Top 5 things to do instead of watching TV

Here are the Top 5 things to do instead of watching TV

• Draft your dream business plan: You can list down idea and map necessary actions to be taken against each idea to bring that to reality. It need not be a complete business plan but a draft one which reminds and keeps on you track of following your dream.

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• Sell used items Ebay: You might have a garage full of unwanted and to be sold items. Make a note of them and try selling them in Ebay. This will help you earn some extra income with your unused items. 
• Write an ebook: Are you interested in writing? Try writing a book in PDF format and find a proper online publisher. This way you can always keep your writing skills sharp and earn extra on the go.

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• Enroll for any Freelancing Job: Freelancing is performing a job/task independent to any specific employer. There are many sites like Fiver and Upwork which helps you make a start. Enroll yourself and find a job/task of your interest.



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• Improve your LinkedIn profile: Even though if you are not looking for a job change, always keep your LinkedIn profile updated with all your latest achievement and skills. This will help your potential employer to find you.

5 Things you should Stop doing immediately

STOP BEING BUSY

Staying busy is a state of mind. It shows that you are indulged in too many activities without any plan. Harsh reality is that it is time to step back and analyse your work / activity. You can’t be busy all your life. You are here to live, so few things can always wait.

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STOP WAITING FOR YOUR SALARY DAY

If you’re a person who constantly keep waiting for the ‘SALARY DAY’ then you are in deep trouble. Change the mindset that only SALARY DAY can make you happy. Plan your budget for the month in advance and always try to stick to that plan. Make peace with your budget else you will always fall short of it and end up waiting for the SALARY DAY

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STOP DOING TO MANY THINGS AT ONE TIME

It is good to multitask once a while but always thing to work with a bunch of things which make your life miserable. Try to have control on your time and work. This will improve efficiency and yield more time for important things to focus.

 

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STOP BEING WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE

‘You are an Average of 5 people you spend your time with’. Hence if you want to succeed / stay happy chose your immediate surrounding careful. Be choosy and Wise because it is YOUR LIFE.

STOP BEING YOUR OWN CRITIC

You would have done better work / task but being your own critic will always bring more negativity into your life. Strictly refrain from being too harsh to yourself. Consult your friends / colleague and request them to judge / review your work. It makes things easy for your. You can focus on other things and work on those improvements.

7 key communication rules you need to succeed

Communication is the art of conveying a particular message from one person/group to another. It can be done by mutually understood gestures, symbols or words. Communication can be tagged successful only when it is received completely and understand correctly. 

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Below are the best 7 communication rules which lead you to success.

• Be completely accountable for what you convey
• Make your Expectations Clear rather than letting others read your mind

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• Create Positive affiliation and distance yourself from Negative Talks
• Speak Up your mind

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• Don’t Blame or Make Excuses rather own your problem
• Quick recovery and stronger come back
• KISS –Keep It Simple and Short – Be precise
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3 Rules to overcome your Speech Anxiety

Speech Anxiety is the fear of public speaking.  Anxiety can be caused due to the characteristic of speaking in front of a group others. A research states 3/ 4 of the all people experience different degree of nervousness during public speaking. Here are few rules which enable you to overcome the fear

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Rule #1: Allow yourself to sit with your fear for 2-3 minutes at a time

Think of this like a less intense form of “exposure therapy”. Whenever you’re feeling fear, breathe with it and say to yourself “It’s okay. I’m feeling lousy, but emotions are like the ocean - the waves ebb and flow.” Taking the time to acknowledge your fear, and that it will pass makes it easier to get over the next time that fears comes up.

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Rule #2: Use humour to deflate your worst fears

Our brain has a natural ability to freak out over “What ifs”. Maybe you have a fear of public speaking like I did, and one of your worries is “What if everyone laughs at me?” Take that and run with it! Okay, what if everyone laughs at you. What if your first boyfriend/girlfriend is in the audience and heckles you? Exaggerating your fears in a way that makes you laugh can take away their power to hurt you.

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Rule #3: Appreciate your courage

Catch yourself doing something good! Every time you thrust through your fright, you’re building up psychological robustness. Encourage yourself to achieve more. Whenever you do feel afraid, don’t be hard on yourself. Instead, think of what advice you would give to your best friend if they had this problem.

How to find balance point in your hectic life !!!

Millennial indulge in various activities in their day to day life. At time they struggle to find balance in their life. Imbalance is never due to too much of work , it is purely due to too much of wrong works. Balance point is a arrived through identifying efficiency and really doing things that matters to you. Here we will discuss about few process which helps to find your balance in life.

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Set Your Priorities:

You are your master of your life. Let’s start to organize your life which can lead to balance point and helps you have maximum happiness, joy and success. You can achieve your goals only when you really know your priority. We should have emotional , mental , physical sync to have a proper balance.

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Zero based thinking :

Practice zero-based thinking in every part of your life. This technique comes from zero-based budgeting, in which you analyze your expenditures on a quarterly or annual basis. You then ask not whether you should increase or decrease a particular expenditure but whether you should be spending money in that area at all.

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Apply 80/20 Rule :

Relate the 80/20 Rule to your list. keep in mind that 20 percent of your actions will relate for 80 percent of the results. Your anger / frustration / curiosity / joy in doing daily activity will certain have profound impact in the rest of the works that follow in the day.

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3 ideas to inspire you team to success!!!

For most leaders, charming new staffs and getting your current workforce to prosper is a never-ending task. Every quick idea discussed here has been selected to directly or indirectly help you gain and preserve customers, build relationships, and construct a successful team.

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Improvement in Japanese’s style:

Kaizen is the Japanese word for the belief of daily augmented improvement—the practice of each day gaining small progress that can sum up to long-term improved excellence and efficiency.

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Pain & Pleasure Mapping:

We do certain things because it gives us pleasure and avoid certain as it reminds us Pain. So as to have inspiration, try mapping Pain & Pleasure against the activities you would want to stop doing & start doing respectively. E.g.: In case you want to start reading books daily and reduce your time on Social Media. Try mapping books reading against a pleasure such as success / fulfilment which will keep you wanting more and being on Social Media as something like failure, loss hence you will automatically reduce the usage.

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Setting Accountability factor:

We achieve task only when we are accountable. In case the accountability falls outside our known circle then our efficiency always improves. So when you want to do & finish something, try making someone outside your comfort zone as the master and you being accountable to the task. This way, you will try not to fail in front of that person and always be on track.



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5 Main Qualities of a Good Leader

Good leadership springs from a lot of several qualities including honesty, communication, self confidence, transparency, patience. The ability to hand over responsibility and the skill to communicate effectively are essential. Here are the five main qualities of a good leader:

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1.    Honesty

Honesty is one of the main virtues of a leader. Leader should always lead by example. He should always be honest else he will lose credibility.

2.    Communication

Leader ensures a two-way communication to share information, discuss issue and preserve a pleasant relation.

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3.    Self-Confidence

The level of self-confidence leaders have is immaculate. Good leaders also have assurance in their squad.

4.    Transparency

Good leaders do not cover facts or plays politics within the team. They preserve clearness while dealing in both delicate and expert relationships. This is one of their character for which they are highly reliable and treasured.

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5.    Patience

A person who is annoyed loses temper often and can never meet the criteria to be a good leader. Possessing serenity is one of the major keys to becoming a good manager. Only if a human being is patient can he recognize the mistakes of others and help them develop.

Conclusion

A good leader has the talent to motivate others and inspire leadership merits in his subordinates to generate prospect leaders.