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What Is the Best Way to Keep Your Employees Engaged and Motivated?
By: Lee Wills
Tags: Workplace Culture, Employee Engagement, Platform, Workplace, Positivity

Employee engagement and employee satisfaction go hand in hand. If your employees are not happy in their current roles, it is certainly going to be reflected in their work because they will feel a lack of motivation. When employees don’t feel motivated, they are unable to perform well, meaning employee productivity is at a low.

If your employees are engaged, the workplace is going to become a more positive environment as individuals will be happy. Moreover, you’ll see increased productivity and better workplace communication

. Engaged employees feel like part of the team and as a result, work together to help lead the business to successful outcomes.

Here are a few ways to keep your employees engaged and motivated:

Robust Communication

Frequent corporate leadership communication — daily, weekly, or as available along with expert advice is the key to an engaged workforce. This communication can be in form of emails, group calls, one-on-one meetings, and whatever is the best way.

Encourage Teamwork and Collaboration

Teamwork and collaboration are essential to achieve organizational growth and success. Ensure that you are enforcing an interactive work style and one that allows your team members to work together, whether it be collaborating on a solution to a problem, asking the opinions of counterparts, or simply going to a colleague for advice on best practices.

Recognize and Reward

If you don’t feel like you are being seen or heard, you probably don’t believe that the work you are doing is very important. It becomes a negative domino effect because if you don’t feel like the work you are doing is very important, your willingness to make an effort is going to drop. So, recognizing and rewarding good work becomes important for managers.

Provide Right Set of Tools and Resources

Exposing your employees to more tools and resources is going to empower them to feel as if they are gaining experience with new tools, software, and programs. It is also going to give them the option to choose with tools or resources that are best suited to assist them with their specific job duties and responsibilities.

Start by recognizing personal development initiatives and creating psychological safety in the workplace. Encourage team building and collaboration to make it clear that employee’s thoughts, opinions, and contributions are very much valued. Recognize and reward them for their hard work, even if that means shooting a quick message to say thank you and a job well done. These things will help you keep the workforce engaged and motivated.
To the Hero/Heroine whom I don’t Know Yet
By: Shobhana Jha
Tags: Healing, Letters, Love, Positivity, Life

Photo by Melissa Askew on Unsplash

Dear You,

I hear you. You don't utter a word, but from miles away I can understand you. I can feel the chaos around you, the one which no one around you seems to be able to notice.

I can see the fear in your eyes. I can notice the jitters in your voice. I can totally gauge that you are about to lose yourself.

How do I know all this? Am I a mind reader? An expert? Guru? No, none of these. I know this because I hear myself. Like you, I get critical of myself. But everywhere, I try hard to listen to myself.

I listen to myself saying, "This is your moment to shine, this is just a testing time." It says, "Today was a bad day, 2020 was a bad year. But this is not the end. It does not end until you show up."

"You cried today... couldn't eat. That's okay. That was past. If you just try to take one step forward now, things can change."

Dear you, I don't know you and I also don't claim to know the nuances of life. But there is a learning which I want to share with you. Whether I am there to meet you tomorrow or not, I leave this lesson as my legacy.

Whether you had a good or bad day,

Whether your future seems bright or dull,

Whether you had a glorious or dark past,

What matters is now, and only now.

Make it beautiful as much as you can.

Regards,

Shobhana.
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Tags: Short, Rant, Life, Positivity, Positive Thinking

Life.

What do you all mean by this word?

For some it is a rollercoaster of amusement and for some it’s a mud hole of setbackse but the fun fact is these two situations go hand in hand. Like, to have the best days you have to go through a ride of hell and torture and the result is the fruit of heaven.

Sometime back I thought my birth was the most foolish thing that ever happened and at some point I was maybe right but immediately that moment I say my mother smiling and that made me think how stupid of me was to think like that. The fact is stress and superstition kills the meaning of life. This sentence will be meaningless to some who don’t know the purpose of survival but for some the example given above is quite enough.

We have to go through a series of tough times in order to achieve our goals and that defines our meaning of life. Not two people can have the same purpose of their existence. It takes a lot of courage and dedication to your commitments in order to achieve your goals.

Don’t waste your mother’s tears, your father’s money and your hard work in wasting your time in worthless things, having a break is okay but put your strength on your chest and one day tell your mother you did your best and you succeed.

Happy Weekend folks.☺
NEVER FORGET HOW FAR YOU HAVE COME
Tags: Positivevibes, Positivity

“Never Forget How Far You’ve Come”

This is why-

The older we get the more experiences we have under our belt, yet there are times we forget how far we’ve come on this life journey.

We all go through rough days and tough times, no matter our age. It’s in those moments that we wonder how in the world we’re going to make it through, how we’re going to get past this difficult experience, how we’re going to find strength in a soul that is exhausted.

