A little extra helps...

How many times have you found this phrase a reality in your life. Human nature is such that being content is always with a little extra.

Funny but true, all the philosophies of contentment fails just in the moment when we look forward to a little extra. In life matters, be in money, relationships, dreams, achievements and more, in every matter a little extra always matters. There would be a hundred things that a little extra will help us but lets us look at few things that a little extra if we did, will really help us. Remember the times you have struggled in your work or life, had setbacks in life, if you think why me, then look the story from this angle, setbacks and struggles are inevitable but how you respond to them defines your success and achievements. The lesson from life what I have learnt and have believed thus far is that its better to focus on what we still have than to what we have lost. A loser always looks at what s/he has lost but a winner sees what s/he has gained from the situation. So lesson number one is to win in every situation. If situation wins over you then you are a loser , if you win over every situations in life then though you lose still you will be winner because you can never remain in the situation of losing, you will rise up to success. You need to have the willingness to work hard , have determination to succeed, and more than anything have the mindset of a winner. Just take life's challenges as one more challenge to overcome on the road to success.

When we live through the situations in life, it’s a rat race and the tragedy of the this race is that even when you win the race still you are “a rat”. So winning as you are and winning big makes you a winner. Everybody wants to be a winner, we run like we have machines performing at our best and if we do not we will be replaced. We just forget that everyone in this world is different with undoubtedly unique strengths and weaknesses. How is it to feel winning your own race rather than winning a race through cutthroat competition? Winning a race is always about how you perceive yourself and how others perceive you. Winning your own race is always being a inspiration to your own world. You consider yourself to be the best in what you do and others perceive you the best in what you do and not what they do. So compete with yourself to excel in life situations, to win your own race. 2000 employees may not become the National Director or CEO of an Organisation, but definitely they can do their best in what they are good at doing. Comparing yourself with others is stress-diarrhoea, its just wont stop, so what do you do, just don’t compare yourself with others, do the best you can. That I understand as self direction, being a successful manager, being a successful specialist is big in itself.

I was watching this Jim Carrey’s movie, “Yes man”, apart from the comic timings of the actor, which is entertaining, what I liked is the message that came accross. We loose life opportunities when we say no, or keep saying no. Its an attitude as keep saying yes is. But helping people and saying yes to doing good always pays handsomely. Going an extra mile, lending an extra hand is always helpful for everybody. The world teaches us to be selfish, ask to yourself, who likes an selfish guy, you wont be a friend to a selfish guy, you wont marry a selfish guy or gal, so we all like people who can do that little extra, the simple logic is if we do the little extra people like us too. From my life experiences I have found that its very easy to say no and very hard to say yes, coz says yes means you are putting yourself into a situation where you have to do a little extra. Do an extra effort to help somebody, your friend, your colleague , your spouse, your kid, your neighbor, just a little extra will help you to be the influencer, leader and inspiration.

A little extra effort in your career will make you success, a little extra time with your spouse will make your relationship healthy, a little extra time with your friends will make them your best friends, and a little extra help work for your colleagues will make you a leader in your own right. Remember friends, life with a little extra always helps in a lot big ways. Keep doing the little extra and your Father in Heaven will bless you abundantly for the little extra that you do.