May 20, 2009 1

Tune your

Mind
to
Become Better
Presented for your reading pleasure : Prof. V. Viswanadham
 A journey of
a thousand miles begins
with a single step.

The question is :
When are you taking that
single step ?
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 Know that …

No pain.
No gain.

May 20, 2009 Pain … Gain …Again and Again…

4
 A tt i tu d e
is

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everything 5
 Attitude
is a little thing
that makes a

BI G difference.

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Y o u r
e

e
t t i t u d
a i n e s
t e r m
de

d
y o u r

u
.

alt i t
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 You
can alter
your life
by altering
your attitude.
Alter for the better
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 Where
there is a

will
there is a

way.
Do you have the will
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to make your way ? 9
 Be the
BES T
that
you can

BE
May 20, 2009 Becomin g … B ein g … 10

Im pro vin g…
 God!
Grant me
the courage
to change the things
I can,
the serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change,
and
the wisdom
to know the
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difference.
 Wisdom is
knowing
what to do
next.
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What do you want to do next ?
12
 Ask
and you shall receive,
seek
and you shall find,
knock
and it shall be
opened for you.
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Ask and Seek and Knock 13
 We make a living
by what we get;

We make a life
by what we give.
Are you giving as much as you are
capable of giving ?
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 We are
what we
repeatedly do.
Excellence, then,
is not an act,
but a habit.
May 20, 2009 What are your habits ? 15
 Whatever
you are
Be a good one
Pursue excellence in
May 20, 2009 everything you do 16
 Try not to become
a man of success
but rather
try to become
a m an of va lu e.
Get real val ue addi tion
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 Whatever you can do,
or dream you can,
BEGIN IT.
Boldness has genius,
power and magic in it.
Begin it now.

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Be fearless 18
 He who has
HEA LTH ,
has hope, and
he who has hope
has everything.

Have health, hope and

May 20, 2009 everything 19
 Nothing
great
was ever achieved

without

En thusi asm
Co nsciously e nsure yo ur
May 20, 2009 Enth usiasm le vels 20
 Sma ll
opportunities
are often the
beginning of
gr ea t
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enterprises 21
 Knowing
is not enough;
We must apply.
Willing
is not enough;
We must do.

Know … Apply … Will …

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Do … Achieve …
 If you always do
what you have
alwa ys d one,
you will always get
what you have
alwa ys g ot.
Be different
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 Failing
to plan
is planning
to fail.

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What are your plans ? 24
 You miss

10 0 %
of the shots,

you do not try.

Start trying …
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You will succeed
 Our greatest glory
is not
in never
failing,
but in rising
every time we fall

Like the Ocean’s waves …

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Relentlessly …
 Only through
experience of
tri al an d
suf fe rin g
can the
soul be strengthened,
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ambition inspired, and
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 A pessimist
sees the difficulty
in every opportunity;
an optimist
sees the opportunity
in every difficulty.

Surely, you are an

optimist.
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 Do you love life ?
Then, do not
squander time,
for that is the stuff
life is made of.

Life = Time = Learning = Excellence

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 You will become
as small
as your
controlling desire;
as gr ea t
as your
dominant aspiration.

May 20, 2009 What are your aspirations ? 30

 Whether
you think
you can
or think
you can’t,
you are right.

Think you can.

May 20, 2009 and be right. 31
 The harder
you work,
The luckier
you get.
Don’t you want to be
May 20, 2009 more luckier ! 32
 Good judgment
comes from
experience.
Experience
comes from
bad judgment.
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Acquire good judgment
33
 Everyone
thinks of
changing the world,
but no one
thinks of
changing himself.

Be the change
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You want to see in the world 34
 Vision
without action
is a daydream.
Action
without vision
is a nightmare.

May 20, 2009 Have both vision and action.

35
 Opportunities
multiply
as they are
seized.
May 20, 2009 Grab your opportunities
36
 The time
is always right
to do
what is right.
For right decisions …
May 20, 2009 Any time is right time. 37
 Smile
and the world
will smile
with you.

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Keep smiling. 38
 To succeed
you need
something to
inspire you.

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Get inspired! 39
 You are
what you think
you are.
What are you thinking ?
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 Our life is
what
our thoughts
make it.
What are your
May 20, 2009 Life-making thoughts ? 41
 You are
Your thoughts.
Change
your thoughts,
change
your life.
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Analyze your thoughts 42
 Be happy
for this moment.
This moment
is your life.
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Live every moment happily.
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 What you are
is god’s gift
to you.
What you will
become
is your gift to god.