Yet we do.

And do you know how to do that?

You need to remember what you’ve already gone through and that you made it through…and sometimes by the skin of your teeth, but you made it through. And you made it through stronger, different, and better.

Never forget how far you’ve come…never forget the lessons you learned, and some you learned through the worst of times.

And never forget that you never thought you’d make it through, but you did.

You got through a day, slept through a night, and woke up to a new day in the morning.

A new day with no mistakes in it.

A new day to do it all differently than the day before.

A new day to change your life.

And that day is a very good day.

Life will always throw a challenge or two your way, yet it’s so important to remember that we’ve been through difficult times before and we made it through.

“Never forget how far you’ve come.”

Positivity is key,

~Posivibeman~
How I Embrace the Suck
By: Reasons To Smile
Tags: Self Improvement, Positive Thinking, Loving Life, Positivity, Loving Myself

How I Embrace the Suck

Have you ever heard of the saying, “Embrace the suck”? Me either, until about a month ago and here I am mind changed, loving life. Not letting the negative chew me up and spit me out. Not allowing the negative things others say and do affect my thoughts or actions. I have chose to be myself, whether others like it or not, to bad for them.

So how did I finally achieve that mindset, you may ask? WELL, I started a new business with a company that truly opened my eyes to what I am really passionate about. With that I knew that my mindset had to change for the better. I knew that my down on myself vibe was not going to show people my passion and that I really wanted to help them in multiple different ways. To be able to help them financially, help them get healthier and help them turn that negative thought around to something positive. So on a timed working zoom with one of my team members, I chose to find a new podcast and listen to something that had to do with personal development. I found a podcast called “Unfuck your Brain” by Kara Loewentheil, and she had an episode named “ Embrace the Suck”. I listened to this episode and my brain just turned the light on.

When I say turned a light on, I mean like a mind blown message came through. A huge change in everything running through my head, like wowzers. That one podcast taught me how to turn every negative thought going through my head into a positive thought without any effort at all. With that being said, now I literally can read something that is negativity impacted and switch it around in my head without evening thinking, and even have one of those slightly annoying positive comments about what was said not being that bad. I sure some people out there get super annoyed with it all but that is just the person that I have become, and there is no going back to what I was before, just moving forward. I mean I even talked at one our team trainings about embracing the suck because it has impacted my vision of the world and I feel that everyone should step out of their comfort zone, be more positive, bring more value to the world. How do you do that? You get out of your comfort zone, you do the things, and you embrace the suck. Plain and simple. Embrace the suck will forever be my motto in life no matter how many people try to bring me down for it because they are stuck in a negative mindset of life.

So to end this I am going to once again tell you to embrace the suck and see how it impacts your life.
“Why NOT me?”
By: Reasons To Smile
Tags: Success, Self Improvement, Positivity, Positive Thinking

I am reading the book, “The Traveler’s Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine to Personal Success” by Andy Andrews, because a good friend of mine recommended to me. I have only read to chapter four so far, but I am already taking so much away from this book that I would love to share with everyone because it’s important.

As I am sitting here writing this I am thinking about all the people including myself in the past or currently that have said “Why me?”. Well lets think about this question, why me is so open to answers or more confusion, right? No absolutely not, it’s an excuse to continue on down a rabbit hole of doom. It is an excuse not to better yourself. It is an excuse to ignore things in life that are not working the “right” way for you. It an excuse!

Change that excuse into “Why not me”, and what exactly changes when you word it that way? Well friends that because when you rephrase this excuse or question to yourself this way, you are choosing to longer take that excuse and to better your life. Your are choosing the buck stops here. The excuse stops here. The negative stops here! That’s the difference.

If you are wondering why am I stuck in this cycle of bad things happening to me, why is my career not going the way I want it to or why am I doing all this work and getting no where. Well the truth hurts I am not going to lie but it’s because you are allowing that to happen. You life is in your own hands!! Your life is filled with your own choices that lead you to where you are ending up. Yes God has a path for you but it is not God’s job to make sure that you follow the path he has placed for you, it’s your job to do that. Yes, your past is a part of you, but your future can be whatever you chose it to be. It can be amazing if only you chose to allow things to turn around and take chances when they are placed in front of you. Your past should be learned from not to dwell in. Your future can be as amazing or as horrible as you CHOSE to make it. Stop letting every little thing tear you down and build an amazing future for yourself.

