Rich Devises | Common Traits of Rich People

Every one of us in this world, respond to our problem or situation based on the stimuli that gets produced. For example, if someone shouts at us for no reason, we will respond to them either by shouting or by neglecting their attitude towards us. If our boss is obstinate who gets tempered for no reason, we will normally respond by avoiding him to the max. But the question is; are we choosing our response based on the stimulus with respect to our own freedom? Or based on the influence of our environment and people surrounding us? “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.” Viktor Frankl I have heard the effect of proactive thinking in a real life incident from one of my colleague. He was welcomed to a new project and was assigned with a new technical task. He reported directly to his manager and was guided by one of his senior officials. As per his senior official’s words, he used to proceed with the technic...

Have you ever thought what the world’s most deadliest disease is? (The one which plunges you from your own success and well-being.) It’s a single word that dominates in your entire life; Procrastination. As a bookaholic, I have read many books especially in the genre of self-improvement. Every great mind of our human era have spoken about procrastination, about not doing our important tasks at its first place. I came through a book named ‘Eat that frog’ by Brian Stacy recently which is a complete masterpiece about how to avoid procrastination. Brian Stacy conveys various strategies and methodologies regarding the alignment of important tasks of your life and how to eat those slices within a short estimated period of time. So how to overcome procrastination? The following are some of the best ways to overcome procrastination. 1. Think in paper. Have you ever thought of aligning your tasks in your life? Maybe in your office or in your personal life. The first and for...

Who is the first person that strikes your conscious when you are asked about the ‘Apple’ innovation? Well, as an Apple fanboy , the first person that strikes our conscious is none other than Steve Jobs.  Have you ever questioned why do you remember Steve Jobs when you speak about Apple? Is it because he is the co-founder of Apple? Then what about Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne?  Or is it because he was twice the CEO of Apple? Well, he is not the CEO anymore. (And sadly, he is not alive.) Why didn’t you recognize Tim Cook’s face at first? The reason behind this great recognition is the difference between inspiration and motivation. It’s all about the importance of inspiration and the underlying difference between motivation and inspiration. Of course, both leaders, Steve Jobs and Tim Cook had/have their own ideologies of innovations and market strategies of implementation. Even the employees of Apple are found to be calm and composed under the leadersh...

A man in his black suit stood in front of a huge crowd of people and cleared his throat to start his speech for the day. “I was 21 when I achieved the first success of my life. Now I am 43. I have achieved success in various industries. Every time I succeed, I was interviewed by the media and I would be invited to conferences to provide my proficient speech. To be in numbers, I have been successful in my business for about a decade. Every person I meet, every person I speak with and the people I am surrounded with know how successful I am now. But the fact is I am a failure. Even now I have not succeeded in my life. What other people in (the market) consider success is not my definition of success. To be frank, still now I am a failure.” The entire hall of professionals and young students started chattering about what was happening. He cleared his throat in order to gain attention of his audiences and looked at the huge banner which was dangl...

I walked through the streets from my office back to home. I wasn’t seeing anything around my ambiance rather I focused just on the far sight of the road. My mind was completely occupied with so many thoughts. I knew I was living a successful life. I had a well-settled family. I was a good husband and a good father for my children. I worked in a corporate which paid me a huge amount of money for labouring myself. But I wasn’t happy. I couldn’t feel my life. I could always sense my happiness just a few meters away from my presence. But I couldn’t move forward in order to obtain it. Something is being a mystery in my life. I couldn’t find what is it? Tens and hundreds of people stood along with me and at the other end waiting for the signal to go red so that we can cross the road.  But none of them had a smile on their face. They all were dressed formally with their case on one hand and their mobile on the other, maybe heading towards their work. Among the cr...