the Universe both inside and out. Whatever surrounds us gives us clues to our inner state. BE and DO yourself… what you what to have in your Life. THE LAW OF HUMILITY What you refuse to accept, will continue for you. If what we see is an enemy, or someone with a character trait that we find to be negative, then we ourselves are not focused on a higher level of existence. THE LAW OF GROWTH Wherever you go, there you are. For us to GROW in Spirit it is we who must change and not the people, places or things around us. The only given we have in our lives is OURSELVES and that is the only factor we have control over. When we change who and what we are within our heart our life changes too. THE LAW OF RESPONSIBILITY Whenever there is something wrong, there is something wrong in me. We mirror what surrounds us and what surrounds us mirrors us We must take responsibility what is in our life. THE LAW OF CONNECTION Even if something we do seems inconsequential, it is very important that it gets done as everything in the Universe is connected. Each step leads to the next step and so forth and so on. Someone must do the initial work to get a job done. Neither the first step nor the last are of greater significance They were both needed to accomplish the task. Past, Present, Future They are all connected… THE LAW OF FOCUS You can’t think of two things at the same time. When our focus is on Spiritual Values it is impossible for us to have lower thoughts such as greed or anger. THE LAW OF GIVING AND HOSPITALITY If you believe something to be true, then sometime in your life you will be called upon to demonstrate that truth. Here is where we put what we SAY that we have learned into PRACTICE. THE LAW OF HERE AND NOW Looking back to examine what was, prevents us from being totally in the HERE AND NOW. Old thoughts, old patterns of behavior, old dreams… Prevent us from having new ones. THE LAW OF CHANGE History repeats itself until we learn the lessons that we need to change our path. THE LAW OF PATIENCE AND REWARD All Rewards require initial toil. Rewards of lasting value require patient and persistent toil. True Joy follows doing what we’re suppose to be doing and waiting for the Reward to come in it’s on time. THE LAW OF SIGNIFICANCE AND INSPIRATION You get back from something whatever you’ve put into it The Value of something is a direct result of the energy and intent that is put into it. Every personal contribution is also a contribution to the Whole Lack luster Contributions have no impact on the Whole or work to diminish it. Loving Contributions Lift Up and Inspire the Whole

Three Words That make Relationships better

 

 

 

There are many things that you can do to strengthen your relationships. 

Often the most effective thing you can do involves saying just three words. 

When spoken sincerely, these statements often have the power to develop new friendships, 

deepen old ones and even bring healing to relationships that have soured.

The following three-word phrases can be tools to help develop every relationship.

Let me help:

Good friends see a need and then try to fill it. 

When they see a hurt they do what they can to heal it. 

Without being asked, they jump in and help out.

 I understand you:

People become closer and enjoy each other more when the other person 

accepts and understands them. 

Letting your spouse know - in so many little ways - that you understand them, 

is one of the most powerful tools for healing your relationship. 

And this can apply to any relationship.

 I respect you:

Respect is another way of showing love. 

Respect demonstrates that another person is a true equal. 

If you talk to your children as if they were adults you will strengthen the bonds 

and become closer friends. This applies to all interpersonal relationships.

I miss you:

Perhaps more marriages could be saved and strengthened if couples simply and sincerely 

said to each other I miss you. This powerful affirmation tells partners they are wanted,

needed, desired and loved. 

Consider how important you would feel, if you received an unexpected phone call 

from your spouse in the middle of your workday, just to say I miss you.

Maybe youre right:

This phrase is very effective in diffusing an argument. 

The implication when you say maybe youre right is the humility of admitting, 

maybe Im wrong. Lets face it. When you have an argument with someone, 

all you normally do is solidify the other persons point of view. 

They, or you, will not likely change their position and you run the risk of seriously 

damaging the relationship between you. 

Saying maybe youre right can open the door to explore the subject more. 

You may then have the opportunity to express your view in a way that is 

understandable to the other person.

Please forgive me:

Many broken relationships could be restored and healed if people would admit their mistakes 

and ask for forgiveness. All of us are vulnerable to faults, foibles and failures. 

A man should never be ashamed to own up that he has been in the wrong, 

which is saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

I thank you:

Gratitude is an exquisite form of courtesy. 

People who enjoy the companionship of good, 

close friends are those who dont take daily courtesies for granted. 