You need to look deep down within yourself and stop the buck here. Find out what you are passionate about! Find out what you can do to change people’s lives, including your own! Find out what you want your future to look like! Find out who you really are deep down inside, I bet it’s not a sad, miserable, negative person! Stop using the excuse, “Why me” and think “Why not me”! Live your life to the fullest potential possible, changes lives and show your worth, because whether you think so or not, you are worthy and have value to bring to the world. Chose to do better not to use excuses. Success includes failure, you only become successful when you throw those excuses to the side and learn from the failures. Then and only then will you begin and continue to shine!
Growth with Positive Mindset in the Classroom
By: Gurukul World School
Tags: Classroom, Mindset, Positivity

Possessing a positive mindset in the classroom has enormous benefits on physical, mental, and emotional health. A negative mindset can hold a person back from reaching his or her true potential and blocks the person from moving forward in life.

Teaching children how to think positive and encouraging a positive attitude can help students believe in themselves, and that’s when every child attains the originality. Attitudes and perceptions about the learning climate and classroom tasks are the two factors that affect learning in the classroom.

Gurukul World School, best CBSE schools in Mohali discusses some strategies on how teachers can inspire optimism among children:

Acceptance

Learning is inhibited when the students do not feel accepted by the teacher and their peers. Teachers can foster student’s sense of acceptance in the classroom in many ways such as by greeting students at the door, paying attention to each student in the school, calling students with their first or preferred name, and rewarding them by touching in appropriate and acceptable ways. Feeling accepted in the classroom can create a positive learning climate.

Physical Comfort

Classroom atmosphere matters a lot when it comes to the way people feel and think. Physical factors such as room temperature, the arrangement of the furniture and cleanliness affect the student’s comfort. Also, students as a group can learn about keeping things in order such as how to arrange desks, when and what kind of breaks to take, and what to display on the bulletin boards, etc.

Value of the Tasks

The perceived value of tasks is vital to the learner’s success. Students feel more motivated when the tasks allotted to them are aligned with the personal goals they want to achieve.

Impact of Task

If learners do not have a transparent model of how the task given to them is impacted, then their efforts to complete the task will be ineffective. It is always a great idea to provide clear and robust guidelines to the students about how to perform tasks and to meet the expectations. Also, help students to visualize a positive outcome before starting of every scenario or task.

Help students change negative thinking

Try to educate students by giving an example of negative thoughts and feelings and replacing them with positive thoughts. One of the most popular methods is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) which is designed to change an individual’s negative beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors with positive ones.

Gurukul World School, the top 10 schools in Mohali, tries to encourage positivity and inspire optimism among students and teachers.
BRIGHT SIDE OF COVID-19
By: Saanvi Rungta
Tags: Mental Health, Bright Side, Positivity

We all are aware that Covid-19 or say Corona virus is a contagious virus. It is a pandemic that has brought a total full stop to our lives. We have been quarantined and an imaginary ‘laxman rekha’ has been drawn at our doorstep. Now we all know its cons but we never tend to look at its pros. The ones reading this blog must be taking me as a nitwit. I mean who possibly can think of advantages of a virus but I CAN.

I believe that fear is more perilous than the virus. I have seen people fretting about it but this won’t help. Instead it will disturb your mind and might have a negative impact on your mental health. It is imperative to keep your mind stable in this crucial situation. To keep your mind stable, just forget about the disadvantages of the virus. If you have noticed that in this lockdown you are getting to spend the maximum time with your family and getting to know each other better. You are getting to indulge yourself and this is the time when you can focus on your weakness. In our daily life, we get fatigued after returning from school/ office, so at the end of the day we are hardly left with any energy to spend quality time with our family. This is the only time when you are getting to do plenty of activities with your family like watching movies, playing board games, cooking, etc. Thus, do not freak out rather do something which is important for your mental peace like yoga or excercise.

I have been continuously thinking about the benefits the virus is having on our MOTHER EARTH. When I gave it a search, I came to know that the ozone layer is healing. There has been a major fall on the amount of pollution recently since the number of cars on the road is very less. When I was standing in my balcony, I could feel the fresh cool breeeze on my face and was overwhelmed to know that the MOTHER EARTH WAS HEALING.

We should always look and think on the bright side of our life. For once stop seeing the statistics everyday. Just enjoy the quarantine life and time would pass like flying colors.

STAY HEALTHY. STAY POSITIVE

I WISH GOOD HEALTH TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.-SAANVI RUNGTA
Tips To Foster A More Positive Mindset?
By: Anupama Jangir
Tags: Tips, How To, Mindset, Positivity, Positive Thinking

You already know that staying positive promotes a happier and healthier life.

There are tons of studies out there that have proven the correlation between optimism and improved mental and physical states. We know definitively that positivity boosts motivation — helping you achieve your goals and find fulfillment in life.

These facts are great and all, but how do you foster a more positive mindset?

It can be a difficult struggle to hold onto your optimism — especially when facing unforeseen obstacles, sudden hardships, or negative attitudes.

The good thing is, that you have the ability to reprogram your mind — to see the glass as half full instead of half empty.

Here are 7 essential tips.

1. Mind Your Body Language

When we’re feeling down, we tend to communicate our feelings to others non-verbally.

