Purpose in Life

Recently I watched a video about an interview asking people in the street about their purpose in life. In most cases, the interviewees say that their purpose is to be happy or live happily in life.

Happiness is the right way to live in life but it is not a purpose in life. It is only a mean to an end. When you are happy you are relaxed, you look at life positively and you make others happy too. You work better and you are healthier when you are happy.

The big question is, “Do you live to eat or do you eat to live?” I think the purpose in life is to contribute. We all cannot contribute in a big way like what President Obama has contributed to world peace; but still, we can play our role to contribute in a small way. If you can’t give to society you can at least teach your children to be wiser by sharing your knowledge and experiences. It is still contribution.

The contribution of knowledge, wisdom and experience of each generation provide valuable insight and enlightenment to future generation. It does not mean that the life of future generation will be easier just by applying the knowledge that we have contributed. The fact is that there are always new challenges ahead of us. Life is always changing and is never dull and boring. It is always exciting. It is just that future generation will be better equipped to face problems and difficulties in life.

By contributing you will find life worth living and more meaningful. What is your purpose in life? Share your thoughts with us.

A Lesson Learned in Blogging

I am very interested in blogging and I know there are a lot of information and tips available on the Net to help me to achieve success and so I read feverously and I get good tips by reading articles of successful bloggers such as Darren Rowse, Glen Allsopp, Daniel Scocco, Brian Clark and Caroline Middlebrook. The trouble is that I have got the message but things are not happening at my blog. Why?

There is a very simple answer. I have not taken the necessary action as recommended by successful people.

I think success and failure is just that. You know what to do but when you have failed to take action there is no way to be successful

There are three things I know I must do in order to succeed in blogging - writing original articles on a regular and consistent basis, marketing your blog and building relationships with other bloggers. There is very little that I have done to get involved with other bloggers. Here are some of the things that I know I should do but I have not gotten to do it:

Create outbound links to relevant and high linking blogs

Participate in forums

Accept request to participate in worthy causes

Comment on other related blogs

Get to know other bloggers in my niche and be connected

The reality is that when you are not interested in other bloggers, they will not show interest in you. From now on I will read less and take action more. There is no point reading a lot and know what to do but not doing anything about it.

Share your blogging lessons here.

Long-Term Success and Blogging

According to New Straits Times, Dr Fadzilla Azni Ahmad, 37, took six years of studious research for her thesis to beat 12 other entries for the Best Thesis Award for research on Islamic disciplines. For her effort she was awarded a gold medal worth RM10000/=, a cheque for RM5000/= and a certificate of merit by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.


What are her secrets of success?

• Perseverance: She is focus and working continuously until the project is completed.
• Obtain knowledge: She does a lot of quality reading
• Writing: She has started a blog about research and management quality to hone her writing skill. Blogging, according to her, helps broaden her mind and train it to think and analyse issues critically. She also wrote once a month for Dewan Ekonomi for about a year.


How can you apply her success when you aspire to be a successful blogger?

1. There is no overnight success. Working diligently by writing original articles regularly and consistently over a long period.
2. Get the right information to start blogging effectively. Read stories and articles of successful bloggers on the Net
3. Take action: the most important thing is to act right away. Start writing articles to improve your writing skills. Over time you will be writing better and better articles.

Here is a free e-book on blogging to get your started on the right track in 2010,
”Profitable Blogging for Newbies.”

Quote

In order to succeed, you must know what you are doing, like what you are doing, and believe in what you are doing.


Will Rogers (1879-1935)
Humorist

Belief

According to a newspaper report, it is possible to get healed by a placebo. A placebo is a dummy pill or a faked treatment with no activity at the physical level that seems to affect the belief system of the patient. That in turn, makes the belief bring about healing responses in the body.

By the same token, Dr Kenneth Casey, a professor at the University of Michigan, says,” If you’re providing treatment to a patient, it’s important that you realistically provide them with the expectation that it would work, so that you enhance the effect. If you gave them a drug or any kind of treatment with the attitude, either explicit or implicit, that this might not be effective, it would be much less likely to be effective.”

It illustrates that believing is such a powerful force in our mind. When you believe you can be healed even without actually given treatment, you can achieve success in life when you believe you can.

Napoleon Hill says in his great book, Think & Grow Rich,” What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.”

It’s a wonderful idea to plant positive thoughts in our mind to realize our dreams and goals in life.

Tiger Woods and Truthfulness

Tiger Woods is one of the rich and famous people in the world. After the one-car crash he is still rich and famous but he is no longer a role model as a perfect husband and a father of two. According to reports in the newspapers and TV he has had affairs with Rachel Uchitel, Jaimee Grubbs and Kalika Moquin.

As I have mentioned in my previous article, My philosophy of Life - Truthfulness and Asking, truthfulness means you are honest with yourself and others. There is no guilt feeling and you need not have to ask for forgiveness from God. You can sleep soundly at night. You face the world with the fullest confidence. Tiger Woods would have been able to explain clearly and fully about the one-car accident to the police.

He may be forgiven by his wife but do you think he still can be trusted by her 100%? Do you think he still can maintain his impeccable image in the eyes of the public?

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Candid Personal Review of 2009

2009 is coming to an end. It is yet another turbulent year. It is also a good time to take stock of ourself to see what we have achieved for the past year.

The following are the most important areas in our life and I hope you will do the same to critically look at yourself in the following areas to check your progress:

Healthy lifestyle: I am glad that I have been able to enjoy a healthy lifestyle throughout the year. I exercise regularly and consistently. I sleep very well at night. I am careful with my diet to eat less sugar, fat and meat. All these items are acidic and favorable for cancerous cells to grow in our body. My life is not stressful and I stay calm most of the time.

Personal finance: The most important thing about finance is that I am debt-free. It means I am free to budget fully my limited resources for my family. I live within my means ad I enjoy what life has offered to me.

Home life: It is about being a husband and a father to my two children. My children are doing well academically and I am delighted to know that they are happy in life. With so many broken homes around, I am pleased to enjoy a happy home life.

At the workplace: The ability to hold on to your job during the financial crisis is an achievement in itself. It is even more so because I should have retired at my age and I am still able to cling on to a job that I enjoy doing.

Relationships: My wife and my children are my friends. We talk and we share ideas. I have friends and I am proud that we don’t take advantage of each other. One of the pleasures in life is to exchange gifts during Chinese festivals with a friend by the name of Ah Hong. We exchange text messages and we phone each other from time to time. To be connected with friends is a wonderful thing in life.

Article writing and blogging: I have been able to learn more and more about blogging and I am able to write better articles over the last two years, but not much better than those probloggers. There is still room for me to improve.

Happiness: I have learnt not to dwell on the past and worry too much about the future.I always tell myself to cherish every moment in life and enjoy it. Happiness is from within. Happiness is a close-knit family. Happiness is connecting with others. Happiness is able to do things you enjoy doing in life.

What have you achieved in 2009? Share your success story here.