They are quick to thank their friends for their many expressions of kindness. 

On the other hand, people whose circle of friends is severely constricted often 

do not have the attitude of gratitude.

Count on me:

A friend is one who walks in when others walk out. 

Loyalty is an essential ingredient for true friendship. 

It is the emotional glue that bonds people. 

Those that are rich in their relationships tend to be steady 

and true friends. 

When troubles come, a good friend is there indicating 

you can count on me.

Ill be there:

If you have ever had to call a friend in the middle of the night, 

to take a sick child to hospital, or when your car has broken down 

some miles from home, you will know how good it feels to hear the phrase

Ill be there. 

Being there for another person is the greatest gift we can give. 

When we are truly present for other people, important things 

happen to them and us.

We are renewed in love and friendship. 

We are restored emotionally and spiritually. 

Being there is at the very core of civility.

Go for it:

We are all unique individuals. 

Dont try to get your friends to conform to your ideals. 

Support them in pursuing their interests, no matter how far out they seem to you. 

God has given everyone dreams, dreams that are unique to that person only.

Support and encourage your friends to follow their dreams. 

Tell them to go for it.

I love you:

Perhaps the most important three words that you can say. 

Telling someone that you truly love them satisfies a person

deepest emotional needs. 

The need to belong, to feel appreciated and to be wanted. 

Your spouse, your children, your friends and you, all need to hear 

those three little words: I love you.

Love is a choice. You can love even when the feeling is gone.

 

Your State of Mind

 

Top 10 Productivity Hacks

We all need a productivity boost now and then  sometimes throughout the day. We each want to be productive for very personal reasons  to accomplish more, to make more money, to get done earlier to make more time for our personal lives, to accomplish our goals. But whatever the reason, these Productivity Hacks will do the trick. Here they are, in reverse order. #10: Take care of your Most Important Things first. Your Most Important Things for the day  the things you most need to accomplish that day  should take priority over everything else. However, we all know that fires come up throughout the day, interruptions through phone calls and email and people dropping by, new demands that will push the best-laid plans aside. If you put off your MITs until later in the day, you will end up not doing them much of the time. # 9: Wake up early. Decide what youd like to accomplish each morning, and build your morning routine around that. Like to exercise? Put that in there. Healthy breakfast? Go for it. Check email? Fine. The mornings are a fresh start, peaceful and free of ringing phones and constant email notifications. If you get your Most Important Things done in the morning, the rest of the day is just gravy. # 8: Simplify information streams, crank through blogs & email. Think about all the information you receive (email, blogs, newsletters, mailing lists, magazines, newspapers and more) and edit brutally. You will drastically reduce the time you spend reading. For everything else that begins to come in after your editing process, ask yourself if you really need to be getting that information regularly. Most of the time the answer is no. Now, after this process, you should be left with less to read. Heres the next step: crank through it all, really only reading the really interesting ones. # 7: Declutter your workspace; work on one thing at a time. The decluttering your work space part of it is simply to remove all extra distractions, on your desk and on your computer. If youā™ve got a clean, simplified workspace, you can better focus on the task at hand. # 6: Get to work early; work fewer hours. My best days come when I get into work early, and begin my work day in the quiet morning hours, before the phones start ringing and the din of the office begins it crescendo to chaos. It is so peaceful, and I can work without interruption or losing focus. I often find that I get my MITs done before anyone comes in, and then the rest of the day is dealing with whatever comes up (or even better: getting ahead for the next day). # 5: Avoid meetings; when you must meet, make it effective. I find it best to say no to meetings up front. I just say, Sorry, I cant make it. Im tied up with a project right now. And thats always true. Ive always got projects Im working on that are more important than a meeting. # 4: Avoid unnecessary work. If we just do any work that comes our way, we can be cranking out the tasks, but not be productive at all. Youre only productive if you are doing work that moves you towards a goal. Eliminate non-essential tasks from your to-do lists, and start to say no to new requests that are non-essential. # 3: Do the tough tasks first. You know what those tasks are. What have you been putting off that you know you need to do? Sometimes when you put things off, they end up being things you donā™t really need to do. But sometimes they are things you just gotta do. Those are your tough tasks. # 2: Work off-line as much as possible. To increase your productivity, disconnect your Internet connection. Have scheduled times when you re going to check your email, and only let yourself check your blogs or surf the web when you ve gotten a certain amount done. When you do go online, do it on a timer. When the timer goes off, unplug again until the next scheduled time. # 1: Do something youre passionate about. This might not seem like the normal productivity tip, but give it a thought: if you really want to do something, you ll work like hell to get it done. You ll work extra hard, you ll put in even more hours, and you re less likely to procrastinate. Its for work that you dont really care about that you procrastinate. Read the full post for tips on how to find your dream job and do work you truly care about.