If you’re sad, you might slouch, avoid eye contact, or cross your arms. Discomfort can be seen in your face — and your body language.

When your head is full of negative thoughts, you let your circumstances take hold of your body, instead of being mindful about how you present yourself.

In this state, you appear weak, uneasy, mad, or upset. Others may interpret it as a command to leave you alone.

But, positive thinking is as much about your body as it is about your mind — and you can project positivity with something as simple as your posture.

When you stand tall, meet people’s eyes, and smile, you show others that you’re ready to listen, feel positive, and possess strength. Maintaining a powerful stance will help create channels for positivity to flow freely throughout your body.

You, and the people around you, will feel this newfound optimism and respond with more positivity.
What if everybody did that?
By: Levi Nelson
Tags: Self Improvement, Teaching, Education, Leadership, Positivity

One question I like to ask our players when trying to correct behavior is, “What if everybody did that?” Unfortunately to some, it may not seem like a big deal to miss a practice, skip a workout, or fail to turn in fundraiser money. However, when asked, “What if everybody did that?” the player can usually see the other side of the coin and acknowledges that the team would not be successful if each player on the team acted in the same manner.

A coach can also pose the same question when trying to reinforce desired behavior. By pointing out something positive an athlete does, the coach clearly communicates what type of behavior he or she is looking for. “What if everybody… studied their playbook for 15 minutes each day, encouraged their teammates after committing a mistake, and ran his/her sprints as hard as (insert player’s name here)? What kind of team would we be then?” Recognizing positive qualities in an athlete not only rewards the individual, but also sends a clear message to the rest of the team about what the coach values.

The trick is to use specific praise. One of the most critical errors of a well intended coach are using the words “good job.” Good job for what? This type of generic phrasing blends in and eventually gets tuned out by athletes. Instead of speaking in broad terms, try letting your athletes know exactly what you notice. “I love the way you drove to the hoop with your left hand, hustled back on defense, waited for your pitch, etc.” This alerts the athlete you have noticed and appreciate their efforts. According to Jim Thompson, founder of the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), when a coach sees something positive, he or she should say something positive. When the coach says something positive, he or she tends to see more positive things (Thompson, 2003).

References

Thompson, J. (2003). The double-goal coach: Positive coaching tools for honoring the game and developing winners in sports and life. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers ISBN-13: 978–0060505318
GO FIGURE!
By: Karshi Kapadia
Tags: Positivity, Musings, Life Lessons

We all want it figured out, and we want it all figured out. But, at the end of the day trying to figure it all out, all we are left with is figures. And figures don’t help in figuring it all out.

These figures, they show you, they scare you, they boost you, they deceive you, but they don’t figure you. No one figures you better than you figure yourself. Not your all-knowing-mother, not your world-wise-father, not your always-there-for-you brother and not even your more-than-life friend. These people might know you in and out, or even more. But, you know your inner voices, your intuitions, your guts or any other word you can give to your heart.

The irony is: The heart that helps you figure doesn’t always sit on the side of the figures. It wants you to go to places where there are no figures. It wants you to travel the less counted road! It wants to figure out a new figure.

Trusting the heart to figure it out for you might be like walking in the dark. But, if you endure long enough, the sun might rise soon!
Good afternoon y’all,
Tags: Life Lessons, Personal, Health, Work, Positivity

Good afternoon y’all,

I’m sorry I haven’t been as active lately, I’ve had so many things going on and goodness gracious — taking a moment to myself this weekend, despite the circumstances, is so necessary.

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So in my absence:

Work has been so busy but so good, despite some hiccups. I did lose another resident to unfortunate circumstances which is honestly the hardest part of my job. To build these relationships and create homes for people and to know they died under your care & in the home you provided — y i k e s. But none the less grateful for the opportunity to have worked with the Best family. All pun intended.

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I obtained a firearm, which is extremely conservative of me but at this point absolutely necessary. I don’t like surprises and I know I’m capable of handling my own — but if you wanna run up on me now — bless you.

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I’m incredibly sick right now. My body has shut down so damn hard that I am tired from just being tired. Went to the ER this morning and found out I have bronchitis — thankful to have gotten ahead of it, but I genuinely feel like I’m dying and there’s no soothing this pain.

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I hope everyone is having a great week & despite mercury going back into retrograde — you guys are killing it. Remember, things won’t always be favorable but everything is whatever you make of it. Take those bad moments, days, situations, weeks — make them matter. Handle it gracefully and remember — the universe is meant to challenge you. If you’re struggling, you’re changing. 🌻
Hope. Hold on to it or Leave it?
By: Malin Ouk
Tags: Hope, Goals, Inspiration, Positivity, Life

What a life we have here. Events passes by us each day or nothing passes by. Moments occur where we try and try.. nothing. No response. Or we get a response and it’s not exactly what we are looking for. OR We get to the point where we are almost at our finish line, half way there, just starting and something hits. I faced many moments like this. Personally with having to come back from my Peace Corps Volunteer service, applying for jobs.. who even knows what else. Applications after applications. Submissions. Rejections. Interviews. Positions being retracted and I was at a point where I felt mentally and physically exhausted.

