7 Reasons Why living with less is more?

Why living with less is more?

I tried to elaborate that living more with less stuff, is rewarding, satisfying and stress free, in my previous blog post -living-more-with-less. This post is second informative write-up on the context.
Having less stuff is not label of poverty or low standard living or it may not cite that you are out of fashion.

If you have 20 dress shirts and 100 dress shirts how many people will know exactly how may shirts you have? Twenty is plenty and 100 is excess.

So living with less or minimal living is not about sacrifice, or giving up your style and leave the fashion. It's about selective living.
It's about clutter off, give up what is extra, whats not required. 
It is intentional, on purpose, not b'coz sacrifice.
It's about gaining time for your personal favorite things to do.

Get rid off things that doesn't matter, to distress you. To leave you off worry to live free.
7 reasons to try living with less

1. Healthy mind -: 

Less thinking about stuff you have, you need maintain and  less thinking about strive to get new stuff. Could reduce your stress levels and calm mind and healthy heart. Healthy mind to empower your thinking and get stress free life.

2.Get your entrepreneurial instincts activated -:

With less things to worry, and optimum savings you could get more time. More time to think on how to build your dream company, you have been waiting for long time.

3. Appreciate Little things with smile-: 

You would start appreciating little things in day to day life, which could make you a smiling face. You could become more flexible in day to day life style, and learn to connect to all traits of the society.
A smile on your face is vitamin to your life, long and healthy life.

4. Get real friends -: 

Minimal living could get you time to recollect and make new friends,  gaining time for your personal favorite things to do. Could make you meet real people and could make you happy. 

5. Focus and confidence -: 

With less distracted mind in stuff, you could find time focus on things that matter. Will help you to gain back to confident yourself.

6. Joy of giving -: 

By cluttering off excess stuff, you could get the joy of giving.
Giving without adding extra load to your pocket, there is underprivileged layer in our society. Some people had to go under great efforts to buy stuff you could get it easily.
Joy of giving lets you connect and understand the value of things.

7. Great personal life -:

With healthy mind, smiling face and less worries, you get more time to spend with loved ones, your relationships.
Often your kids wanted to play with you rather with the stuff you bought for them. If you could get that time, its contribution to great life.

Think and act people, have a great healthy life ahead.




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Patterns of success: Walk that extra mile. Would you?

"I don't count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. That is when I start counting, because then it really counts. That's what makes you a champion."

- Muhammad Ali

Walk extra mile or taking extra step, means take an additional effort in your endeavor when the measure of complete effort is achieved. Always do one more step extra when you finished counting.

As per Napoleon Hill, every other animal than mankind had to do a lot of extra additional efforts to survive and we think its correct.
Look at ants lift the extra of their body weight, extra than it supposed to and they do it for survival everyday. 
All living things except man has to do extraordinary stuff to survive.

Mankind can survive doing regular or ordinary stuff.

But to achieve the greater success, enjoy the luxuries that only man could have.
To achieve the great feat of achievement, respect, and success beyond luxuries; there are certain patterns, observed practices in successful people. One of that is to always walk that extra mile.

Why it is important to walk that extra mile to achieve success?

• It is. It's natural.
• It helps to build positive attitude, which yields positive personal trait. 
• If you always put that extra effort, you make sure no stone un-turned and probability of opportunities in your way increases.
• It gives individual the right to ask for more, what he deserves.
• It is less crowded when you walk that extra mile, everybody doesn't.
• You feel complete and satisfied with your additional efforts, you don't have regrets of missing that success without trying extra. Which is most important.

Ordinary and Extraordinary: The two words sounds so distant and make huge difference, but  literally it's just the word "extra"! You became extra ordinary when you start doing that extra every time.

Henry Ford and his Extraordinary efforts:
With his continuous efforts of years came up with new car models, which were cheaper and durable than existing cars in automobile industry. He put America on wheels with his famous model T. 
But it almost impossible to sell his cars or run his business back then.

Legal battle:
Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, the group of auto manufacturers which hold the authority & patent over the business did not allow to sell Ford cars. 
He was rejected for license multiple times. He was attacked in newspapers and a lawsuit, to force him quit.
But Ford worked out every possible thing he could do to run his business and fought a battle in court and won with his persistence leading to revolution in auto industry.


Racing his Car: 
Mr. Ford challenged country's top racer Alexander Winton and eventually beat him. Ford was not professional racer but he walked that extra mile, to race in car he made against top car and top racer.
With the publicity he got  made him possible to raise funds and start car production.

image courtesy: mmshof.org

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10000 Hours is what you need to excel?

Talent, attitude, persistence what's your trait?

Talent is a great asset and most sought after trait in an individual. So being talented is sufficient to succeed in your area?

No. Talent must meet the opportunity to prove and win over. And post that would talent get frequent opportunities, no.
Talent has to put persistent efforts to create opportunities and sustain success.

#10000 Hour rule: Outliers

Form the bestseller book "Outliers: The Story of Success", author coined the rule of success; that is practice of 10000 hours.You need to put efforts of 10000 hours to become master in your field.

Author has given examples of Bill Gates, Bill Joy, The Beatles and successful violin players to match the theory in the book.
Bill Gates had privilege to computer programming in his high-school days, eventually when Microsoft founded Gates had practice of programming for years, according to author could accumulate more than 10000 programming hours.
Similar cases for The Beatles and other success examples are explained in The Outliers.  

"Practice makes a man/woman perfect" :)

Talent could be your vehicle, but you need to fuel it with persistence and direct with attitude to reach the destination of excellence, to be master.

#Tendulkar's persistence with talent - 

Wonder boys Vinod Kambli and Sachin Tendulkar were new sensation of Indian cricket at the age of 17 and 16 resp.
Both being talented, Kambli played test cricket for India around 2.5 years though he had 2 double tons and batting average of 54. He played has last test at 24.
Sachin played for 24 years, breaking almost every possible batting record.
Sachin mentioned in many interviews that  hard work and practicing his skills got him going.

So did Sachin practiced more than his peers? yes.
Did he crossed 10000 hours of practice? oh may be more. There are many evident stories of Sachin's persistence.

Sachin probably started practicing his skills at the age of 12, by his age of 23, he became the top batsman in the world.
55 days non stop - 14 year Tendulkar followed a routine in school cricket season, 2 hours practice in morning play match (4-6 hours) and 2 practice in evening. 
Coin story - After full day of practice sessions, at the end of the day his coach use to place a coin on the stump and every bowler was challenged to get Tendulkar bowled out. Even after tiring day of practice Sachin would show persistence and bat through. Legend is Sachin had retained most of the coins.

#Indian classical singers:

Indian classical singers spend a hours daily in riyaaz, practice in singing terms.

Pt.Bhimsen Joshi, left his home at the age 11 to find guru and learn classical music.

Bhimsen Joshi practiced singing from that age, his first public performance was at age of 19. Consider 4 hours practice a day could make 11000 hours to reach the stature of well received classical singer in 8 years of time.

If you are talented and not there yet, not seen the success you deserve, please don't get disappointed and count your hours.
Persistence will take talent to the the success.
Have a good day.

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come. 

James Whitcomb Riley