Never Ever Give Up On Your Dreams And Passions!!!

“Never, never, never, never give up.”

Winston Churchil

These days there are some financial challenges occurring all over the world and people are finding tough to move forward but I am here very optimistic enough to say to all my readers that even though going is tough, let tough get going. Never ever give up on your dreams and passions no matter what. If you are convinced on your dreams and passions, MARCH forward.

"All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim,
have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high,
one which sometimes seemed impossible."
Orison Swett Marden

Financial crisis began in 2007 and it will go on till 2016 or more and for that we must be vigilant and prepared to face the challenges. And it is the best time to pursue your own passions and interests. I hope that more and more people who are dissatisfied and desperate about life, follow their dreams and passions so that they can really live in abundance even in this economic downturn.

Many guides, coaches, mentors, trainers and leaders have often repeated this statement again and again, therefore you should remind yourself too when you face difficult challenges. Best thing is to believe in yourself, believe in your abilities, believe in your untapped potentials, believe in your goals, plans and you will shine and thrive surely.

"Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is nothing much to say except this: never give up, hold on, keep going, you have strength, you possess the ultimate talent, you are valuable and wonderful. Go after your passion and never look back. Follow the path to your freedom. You are the solution and you are the problem. So be part of the solution and solve the problem.

Here are some excellent quotes to uplift your souls: I love them.

"Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily.
Never tell yourself this is too much for me.
It's no use. I can't go on.
If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too.
Keep believing and keep on keeping on."
Norman Vincent Peale

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.
The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas Edison

Never give in, never give in, never; never; never;
never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense
- Winston Churchill

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
~Albert Einstein

Don't be discouraged. It's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.
~Author Unknown

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
~Robert Schuller

Don't let the fear of the time it will take
to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it.
The time will pass anyway;
we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
~Earl Nightingale

You don't become enormously successful
without encountering and overcoming
a number of extremely challenging problems."
Mark Victor

"Great works are performed,
not by strength, but by perseverance."
Dr. Samuel Johnson

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

Is Your Life Meaningful?

"Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact." William James

Daily human experiences at times suggest that our life is useless and meaningless. Thousands upon thousands of people have felt and commented bad about themselves. Life is not meaningless. Your life is not useless. Your life has a purpose, a goal and a mission to accomplish if you realize that you are special and your life is meaningful.

The other day my close friend Ravi shared some nice insights about life. He said that he used to see his life as meaningless. He even thought of committing suicide and getting rid of his life because he didn't find any meaning in life. There was no clear idea what he should do or use his life for. Then he came to a big realization that his life was meaningless because he was doing what he really didn't want to do. His life seemed meaningless to him because he was not doing anything different. In other words, if you find your life to be meaningless, it is only because you are doing meaningless tasks and nothing more than that. Life becomes meaningless if you do what you don't want to do yet you happen to do it. The best thing is to avoid doing what you don't want and do what you do want. This way you can find your life to be meaningful and useful.

Life is meaningful if you do what you want to do. If you do what you want to accomplish, you can be sure that life will be interesting and useful for you. There are many people who find their lives meaningless for reason they fail to do what they are supposed to do. Do you find yourself less interested and useful to contribute something to the society? You must never consider your life meaningless. Walk with your head straight and up so that you can be sure there will be some goodness and happiness.

My best friend realized that he was doing wrong things and that made him to feel life meaningless. He was not focused and disciplined. But once he learned a valuable lesson, he considers his life has a great meaning and worth living. You can be sure to find your life meaningful in this world though your present situation may not prove to be promising and encouraging. Just keep in mind that life seems meaningless when we do meaningless things while life appears to be meaningful when we follow meaningful activities.

This is where the personal passion, niche and interest come to once rescue. You can learn to find meanings in small things no matter what you do corresponds to what you really desire. Do meaningful things and you will see your life to be meaningful and shining.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

Innovate Your Existing Relationship!

Being in a relationship with your partner, wife, husband, children, parents, friends, neighbours and citizens from other countries requires a constant innovation and creation. It demands one to be creative and innovative if you desire strongly to make the best of your association. It is good to teach oneself how to innovate the existing relationship and friendship with people who we connect.

The modern civilization has moved to a new phase of human evolutionary process in terms of social connection. We are no longer bound by the traditional teachings, beliefs and philosophies about relationship. Many people denounce having one partner in their life time and seek a separation from a wife or husband if any obstacles arise. They want to be free and independent as they don't want to be intense in their relationship because of some differences in values and beliefs that arise. It is a new trend that has caught the world red handed and many people feel that they should explore this independence and new development.