I told myself. Keep going. That’s all we can tell ourselves. Keep going. Or as Dory in Finding Nemo like to say “Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming”. As we tell ourselves, “Just keep going. Just keep going”, WE WILL REACH OUR GOAL. It may take longer than others or even shorter. Regardless, another day working on our goals, what we want to accomplish is a step in the right direction for ourselves. No matter how small the action we continue doing, it adds up.

Some days will appear as a gaze.

Other days,

as a haze.

Keep that effort,

effort in ourselves.

Put the time in.

It’s no sin.

It’s what we deserve.

Remember. Schedule in self care in between these events and efforts. A little yoga, a mini work out, a walk, take a moment and just stare at the clouds or the moon. Just breathe. Every little bit makes a big difference.

Super random but related. The biggest strategy we can do for ourselves is turn whatever rage, anger, sadness or moments of fury we may be feeling and turn it into a strength by aknowledging that for a moment and then picking ourselves back up. Right away. Grind even more on that job search, that life goal, that learning a new language. Whatever it may be, get at it. I know it’s not a switch we can turn off and on but let’s have this mentality and make the most of our time. Hope is something we shall hold on to followed by action.

No matter how small, cling on to the little hope we may have. We deserve so much more than we think. The world may not see it but I see it. Yes. I don’t know you or maybe I do. Regardless, I’m another person, believing in you.
Lollipop moment!…. Dudley defines a lollipop moment as one…
By: Zarmina Saeed
Tags: Positivity, Contentment, Amal Academy, Happiness

Dudley defines a lollipop moment as one “where someone said or did something that you feel fundamentally made your life better.”

As we all know that a man is a social animal. We daily interact with people mostly with our family members and leave an impact on their lives. In the same way, our lives are also influenced by the behaviour of the people around us.

Just consider an example;

We are more open to our close friends and to the family member who understands us, guides us and motivates us. So in order to strengthen our relationship with our loved ones we can use “the power of appreciation”.

🌟Appreciating people and letting them know about the good in them enhances the garden of virtue in their lives.

🌟When you appreciate someone for what they did for you, you feel happy and satisfied.

🌟Appreciation helps you to strengthen your bond with your loved ones.

At Amal academy I was given a task to create a lollipop moment for someone. I decided to write a thank you letter to my elder sister who always helps me and guides me. She also assists me in studies. I thanked her in the following way:🙂

I sent her the picture of this letter. Her feedback made me feel happy and I fully realized the importance of appreciation.😇

We all have people around us who encourage and guide us every single minute. Let’s generate smiles on their faces by creating small lollipop moments for them.😊
Cleanliness is the Half of the Faith
By: Shumail Siddique
Tags: Amalkindness, Amal Academy, Cleanliness, Positivity, Healthy Lifestyle

Today there was a huge thunderstorm in our town when I go for Zahur prayer in mosque, I noticed that floor of mosque was full of dirt, dust, Plastic bags and garbage due to wind. so, I decided to clean this place. It was also part of task of my project work at Amal.

Here is view of Mosque floor before cleaning

It was floor of our mosque and we often use to pray asar and maghrib prayer here due to cool temperature around. When I go for zahur prayer found that this place is full of dirt due to thunderstorm so I decided to clean this place so that we can easily pray other prayers here.

I found a large piece of plastic bags and huge dirt on ground of mosque which was looking not and strange because this is the most important place for Muslims, and we should care of it and clean it. So, I decided to clean it. By worshiping in such a healthy type of environment it gives more positive feeling and your focus towards prayer increases because of healthy and clean environment.

Another view of Mosque before cleaning

I was feeling so positive and blessed after cleaning my towns mosque. I got appreciation from other people during my salah and after this I got appreciation from our imam mosque.

After cleaning the floor of the Mosque

And also, I usually take care of our town mosque whenever I saw any abnormalities in mosque, I used to fix it. Because this is most important place for us, we used to go to this place five times during a day. So, this is the holly place for us because we used to worship Allah Almighty which is our purpose of life.

Here is another view of Mosque Floor after cleaning

I learn that it really does not matter that if you have any authority of big position in society the thing of matter is your dedication to do something better for society that make you a good leader.
What is positivity?
Tags: Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Positive, Positivity, Life

My take on what the meaning of positivity is.

