1. Master your Mind
- If you care for your mind, nurture it and cultivate it. It will blossom beyond your expectation.
- The quality of life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.
- There are no mistakes – Only Lessons
2. Follow your purpose
- The purpose of life is to lead a life of purpose.
- Set clearly defined personal, professional and spiritual goals.
- Discovering and then realizing your life works brings lasting fulfillment
3. Self Mastery
- Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly – Confucius
- Success on the outside begins with success on the inside. Improving your inner world builds a strong character.
- Strong character full of discipline, energy, power, and optimism can achieve anything in the outer world.
- When you push yourself beyond your limits, you unlock mental and physical reserves you never thought you had.
4. Live with discipline
- Discipline is built by consistently performing small acts of courage.
- Willpower is the essential virtue of a self actualized life.
- Never race against others rather race against yourself.
5. Respect ‘Time’
- Most precious commodity and non-renewable.
- Time mastery (skill in a subject) means life mastery.
- Focus on your priorities and maintain balance.
- Time mastery allows you to do the things you love to do, the things that are meaningful to you.
- Time spent enriching non-work hours makes you tremendously efficient in your work hours.
6. Selflessly serve others
- Quality of your life ultimately comes down to the quality of your contribution.
- By elevating lives of others your life reaches higher dimension.
7. Live in the “Now”
- Embrace the present.
- Happiness is a journey and not the destination. Live in the “now”
- Love the life with simple. Living simple will gain life satisfaction.
Source: 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari'
