Trainer's Notes for SUCCESS from Siva (17): Which is the greatest thing in the world?

Hi,
What do you think is the greatest thing in the world? What is that supreme good we may possess? We have life before us, and we can live it only once. What is the noblest object of desire, the supreme gift to covet, to obtain, to possess in one's life? Which one of these: Faith, Trust, Eloquence, Property, Charity, Sacrifice, Love, Money or Fame? Henry Drummond, in his book "The Greatest Thing in The World" identifies it, analyses it, and defends it as understood from the teachings of St Paul.
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St. Paul rates Love ahead of others as the greatest thing in the world. Everything else including charity or sacrifice or knowledge or power or faith or hope, without Love, becomes nothing. Love is supreme, and "god is Love." Everything else may fail. With Love, everything else is fulfilled. And it is a simple way of living the life.
THE CONTRAST
While 'eloquence' may be a gift giving the power of inspiring people, it will become hollow and unpersuasive if it is not filled with love and the emotions associated with it. Love is greater than 'faith' because the end is greater than the means. It is greater than 'charity' because the whole is greater than a part. Charity is only a little bit of Love. Even 'sacrifice' without love profits no one...nothing. Love gives character, the beat of the heart, can be felt by others. Love never fails. 'Prophesies' may fail. 'Knowledge' may vanish away. With Love only, life-work will succeed.
THE ANALYSIS
Like a beam of light passed through a prism is broken into the 7 colours of the rainbow, love also has a spectrum of elements that are common but powerful things that can be practiced by everyone in every place in life. Love is thus made up of the following 9 virtues: 1) Patience, 2) Kindness, 3) Generosity, 4) Humility, 5) Courtesy, 7) Unselfishness, 8) Good Temper, and 9) Sincerity
These 9 virtues make up the supreme gift, the status of  a perfect man.
1) Patience: Love is patience. Love is passive, waiting to begin, not in a hurry, calm, ready to do its work when needed. Love suffers long, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things. For Love understands, and therefore waits.
2) Kindness: Love is kind. Love is active, doing good to people, making people happy. Love never fails. Love is success, Love is happiness, Love is life. Love is energy of life.
3) Generosity: Love never envies. Whenever you attempt a good work you will find other men doing the same kind of work, and probably doing it better than you. Envy them not. Love is magnanimity.
4) Humility: Love hides even from itself. Love doesn't boast itself, says nothing about it, never puffed up. Remains humble.
5) Courtesy: This is Love in society, Love in relation to etiquette. Courtesy is Love in little things. Love is polite.
6) Unselfishness: Difficult not to seek anything as our own. Still, seek them not. The only greatness is unselfish Love. The essential teaching is, 'there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.' Love serves others, consists in giving and serving others.
7) Good Temper: Love is not easily provoked. Temper is a test of Love, a symptom, a revelation of nature within. Love generates good temper at all times, internally as well as externally.
8) Guilelessness: Love is unsuspecting. Love believes. The people who influence you are the people who believe in you. Love thinks no evil, sees the bright side,  puts the best in every action. To be trusted is to be saved.
9) Sincerity: Love rejoices in the truth. He who believes will love truth. Love refuses to make capital out of others' faults, delights not in expressing the weaknesses of others but in covering them. Love sees things as they are.
Love was thus singled out as the most supreme possession of any and everyone in this world. In one single word, it was said, "Only Love lasts. Nothing else." What is certain is that Love must last. Covet therefore that everlasting gift. In the process, give yourself first to Love. Become an embodiment of Love, by building a character filled with the 9 ingredients of Love.
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So much has been said, read, and talked about Love!! But still, there is so much to learn about it. The first thing experienced when born is the LOVE itself, the love of the mother, the love of the father, and our relatives. Our system is as such filled with Love from that day on. But there may have been experiences the other way too along the way. That should not deter us from loving - self as well as others. The greater the love given the greater will be capability of giving it. The more the love received the more of it is wanted. It is never too much either way.
Would you like to read this little but life changing book, “The Greatest Thing In The World” by Henry Drummond? A PDF copy of it is available FREE on the Internet. You can download it and read it. In case of any difficulty to get it, please let me know. I shall mail it to you.
Wishing you The Best,
With love always,
Siva
value4value@gmail.com

Trainer's Notes for SUCCESS from Siva (16): Want to earn More Money? Yes YOU can

Hi,
"Let me tell you about the very rich
They are different from you and me.
                         - F. Scott Fitzgerald

This week, I would like to share with you the gist of the 2nd chapter 'I WANT MORE....MONEY' from the same book I reviewed last week, 'I WANT MORE' by Stephanie Myers.

