Page - 1 - of 24 www.InnerPowerPositive.net Contact: www.InnerPowerPositive.net/contact.html Published by Saipriya Viswanathan Copyright © Inner Power Positive 2009 Page - 2 - of 24 COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan 2009 www.InnerPowerPositive.net All right reserved. No part of this eBook may be copied, reproduced or sold either in part or whole. No part of this eBook may be reproduced in any way whatsoever, including photocopying, digital duplication or republishing, without prior permission from the author. Copyright includes all eBook formats, such as PDF, HTML, LIT, EX E and all other type of formats. You can freely distribute this eBook as a gift for your visitors, through your Website or Weblog, as far as you do not modify the eBook content in any way and do not charge any payment for the same. Discover Your In ner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 3 - of 24 TABLE OF CONTENTS Discover Your Inner Power Positive ................................................. 1 Copyright Information .... .................................................................. 2 Table Of Contents ............................................... ...... ........................ 3 Foreword ..................... ....... ............................................................... 4 Learn To Think Right .......................................................................... 5 Most Effective Steps To A ttract Love, Happiness And Success .......... 7 Awaken The Amazing Power Of Your Subconscious Mind ................. 9 Everything Happens For The Best ...................................................... 11 ........... ........................................ 13 Simple Ways To Deal With Stress ...................................................... 15 Pep Up Your Self Esteem ................................................................... 17 Learn To Develop Trust In Your Relationships ................................... 19 Eat Right – Eat Your Way To Good Health ......................................... 21 Music As The Universal Healer ........................................................... 22 About The Author .... ............................................................................ 24 Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 4 - of 24 FOREWORD Discover Your Inner Power Positive is a s mall eBook that deals with some Management, Enhanc ing Relationships and so on. These articles will hopefully help inspire, cheer and motivate you to deal with your day - to - If you find this eBook useful, please feel free to distribute the same among your family, friend s and colleagues. KINDLY NOTE! This eBook is meant only for free distribution and is not for sale! Saipriya Viswanathan Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 5 - of 24 LEARN TO THINK RIGHT Have you experienced instances when you got frustrated with repeated negative patterns in your life? Look back and ruminate on what could have gone wrong. Think about those occurrences in your life and try to recapture your thought processes that went on i n your mind just before that particular event took place? You would be surprised to discover what a deep link there You probably have thought of this a hundred times after a certain thing happened to you: “Oh, I was so sure this thing would happen to me”. What we do not realize is that we often shape our destiny through our own thought which in turn, affects our interaction w ith people, changing our experiences in This goes to show one thing – we have to be very careful of what we are thinking each moment, especially focus on those thought patterns that we insist on repeating. This predominant th ought pattern keeps playing in a loop in our head, till we see it happening in our mind, and finally, till it actually materializes in our lives. Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 6 - of 24 It is all well if that thought pattern is positive. But if it goes negative, it will end up impacting o hour, therefore, is to continuously monitor our thoughts, weed out all that is in, one then has to learn to consciou sly keep thinking only positive thoughts. This process automatically leads to our attracting positive people and circumstances, finally improving life itself. Thoughts work to manifest through our subconscious. The stronger our thought, the more powerful our subconscious mind becomes. It works ceaselessly to manifest the input into reality, without our having to put in any extra effort into it. The only way to improve our life, thus, is to learn to think right, focus sharply on what we want and stick with positive thinking, so as to make all our dreams come true. Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 7 - of 24 MOST EFFECTIVE STEPS TO ATTRACT LOVE, HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS Have you ever been envious of people who always seem to attract the best things in life – the right kind of partner, a lot of happiness in life and success as well? Well, the good news here is that you can do it too! You can achieve all the things you want in life, plus more, if you only know how to attract it all to you. A negative attitude, lack of self - esteem and recur ring negative traits can cause the selfsame negative patterns to come back again and again into your life. The only way to get out of your vicious circle is to change your attitude and your take on life. That will help you get wha tever you could ever wish for. So how do you learn to attract positivity towards you? Here are some effective tips to get your life back on track and bestow on you all the goodness that you could ever wish for: Forgive and accept yourself All of us have our pluses and minuses. No ne of us is ever perfect. We all make yourself for the mistakes you make, take responsibility for your life and accept yourself for the kind of person you are. Doing this will auto matically help you get out of your mental shell, unleash your confidence within and finally attract al l the good things to yourself. Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 8 - of 24 Stop comparing yourself to someone else A lot of us tend to compare ourselves to someone else. This is actually faulty behavior, which will only end up causing you more frustration. Remember, your true happiness lies in your own hands. You are never less perfect than someone else who seems to have a fantastic career, great salary, good looks, intelligence and so on. For all you know, you may t urn out to be the one who is far happier and more successful . Pep up your social life Have you lost your love? Is your personal life suddenly in shambles? Stop – these things happen to everyone. Go out there, meet more people and start so cializing again. You never know – your soul mate might be just round the corner. If nothing else, you may end up finding a true friend and confidante in him / her. Surrounding yourself with friends and well - wishers can help your self - esteem like nothing el se, so embrace love from all quarters. Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 9 - of 24 AWAKEN THE AMAZING POWER OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND Do you often doubt yourself on your own abilities? Many of us do not experience the real success we deserve, only because we do not truly believe that we indeed CAN! There is unli mited power and strength lying dormant within us. All we have to do is awaken that power and strength and lo! We would soon be absolutely unstoppable in our respective spheres of life! Now how do we go about bringing out that kind of energy from within us? The subconscious mind. We are practically capable of changing our own world with the power of thought - we only need to re - program our thought process and Up un til now, your subconscious has faithfully stood by you and followed all orders you gave to it. Believe it or not - your life circumstances as of the present are brought about entirely by that part of your mind. Further, this impervious aspect of you will b e there with you till the end of your very life! In order to gain control of this subconscious, you have to first understand that it has all the true power and strength, but sadly lacks the creative imagination, the direction that is required to move it fo rward. So it holds the entire blueprint of your success, but in the final analysis, YOU alone are responsible for steering it in the right direction. There is an old adage which says, "Thinking is being" and that is so true, because you INDEED ARE what you think you are! If you think negative, then negativity is what you ultimately get from the universe. If you feel negatively universe. The micro is reflected in the macro and so you receive the negativity you give out. Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 10 - of 24 On the contrary, if you endeavor to think positive all the time, your subconscious is projecting positive vibes to the outside world, which means, you also receive positive experiences in life. All of us have an extremely powerful subconscious. It is just that some of us get so discouraged by our negative experiences that we just tend to resign to fate, thinking that a life of comprise is all we deserve. So we learn to live with a dissatisfying job, poor salary and so on. Negativity is like Sata you try to remain cheerful, he would be right there, patiently working out temporarily. All that you need to do is just to focus on keeping your chin above soon. Remember, what you want to be is really all in YOUR hands. If you merely learn to think right, you will see your life transforming the right wa y for you. You - happiness, peace, prosperity, good health, great relationships, love and much more. Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 11 - of 24 EVERTYTHING HAPPENS FOR THE BEST t too much for us to tolerate. This happens to all of us, without exception, at some point of time in our life. We seem to have no way out of the trouble and are left wondering, “Why me?” The problems simply seem to mount without reprieve and it becomes th e greatest task just to keep our chin up, out from serious trouble. But you know what? These so - called problems are actually the ones that reveal to us our true strength. These testing times are actually those that define our entire character and learn to make us tough. Those that learn to swim through this quagmire end up being true victors – they are much stronger, much happier and much more confident post their “survival rigors”. There is yet another point to be noted here. Things that happen to us always of all occurrences and events in our life invariably ends up for our own good. You may find the previous statement really difficult, possibly even impossible, to believe. But do skim over some such recent spate of troubles in your life – just how good it all turned out for you and how much you learnt out of it all. That’s right – every bad experience makes you learn and gets you much calmer and tougher, so that you can get up and fight the next situation that might just be waiting for you round the bend! D iscover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 12 - of 24 d or bad, happy or sad, fortunate or unfortunate, are actually lessons the University of Life is trying to teach us. Finding our way out situations that may mushroom at a later time. Are you ridden with several familial or personal problems? Is your health on the constant downswing? Are you troubled by your job or salary? Are all your relationships falling apart? Never fear. Understand that these are all temporary in nature. Nothing is permanent, and so, there will be a definite end to your problems too. Acknowledge that there is a reason why all this is happening in your life and analyze if you have done Rest assured, you are definitely going to come out of all your problems – it is only a matter of time. So, never give up hope, don a smile, keep your chin up and know for sure, “this too shall pass”! Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 13 - of 24 Have you ever felt frustrated by crippling circumstances and wished you could stay self - motivated, stick to your goals and achieve the success you so desire? Well, the good news is, your goals are truly achievable and you most certainly can get that sweet taste of success, if you follow s ome simple, but nifty tricks. Here are a few tips that can help anyone and everyone realize their personal dream. Be specific and visualize instance, if you want to purchase a new home, be specific and certain about Visualize the house as if it were in front of you right now. The idea is to give the subconscious a suggestion of the idea, so that it will start wo rking towards the goal. Is it what you really want? I f your heart is not in what you a re aiming for, then the chances of success are target accordingly. You might want to pursue a course in the Fine Arts, but becoming an engineer or doctor might seem to be more prestigious. If you a re still going to enroll for engineering or medicine when you have no inclination for it, you wi ll only end up being a dismal failure. Prioritize We all have multiple goals to deal with at any given point of time. One effective way to attain success at all levels is to decide the level of importance of each ambition. Write your goals down on a piece of paper and prioritize them, with the most important one at the top. Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 14 - of 2 4 Think positive and you shall land on top of the tree. Try not to discuss your personal ambition with anyone else - keep it to yourself. Your ambition is yours and ONLY yours. No on e else has a say in the matter. This will block negative feedback coming in from other people. Even a hint of pessimism can mar all your chances of success. Get real Be realistic with your dreams and know exactly how much you can achieve. your ambitions is a good thing, don't go too far with the defeatism. Set deadlines Instead of merely aiming to study well in the coming academic year, students would do very - frame to excel in their studies. Aiming to finish, say, 2 chapters a day, is very specific and planned, so that has Keep self - motivated In spite of all the above techniques, chances are that the initi al fervor starts flagging and diminishing. The key here is to keep oneself motivated by thinking of the several good consequences that are bound to follow with the self - discipline. It might be a good idea to jot down the pros and the cons of pursuing a goa l on a piece of paper. When you see that the former weighs more than the latter, you begin to realize the exercise is well worth the effort. Then the goal automatically comes into sharp focus and 100% success is assured! Discover Your Inner Power Positiv e Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 15 - of 24 SIMPLE WAYS TO DEAL WITH STRESS It is well known that all of us are affected by stressful situations in our life. But while some are able to look objectively at the situation and take it easy, most of us get easily ruffled and start reacting negatively to it. Improper management of stress is what leads to tensio several health problems later in our lives. It might take several years for the ill - effects of this tension to show up, but when it does, it usually blows out of all proportion and results in some or the other serious illness, possibly even endangering life itself! Sadly, we begin to realize our mistake too late - only after our health has taken that steep nose - dive. But do you know there is actually a very easy way to grow out of your miseries and start living a happy, healthy life? It is the most natural thing for us, as human beings, to be happy and cheerful. Unfortunately, though, most of us get so caught up in everyday troubles that we hardly take the trouble to recognize that fount of happiness within us. Here are some way s we can get back to living that happy, peaceful life we richly deserve to live: Stop taking life so seriously experiences, some bitter, some sweet. Learn to take things in your stride and treat each day as a lesson in the class of life, as an opportunity to learn and grow more. Remember, you only live once, so learn to have fun! Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 16 - of 24 Learn to eat right Believe it or not, c ertain types of food give rise to certain reactions in our body. While eating a instantly, the wrong kind of food can prove to be counter - productive for you. Cut down salty, sugary and fried foods. Also reduce caffeine intake. Consume your food slowly, chewing each bite Keep active T hat alone is enough to dust away the layers of negativity and depression you probably have been accumulating for years now! Hit the gym, go cycling, swimming or just take a brisk walk. You will be surprised at how soon you start yourself. Moderate exercise is more than enough to work its magic on you! Get adeq uate sleep each night Sleeplessness leads to many health problems, some of which can get alarmingly serious later on. A good night's sleep heals like nothing else can! If professiona l and take his advice on the further course of action to be taken. Have some faith in God D evelop a spiritual outlook in life. Have faith that i f He puts you through it, He will also see you through it. Nothing is permanent, and that includes problems - t hey are bound to leave you someday soon! Stress is a common factor with all of us. Our happiness quotient depends on how well we handle those worries and cares. Follow the above steps and you will soon see how easy it is to lead a healthy, happy life! Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 17 - of 24 PEP UP YOUR SELF ESTEEM! man from the extraordinary human being? The answer is short and simple - lies in self - esteem. Thinking is being. Believe it or not, merely working to develop a heightened sense of self - esteem can help bestow success on your life! Pessimism and lack of self - leading to failure in a ll tasks you ever take up. Once you break out of your vicious cycle of self - doubt, you develop great self - confidence, which automatically makes you virtually unstoppable in any field you intend to pursue! All of us are born with tremendous potential in a p articular field. We is our duty to go after that success! Everything in this Universe is right within us. Remember, in this cosmos, the macro is the micro. Hence, if we des ire love and respect from other people, we must learn to love and respect ourselves first and foremost. There is definitely at least one thing we do not really like about ourselves. So what can be done about it? • Accept yourself T here are certain things you just cannot change. If your problem is overweight, you have many options to try and lose it. But if you feel inferior because you may not be good - own thinking. Concentrate on some other aspect of yourself that shines forth in the social circuit. If you have ready wit or a great sense of humor for instance, show it off in public and you will be amazed at how soon you become the most popular person at any party! Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 18 - of 24 • Be well - heeled The whole world love s an elegant dresser . Merely taking a bit more trouble to look and smell good goes a long way to creating the first good impression. Make sure to keep the hair clean and well - styled, wear neatly ironed clothes and always wear a hint of pleasant perfume. Fu rther, maintaining an erect posture and smiling countenance will, by itself, create a feeling of well - being for you. • Give and thou shalt receive! Give in plenty - complements, that is! It is surprisingly easy to win others' hearts by just being nice to t hem. Make it a habit to comment positively about people and acknowledge their pluses. Complementing others will allow them about you in turn, works wonders on your self - confidence. • Work on your minuses Know what your weak points are and systematically work on them. For y ou could maybe join a personality development course or a public speaking course. This will help you get out of your self - imposed shell and mingle around freely with others. Make direct eye contact with the other party and smile more often - that in itself will project an image of utter self - confidence and control. • Negate that fear complex Most people withdraw into th Learn to deal with that kind of thing called fear and show it who the boss is! Soon enough, you will feel your confidence levels rising and feel right on top of the world! Snap out of that under - confidence and open your life up to a wonderful new world of immense opportunities. Increase your self - esteem and see how life Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Visw anathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 19 - of 24 LEARN TO DEVELOP TRUST IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS It cannot be said enough that trust is the anchor in any and every relationship that we maintain in our lives. The said relationship may manifest in the form of a friendship, business, family or even love - whatever it might be, the most fundamental aspect to that relationship has to be trust i n and respect for each other. You must understand that, for any relationship to work out and blossom further, you have to constantly work at maintaining and strengthening that 'trust' factor. Any relationship finally breaks down if there is extreme lack of trust in it. No without both parties perfectly understanding and accepting each other's motives. Not placing enough trust means that there exists a lot of worry and doubt in that association have been hurt in some way in a past relationship of some kind. So how do you unlearn your conditioning from all those previous unfortunate experiences and lear Accept and trust yourself To unlearn all the negative patterns of thought you have developed through the years, you have to first learn to let go of the past. Forgive yourself and others for all mistakes committed and all the misunderstandings that have come in the way. Acknowledge your mistakes and accept yourself for what you are. All of us have our negatives, some which we simply have to learn to live with. Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 20 - of 24 Learn to trust yourself and your own capabilities. You will only be able to shed your distrusting attitude if you first learn to accept, trust and love yourself. Remember, the macro is the micro. The external world, for us, is only a manifestation of our internal selves. If we continue to be positive, we will have positive experiences in our own lives. Learning to let go is a major step towards shedding that over - watchful attitude of yours. This step is most essential if you are experiencing an alarming amount of turbulence in your relati onship with your partner or spouse. It happens very often that small day - to - day skirmishes over some truly silly reasons finally parties concerned. Learn to take it easy and talk with the person concerned and express your feelings and thoughts openly. Also, do not keep an "account" of anything. Let the bygones be bygones - tomorrow with your relationship. Of course, it has to be n oted here that a relationship just will not work out right if one is trying to take undue advantage of the other. If you are being the victim in such a situation, the only way out for you would be to discontinue meeting that particular person and walk out other person involved. So learn to stop doubting people's motives and lea rn to place trust in each and every one of your relationships, starting today! Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 21 - of 24 EAT RIGHT – EAT YOUR WAY TO GOOD HEALTH This is the so - - age", the age where everything is "instant", the age of fast food, 2 - minute noodles, ready - to - eat dishes and so on. While this is highly convenient for all of us, especially for those of us who work full - time and have very little time, energy or patience to spend in the kitchen, it also does not come without its negatives. Processed, canned and instant foods are of ten too high in sodium, saturated fats and other artificial additives. Some brands of instant noodles are coated with a kind of non - sticky edible wax, which could prove to be dangerous if consumed too much and too often. Pizzas, though delicious to the tas te buds, come packed with high calories (thanks to all that yummy cheese topping) and high sodium levels as well. Eating right involves cutting down as far as possible on all the above types of "instant" foods and start incorporated more raw vegetables and fruits in your - it simply means that you should try and regulate the amount of junk food you consume and, instead, try to consume as m uch natural foods as possible. Additionally, see to it that you include all food types, such as proteins, craving, as it will only force you to go on a binge at some later poi nt in time. Instead, eat all that you ever want, in moderation. Remember, eating right is the best way to achieve good health! Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 22 - of 24 MUSIC AS THE UNIVERSAL HEALER We live in tremendously stressful times – we are always wary, on our guard, almost waiting to face some kind of trouble. Our entire environment seems surrounded with various kinds of stress and disturbing situations. Most of us have this habit, for instan ce, of reading the newspaper along with our first morning coffee. While this is good in a way, as it works to make you aware of the current world situation, this has its own negatives. Reading negative information and news first thing in the morning gets t he system uptight and tense. We may not realize it right away , but the whole body reacts to stress of this kind, especially early in the morning. This could actually end up negatively impacting health. In a case such as illustrated above, removing such st resses and replacing it by a positive experience, instead, can be of great use. Of course, the fact remains that we cannot hope to totally escape stress. But there is indeed something we can do to tackle it , to replace it . There is ature has given to us that we can effectively use to reduce, even completely eliminate, this stress factor. That gift from Nature is the gift of Music. Music has been known and acknowledged to be one of the best stress - busters ever. Soft strains of music c an soothe even the most uptight minds. a person down. Music is indeed a type of Yoga, wherein the mind learns to being offered to it. Constantly listening to music, learning or practising music can indeed release you from a lot of unwanted stress. Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 23 - of 24 I have been asked several times if it is necessary to know the language in order that, while understanding the language or the lyrics is a plus, it is never a must. Music, no matter which part of the world it comes from, has the power to p lease, calm and elevate your very soul. You do not even need technical knowledge to appreciate the value of music. Simply listening to a gentle cadence can help ease you and untie all those mental knots you have accumulated through the day! Remember to sto ck some nice soft music with you always and keep listening to it as you travel, even as you work. Music is indeed the Universal Healer. It efficient and productive! Discover Your Inner Power Positive Copyright © Saipriya Viswanathan Website: www.InnerPowerPositive.net Click Here to visit our Weblog Page - 24 - of 24 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Saipriya Viswanathan is basically a performing artiste in the fields of Indian Classical music, dance and instrumental Veena. A freelance writer online, Saipriya decided to employ her writing talent on Sai priya is the owner and publisher of www.InnerPowerPositive.net . She also maintains www.InnerPowerPositive.com , a Weblog on positive thinking. Her articles refle ct her very positive and practical approach to life. Writing and publishing an eBook on this subject has been Saipriya’s dream. She hopes to be writing several other eBooks in the near future. Website: htt Contact: