How to achieve peace of mind?Written by ajaypats
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When noise and clutter and confusion overwhelm situation, way forward is with calm and determined strength. Stay calm, and you make best decisions. Just because there is a need for urgency does not mean there's a need for panic. Stay calm, and you can be most effective. Anxiety can drain away your energy and give you nothing useful in return. Rushing around in a frenzy brings on carelessness and wasted effort. You can let yourself be drawn into anxiety and haste, but why would you ever want to? Instead, stay calm, and able to make a positive difference. Always know that you can choose your own response, whatever situation. Choose to stay calm, for it is almost always your best first choice
Ajay Pats is professional manager working as sales manager.He runs inspirational ezine"Rediscover true colors of life" available at http://www.topica.com/lists/venturemall and community for home based business entrepreneurs available at http://groups.msn.com/venturecon.
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There is an inverse relationship between urgent and important. What is important is generally not urgent. Things only become urgent because we have neglected to do important things. For many of us, our health is not an urgent issue - until we neglect it and it becomes urgent. Most of us take our mental alertness for granted. But if we don't do important work of developing our mind, over time it will not stay sharp. On surface, spiritual alertness may not seem to be a priority in our lives. However, if we fail to reflect and meditate, over time our connection to our spirit will become weak. The key is to spend bulk of our time on things that are important in our lives, and to eliminate that which is unimportant. Having clarity of purpose can help in determining what is important and what is not. If you find that you cannot eliminate unimportant things in your life, then delegate or procrastinate these activities. This leaves you free to focus on executing around a tight set of priorities. To find balance, remember that less is more. There is a Sufi story of a soldier who has been hit with an arrow. As he lies dying, instead of focusing on removing arrow, he asks questions such as how big is arrow and who was archer. While doing so, he dies. The moral of story is to not spend time on insignificant stuff and 'kill' your limited energy. I have found that spending twenty minutes each day doing exercise, twenty minutes reading, and twenty minutes meditating helps me achieve balance. I call this hour of power. Starting your day with an hour of power gives you a head start. Where can I find this hour, you ask? Try going to sleep an hour earlier at night. Another way of finding balance is to combine two important activities. We multitask in so many other areas of our lives, so why not in areas that are important? Try listening to educational CDs while driving or running on a treadmill. Or spend twenty minutes a day walking with your spouse or child or a colleague. That way, you make sure you are spending time with people in your life who are important, but are still getting your exercise. By scheduling weekly important items such as family activities, exercise, reading or praying time, you can ensure that you always include them in your busy week. Finally, true balance comes from being integrated. When we are able to fuse our life in such a way that everything we do is grounded on principles that are important to us, we are living with integrity. If we integrate way we walk, talk, eat, and run our business, we will feel centered and balanced. Having life balance brings meaning, fulfillment and happiness to our lives. Despite constant changes in our environment, it is possible to find life balance. Most often, this is achieved by being able to spend enough quantity and quality of time in areas that are important to you -- as defined by you, not by someone else. Focus your time on important stuff of life and strive to live an integrated life.y.
Ajay Pats is professional manager working as sales manager.He runs inspirational ezine"Rediscover true colors of life" available at http://www.topica.com/lists/venturemall and community for home based business entrepreneurs available at http://groups.msn.com/venturecon.
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