To me, positivity is more than just a mindset or a feeling. It is a way of life. A shelter for one's spirit. A warmth that radiates inside of someone. It is what you make it. I see so many guides and posts with titles like ‘7 ways to be more positive’ when there’s no one way to be ‘more positive’. Even the phrase ‘more positive’ is damaging because I feel like positivity is always within you.

Positivity means more than smiling all the time or always feeling happy. It’s a belief. A belief that the universe is always with you. A belief in yourself; that no matter what you’re going through, you’re going to make it through it. A belief that, even if things don’t go your way in the immediate future, it’s all part of a wider plan that takes you on a path that you could have never envisioned. If you have that belief, I promise you nothing can stop you.

Positivity is finding comfort in the things that you love. It could be the smallest thing. The sunshine or your favourite song or an inside joke with yourself. This comfort is so important. It’s a resting place for your body, mind, and soul. It’s a small space or ‘pocket’ in the universe that you have created for yourself that nobody can take from you no matter what. When you’re in this space, everything feels so peaceful and tranquil.

To end this, there is positivity in everything. Life, especially in the past year, has been the toughest test. It takes us to the darkest places where it can get as though there is no end. But there is always, always light at the end of the tunnel. That light is always within you, and no matter how hard it is to feel it, you will always find it. All the weapons you need are inside of you. Never stop searching until you find them!
Volunteering Experience with The Citizens Foundation Pakistan.
By: Shaheer Ahmad
Tags: Educational Reform, Rural Areas Of Punjab, Tcf, Positivity, Volunteering Experience

After my CSS exams in February 2019 , i was looking for a platform where i can work at grass root level and become part of educational reforms or a platform where we can discuss about career counseling because most of the people in Pakistan want to become engineers or doctors just because of a myth “if you want to prove yourself or want to become successful in life you’ve to become doctor or engineer and these are the only acceptable professions in our society” or one can say positivity in life because people at very early stages in their lives don’t have enough people to communicate with about their plans or how to face failures in life and how to take your failures as a motivation to become successful in life. How to handle a situation when someone at school is bullying you about your colour, caste, height, religion or financial status or how to realize a fact that material things don’t matter in long run and just bring temporary satisfaction in life.

Someone told me about The Citizens Foundation and luckily they were looking for people who want to volunteer themselves in Rahbar program. I decided to volunteer myself and here is what I’ve learnt so far.

We’ve been assigned a school located in outskirts of Lahore in a village named Wara Allah Daad near Indian border where one can see Indian and Pakistani flags with the naked eye. This is the first time in my life that I’ve interacted with people living in villages, Saw my father when he was serving in rural areas of KP but never interacted with anyone. I’ve been assigned 7 kids and all are from different backgrounds and most of them are first-ever kids in their families who are allowed to study at school. They’ve to help their parents when they go back to their home after school. Some of them have to clean the dung of their cattle, some of them have to help their parents in farms which are owned by the Chaudhary of the village.

Not a single kid has a residence in the same village where school of TCF is situated so they’ve to travel 20–25 KM on daily basis to attend school and there is a hope I can feel, no matter how poor they’re financially or how difficult it is for them to continue both i.e study and help their parents in activities of daily life at the same time. They still have dreams about what they want to become in their lives. Some of them want to become engineers, doctors, Artists etc. and even there’s a guy who wants to become Hakeem which proves that their dreams aren’t artificial. They don’t consider any profession good or bad. They’re full of positivity, honesty and spirit. They don’t want to act fancy and want to impress the delegation of professionals from Punjab’s capital by telling them their fancy and artificial dreams. I’ve learnt one thing during this journey that no matter how bad life is treating you, you should be cheering whatever you’ve and stay positive no matter how bad your experiences are. Try to find happiness in the little things that matter.
Take a chill pill
By: Muhammad Zain Ul Abedin Haideree
Tags: Take A Chill Pill, Happiness, Tranquility, Positivity, Positive Thinking

Stop worrying, Just live in the moment.

Life is too short to be in a basket of worries and difficulties. You don’t even know the reality of your precious life’s next one moment. Are you going to be alive the next day or not? What will happen to us tomorrow? What will be the circumstances in the very next hour? What will you go to lose or maybe get in the next few days?

We don’t even know if we will be able to breathe the next second or not? We don’t know our future, but still, I see the pride and vanity in our society. I didn’t know why people are so obsessed with themselves and this materialistic DUNYA, while the human has no value just more than the reality that we will be buried in the graves for the rest of our afterlife. We will die at the end, then why all this arrogance and pride of this Dunya? What is in our hands is only the present moment we are living in this world. The future consequences are in the domain of Almighty ALLAH. He has the utmost authority of what he can do to our lives and what ramification should be trembling in our moments. We know that everything is in the domain of Almighty ALLAH. But then why people are this depressed and have the consequences of stress, anxiety all over their lives. I don’t realize why we didn’t just leave our hustles to Almighty ALLAH and take a chill pill and expect good from our creator. You do whatever you want to do. Ultimately Almighty’s plan will happen no matter what you are grinding. Almighty’s plan is the best for you. The thing which matters the most is your intentions of doing things. If your intent and objectives are pure, then It will ultimately give you rewards from the creator.

