Category: Personal Development

LaDarian Fields the celebrity designer

LaDarian Fields is a celebrity designer and one of the leading fashion experts in contemporary times.

Using both well-known clothing brands as well as infamous collections, he has the unique ability to bring runway-ready styles to connect with the celebrity’s personal style. Thus, creating beautiful designs by being attuned to everyone’s needs.

Working with A-list celebrities, we can take a look at his series of work and perhaps be inspired ourselves to be creative with our styling choices!

Celebrity: Lil Gotit

Collection: No Dead Moves

LaDarian Fields worked with the rapper Lil Gotit in the famous ‘bricks in the attic’ music video. The incredible outfits were chosen from the ‘No dead moves’ zombie collection. The outfit merged simplicity with a bit of eccentric styling as per the tone of the setting.

You can see the wonderful pieces yourself in the snapshots posted below. Additionally, you can also check out his music video on YouTube to see this outfit design in action!

If you loved this particular designing of Lil Gotit by LaDarian Fields then stay tuned for more such inspired fashion pieces! Meanwhile, you can guess who our next celebrity is!

You can now purchase his amazing designs from the website https://wtmapparel.com/

You can follow LaDarian Fields on Instagram: @therealfieldz

July 23, 2020
What is law of attraction and how to use it?
I am sure each one of us, at some point, have said: ”damn, nothing good happens to me.” This sentence is quite simple and often is said in times of trouble. BUT let me tell you one thing; this sentence holds power. Power to destroy your life. HOW? Simple, this sentence is attracting negative vibrations. Which eventually affects you on your day to day life. This is you attracting the ‘negative’ in your life. However, you can still turn your life around my friend. It is quite simple and requires minimal efforts: LAW OF ATTRACTION.

I can see you roll your eyes, I get it. You might’ve heard of it. Maybe you’ve given it a try. You’ve rummaged through all the LOA websites on google. You might have even tried to make one of those mood boards that the psychics on YouTube suggest. Stop, take a deep breath. Clear your head because I am about to tell you a few things. Before you delve into the concept of LOA, you need to clearly understand what LAW OF ATTRACTION truly is. Don’t you worry, your girl got your back. Allow me to break it down for you.

The law of attraction is the most powerful law in the universe.

You attract whatever your focus is on. There it is that simple. It’s all about the mind, the focus and the energy you give to the universe. Still didn’t get it? Alright, say for example there is a girl, let us call her Nina. So Nina here is a ray of sunshine. She has a rule that she follows religiously:

GOOD THOUGHTS – She only thinks about growing and ways to make her life better.

GOOD WORDS – Her dictionary does not include words like– ugly, sad, looser, etc (that’s right, you have to change your dictionary).

GOOD DEEDS – She helps people around her grow. ( Yes, exactly no sabotaging other people’s lives)

This is Nina giving out positive vibes to the universe. Her focus is on growth and positivity. If you are giving out energy which is happy, peaceful, and appreciative, then you will attract the same. YES! IT IS THAT SIMPLE.

Now you may ask, how do I use law of attraction in my daily life? Let’s start with the following:

1. CLEANSE

Before we get to the part of “ask and you shall receive” we need to drain out the bad, the negative which hinders our growth and stops us from achieving.

The easiest way to cleanse is getting in the habit of meditation (do not roll your eyes). So here’s the thing we need to stop the flow of the negative thoughts, and for that, we need to silence our mind. This is what I like to call mind training, taking the reign in our hands. You do not have to go all out on meditation, a simple chant should do the job. This will help you focus, reprogram your thoughts and will shred the negative energy.

Chants– OM -OM NAMAH SHIVAY (a very powerful chant)

2. AFFIRMATIONS

Before you hop off the bed to start your day, Stand in front of your mirror and recite
- I AM BEAUTIFUL
- MONEY COMES EASY
- MY FAMILY LOVES ME
- I AM A RAY OF LIGHT WHO VIBRATES LOVE
You can make any such affirmations. Note: All the affirmations should be in present.

3. RAISE YOUR VIBRATION

I am sure we all want good things in life. But we don’t always get them, Why you may ask?

It is because our vibration levels are low. This is due to all the negative thoughts that cross our minds. So, practice being happy and loving. These are the pills that will slowly heal your soul and make your body radiate with beautiful vibrations.

4. ACTION

Law of attraction is not about just sitting and dreaming. You need to get yourself out of your house and step into the real world, look for opportunities and interact with people.