What gift you want

May 20, 2009 to give back to God ? 44
 If a person
does his best
what else is there?

Give your best always.

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 A ship is safe
in harbor – but
that is not
what ships are for.
Dare to move into
Challenge zone.
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 Better to light
a candle
than curse
the darkness.

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Spread Light & Delight 47
 The only place
where success
comes before work
is in the dictionary.
Begin the work
May 20, 2009 And the success will come
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 It’s not the years
in your life
that count.

It’s the life

in your years.
May 20, 2009 Start living & growing 49
 You
cannot escape
the responsibility
of tomorrow
by evading it
today.

Become responsible
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 When fate
closes one door,
fai th
opens many.

Have faith.
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Faith in yourself. 51
 The best thing
about the future is that
it comes only one day
at a time.

Do we put that
one day
to the best possible use ?
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 You can
only get
what you have
put in.
What did you sow earlier ?
May 20, 2009 What are you planning to sow now ?
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 Do
even
small things
as if
they were
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 A bend
in the road
is not the end
of the road –
unless
you fail to
make the turn.

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Be tuned to turning at the right time.
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 The dream
of yesterday
is the hope
of today and
the reality
of tomorrow.

Wake up! Take up!

May 20, 2009 Begin to turn your dreams into reality.
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 Add love
to your skills.
You can make
a masterpiece.

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Make masterpieces. 57
 The secret of success –
Preparation
Honest & hard work
Learning from failures
and
Persistence.
Now that you know the secret
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What are you waiting for ?58
 Success
leaves
clues
for greater
successes.

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Are you keenly noticing the clues59?
 A gem
cannot be made
without friction.

Accept trials and failures

as your friction.
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 The tragedy of life
is not that
it ends so soon,
but that
we wait so long
to begin it.

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Have you begun living your life 61?
 Judge
your day
not by the
harvest
but by the
seeds sown.

What seeds you are planning

May 20, 2009 to sow today ? 62
 God
will not
give you
anything
which you
can’t handle.

Have faith and

May 20, 2009 handle with faith. 63
 Don’t look only
to the past
and neglect
the present –
if you don’t want to
miss the future.
Future is the place
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where you are going to live … 64
 It is never
too late
to be
what you
might have been.
Become something !
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 You cannot
go back
and start again.
However,
you can
start now,
and make a
grand new ending.
Start now and
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make a grand new ending. 66
 To begin with,
compete with yourself
and continuously
become better.
Then,
compare yourself
with others, and
now compete to be
better than others.
May 20, 2009 Compete … Compare … Come Up! 67
 Begin.
Begin with
small efforts.
What is success ?
It is the sum of
small efforts,
repeated persistently.
May 20, 2009 Begin. Better. Brighten. 68
 How do you know
what you can achieve

until you tr y
?
So, begin.
Begin now.
Begin – even if the
beginning is just
May 20, 2009 a small effort. But, 69
 Success comes
only after
the action
begins.

Begin your action now!

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 He who
stops
being better
stops
being good.
May 20, 2009 Become continuously better.
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 What is important
is not what happens
to you.
What makes the
difference is
what you do with
what happened
to you.
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Make a difference! 72
 Feel and act so that
everyday in everyway
you are becoming
better and
still better.
Review to realize
the improvement
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 You don’t have to see
the entire route,
till the destination.

Just take the

first step.
Yes. Just the first step.
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 Don’t let
your fears
stand in the way of
your dreams.

Let your dreams

drown the fears
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 The future
belongs to you
if you prepare for it
today.

Start your preparation

now!
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 When
what you think,
what you say, and
what you do
are in perfect harmony
you get happiness.

Improve harmony and

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become more happier today. 77
 Read regularly
inspiring thoughts –
The best way to
nourish your mind.

You will now know

how higher you can grow.
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 If you think
you can
you are right.
If you think
you can’t
you may be right.

Better think that you can

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and prove it right. 79
 Growing is changing -
changing for the
better.
If you are not changing
and growing
you are not living.

Change,
grow and
May 20, 2009 live. 80
 If not us,
who ?
If not now,
when ?
Yes, we will become better.
Yes, now we will start
Becoming better.
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