Just take a deep breath and understand the actual purpose of your birth. Why are you alive? And try to be happy by enjoying every present moment of your life with good and pure intentions and a precious smile on your face and spread love.

The rest will be taken care of by the Almighty ALLAH as he is the best planner.
How OTHERS affects YOU!
By: Mohit Mishra
Tags: Positivity, Self-awareness, Motivation, Society And Culture

Remember one thing !

Your mind is trained to think NEGATIVE by default, it will generate the data in your mind by things it hears,sees or observe & we all know what we see around us!

TONS of Bullshittt! Congrats !!

Ever heard “Bro you don’t know how to ride a CYCLE, so you cant ride a BIKE !”

Its like saying you have never masturbated so you cannot make BABIES !

But in fact you have higher chance to make babies then others, who are expert in hand kicks! LOL!

Negative lines by someone from past like

“His/her MATH is Weak”,

“Your logic is not good”,

“Your luck is always bad” …bla bla till Ballaldev

these lines , even if we try to forget or ignore, they stuck with us

We feel SMALL

Then worst part is even if you try to prove them wrong or yourself RIGHT you are not able to FOCUS 100% on it as 0.0001% of your mind is still believing that may be its not possible !

What i feel is that, we have to take small step and keep on doing it, till its DONE!

WAIT not by HARDWORK but by SMARTWORK!

Why to PUSH , When You can ROLL!

Start playing with your mind and make it busy with new plans and goals each week!

Best part of TRYING to FLY till Moon is , even if you wont get it at least you have reached above THE BURJ KHALIFA !! MAN!!

(Note: Hope u went wearing a parachute !)

1000 news plans , thoughts , goals or even calculations will make you not perfect but will make you a person who is busy in his own life and fights rather then poking Ears in other WORDS & THOUGHTS!

Focusing will never be enough , so better drive your mind in many ways and explore new things even if not practically make it at least theoretically !

Stop RACING with OTHERS , because in this market there are many OTHERS , BUT only ONE YOU!

Take care of your inner spiritual,mental beauty!That will reflect in your face,else even NIRMA will FAIL !

CHEERS to LIFE!

Do give a slap sorry a Clap if u felt even a bit connected to the post! :)In a small way u will be spreading positivity to me atleast! Thanks!
Revenge
By: Krishna Bhagia
Tags: Cynicism, Health, Revenge, Relationships, Positivity

Photo by Stanislava Stanchy on Unsplash

revenge is a very common term which is used for almost every situation. We all are meat bags with a unique processing chip known as emotions. This processor tends to defy moors law and elevates exponentially along with frequent contractions at different and irregular intervals. It’s not uncommon for us to go hyper at the first sign of being offended or cheated, double crossed, wronged etc.

We all wish to hack the opposition to pieces. We all wish to let out our spew of anger onto the defiant opposition. Many of us succeed while many fails in the process.

You can consider me as a person with an unofficial doctorate in the art. I have learnt through experience and observation.

We come across many different situations. The most common cliche that we have been used to is ‘move on’ and ‘get over it’. There are millions of people on this planet who at any second wish to take a nuke and shovel it up somebody’s glutes. Sadly, that is not a more readily viable and possible solution.

You are sick of the term; you can’t do anything about them and that they are busy enjoying their life while here you are sad and grumpy on your spilt milk. We all want to locate those people who have wronged us and lose our humanity on them. Their existence has become a pain for us.

To hurt a human being, you need to have basic etiquette and empathy. You need to be able to empathize with the person. To understand the human that you wish to slaughter in any possible way, you need to understand what they think of the situation and what are their beliefs of right and wrong.

It is said that’ ‘the person you are trying to kill today will be breaking bread with you tomorrow’. It is also true that the person you are breaking bread with today will be out to kill you tomorrow.

Have you heard the saying — ‘you get what you deserve’.

If that is true then if you manage to hurt someone, did they get what they deserved from their earlier sins?

for more info on the Art of revenge do read — Successful Vengeance (Coming soon to Amazon and bookstores)
Day 6: Belief and Happiness
By: Denis Oakley
Tags: Role Models, Lying, Making A Difference, Smiling, Positivity

Everything keeps stacking up. Good news builds.

The best moment today was not about my progress but about how a small thing change the lives of other people.

I was shopping at Sainsbury’s for some shoe polish, starch and cuff links so that I would look positively awesome at my interview tomorrow.

I don’t think I’ve seen a bigger bunch of miserable unsmiling sods. Customers and staff. They were so miserable and unsmiling that the end of the world would barely be met with the slight downward pull of a lip.

