How To Harness Power of Boredom For Achievement

Boredom is one of the most important things in human life. It exists only when the mind starts coming closer to enlightenment. And boredom is just the polar opposite of enlightenment!

We have so many entertainment resources at our disposal. TV, radio, cinema, internet, books, movies, songs, concerts, shows and so on. But still we are more yearning and more bored when compared to people in thenpast ages when nothing of this sort was ther.

An intelligent and intelligent and above-average person can get bored easily. Does this imply that people are more intelligent these days?

You need to be sensitive to get bored.

Today, people live very luxurious lives. Even the mythical paradise has become out of date and context, as we have more comforts and more luxuries than ever before!

Gautama Buddha, inspite of all the comforts of life at his feet got fed up and left in search of truth, of self-actualisation, of permanent contentment.

However, we hope that, one day, everything will become all right and we will be content. So, we are bored but not fully because somewhere we feel that much more is possible in our lives.

We should observe this phenomenon of boredom more closely. It will make us understand that boredom is very human and it has a higher purpose if we allow that purpose to lead us to meditation and transform our lives.

Boredom comes with monotonyYou have done all those things earlier. There is monotony. Nothing has changed. Boredom indicates that you have become conscious of this.

If you escape from boredom, you would try diverting your mind in other directions. Alcohol, drugs, infidelity stems from this phenomenon of escapism..

Boredom is a part of human growth. We need constant simulations to keep ourselves occupied. That is why we keep looking for new goals, new cars, new houses, new friends, new clothes, new promotions because being content can make life dull and boring.

Boredom should be looked at positive way. Give yourself new tasks, new challenge every now and then. Do a new thing to spice up your life. Learn a new language, learn new instrument. Read few new books.

Use intertia of boredom to produce postive life energy.

Inspired by an article in TImes of India

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A Comparison of Proactivity and Reactivity

Proactivity – Requires brain in gear
Reactivity – No brain-work involved

Proactivity – Time taken for consideration
Reactivity – Snap decisions

Proactivity – Will overcome obstacles
Reactivity – Bounces off obstacles

Proactivity – Worthwhile goal in sight
Reactivity – Drifts aimlessly

Proactivity – Priorities sorted out
Reactivity – Deals with stuff as it happens

Proactivity – Time used efficiently
Reactivity – Time wasted automatically

Proactivity – Determination holds good
Reactivity – Changes mind frequently

Proactivity – Discipline needed
Reactivity – Why be so hard on yourself?

Proactivity – Disappointments endured
Reactivity – Gives up if there’s any difficulty

Proactivity – Enjoys the doing
Reactivity – Craves immediate results

Proactivity – Will make a difference
Reactivity – Life becomes pointless

Proactivity – Counted as truly human
Reactivity – Behaves like an old primate

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Step Back To Move Forward

It might seem like a contradictory title but this is what a new study suggests.

When you’re upset or depressed, should you analyze your feelings to figure out what’s wrong? Or should you just forget about it and move on?

In a study by university of Michigan psychologist Ethan Kross, the best way to move ahead emotionally is to analyze one’s feelings from a psychologically distanced perspective.

As a human being we all are in habit of thinking and reviewing our mistakes. But this makes us to re-experience the same negative emotions again and again and thus keeping us stuck in negativity

Therefore it is very helpful to create a  mental time-out, sit back and try to review the situation from a distance avoiding being subjective.

This is quite similar to what has been taught for centuries in our eastern philosophies like Buddhism and Taoism. According to the research any one can do this by little practice.

The research says

Go back to the time and place of the experience…take a few steps back and move away from your experience…watch the experience unfold as if it were happening all over again to the distant you… try to understand the emotions that the distant you felt as the experience unfolded…why did he (she) have those feelings?

What were the underlying causes and reasons?

It is really like steeping back to move forward.

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What Are Methods of Persuasion

Persuasion can be done by manya methods. Usually applied emthods are a combination of following

Appeal To Reason:

* Logical argument
* Logic
* Rhetoric
* Scientific method
* Proof

By appeal to emotion:

* Advertising
* Faith
* Presentation and Imagination
* Propaganda
* Seduction
* Tradition
* Pity

Aids to persuasion:

* Body language
* Communication skill or Rhetoric

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Use Persuasion to Increase Your Influence

Persuasion is method of social influence.

Wikpedia defines persuation as guiding people toward the adoption of an idea, attitude, or action by rational and symbolic (though not always logical) means. It is strategy of problem-solving relying on “appeals” rather than strength.

Principles of persuasion

These principles have been defined by Robert Cialdini

Reciprocation

It is in human nature to return a favor. Have you ever noticed how common it is for companies to provide free samples. You can increase your influence by providing help to people without asking them anything in return

Commitment

CPeople once commit are verylikely to honour it. Getting commitment is an important principle.relationship may it be personal or social.

Provide Proof

People like to see proofs. If you could provide them, it adds to your advantage.
Authority

People will tend to obey authority figures. So if you want to persuade, creating an authority is a must.

Liking

People are easily persuaded by other people whom they like. So it is good to have a pleasing personality

Scarcity - Perceived scarcity will generate demand. If you could create a picture of scarcity, you create an urgency and people are more likely to complete the action

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Finding A Safe Place For Your Mind Problems

Our actions and reactions are guided by our emotions. Sometimes this influence is very obvious and at other times quite subtle to be recognized. We often see emotions as a sign of weakness. We try to put them aside and try to focus on the rational aspects more and more.

No matter how strict and logical you want to be, the emotional aspect cannot be overlooked. We will always be a human being, not a robot.

Our feelings make us human beings

Material success is important and we might see our emotions as an obstacle in that. But at the same time positive emotions are a life long goal for many of us. Read more

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Business And Brains

Many, prompted no doubt by a feeling of envy, are apt to sneer at the culture and mental ability of the men who have won in business. “Dumb luck,” “mean plodding,” “the robbery of employees,” these and other reasons are assigned by the unreasoning and uncharitable for the prosperity of men who won with fewer advantages than themselves.

Every student of the world’s progress knows that business men have done even more than great authors for the advance of civilization. And we all know, though the world is apt to kneel to military idols, that inventors have done far more than have soldiers for the good of humanity.

The man who succeeds in commerce, trade, or manufactures, thereby shows a foresight and executive ability that would surely have commanded success in any other calling. Men who know books and nothing else are apt to imagine that the merchant, whose life is devoted to facts, figures, and results, must by reason of that be wanting in the higher intellectual faculties. Nor is this belief wholly confined to authors in America. Read more

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Explore Your Memories

Who you are today, your personality and your values, depends on the past events that shaped you. You can always find connections between a present thought or feeling and a past event, no matter how far away it might seem.

Explanations for present events can be found by going through some memories, and this practice shows you how to do that. By trying this you will be able to reinterpret yourself, by learning not to judge your actions but to accept and understand them. Read more

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