Motivation Drive

Did this lockdown period restrict you to go out? We know that you want to go out and enjoy nature but as Robert H. Schuller once said that "Tough times never last, but tough people do.” We need to spend this time at home and definitely, that time will come when we will be free to go out anywhere. Just think if this COVID lockdown happened 10 years back then at that time we might not have so many free and informative resources that are now available over the internet. I have observed so many people who are in the abyss of grief just because of this lockdown. So many people are talking about the lockdown and predicting the future of the earth. Don't worry as these people were also there when this lockdown was not there, at that time they were in fear of so many other things but now they are together and thinking about this problem and giving tips to cricketers, movie-stars, and even politicians. Today we will suggest five different ways by which you can learn very useful thing...

She’s considered as a big Television media Baron and also dubbed as “Queen of All Media" but her challenging story is known to very few people. Let us see how she had become the richest African American of the 20th century and North America's first black multi-billionaire despite coming from a very poor family. She was born in Mississippi and her grandmother was a maid. Her mother was a housekeeper and there were very minimal chances that she can reach even a graduate school. She was so poor that her mother can’t even afford a dress for her daughter and Oprah used to wear Empty Potato Sack dresses. She was a child rap victim and suffered so many hardships. She got pregnant at the age of 14. We can't imagine what type of trauma she had faced in her childhood. After her newborn child died immediately after birth, her stepfather told her that this is her second chance. She came out of trauma and joined her college again. She excelled in her studies and got a chance to w...

She is a shark attack survivor, one of the top-notch surfer of the world and a mother of two. Yes, we are talking about Bethani Hamilton, a girl who lost her hand at the age of thirteen but due to her hard work and diligent consistency she became a surfing champion. In one of the interviews that happened just a few months after the shark attack, the interviewer asked, " Will you surf again ?". And with great optimism she answered that " I think, I know". Her words uttered sheer confidence that she will definitely surf again with only one hand. Its rightly said that "A good attitude opens the door to high achievement, which means you then have a better attitude, getting you into a good circle of learning". She had that positive attitude since the beginning and see how far she came now. Let's go through her story now. On October 31, 2003, Bethany who was aged 13 at the time of the incident. She went for a morning surf along the Beach, Kauai, with...

Do you know why Japanese people have the highest life expectancy rate in the world? There are very basic rules that Japanese people used to follow in their daily lives and that is the main reason for their higher life expectancy. Héctor García and Francesc Miralles beautifully explain the term " Ikigai" in their book with the same name. Ikigai means having the reason for getting out of bed every morning. Many of us do not have very purposeful goals and used to live a sloppy life. We must have purposeful and fulfilling goals in order to have a long and happy life. Héctor García and Francesc Miralles interviewed several centenarians (A centenarian is a person who has reached the age of 100 years) and many things were found common about the lifestyle of these people. They all have Ikigai in their life. Let's see what are those basic rules they follow in their life: 1. Eat less: We must not eat more and more. Centenarians explained how they always keep their stomach a lit...