YOUR ACTIONS COMBINED WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL VIBRATIONS WILL HELP YOU ACHIEVE WHAT YOU DREAM OF.

Remember: Law of attraction is all about your mind. Your mind should be in control and things will slowly align in your favour. The universe is listening to you. Stay blessed.

For more information on law of attraction by experts, you can read click this link.
June 11, 2020
The Art of Reflection for Success

Hello dear readers, I hope you are doing well. Lately, with a crisis in the job market, we all are beginning to get back to our drawing boards and have to re-evaluate many things in our life. This is where we use the art of reflection to improve our chances of success by 50%!

How many times have you been pleasantly surprised when someone compliments you on a certain skill or a little rattled when someone criticizes you for a certain reason? In both cases, you might not even have been aware of some aspects of yourself until it was brought to your attention. This is because with our busy life, schedules, and mind, by the end of the night when we have a little time for ourselves we are fast asleep.

This is where from today onwards you can begin to actively reflect on your behaviours and experiences of the day or allocate a specific time in the day for this purpose. This is necessary because when we say we live in a fast-paced society what we often fail to understand is that we are also unassumingly caught up in the fast-paced circle, but if we just get down from this pace and slow down a little, we will realize that it is easier to be on top of everything this way.

To simply, when an organisation is going through major changes and problems that are stressful for everyone in the team, what separates a great leader from a normal leader is their ability to ‘stop, reflect, and do’. When everyone is in a panicked situation, the leader opts to pause for a moment to assess the situation in their mind, and then reflect on the circumstance and then finally take the necessary decisions in a calm manner that communicates a certain amount of reassurance to others. This quality immensely pulls the team from going into a tunnel of despair only because of one simple action that the leader took of reflecting. Had the leader not reflected, then there would be a possibility they would be as panicked as other members and would have failed to reassure the team.

Reflecting on your day can make your life so much easier, this is because you know why you are doing what and more importantly you are also aware of what you don’t know. I often meet students who are confused when they are asked to choose a career path based on their strengths and weaknesses. They don’t know how to actually assess this and even if they have an idea they are hesitant to say it. While it is understandable, the key is to constantly take note of small victories or losses in your life. If one looks at their day and sees what activity they enjoyed the most, such as, interacting with people or writing and so on, they get a clue as to what they can pursue. You can also objectively know the skills that are currently not up to the level but would like to improve on. This will allow you to direct your energy in this world through ideas based on your assessment. Hence, improving your decision-making skills, confidence and most importantly allowing you to truly enjoy what you do.

You can begin by setting some time in the day to quickly go through your day without being judgmental and objectively understanding your day. Alternatively, you can also write about your experiences in a journal. Soon, you will learn active self-reflection, where during the interactions you pick up on reasoning behind your actions and experiences.

Remember, the key is to understand yourself, your expectations, actions and words. Do not take this time to judge yourself, criticizing yourself, or trying to understand others’ actions. This will defeat the purpose and drive you to feel more stressed out than before to the point that you might begin to avoid thinking about your actions altogether. Reflect on your day by appreciating yourself and strive to enhance your strengths and work on what you identify as your weakness.

Remember to be kind and gentle with yourself and use the art of reflection for success!

If you found this interesting you can check out how to improve your decision-making skills using the concepts of self-reflection. Also, Kristine Carlson has a great podcast on the art of reflection for success, you can check it out by clicking here!

Credits: Photo by Yeshi Kangrang on Unsplash

May 24, 2020
Mental health and authorities

Hello Dear readers, I hope you are doing well in these tough times. Sending all the love and prayers to every one of you. Today, we are going to touch a little bit upon mental health and authorities who have a powerful role in affecting it.

In light of the latest news in India regarding measures taken to fight COVID-19, some shocking situations are revealed. This is primarily centered on the migrant workers in India, such as, spraying or rather dousing the migrant workers with disinfectants who arrived in Bariley (BBC, 2020). While the rationale behind such drastic actions can be understood, the sheer action itself has jolted the migrant workers which have been subsequently vibrated through the citizens of the world who are sitting at home and looking at the pictures.

Probing a little more into this situation reveals how the migrant workers are in a state of absolute angst and desperation to go back home to their loved ones, so much so, that they are making journeys of more than 800 km with no money or food to reach back to their villages. For example, a migrant worker in Mumbai (South-Western part of India) walked for two days towards Rajasthan (North-Western part of India) in an attempt to reach his home, however, he had to return after 100-200 km after the police intervened to prevent the potential spread of the virus (Pasricha, 2020). This is the story of one worker among thousands who are alone, penniless and scared.

