ASK for Your Success

The three components of the success are

A – Attitude
S – Skill
K – Knowledge.

ATTITUDE

Attitude is the quality of thought through with one faces the world.

There are two types of attitude,

1) Positive attitude and 2) Negative attitude.


Positive Attitude – Optimist – Who looks for opportunist in all problems.


Negative Attitude – Pessimist – Who looks for problems in all opportunities


SKILL

There are two types of Skills.

Functional Skills and Attitudinal Skills

Functional skill is the one which we develop / acquire.

Attitude skill comes out from the womb of the mother

Examples of Functional Skills are eating and cycling

Examples of Attitudinal skills are communication and memory.


Memory

Memory involves retaining, retaining is done by repeating, retaining is also
done by organizing.

Personality

It is how we look

It is how we do

It is how we say

It is what we say

And above all it is the confidence

A definition of knowledge includes

Know What (knowledge about facts)

Know Why (Knowledge of science principles and laws of nature)

Know How (skills or capability)

Know Who (information about who knows what and how to do)

If you want to predict your future,
then, create it.

FACTS ABOUT INDIA

The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat.



INDIA has been called Bharat even in Satya yuga ( Golden Age )



More INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT India

Why UPANAYANAM should be performed between the age of 8 and 16 ?

When the mind is growing and is attaining the impressionable stage between the age of 8 and 16, Upanayanam must be performed.

Upanayanam Deeksha must be performed before impressionable (adolescent) desired arise in mind.

The benefits of Sandhya Vandana and the different types of Sandhya Vandana. The meeting of two period is termed Sandhya (from the word “Sandhi” meaning “Meeting”)

1. When the darkness of night vanishes and day breaks, night and day meet. This is one Sandhya.

2. At Mid-day, the forenoon and afternoon meet.

3. When the day ends in the evening and night begins, this is the third Sandhya, that is the meeting of day and night.

4. Midnight is also a Sandhya being the meting of the first half and the second half of the night.

During all the Sandhyas mentioned above the Sattwa gunas of Nature are at their climax and so these periods are best suited for Paryers. The Prayers performed during the mornings and evenings are called Sandhya Vandanaas.

To cultivate kindness and knowledge in our minds, Sandhya vandana should be performed at least twice daily.

Those who perform Sandhya vandana attain SPIRITUAL rebirth, which is higher than PHYSICAL rebirth.

The symbols of spiritual rebirth are the Sacred Thread and Sikha (Tuft of hair on the head)

The Thread is Vedantham and the Tuft is Gnana.

The Manthra Upadesam initiation and the method of Teaching the Pronounciation of the Manthra (Brahmopadesam) is called UPANAYANAM.

“UPA” means nearness to Brahma, NAYANAM means leading of the Sishya by the guru towards Bhahma. By performing Sandhya Vandana, the mind is purified and the Inner eye is opened to see the Atma in oneself. Just as breathing is indispensable for life, so is Sandhya Vandana indispensable for the purification and uplift of one’s mind. The following Manthras are to be chanted in Sandhya Vandana:-

Achyuthaya Namaha, Anathaya Namaha, Govindaya Namaha.

Meaning: Salutations to the Indestructible, All-knowing the Endles and the All-Pervading Being I surrender my self along with all my Sense to You, Oh Lord by reciting the following 12 Names,

Kesav, Narayana, Madhava, Govinda, Vishno, Madhusudana, Thrivikrama, Vamana, Sreedhara, Hrishikesa, Padmanabha, Damodara

Then we workship Lord Vigneswara by chanting the following manthra:-

“Suklambaradharam Vishum sasivarnam Chathurbhujam, Prasanna Vadhanam Dhyaheth Sara Vighnopa Santheye”

Meaning:- I workship THEE O LORD, who wears while dress whose countenance (face) is like the Full moon who has four arms and who has a plesant face I pray Thee to remove all obstacles and bestow peace on me.