Though money is not everything in life, it is very much required to do something worthwhile in life or at least to live life comfortably by being able to meet the day-to-day needs and satisfy the desires one may have. So, we all want to have more money than what we have today. Is it that we really don't have enough to live our life comfortably today? Or we think that we definitely needed more of it to make life much better for us? Anyway, money is definitely an important element of our lives and our quest to earn more of it is nothing but natural. Stephanie Myers, in her book suggests some ideas on HOW to attract more money into our lives which I would like to post through this week's blog post.
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Rich people take risks
If we want to make big bucks, we have to be willing to take risks. Although making money will always involve risk-taking, we can avoid any serious loss by making good plans. We can always plan and choose our risks. For that, it is important for us to identify the path towards more money, then understand the risks involved, plan well, make a commitment to tread on the chosen path. To be able to be willing to take those risks, the easiest recipe is the WPS, Worst Possible Scenario. All we have to do is ask ourselves, 'what is the worst that could happen?'. Then work out what we could do in detail if that did happen. Find the answers, and march forward.

Exactly how much more do you want?
More? How much more? How much is more? The point is that we can get more motivated about a specific object than we can about a pile of money. What we need to start doing is setting ourselves specific goals for the things we want and the amount of money we need for buying them. Else, you will always be groping in the darkness, and no amount of money, however large it is, will bring you happiness. So, better be clear about how much more you want to earn and by when it is? Grab a pencil and start jotting down your specific needs, desires, and dreams, and work out the specific amount of money you would need for having them in your life.

Tips for those in EMPLOYMENT
Are you in the right job with right pay? There is a way to find out if the job you are currently doing is the right  job for you or not. Similarly, you can also find out what you are getting now is the right pay for you. If yes, continue to enjoy doing the job, giving more and more and contributing to the organization you are working for. If not, it's time to do some serious research and put in your best effort to get into a job that provides you with the profile you would love to be in and at the same time gives you the packet that would help you and your family buy what you want.

Tips for the SELF-EMPLOYED
Firstly, it is important to choose something you enjoy, and then be able to be the best at what you do. You've also got to be able to let the right people know how good you are. And, definitely, it is time to stop thinking why you might fail, and start finding the reasons why you must succeed. It's never too late. And anything is possible when you decide to really go for it.
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Well, earning money is not a bad idea. Even trying to earn more and more of it is not greedy. If you think it otherwise, you might like to take a re-look at it. After all, we have a responsibility to ourselves &our family and also to our society at large. We would be able to serve others better if have more money with us. For those who would like to earn more money, there are always viable ideas. But, besides having ideas, one should also be willing to put in the extra time and effort.....to earn MORE MONEY.

To YOUR greater financial SUCCESS,
With love always,
Siva
value4value@gmail.com

Trainer’s Notes for SUCCESS from Siva (15): YOU can get MORE of everything YOU want

Hi,
We all want something or the other, more and more of it. Be it love, friendship, money, relations, respect, knowledge, confidence, job satisfaction, or any other thing that we think is good for us. We spend every day in pursuit of getting more and more of the things we want. When we get what we want, we want more of it. After all, wants recur, and that is what keeps us moving forward in life with continued zeal, hope, and enthusiasm. How nice it would be if we know an easy path to get that more of what we want faster! In her book, “I WANT MORE” Stephanie Myers deals with 5 different aspects (love, money, respect, job satisfaction, and confidence) wherein she does some straight talk and gives us some specific action tips on how to get more of what we want. Let me present to you the gist of Chapter 1, ‘I Want More.....Love’ in this Monday’s TNSS….

Some realities of love	The root of all heartache	The steps towards MORE LOVE
Money can’t buy us love, but we spend a lot of money thinking that we could. When we think we are looking for love, what we really want is companionship. Love doesn’t refer to romantic love alone. There are also other forms of love we want: Mother’s love, friends’ love, children’s love.... Yes, relationships do get sour, and love failure does happen.	In 99% of cases, we don’t love ourselves. This is a problem because people who don’t love themselves don’t believe that anyone else could. Then, they spend their lives playing a victim. Friends and family assume we know they love us, so they don’t bother to say it. We too do the same to our friends and family. The more insecure we feel about a person, the more we want to be told that they love us.	Remember that people take a cue for how to treat us by watching how we treat ourselves. So treat yourself better. If you don’t feel loved by your partner, tell them (calmly) Do as you would be done by. e.g., if you love the idea of getting a short phone call in the middle of the day from your nearest and dearest, phone them, and tell them how much you want them/love them/miss them. Be nice to people. Sounds simple, costs nothing, and yet most of us don’t even bother. The nicer people think you are the nicer they will be to you. Become interested in other people - at work, at home. Stop playing conditional love games. Never start a sentence with, ‘If you loved me, you would.....’ Spend time with children (yours or someone else’s) Bring back the child in you. After all, there is a child in each one of us.

There are a million ways to attract more love. What they all have in common is that we must always start by loving ourselves first. Then at the same time, if we want more, we must have to give more. Unlike many things in the world, there are no limits to the amount of love a person can give or receive; start by giving yourself more, and then share it with others.
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Emerson (1803 - 82)
“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.” – Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900)
This book “I Want More” by Stephanie Myers is a very small guide of about 100 pages. You could read and learn from it about how to get more of 4 other ingredients in life: Money, Respect, Job Satisfaction, and Confidence.
To your SUCCESS and HAPPINESS,
With more love and regards,
Siva
Value4value@gmail.com