I am not against the independence and freedom or nice feeling that comes while seeking separation from one's spouse or a partner. There are benefits involved in it but it causes a lot of pain and stress to go through. I have read and seen people who have walked away from their partners or wife and husband but it is a cumbersome process. I am not here to discuss about the separation process or the separation. I want to emphasize how people can be creative and innovative in order to maintain their existing relationship.

People walk away from their existing relationship for good reasons and bad reasons but there are enough reasons. In my opinion, married couples should try to innovate ways to continue their existing relationship and make the best of it. The last option shouldn't be the separation but the innovation and discovery.

The trees shed their old leaves and wear new and fresh leaves every year and you can see how beautiful they look. The trees are the same, but they bring some newness to themselves and that makes them look beautiful and attractive. This creative nature enables the tree to maintain its existence for a long time. I wonder why can't married men and women do some kind of innovation in their relationship every year or every time to sharpen their romance and love?

It is possible to innovate and create new areas of interests and hobbies. If couples can sit together and work on their old habits and beliefs they can easily change and transform their lifestyle for better. I think people must not consider separation as quickly as their thoughts. They should explore as many options as they can to solve their differences.

Live your life to the full with your existing partner by innovating ways to sparkle your relationship and every bit of romance. Add some creativity and patience to look into the other person and share a good life.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

You Are The Light!

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King Jr.

Two thousand years ago, a great spiritual leader Jesus of Nazareth, taught the common people to believe themselves by saying,"You are the light of the world." There is not a slight doubt about it and nobody can ever debate say that it is not true. It is true and we are indeed the light. You are the brightly shining light who cast away all the darkness and unclear path. Believe, you are the light to cast away all darkness and invisibility.

In India, there is a festival called 'Diwali' - a festival of light. It casts away the darkness and shadows that stand as obstacles to good life. I personally like the symbolic meaning of this festival because it is a celebration of light and not darkness. People in India on the occasion of Diwali light their houses and yards with earthen lamps and it signifies a great meaning for those who understand the celebration in true spirit.

Since the age of human civilization, light or fire has played a very significant role in people's life and it is this light which is present in each of us guides, directs and helps people to live a better life. Somewhere on the way, people lost the sense of awareness and didn't believe themselves that they were indeed the light.

You have within you the light that can shine and brighten your future and the path if you really believe that you are the light. Each one must light one's lamp and carry the light to shine so that there won't be darkness spreading all over the world. Today people have forgotten the truth that they are the light who can actually brighten their future. So search for your light and go ahead in illuminating your life and the life of others.

Recognize your light and use your light to brighten the world, people's lives, your life and your family's life. See the light and not the wrong things. Forgive the errors to welcome the light so that there will be light everywhere. You may not be successful now but you will become soon if you believe you have the light to shine brightly. The sun light penetrates every soul and there is light within you. You don't lack that light or sparkle to make your future bright.

"It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." Eleanor Roosevelt

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

To Be Happy, Convert Your Childhood Love, Dreams, Interests And Hobbies Into A Reality!

"Happiness depends upon ourselves." Aristotle

If you want to be happy in your life, you must pursue your childhood love, dreams, goals, activities, interests and hobbies because that is where your heart lies. When children are born, they are born with unique intelligence and talents. They are born with a purpose, a mission to accomplish but as they grow up over the years they lose the sight of their childhood dreams, goals, interests and hobbies. They don't fail to convert them because they get influenced by external world.

In order to be happy, you need to convert your love, dreams, interests and hobbies into a reality so that you stay true to yourself. If you don't pursue your childhood dreams then you are not being true to your calling, talents and intelligence. Many people graduate from the schools and colleges but they sacrifice their childhood hobbies and instead go after what their parents and friends expect them to do. For instance, the children listen to what their parents tell them to study and then thereby choose a profession accordingly. It is attractive to choose a profession which pays huge salary but after a while it won't make the person happy. There is no real work satisfaction. They find hard to get up in the morning to go to the office because it is not what they wanted when they were small.

These days many professionals have less and less time to enjoy a decent vacation with their families because they are very busy at their work. It doesn't seem to be their dream jobs because it doesn't make them happy. They work only with their head ignoring their hearts. These people could have easily converted their childhood fantasies, hobbies and interests if they had really pursued them. They would have been able to innovate new ways to do business or new ways to market the products, if they had followed what they loved when they were small.