My role model is Dora the Explorer. She’s always happy and helping people.

I try and be like her. I try very hard to say

Hi, my name’s Denis when I meet people on the street.

It’s not been a spectacular success so far (except once and then she ended up marrying me).

The difference between me and Dora is that I’m not a TV character targeted at children.

So I can lie

As I got to the counter I asked if I had to pay for the plastic bags. The guy serving me looked like he thought I was an idiot. I explained that I hadn’t been in the UK for 15 years and was really out of touch.

Then I hit him.

The weirdest thing is that people are so much happier than when I left.

A big smile spread across his face. The lad next in line smiled too. So did the man behind her.

A small lie, but I tell you that those 3 smiles made it so worth it.

So today make the world a smiler place and if you have to lie, think about the good it can do.
What If You’re The Toxic One?
By: Asif Ali
Tags: Self Improvement, Personal Development, Life Lessons, Self-awareness, Positivity

Photo by Jamie Haughton on Unsplash

You don’t want to hang out with negative people.

You don’t like people who judge.

You wish there were more kind and optimistic people.

You think others are mean.

You think they are the reasons.

You think you’re good and positive and humble.

NOW…

Audit yourself. (When was the last time you did this? When was the last time you stopped to look at your own self? When was the last time you heard the inner you?)

Audit yourself.

What if you’re the negative person?

What if you judge people?

What if you’re not kind and optimistic?

What if you’re the mean one?

What if you’re the reason?

What if you’re not good and positive and humble?

Often we get so overwhelmed with others and everything around us, we stop holding ourselves accountable for who we really are. And this usually creates a delusion of our identity and the world outside.

Being self-aware is important.

We must always be connected to our inner self to really understand who’s who — are they the problem or is it just us who are toxic?

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NO QUITTING
By: Maham Mushtaq
Tags: Learning, Self Improvement, Experience, Starting, Positivity

I wanted to manage my nerves when the time is running out and the deadline is approaching. At that time, usually I give up. But i really wanted to stick to the last moment to get my work done rather than quitting it just by thinking that i cannot do it, so just leave.

I wanted to overcome this fear of self doubt that i cannot learn new things as i will take too much time to learn it and others can do better than me. I could not start a work at first because i was struggling with fears that i might get stuck somewhere or might be my work was not much of that importance (a perfection freak), others will do better ,i am not that much capable so i got lost and the time lost too.Reaching the deadline, anxiety levels exceeds and at the end, late submission to work assignments, that leads to more self doubts, more LESS motivation, more procrastination.

This time i realize whether i reach a deadline or not( which in the case i do reached), i will not give up on myself and my work. Only i am capable enough to make a change for my self, no other person can do it except i my own self only then i can take responsibility of my actions. Self doubts and other things remain there but have to go through these difficulties and once you start moving towards your goal, hindrances become a source of motivation. They give you a drive to do that thing which you are afraid of. If think positively, obstacles give you the power to overcome them, they actually help you in getting the things you want and giving a new experience to learn new things, the things you do not know in the past.

Learning and experimenting new things is not as much as difficult in reality as we make them difficult in our minds. Just start and let the work teach you, the real existing force, rather than our minds non existing theories.
The One Habit That You Need To Let Go Off
By: Kaustav Kishore
Tags: Positivity, Lifehacks, Motivation, Life Lessons

Of all my life resolutions, nothing has seemed more meaningful than the one which I made in the second half of 2019. Any guesses to what was it? Well, I decided to stop gossipping and stay away from gossip mongers.

Gossip can be broadly defined as, ‘the act of talking about people who aren’t present’. Which means gossip mongers are those people who love talking about people who aren’t present around. Therefore, for the sake of this piece, let me break this down into two parts:

Part 1: Why you need to stop gossiping

A research from the University of California found out that a person spent an average of 52 minutes per day in gossip. This amounts to 13 days of year being spent in gossip. If only these 13 days of the year could be spent on introspection, learning, and personal development. Also, when you gossip you tend to create a network of information flow which is not only useless but also negative and untrue. Would you want to be someone who spreads negativity? No!

Part 2: Why you should stay away from gossip mongers

People who gossip do so, primarily because they need some sort of entertainment and therefore gossip would help them not only overcome boredom but also make them feel part of a group. They gossip, regardless of whether what they are saying is true or untrue. And more often than not, the gossip is not just limited to doling out stories, but also passing judgements or whether the person was right or wrong. And you would also want to take notice of the fact that gossip mongers would gossip about their “best friends”.

Now would you really want to be associated with a person who fits the above description? No!

So the next time you are about to take part in gossip, think if you would rather spread positivity or be a negative force of nature.

As the saying goes, ‘Who gossips with you will gossip of you’.