This is not a critical view of the government because that is not the intention behind this write-up and also we have to recognize that the government has asked local authorities to provide food and accommodation to the migrant workers and people under the poverty line in a $22 billion package, however, due to not having identity cards in the cities, access to this is a challenge.

The point that is jarringly becoming clear is that Indian authorities, or for that matter authorities, in general, need to consider the mental health of people they are dealing with. This does not mean taking out an hour and asking them about their problems and issues, but to have a sensitive and well-tuned approach in conversing, handling and reassuring the citizens.

This nuance is present in the everyday interaction with the authorities, which is often easily overlooked, but in the case of a major crisis, such as a pandemic which we are witnessing, this manner of interaction can make a world of a difference. To illustrate, in schools, there is a high fear of authority that is instilled from a young age, this translates to fear of getting scolded and humiliated by a teacher in class for one mistake, or the fear of making any mistake in school. Apart from school, there is a general insensitivity in conversation that people face in many public matters such as, simply filling a form, or dealing with authorities in general. This does not mean that people should be left scot-free when they make a mistake, it is fine to communicate to people the mistake they have done and what follows next in a neutral manner, but to use it as an opportunity to humiliate others and instill fear is a gradual breakdown of the mental health.

The aforementioned situations are a matter of everyday life, however, this insensitive approach to interaction comes to the forefront in the matter of a real crisis, where the need of the hour is to manage people and not let fear seize them up. Once fear enters and fests your mind, then other aspects of your mind such as rationality quickly lose its presence and finally people one by one descend into chaos. Realising this, the authorities now, more than ever, have to bring in a sensitive way of communicating what they are doing and why they are doing it. They have to reassure them and not scare them, this along with focusing on crisis management is important.

Mental health is not a topic of discussion that rests exclusively upon the psychologists and psychiatrists, in fact, if the structures of power and the citizens do their part in expressing compassion, then the effectiveness towards dealing with mental health becomes much more enhanced. This is an approach we all need to be mindful of in our day-to-day life, simple things like asking how someone’s day is, or if they are doing okay, or a smile can be a good start. The point is that, authorities often have a great deal of effect from early on in our lives and mind, i.e., schools to later on in life, i.e., the government as we rely on them for assurance for many integral aspects of our life. This holds now more than ever and a simple reassurance to the migrant workers and subsequent actions to facilitate them to go back home without scaring them with such drastic measures can be a saviour to them.

All of us wield a great deal of power in affecting each others’ mind, let us use this power responsibly.
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References

BBC. “Coronavirus: Anger as migrants sprayed with disinfectant in India.” 31 March 2020. Web. 31 March 2020.

Pasricha, A. “Indian Migrant Workers Trudge Hundreds of Kilometers for COVID-19 Lockdowns.” Voice of America news. VoA, 28 March 2020. Web. 31 March 2020.

Credit: Photo by Ibrahim Rifath on Unsplash

*Disclaimer: This is not a criticism of the government of India or any other forms of power, they are all doing a lot for our country in this difficult times and their priority is prevention of the spread of the virus. These views are only about one aspect of a larger situation in an attempt to continually do better together.

March 31, 2020
How to achieve your desired goals?

With the new year, lots of resolutions and promises to oneself must have come up. The reality is that setting these goals is just one step, the question of how to achieve these desired goals is often confusing, but if we break it down and simplify it then we can see how these goals are achievable and even begin to enjoy the process.

The first and foremost step is to understand, visualize and define the steps towards your goal. More often than not, we set high aims in our life which is a great thing, and then get excited by that dream, but the actual process of working seriously and consistently towards that dream is not always necessarily glamorous and as a result we lose motivation too quickly and become disappointed. The important thing is to understand that if you want to achieve that dream you have, you have to struggle for a period of time doing things that you might not be necessarily happy with at the moment but still contributes to your dream. When you modify your thought process like this, you will start to see almost everything in life as either a healthy contribution to your dreams or as something that takes you a step away from your dream, thereby, keeping you on track by the virtue of your thought process.

Another helpful habit that you can adopt is to attain clarity on what kind of goals you are setting, whether it is short term or long term, and to asses your own strengths and weakness. This kind of clarity combined with an optimistic viewpoint will allow you to harness your strengths when needed and to work on your weakness. For example, if you are looking for a job in a country that you have been dreaming about, but you don’t have the language skills required to stay in that country, then identifying this can give you an opportunity and time to develop the language skills to work in your dream country.

Lastly, it comes down to your actions every day. Incorporate the activities and work that you need to do to achieve your desired goals in your daily life without letting it overwhelm you. The activities can also be an indirect contribution to your dreams which you can do even when you are relaxing in the day. For example, if you want to use social media, you can look up relevant articles or Quora threads that are related to your field just to read every night. Alternatively, you can watch Youtube videos or pick up a new skill that might not be directly related to your field but can contribute to your goals one day.

Thus, when you start looking at multiple goals, prioritize them and break them down into long and short term goals, then almost all the activities and habits that you take up in your life will either be directly or indirectly geared towards them, thus allowing you to move forward in achieving your goals. This is not a one time effort, its a continuous journey that you are embarking upon, hence it will take time, patience and lots of self-motivation, but soon it will begin to change how you look at life and hence make the journey of achieving your goals enjoyable and an enriching learning experience.

If you found this interesting then you might enjoy our article on a fresh new perspective on defining your goals.

Some books that you can read on this topic are listed below:

Creating Your Best Life by Caroline Miller

The Book of Mistakes by Skip Prichard

January 9, 2020

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Examples of famous people overcoming failures

Failure is the first step towards success. Every once in a while we fail at a number of things. That shouldn’t make you give up but rather to make you work harder. Rather than losing hope, we should see it as an opportunity. Rather than feeling dejected, we should see it as a task to do the job in a different, innovative and successful way. At the age of 67 when the factory of Thomas Elva Edison got burned out, there wasn’t a pinch of fear in his face. He calmly walked over to his son and told him he got rid of all the rubbish and now he will start again from tomorrow.
So here are 5 famous stories of a setback that later on contributed to even more success for the people. These real life examples of famous people overcoming failures can inspire us and help us learn how to keep moving in our path to success even in the face of setbacks.

Charlie Chaplin

We all know Charlie Chaplin as one of the best comedians. But he has had a fair share of failures and struggles in his life. His father left him when he was only 2 years old and his mother was in a mental asylum. For almost all of his childhood years, he had to look after himself and his younger brother, Sydney. He had to earn for them and often ended up eating nothing and living a stray life.

But all of that didn’t stop him from succeeding in life. He followed his passion despite all the shortcomings. He did not know what lay ahead of his path to his passion. There was risk in it but he did what his heart desired and finally after tons and tons of failures made his way to showbiz and became an all time favorite comedian in the world.

Charlie Chaplin once said, “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even troubles.” For more such quotes by Charlie Chaplin, follow this link.

It isn’t always about running away from the failures, getting scared of them. You should know that whatever you’re trying for is what your heart longs for and give your best.

Colonel Harland Sanders

We all know that he was the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). He too struggled a lot in his life. At the age of 5, his father died. While his mother went on for work he was given the job of feeding and taking care of two of his siblings. By age 14 he left his home and after that worked at odd jobs for a number of years. At 40 he opened his restaurant and began serving chicken. By the age of 50, he had lost all of his business due to a fire. At the age of 65, he failed another business and decided to sell his recipe. He was rejected by many restaurants before finally, one accepted his offer. In response to all the failures he had suffered, the famous businessman said, “One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better”.

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford, aka ‘The Indiana Jones’ is a known figure. He is one of the most talented, hardworking and decorated individuals to step into the Hollywood industry. He was born to parents who were both involved in the industry, it could be said acting was in his blood.

A lot of expectations were from him. However, in his first film, the executives told him that he simply didn’t have what it takes to be a star. At this point, he could’ve quit it. Having so much pressure and in the first job you’re told that however hard you may try, you won’t make it big. Imagine how he would’ve felt. But he said NO to giving up. It was at the age of 31 when he got his breakthrough role in the movie after numerous rejected auditions in films, voice covers and doing odd jobs. Harrison Ford famously once said, “To me, success is a choice and opportunity.”

J.K. Rowling

She is one of the most renowned authors having written the wildly popular Harry Potter series.

Her entire childhood was difficult, maintaining an already strained relationship with her father and dealing with her mother’s disease of multiple sclerosis. At the age of 17, she applied to Oxford University and was rejected. It was at the age of 25 when she was moving to Manchester on a 4 hour delayed train that the idea of Harry Potter came to her mind. At the age of 38, she was divorced, had a daughter, victim of domestic abuse and had only completed 3 chapters of her first novel. She felt that she was a failure, having failed in everything she has put efforts on. She was suicidal. She could’ve easily dropped the idea of some wizards. She could’ve easily accepted the fate and could’ve felt that maybe it was in the destiny to fail and could’ve let go of it. But did she?

By 1995 she had finished the book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Her book got rejected by 12 major publications until finally, one gave her a deal. Fast forward to 2004, she was the first person to have achieved billionaire status via writing.

J.K. Rowling famously quoted “Its impossible to live without failing at something unless you might’ve lived so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all.”

Michael Jordon

Regarded as the Greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordon or MJ was born in 1963 and is an unparalleled winner in the history of sports, having never been defeated in the NBA finals and a playing style that was as competitive and jaw-dropping as it could get.

Having not been picked for a varsity team, the incident affected Jordon to the core of his life. He couldn’t believe what had happened and started crying in front of everyone. It was his mother, who then encouraged him to work even harder. From then on, he spent hours and hours working on his shooting, his footwork and ball-handling. For years all he ever thought of was Basketball.
At the age of 38, having retired from sports, he decided to play the game again. Imagine picking up basketball and playing that game where people who were almost half his age were dominating. He was still a success then. It was his sheer determination, love for the game, and the courage to follow his passion that led to his success. Michael Jordon once quoted “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

So if you want to achieve something in your life the only way is to keep working in face of any kind of obstacles and failures. This is because, in the path to success, failures and obstacles are inevitable, hence it should not scare you, rather you should gently remind yourself that it can be dealt with the power of hard work, perseverance and passion.

For more such articles on overcoming obstacles, you might be interested in What should I do after a failure?

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January 1, 2020

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Quick healthy habits for success
We have all heard the phrase that success does not happen overnight, but this phrase brings up a question that what does contribute to success? Success is dependent on the small tasks that often form a part of our daily routine. Hence it becomes essential to incorporate healthy habits as a part of our lifestyle. That’s why we bring to you some absolutely quick healthy habits for success that you can make a part of your life!

Keep yourself up-to-date with what’s happening around the world

This is a habit that you will thank yourself for whenever you are in a social circle where people are discussing different business takeovers or the imminent future of the economic situation of a country.

All it takes is 5 minutes of your day to begin reading different kinds of news of the world, and slowly, you will start enjoying, and it will expose you to tons of creative ideas that you can utilise in your personal or professional life.

Subscribe to newsletters and regularly follow websites such as the financial times or the wall street journal.

Take a deep breath

With the hustle and bustle of life and our relentless pursuit of success, we really do forget to take a deep breath at the very least once a day and to take in our surroundings.

This habit takes less than a minute but will instantly uplift your mood and bring the center that you would need in your life. So, don’t forget to make this small but absolutely essential habit a part of your life from now on!
Making a to-do list and appreciating it

The important point with this habit is not only to make the to-do list and complete the tasks but to take a moment to appreciate yourself for accomplishing a task- no matter how small or big- this will make the process so much more enjoyable. Also, this 5-minute habit will slowly teach you to appreciate yourself allowing confidence to gradually seep into you over time.

Genuinely listen and enjoy the conversations

Every day, we meet new people with their own exciting life experiences and stories, and actually listening to them can be so rewarding in every way for us!

People’s stories might not always be about the great big adventure trip to an island, it could be something as simple as them talking about their routine life or chores, but as social being, we thrive in a setting where people will listen and speak to us. Hence, actually listening to people will first of all make them happy, and it will also allow you an opportunity to know them better or pick something up from their stories. Moreover, it will also strengthen your bond with the people you meet and people you already know, which is a strong base for success in life, so enjoy your conversations with people!
So, what are you waiting for? Now that you spent 5 minutes of your time reading this, maybe you can take out another 5 minutes and incorporate one of these habits into your life. After that, you will almost immediately see the way these habits enhance the quality of your life.

To get more insight into the habits that some of the most successful people have adopted, you can read our article.
November 25, 2019

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What should I do after a failure?

The real truth is that no matter how optimistic or cheerful we are, there are moments in our life that will make us question our own existence, our purpose and our identity. It usually happens when you face a major setback or failure, which makes you doubt your own actions and ideas. This subsequently leads to the question of what should I do after a failure? What’s next?

Over the past few months, with a series of setbacks, I realized that we truly have two practical options. Either we can give up and settle for something that doesn’t speak to us, or we can let the failure sink in, learn from it and then get up to try again or re-design our plan. Either way, we have to adjust our own perspective, which is what will be reflected in our behaviour.