Steve Jobs pursued what he loved and similarly Bill Gates followed what he loved. They were able to convert their interests, hobbies, dreams and desires into a reality and today they have become so valuable that all people dream to be like them. Wright Brothers are another great examples who pursued what they desired and dreamed as children and they succeeded in realizing their dreams. It certainly made them happy and content with what they did. Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and many other great people converted what was very close to their hearts and that in turn gave them great happiness.

Don't be dismayed by others who kill your childhood aspirations and interests. Pursue them till you convert them into a reality because this will make you happy forever. It is within your reach and your happiness depends entirely upon you. Your childhood aspirations, hobbies and interests are powerful enough to make you very successful in life.

Don't shy away from pursuing and converting your childhood dreams, desires and interests for you can turn them into a reality just like J.K. Rowling, the great novelist who transformed her life by pursuing her childhood love to write and today you know what is the real outcome or final result. Don't take your dreams and hobbies for granted. They represent you and you are on a mission to do something extraordinary in the world.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

Never Ever Give Up Your Passion!

"All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible." Orison Swett Marden

When people don't see any immediate results, they tend to think of giving up their goals and dreams and move to another. Many people look for immediate gratification than a delayed gratification. People's expectation is high but there is nothing that can be accomplished within overnight. You better understand the truth that no matter what you do, you won't be able to change the law. I would say never ever give up your passion, hobbies and childhood dreams.

Abraham Lincoln never gave up his aspiration to become the president of United States despite encountering many setbacks in his life. He pursued his passion and became a great political leader of the history. Another important personality is Mahatma Gandhi. When he started the freedom movement armed with non-violence against powerful British Empire he didn't give up his fight for freedom though it was hard and had to go to prison many times. He succeeded in his mission though there were many setbacks.

You must never let your ambition and passion fade away when failures and fear overtake you. When failures and setbacks visit you, you must hold on to your mission and believe in your ability that one day soon you will enjoy the fruits of your hard work and patience. I am sure, if you hold on to your dreams and pursue them, you can reach them surely at appointed time.

Thomas Edison is another great example to emulate. Despite many failures he continued his journey to invent light bulb that could light the city and the world in years to come. His invention proved that no matter how unsuccessful is your project or passion, you can still succeed if you pursue it wholeheartedly. Wright Brohters too never gave up their passion to fly machines heavier than air. They succeeded despite sever criticism and discouragement.

People who succeed are those who take up full responsibility to make the dream a reality. They are passionate, enthusiastic and hard working. Recession or economic turmoil may hit the world economy and devastate the world and as a result world poverty may rise higher, still you can succeed in life if you don't give up your dreams and passion.

This is a piece of advise and I hope you make up your mind to never ever give up your passion, hobbies and dreams. Dreams do come true and do become real, if you are patient and committed. It is easy to give up when things don't go well but you must hold on to your dreams when things seem hard and impossible. Never ever give up your passion, dreams and goals.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

Believe You Have What It Takes!

You are quite sure reading under an electric light. You know it was made possible by one great man Thomas A. Edison. He gave the first practical electric light to the world. But do you know he was practically thrown out of school in the early grades where his teacher called him stupid as a result he could not continue schooling?

Just imagine, what would have happened if he had allowed his teacher's opinions have an impact on him. Naturally, we would not be enjoying electric light for years. Where would he have been if he had allowed others' opinions to take charge of his thinking?

I want to say that you have all that it takes to succeed, become and achieve any result you seek to pursue in your life. Fortunately, Edison decided to live his own life. Through early adversity, he discovered something he might never have learned through formal schooling. He learned, first, that he had a mind he could control and direct toward any desired end. When he took full possession of that "addled" mind it produced not only the incandescent lamp but also one great discovery after another.

This proves one thing, we possess what it takes to be successful in life. We must first believe it and confidently walk across the road to achieve what we desire. Believe you have what it takes to live, succeed and enjoy your life. There is no limitation and no difficulty except that your thinking may obstruct you.

Wright Brothers are another excellent examples to show how people possess everything that they need to succeed in life. I am sure, you have what it takes to be happy, wealthy and healthy. There is not a lack or limitation in your life. You can design anything that you want in life because you have already what you want.

I can just urge you to do your own research and studies about people who have succeeded in life despite huge obstacles. Learn to see the solution rather than blockage or obstacle. Believe you have what it takes to be happy, healthy, wealthy and to contribute to the service of humanity.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor

To become what you want the powers are inside you!

