Find Success by Doing the Things You Dislike

As I think of the struggles many people go through, I am reminded of a powerful quote by Albert E. N. Gray:

The successful person has the habit of doing things failures don’t like to do. They don’t like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose.

If you are someone who has to make important changes in your life, you may want to ponder on this idea. What are the things you know you have to do but are avoiding? If you were to discipline yourself and create a plan for doing those things, would you find positive, even breakthrough rewards?

In my case, I know when I’m trying to avoid doing something, I eventually see that I’ve paid an even higher price by avoidance. For example, when I’ve neglect my health by not eating right, exercising, or getting enough sleep because I find it hard to stick to a disciplined regiment, I have found myself feeling sluggish and not doing my best work. When I finally subordinate my dislikes to the strength of my purpose, things turn around.

Identify something you are avoiding and make a promise that you will do it. Make a promise and keep it. Subordinate the things you dislike doing to your greater purpose. The more you do this, the more strength you will build—and the more success you will find.

- Stephan Covey

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Power diet for quick weight loss RAVNEET KAUR

There is a famous saying that Health is Wealth and Healthy mind lives in a  healthy body.  But today most of the people find it difficult to reduce their weight and are becoming more prone to Blood Pressure, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes and the core reason behind this is Obesity.  In this fast moving life we do not get much time to spare for physical exercise so in such a situation a healthy and nutritious diet can solve the purpose.  Early Morning  Start your day with lemon juice and honey in lukewarm water; this helps your body to get rid of harmful acids produced by the body.  Breakfast  Choose any one or two from the following options  Egg white omelet (2) + 2 slices of brown bread,  Milk (Skimmed Milk) +Cornflakes/ Oats /Wheat bran  Fruit salad / Sprouts.  Vegetable Poha / Upma  Skimmed milk cottage cheese + Brown Bread  Pre Lunch  Take black coffee before the afternoon meal this helps in boosting metabolism.  Lunch  Boiled / Roasted Chicken/ Soyabean (200 grams) +Brown Rice (1/2 plate) / Chapatti (1)  Boiled Dal +salad + Brown Rice (1/2 plate) / Chapatti (1-2)  Take Probiotic curd (100grams) as it helps in digestion.  Vegetable Daliya  Evening  Take some citrus fruits to satisfy the hunger pangs in the evening,  Green tea with two Marie Lite biscuit  Boiled Channa  Dinner  Choose any one or two from the following options  Boiled Soybean Nutrela/ soup + salad,  Boiled Egg White (3) + Vegetable clear soup  Chicken or Tuna salad.  Boiled Dal  Vegetable Daliya  Pre Bed –time  150 -200 ml of skimmed milk.  Beside the above diet keep in mind the following points-  • Avoid heavy dinner; maintain at least 3 to 4 hours of gap between meal and sleep.  • Replace cold drinks with coconut water, vegetable soup or butter milk  • Drink at least 2 to 3 liters of water everyday  • Fibre is excellent for weight loss , so consume more of raw vegetables and fruits  • All carbs are not bad; avoid simple carbs like sugar, sweet and processed food.  • Never skip meals.  • Avoid Bakery products.  • Replace Chicken Tikka with Chicken Salami  • Avoid taking water along with the meal.  .  Follow the above mentioned points for 6 days in a week and once in a week please your taste buds with one meal of your choice but don’t forget only one. Try to take out some time for physical exercises at least thrice a week  Pursue the above mentioned rules and fit in your old clothes again but don’t forget the results may vary from person to person and don’t try to bully your body.  (With inputs from Yogaditya Singh Rawal, fitness trainer and Pinki, dietician))

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