A fundamental truth about such a situation is that, sometimes, setbacks (especially the ones we don’t have much control over) isn’t really about us. Yes, it has an impact on us, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that we lack in a particular skill or there is something wrong with us. It is just that the world is a vast place with millions of people, and at any given moment most of us are aiming and fighting for similar things, so having a setback doesn’t mean you should feel sad or give up. For example, if you are competing with thousands of other students for a scholarship and you don’t get the scholarship, it doesn’t mean that your academic qualification is suddenly not up to the mark, or that you are not good enough. It just means that the scholarship board for their own reasons and thought process made their decision, not because one student is better than the other, but because that one student might be what they are looking for. This is important to understand because that one person might be what “they are looking for”, had it been a different type of scholarship, or a different group of people, they would be looking for another type of person.

In the above section, I attributed the fact that the world has millions of people competing for similar opportunities as a reason for a setback, but ironically, this is the same reason that can motivate you to fight for what you want after a setback. Let’s look at this line of thought from a different and a more hopeful perspective, ”the world is vast, with millions of people (more chance to meet like-minded people or more chances to learn from people) and there are so many opportunities, that we can’t possibly be tied down to the grief of one failure.

So, what’s next after a failure? Well, anything you want! You can choose anything in the world that speaks to you and makes sense to you. “Failure isn’t the end of the world, because the world is still here for you to explore and choose for yourself, what you want to do next.”
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You can immediately begin taking the next step by reading our article on using the art of reflection to help you succeed in life.

March 25, 2019

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How do I inspire myself?

As a kid, I watched this cartoon called Pokemon. In this show, there was a mystic bird called Ho-oh, who was very rare and the sight of whom, promised hope and greatness in life. Now, it is later revealed that she makes herself visible only to those who are truly capable and those with a true and pure heart. (Needless to say, the protagonist Ash and his Pikachu see this bird in the very first episode of the First Arc. Isn’t he lucky?). This bird seems like the best analogy for Inspiration now, to my adult mind. (The child in me still hopes that Pokemon are real and that I get a Charmander; but that’s secondary, I suppose).

These days, inspiration is this mystic Pokemon who everyone wants to catch. The problem is, we want the bird to fly down to us, and trap itself in the cage we hold in our hand. Inspiration, we all believe, is something we ‘ought’ to get, as if it is something that belongs to us and we have a right over. The other school of thought that is a continuation of this belief is that it is a matter of luck and comes to people, just randomly.

But didn’t Elizebeth Gilbert, in her famous TED talk, talk about how some of the greatest people in history describe Inspiration as something they caught out of thin air? Didn’t she recommend that all people should believe that too? Yes, yes, dear sir, I concede to your idyllic memory. But the truth is, she meant it as a way to beat the stress of expectation and fame, rather than as a justification for throwing in the towel.

I do admit that inspiration seems to come out of nowhere. But really, it’s a culmination of everything we have done and everywhere we have been. Even when we are not consciously thinking of something, our mind keeps making connections in the background. A Coursera Course of ‘Learning How to Learn’ gives us a little more insight into it. According to them, when we are stressed, our brains and systems do not work as efficiently. But after a stressful period, when we take a break and calm down, then our brain starts making connections and intrinsically understanding the problems and analyzing it on the unconscious level, that is, in the background.

At this functioning level, it understands the concept in its unique way, based on all your experiences and knowledge. It is when this process goes on, that often, uncanny connections are made and the mind comes up with gems.

So, is the solution to just wait till this ‘inspiration’ comes in? Well, that’s often what most of us seem to do. This specifically plagues the writers between us. I can talk from personal experience though, that this approach is not the best approach as it often leads to missing deadlines and delays in submissions (ask those who have had to deal with my delays). The better approach seems to be to create a ‘bad’ first draft on the basis of what you understand and can think at that moment. After that, you can work on improving and revising it. Putting things down in a more concrete way, after all often helps us process in a more positive way.

‘Inspiration’ thus, is a slow process that requires deliberate and consistent hard work, not for days, but years, for it comes from everything you put into your mind through the years. So, as you go ahead to ‘catch em all’, do remember that the mystical bird only comes to those who have earned their place there, and even then, puts up a great fight before being captured.

Some additional resources on inspiration:

Read: Awaken the giant within by Anthony Rob

Watch: Ted- How great leaders inspire action by Simon Sinek

September 5, 2018

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Best quotes on achieving your goals

1- “Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.” -Joseph Campbell

2- “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.” –Johann Wolfegang.

3- “Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.” -Woody Allen

4- “I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.” -Michael Phelps

5- “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.” -Don Zimmer

6- “It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.” -Eddie Cantor

August 31, 2018

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