10 Self Improvement Activities

These self improvement activities will help you become more productive, get into the positive state of mind and achieve better quality of life. In this article you will also find out how to use your energy effectively, what is the quickest way to achieve personal growth and how to excel in every activity. 1st Self Improvement Activity: Use your energy on important things If you want to succeed in life, you should not waste your energy on activities that do not bring any benefits. Such useless activities include surfing the Internet without any purpose, watching TV, worrying and wasting money. When you are involved in such activities, you have no or little energy left for activities that can create a better future. It is worth prioritising and accomplishing important tasks first, and then if you still have enough energy, you may decide to do the unimportant. 2nd Self Improvement Activity: Focus on one task at a time If you want to get perfect results, you should only concentrate on one activity. This way all your energy will go into it and you will accomplish it perfectly. If you waste your energy on several things at the same time, you will get average results because you will divide your energy between the activities. 3rd Self Improvement Activity: Control your thinking To avoid chaos in your mind resulting in chaos in the outside world, you should try to observe your thoughts. Once you start doing that, you will notice how many negative thoughts you get daily. By observing negative thinking you will be able to emotionally disengage from it. As a result, negative thinking will affect you less and you will notice that your days are getting more peaceful and positive. 4th Self Improvement Activity: Get organised When you live in an organised manner, you do not suffer from stress and your life is peaceful and balanced. To start living this way, you should start planning your day in advance. This will eliminate any stress caused by being late to a meeting or forgetting to complete some task. You should also live in tidiness because by keeping your home clean you also keep your mental state clear and peaceful. Such mental state will benefit you in many ways, including improved memory and less negativity. 5th Self Improvement Activity: Live in the present Although this self improvement activity may seem strange to you, it is a very important activity that many ignore. The majority of people do not live in the present. They either dwell on their past or daydream about the future. They seem to forget the most important time of all - the present. You should enjoy every present moment because your current state of mind always manifests in the outside world, creating your future accordingly. Therefore if your main mood is very positive, you will experience only happy days. However, if you dwell on negative thoughts, you are sure to encounter many obstacles and misfortunes in the present and days to come. 6th Self Improvement Activity: Complete each task in a perfect manner Whenever you are working on some project, try to accomplish it in the best way possible. Always ask yourself 'Is this project turned out as perfect as it could possibly be?' If the answer is no, try to correct or add something to it until there is nothing that you can improve. This way you will make sure that each single task you accomplish is done in an excellent manner. By doing this you will create successful future because you cannot possibly fail if you only get perfect results. Also, when you entirely focus on one task excluding everything else, you will notice that you start enjoying the task. If you concentrate on the task but still do not enjoy it, that means that you probably see the task as a means to an end rather than the process. You should start focusing on the process itself to find enjoyment in the task. Such enjoyment will fuel motivation and you will accomplish everything quicker and better. If you enjoy your work, you will put only positive energy into it. As a result, your completed tasks will bring you success. 7th Self Improvement Activity: Challenge yourself Nothing develops you more than challenges. Challenges force you to shift your comfort zone, experience new situations and make you grow. Without challenges life would be very boring and depressing. Challenges are necessary for every human being who is seeking quality life. Only through trial and error you realise who you really are, which activities you like and what preferences you have. You can easily measure the success of a person by the amount of challenges s/he had. 8th Self Improvement Activity: Read personal development books There is nothing more important than searching information about self improvement. Without reading any self improvement books or articles you cannot improve yourself. 9th Self Improvement Activity: Socialize only with positive people Positive people can inspire, empower and make you happy. It is so much worth to be at least once in a while with positive people rather than constantly spend time with negative friends or relatives. If you spend your days with, for example, lazy people, you may notice that you are becoming lazy. If all your friends' main qualities are negative, try to avoid all of them. This way you will not be affected in a negative way and after some time will start attracting positive people. 10th Self Improvement Activity: Exercise Daily exercise develops determination, focus and patience. It improves your health and strengthens your body. It makes you more active, positive and invincible. People who exercise every day are always perceived as strong-willed and disciplined. Conclusion These personal improvement activities are sure to put you on the track to success. I hope that you will apply the steps in this article and, as a result, will greatly improve the quality of your life.

