If you are going to do something, make it brilliant! Achieving excellence in everyday life depends on setting high standards for yourself and constantly bettering your best work.

When we merely want to get something done, it is a chore. But when we want to do something amazing, it becomes a project, a challenge, a work worthy of you. The key is to make your job / chores / interests exceptional, by doing it in the best way you possibly can. And then strive to better it the next time. This way, everything in your life will have a touch of excellence about it.

Of course, when we have time constraints, we cannot always hope for perfection. But still, we can find ways to make something exciting, beautiful, interesting or at least just better than usual. When we begin to see and seek excellence in everything we do, the small results soon add up. Brilliance becomes a standard of life.

How can we strive to achieve excellence in everything we do, without it taking up all our time, and without falling into the trap of perfectionism? Here are 6 ways to help you with that. Read the full article here.
 
 

What does it take to be happy? So many people, who have so little in their lives, teach us that the path to happiness is surprisingly simple. And so many people, with so much in their lives, teach us that the path to happiness is also distressingly elusive. This tells us that happiness is implicit in almost any life situation - it is just up to us to unlock the path to that innate joy.

Below are five ways to help you do just that. Read the full article here.
 
 
There is often a misconception that having a successful and meaningful life would mean a major overhaul of your current living situations. People tend to think that achievers are all workaholics who sacrifice pleasure and relationships to stay at the top. Well, think again.

We do need to make every moment productive in order to get the best out of life. But not in the way one might think. The key to success does not lie in impossible work hours or a distraught family life. It lies in a simple word - "celebration".

The "celebrate principle" is an innovative approach to time management. It is not about how best to divide your time for career advancement. It is not about your "day job". It is about the bigger things in life, which are also ironically the simpler things. It is about how best we can utilize our time to get the best results, for life. Its key difference from all other time management principles is that it takes an entirely different view of productivity. It is practical, and it is stylish. It is something you can do, and would enjoy doing. It doesn't involve time tables or clock watching. It is just a way of life.

Here is how to apply the celebrate principle to life, and continue do what we are doing, with slight adjustments to get the best out of them. The important thing to remember here is that we are going to keep things simple, enjoy our life, and let success follow. It is just some things we can remember to do each day, every day, to make life better. If we can manage our time so that all these fits into our schedule, we are winning the game of life. Let's see how. Read the full article here.
 
 

Have you ever had a great dream that was going to change your life? You experienced the thrill of starting a project and taking the first baby steps. But then you were told it was too big, too risky or too difficult. You felt you didn’t have the time, or the qualifications or the support system. And you gave up.

Have you ever wondered how different your life would have been if you had completed that special project?

There was once a man named Colonel Sanders, who had a great project just like you. His great project was a fried chicken recipe. He went door to door from restaurant to restaurant. The first one hundred restaurants he tried rejected his idea outright. People made fun of his idea, his recipe and even his white shirt. How many rejections would you take, before you give up?

Colonel Sanders did not give up. He went on to try a thousand restaurants. A thousand doors were knocked upon. And a thousand doors banged shut in his face. How many doors would you knock, before you give up? Read the full article here.

 
 

I have learned one thing from my experiments - I feel most energized and fulfilled when I do things which are good for my body, mind or soul. Therefore, I reasoned that if I could do justice to all three each day, it would be quite a day indeed. Therefore, I started experimenting with ways to do that. And I found that I am at my productive and cheerful best when I take time to make sure my body, mind and soul are fully catered to.

Here, I share how. I am sharing the methods I use to feed, exercize and rest my body, mind and soul each day. And days when I manage to do all 9 things - those are my perfect days. By making use of the ideas shared here and taking one day out of your life to try all nine, you can experience their power too. Doing any one of these can make us feel good by itself. But when we do all the nine things listed below, our body, mind and soul are fully refreshed. I can guarantee that you will feel much better than ever before on any day when you do all 9, or at least most of them. Read the full article here.