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My thought goes way back to 1988 when I was awarded the Gold Medal:. When I was just 27 years old and had appeared in my Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing and Sales Management (PGDMSM) by attending the evening management college in Ludhiana, covering this under Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan-which was then a renowned institute offering such a course. Those days, the MBA was not being conferred in most of the management colleges, as is happening still with some of the prestigious management institutes, having the lead role nowadays. The joyful news was that I had secured 70.50% marks cumulative in all the subjects and was adjudged topper. I remember those days around 32 years back; it was considered a very great achievement, and I was awarded the Gold Medal by the then Vice Chancellor-Prof. G S Randhawa of the Guru Nanak Dev University of Amritsar.

Accountability can help you grow and achieve your goals. If you're accountable to someone, there's no way you can hide from your goals. When they ask you how it's going, they'll expect an answer. And if you tell them that everything is great, yet the truth is that nothing has been done, then the discomfort of a lie will force you to change.

There’s mounting evidencedemonstrating that positive people live longer and better than their negative counterparts. Not only do these cheerful types enjoy less stress, anxiety, and depression, but they also live longer with fewer diseases.

Do you ever want to be a better version of yourself? Maybe it feels like it’s time to grow up a little bit or move on from a certain phase in your life. Maybe you’re just bored and ready for a new challenge. Whatever your circumstances, the following ten tips will help you level-up in any area of your life that you focus on.

Tend to the inner garden means taking time to plan, water the seedlings, mitigate negative weeds, and bask in the light of self-care for gro~ Terri Kozlowski. Do you ever think about how you are tending to your personal growth and mental or emotional wellbeing? Do you plan to sow seeds that benefit your mindset? Many don’t and try to fly by the seat of their pants, hoping for a decent outcome. But if you tend your garden, you can foster a healthy foundation in which you can handle the unexpected and still thrive.

Are you truly stretching yourself to reach new heights or are you playing it safe? When you stretch yourself you cultivate personal growth.~ Terri Kozlowski. Are the goals you have truly stretching you to reach new heights or are you playing it safe and allowing your egoic mind to be rational about your objectives? But did you realize that playing it safe means you aren’t growing and most likely stagnating? Remember, taking a misstep means you are learning and, therefore, discovering growth and success.

The less-is-better effect describes our tendency to prefer the lesser or smaller of two options, but only when those options are presented separately. When we consider both options together, our preferences reverse and the less-is-better effect disappears.

“You have to own your mistakes otherwise your mistakes own you.” — Paulo Coelho. We’re human and we make mistakes. That’s a huge part of life that will never change. No one is ever going to be right all the time. There are some of us who are right most of the time. And others who are wrong a lot. But ultimately, everyone is going to make a mistake at some point and they probably already have made a lot throughout the years of their life.

Emotions are natural human reactions. Everyone experiences joy and anger, sadness and fear, love and happiness. Are emotions different from feelings, and why do they matter? They’re effectively two sides of a coin, but there are distinct differences. Gaining an understanding of this will help you change your unhealthy behaviors and achieve peace.

Some people are good at what they do. Some others are outstanding. Then, there are people who can be defined unstoppable; they seem to excel in every area of their life. You continuously see them reach new goals and grow.

Better sleeping patterns help create more time. A woman is enjoying peaceful sleep while in bed.A photo by Vladislav Muslakov on Unsplash. Being a grownup adult is not as simple as we thought when we were kids. We have got responsibilities for which we have to buy enough time. One way of buying your time is by creating it.

How much self-discipline do you have? Are you able to control how you respond to new situations or stick to your budget? Or do you let your impulses and the current excitement of the moment take on a life of its own?

A meaningful discussion of a topic ought to define the postulates: what are the underlying definitions and assumptions inherent in the subject? In keeping with this idea, how can we discuss imperfection without first defining what perfection is?

When you feel overwhelmed by a wave of emotions, the best thing to do is feel those emotions. It goes against everything you feel is right; if something feels bad, then you want to avoid it to make it stop, right? It feels bad to experience negative emotions, but we have to stop seeing emotions as good or bad. Whatever type of emotion you feel, you have to experience it before you can move on.

The best relationships build and grow the self. How's your relationship doing?Allen Taylor/Unsplash. Does your relationship make you a better person? If it isn't, there may be consequences.

You’re the only one who has the power to guard yourself. Everyone has to deal with toxic people in their lifetime. There are the manipulators who will do whatever it takes to get what they want. There are the narcissists who seek to control and don’t care who gets hurt in their wake. Then there are the gossipers, compulsive liars, and self-pitiers. It’s a dangerous cocktail of people to contend with.

Battling problems is an inevitable process of life. This process nurtures personal growth if problems are clearly evaluated and lessons are well-learned. However, a problem tends to repeat itself if maladaptive coping methods and same unworkable solutions are applied. A predisposing cause to poor problem solving skills is due to lack of self-knowledge. Lack of self-knowledge often leads to unclear perceptions and unconscious decisions.

The definitive 4 steps of achieving a secure money mindset. A couple is sitting on a couch while gazing at each other.Photo by cottonbro from Pexels. Many of us have been through the anxiety of not having enough money. We may feel like we can never get ahead or that our financial situation is too stressful for words.