 

How to Build Trust to empower relations

     During my recent training on Management, the course of discussion slightly moved to the subject of Building Trust. Our trainer (my mentor as well) draw our attention to some important aspects of building trust. Since the idea of writing this article was originated during the training so I dedicate this article to my teacher, Georgie Collis, as she sowed the seed in my brain to produce this article.

     So, before we go in to the details on how to develop trust, let us understand what Trust is.

     Trust is the permanent certainty and confident expectation from someone for something. Lack of trust might lead to shattered relations so Trust is the most critical ingredient for strong relationship; the relation which can either be between Husband-Wife, Boss-Employee, Father-Son, Brother-Sister, supplier-customer and so on.

     Here are some recommended behaviours which you need to demonstrate in order to develop trust:

1- Being Responsible: ensure you are performing your day-to-day responsibilities and meeting the short-term and long term expectations by your dependants.

2- Listen: Listen, Listen, Listen. God has given you two ears and one tongue so you listen more and speak less. Effective Listening is a skill; develop this habit. Google it today and learn.

3- Being Truthful: Be honest and fair. Don't deceive someone. Remember the fact that building trust is tough but it takes seconds to have scratches-in-the-jewel which usually is very hard to recover.

4- Keeping Promise: your promise is your commitment with someone to do something, so don't break at any cost. In case you couldn't meet your promise, there is always a door for dialogue for re-consideration of things. In case of dialogues be fair, be truthful and be open. Confess the short comings on your end.

5- Consistent behaviour: the ever changing attitude is an indication of your non-predictive personality which is an anti-trust drive. So be consistent in what you speak and what you do.

6- Apologizing behaviour: Sorry is the best medicine in healing relationship complications. In fact, Sorry and Thanks are the two golden words which my Kindergarten going son has refreshed for me. Use them often and you will see massive improvements in your daily life.

 

20 Ways to Get Mentally Tough

1. When you face a setback, think of it as adefining moment that will lead to a future accomplishment.

2. When you encounter adversity, remember, the best don't just face adversity; they embrace it, knowing it's not a dead end but a detour to something greater and better.


3. When you face negative people, know that the key to life is to stay positive in the face of negativity, not in the absence of it. After all, everyone will have to overcome negativity to define themselves sand create their success.


4. When you face the nay sayer's, remember the people who believed in you and spoke positive words to you.


5. When you face critics, remember to tune them out and focus only on being the best you can be.


6. When you wake up in the morning, take a morning walk of gratitude and prayer. It will create a fertile mind ready for success.


7. When you fear, trust. Let your faith be greater than your doubt.


8. When you fail, find the lesson in it, and then recall a time when you have succeeded.


9. When you head into battle, visualize success.


10. When you are thinking about the past or worrying about the future, instead focus your energy on the present moment. The now is where your power is the greatest.


11. When you want to complain, instead identify a solution.


12. When your own self-doubt crowds your mind, weed it and replace it with positive thoughts and positives elf-talk.


13. When you feel distracted, focus on your breathing, observe your surroundings, clear your mind, and get into The Zone. The Zone is not a random event. It can be created.


14. When you feel all is impossible, know that with God all things are possible.


15. When you feel alone, think of all the people who have helped you along the way and who love and support you now.


16. When you feel lost, pray for guidance.


17. When you are tired and drained, remember to never, never, never give up. Finish Strong in everything you do.


18. When you feel like you can't do it, know that you can do all things through Him who gives you strength.


19. When you feel like your situation is beyond your control, pray and surrender. Focus on what you can control and let go of what you can't.


20. When you're in a high-pressure situation and the game is on the line, and everyone is watching you, remember to smile, have fun, and enjoy it. Life is short; you only live once. You have nothing to lose. Seize the moment.


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