Then follows the Brahma Gayathri Japam:

“Om Bhoohu Om Bhuvaha Om Suwaha Om Thath Savithur Varenyam Bhargo Devasa Dheemahi Dhiyo Yona Prachodayath”

Meaning:- Salutations and Prayers to the Lord, who kindles the Flame of knowledge in us

In we perform Sandhya Vandana in this manner every day, the Godliness (Spiritulaity) in us will certainly be brought out the aims of human life are to Sharpen our knowledge, increase our capability and kindness to all living being. Regular performance of Sandhya Vandhana enables man to attain this high level of spirituality.

Thus, Sandhya Vandanam is indispensable to attain this high level of Spirituality.

Macaulay System of Education in India

Macaulay who said: “We must at present do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us (the British) and the millions whom we govern (Indians) — a class of persons Indian in blood and colour, but English in tastes, in opinions, in morals and intellect.

India to have 3rd largest number of Internet users by 2013

The number of internet users worldwide is expected to touch 2.2 billion by 2013 and India is projected to have the third largest online population during the same time, says a report. "The number of people online around the world will grow more than 45 per cent to 2.2 billion users by 2013 and Asia will continue to be the biggest Internet growth engine.

"... India will be the third largest internet user base by 2013 - with China and the US taking the first two spots, respectively," technology and market research firm Forrester Research said in a report.

Globally, there were about 1.5 billion Internet users in the year 2008. Titled 'Global Online Population Forecast, 2008 to 2013', the report noted that emerging markets like India would see a growth of 10 to 20 per cent by 2013.

"In some of the emerging markets in Asia such as China, India and Indonesia, the average annual growth rates will be 10 to 20 per cent over the next five years (2008-13)," the report said. India's number of Internet users was estimated to be 52 million in 2008.

In the next four years, about 43 per cent of the Internet users globally are anticipated to reside in Asia and neighbouring China would account for about half of that population.

"... the shifting online population and growing spending power among Asian consumers means that Asian markets will represent a far greater percentage of the total in 2013 than they do today," Forrester Research Senior Analyst Zia Daniell Wigder said.

According to the report, the percentage of internet users in Asia would increase to 43 per cent in 2013 from 38 per cent in 2008.

"The percentage of the global online population located in North America will drop from 17 per cent to 13 per cent between 2008 and 2013, while Europe's share will shrink from 26 per cent to 22 per cent.

"The percentage of those in Asia will increase from 38 per cent to 43 per cent and Latin America will remain steady at about 11 per cent of the global total," Forrester noted.

The report said apart from China, other Asian countries with substantial online growth rates include India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and the Philippines.

"By contrast, growth rates in some of the more mature markets such as Japan and South Korea will rise by less than two per cent each year," it added.

SAVE YOUR HEART

A chat with Dr. Devi Shetty , Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees . The transcript of the chat is given below.

Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart ?

Ans:

1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil

2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime

3. Quit smoking

4. Control weight

5. Control blood pressure and sugar

Qn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?

Ans: No

Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person

gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?

Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.

Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?

Ans: Yes

Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?

Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.

Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?

Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early fatigue and injury to joints .

Qn: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so?

Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient.

Qn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?

Ans: Extremely rare

Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age

(I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?

Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.

Qn: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?

Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.

Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?

Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.

Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments?

Ans: Yoga helps.

Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?

Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.

Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?

Ans: All oils are bad .

Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific test?

Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.

Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?

Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position , place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour.

Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?

Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.

Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious heart problems.

Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also, sedentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.

Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?

Ans: Yes.

Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true?

Ans : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child

Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautions would you recommend?

Ans : When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.

Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)?

Ans : Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.

Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?

Ans : No.

Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?

Ans : No.

Qn: How would you define junk food?

Ans : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and even masala dosas.

Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?

Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.

Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?

Ans : No.

Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?

Ans : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.

Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?

Ans : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity..

Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise?

Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.

Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?

Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.

PARADOX OF OUR TIME IN HISTORY

The Paradox of our time in history is that


We have taller buildings;
but shorter tempers;


wider freeways;
but narrower view points;


we spend more;
but have less;


buy more;
enjoy it less;


bigger houses;
but smaller families;


more conveniences;
but less time;


more degree;
but less sense;


more knowledge;
less judgement;


more experts;
more problems;


more medicines;
less wellness !