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1. The Blame Syndrome The other day I was chatting with my friend Rahul (name changed) who’s an entrepreneur. Now I immensely admire and draw inspiration from entrepreneurs because of their courage, enterprise, belief in their own ideas and willingness to... (posted by Sulagna 1 year 9 days ago.)

2. 14 Signs Your Boyfriend Is Cheating On You Are you of late wondering if something has changed in your relationship? Does it seem to you that your boyfriend doesn’t love you anymore? Is it possible that he’s cheating on you? This article brings to you fourteen powerful signs to... (posted by Sulagna 1 year 11 days ago.)

3. Set Goals for life: Part III If you’ve been following Set Goals for Life through parts I and II, it’s likely that by now you have a well-defined, detailed, time-bound and attainable goal. So what are you waiting for? Let’s roll up our sleeves and get busy!... (posted by Sulagna 1 year 21 days ago.)

4. Set Goals for Life: Part II Hi there! One more week has passed and we’re back here again with part II of our discussion of setting goals. In the last installment we talked about some basic principles of goal-setting: Choosing just one goal which has a personal meaning... (posted by Sulagna 1 year 29 days ago.)

5. Set Goals for Life: Part I Oh yes. I know what you’re thinking: “Not again! I’ve already read probably a million words on goal-setting, and none of it seems to have helped me set goals!” You’re right. Goal-setting is one of the most popular... (posted by Sulagna 1 year 36 days ago.)

6. Risk-taking Today I’m going to share a really funny story with you! My notebook had run out of battery and so had had to suddenly shut down. Later when I switched it on again and tried to open Microsoft Word (in order to write this post!) I got a... (posted by Sulagna 1 year 41 days ago.)

7. Fighting Anxiety Have you ever felt restless? Nervous? Without clues as to what to do? Feeling trapped in un-escapable circumstances? If you have I can bet your productivity was not at an all time high at this point. That’s what anxiety is-an... (posted by Sulagna 1 year 50 days ago.)

8. Importance of Rules Have you ever wondered why there are so many rules in the world? Rules like-you should sleep at night and stay up during the day? Rules like-you should take four meals a day, one each in the morning, afternoon, evening and night? Rules... (posted by Sulagna 1 year 57 days ago.)

9. Building Self-Confidence Think of any one of your colleagues with whom you’ve worked closely. If I ask you which aspects of their way of working you admire and which aspects you think they could work on- you’ll be able to give me an answer, right? Now... (posted by Sulagna 1 year 67 days ago.)

10. Thoughts on Laziness Laziness. Sloth. Procastination. No matter which name you call it, laziness is sin. Yes, according to Christian mythology laziness, or “Sloth”, is one of the seven deadly sins, which destroy the purity of one’s heart and moves... (posted by Sulagna 1 year 79 days ago.)

11. Being who you are “Hi there! I’m Samantha and I’m 17. Until a few days ago I was an energetic, enthusiastic, bubbly and happy child. One of the sad things in my life is that my boyfriend Jeff doesn’t pay much heed to me and is way more distant from me than I’d have... (posted by Sulagna 2 years 73 days ago.)

12. How To Handle Your Negligent Boyfriend and Yet Be Happy Scene 1: You: He’s not picking my calls. He didn’t even call me on Valentine’s day. That’s it. I’ve had it. I’m going to break up with him. I’m not going to call him or return his calls anymore. And I’m not going to meet him. Ever. ... (posted by Sulagna 2 years 103 days ago.)

13. How To Be Productive At All Times Im too tired at the moment" OK. Ill watch TV for only 5 more minutes" You expect me to go back to work now ? My boyfriend only just dumped me!" Or simply, Im just not feeling like it now." You and I have been through all of that... (posted by Sulagna 2 years 105 days ago.)

14. Emotions vs Success: Is there a trade-off? If only I didnt have any emotions! Imagine how much more Id be achieving then!" Thats a thought you have every now & then, right? Thats exactly what you say to yourself on those days-when an unhappy feeling keeps nagging you throughout the day... (posted by Sulagna 2 years 116 days ago.)

15. Unleash Your Infinite Potential Forget all self-help. That's right, forget it all. Forget NLP, hypnosis and subliminal trash. (!) I've tried zillions of self-help sites myself, and I don't think they make a difference. Honestly. They are really just another excuse to... (posted by Sulagna 3 years 84 days ago.)

16. Love and Failure I'm ravaged if I fail. Failure is worse than death. What does failure prove? Of course it proves that I'm worth nothing. Also, it means I won't get what I wanted. So that's what we come back to-getting. This life is a quest for Getting. This... (posted by Sulagna 3 years 104 days ago.)

17. Motivational Quotes: Inspiration-The Fuel That Keeps You Going What is inspiration? It is the desire to do what you have to do to reach your goal. You start with visualizing the your happiest and most fulfilled self, and then decide what you have to achieve to realize that vision. According to that you fix... (posted by Sulagna 3 years 184 days ago.)

18. Resilience: The Ability to Bounce Back As most of us know, in today's world, it's no longer our IQ that determines how successful we are in various walks of life, but our EQ, or emotional intelligence-the ability to manage the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups. People... (posted by Sulagna 3 years 184 days ago.)

19. Conquering Fear:the Pre-Requisite For Success It is official now. The single most important factor that determines whether you're able to realize your full potential or not, is fear. In almost all cases, it's basically the fear of failure, which manifests itself in many different forms, like... (posted by Sulagna 3 years 185 days ago.)

20. Michael Phelps: the Inspirational Story For the Entire World Michael Phelps-the name is now in the air. We all know what he's doing; we're all mesmerized by what he's doing, and of course, we're all cheering him. In case someone from a different planet reads this-Phelps is the American swimmer who's won... (posted by Sulagna 3 years 284 days ago.)

21. Relaxation and Sleep Techniques That Actually Work You're busy. As busy as one could be. There's your work-deadlines, meetings, a screaming boss, performance reviews Then there are your adolescent kids. And finally there's the new fitness program you've joined. So all in all... (posted by Sulagna 3 years 296 days ago.)

22. Failure Is Your Friend, Not An Enemy Our topic for today is one of the most talked about ones in the whole self-help field. So we all know something about it. Some of us know a LOT. Whatever the case, I'm sure every one of us has at least heard of the basic lesson that all of... (posted by Sulagna 3 years 300 days ago.)

23. Exerting Self-Control: the 'Replacement Trick' Let me tell you this before I forget! As usual, it's a simple new trick to help you lead a better life. I just discovered I've been doing it since ages without ever consciously realizing it! Once again, we're back to the topic of self-control.... (posted by Sulagna 4 years 20 days ago.)

24. How To Concentrate Do you usually find it difficult to concentrate on the task at hand? Do you find your mind invariably straying to some happy moment in the past, a pleasant song you've recently heard, or a movie you've seen, or a book you've read etc? Well... (posted by Sulagna 4 years 24 days ago.)

25. How To Cope With Cancer of a Family Member Many people have written to me asking for advice regarding how to handle it when their mother is diagnosed with cancer. Here's my reply to all of them, and to everyone else who's going through the same situation. First of all, all types of... (posted by Sulagna 4 years 25 days ago.)