"There are powers inside of you, which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become." Orison Swett Marden

It is within a reach of mankind to become who they want to be. It is possible for people to stretch if they want to do so and they can shrink if they don’t want. A girl can give birth to a baby and a boy can father a baby. A scientist can devote his life to invent a light bulb or machines to fly.

In India, the Late Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries is an extraordinary example for people to emulate. From working at Petrol Pump at Aden he grew up to be one of the world’s richest man owning several businesses and undertaking many social initiatives.

Similarly there are other great souls living and dead who have become what they wanted to be by using their inner power. Michelangelo became a great sculptor because it was there in him the qualities, which he developed by trying on many things.

People who become a great success financially or socially, they recognize their inner power and believe in them constantly. They take action. They employ their energy, time and efforts wisely.

If you are not convinced yet, here is another quote. If you think over it you will surely begin to believe in yourself. This is my favourite quote.

“Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.” Orison Swett Marden

People who believed those slumbering powers, the forces have made themselves unbelievably powerful, successful, rich, millionaires and billionaires.

The founders of Googles, Yahoo and Infosys did believe in this inner power which guided them to be where they are today, what they have become.

Alwed Ekka

Guide Coach Mentor

Follow Your Own Passion!

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle." Steve Jobs

What is your passion? What do you think you will love to do during your lifetime? Do you know anything that drives you or interests you so much that you want to put in all your efforts, time and money in it? If you don't have, find it because it is there within you for sure.

Follow your own passion and don't follow others' passions for they will never make you happy and provide you a rich lifestyle. It is important that you choose your passion and be passionate about it to pursue whole your life. I believe you can realize it like others who have followed their passions.

Let's see the people who have discovered their passions and followed them minutely.

Wright Brothers

These two brothers are the true example of following one's ultimate passion. Their love for birds and the desire to fly like birds was the ultimate passion, which prompted them to innovate machines heavier than air that could fly. They invested all their energy, money and time just to make their passion come true. Did they succeed in pursuing their passion? Of course, they did and we know how they have assisted humans to travel faster and quicker across different continents within short time.

Henry Ford

This is another person who showed an exemplary role to follow one's passion than to follow others. He wanted to design cars and help people travel across the country smoothly. Did he realize his passion? There is no doubt about it. He revolutionized the car industries and paved the way for other manufacturers to follow his footprints. Today, the passion is alive and moving all over the globe.

Bill Gates

The real example of following one's passion is Bill Gates. At early age, he discovered his passion for the computers and he went after that passion. He was very young to decide whether to follow his passion or to study others' passion. Upon listening to his intuition or gut, he decided to adhere to his own passion and the dedication to that passion has revolutionized the entire world. If he had not followed his passion, then there wouldn't be any much technological advancement. Following one's passion is the key to better life here on earth.

Steve Jobs

Another important person who loved his passion is Steve Jobs. He closely followed his heart and today you know better, who has the biggest market share in the whole world? At young age dropping out of college was not a wise decision according to conventional wisdom. He would have been a failure in the conventional world without good certificates or degrees. But he gave up the academic pursuit and dedicated his time, energy and desire following his passion. Passion is the major key to growth, happiness, abundance and satisfaction. Find out your passion and be true to it until its final day.

Mahatma Gandhi

Many of us don't know what is our passion. But we shouldn't give up the search to find our passion. Mahatma Gandhi studied law and worked as a lawyer but soon he found out that he was leaning on a wrong ladder. That was not his passion. That was his profession. He gave up his profession and decided to follow his own passion to liberate people from clutches and exploitation of British Empire. He followed vehemently his passion and succeeded in achieving the freedom he was looking for his people. When people follow their own unique passions, there is freedom, a feeling of salvation.

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison understood the profound secret that to succeed you have to follow your own ultimate passion and that can never fail you even after many setbacks and failures. His passion was to invent the electric light bulb and failed many times. But he didn't give up his own passion for he knew there was a way out.

There are many great successful people who have followed their own passions and they are today shining in the world. They have shown us the real examples that when we follow our passion, there is no obstacles, no failures, no loss but there is only success and rewards.

Find out today, what is your passion? What do you really aspire to be, do, have and enjoy? Don't ever say, you don't have any passion or love. You have within you the passion, which you suppose to go after.

Entrepreneurs, singers, dancers, artists, sportsmen and women, designers etc. all followed their own passions. To be successful, rich and happy, you better follow your inner voice to find out your ultimate passion of life. Think of the great people all over the world and learn from them how to be true to one's passion.

Be true to your passion; follow your passion to become what you want to be and live with passion. Go after what drives you and make it a discipline to do something everyday.

Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor