Speech by Chetan Bhagat at Symbiosis ......

Don’t just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a BALANCED,SUCCESSFUL life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health,relationships, mental peace are all in good order.

There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if yourmind is full of tensions.

"Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with amarble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no pointcoming first. Same is with life where health and relationships are the marble.Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you mayachieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive,will start to die. ……………….

One thing about nurturing the spark - don't take life seriously. Life is not meant to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so workedup? …………….

It's ok, bunk a few classes, scoring low in couple of papers, goof up a fewinterviews, take leave from work, fall in love, little fights with your spouse.We are people, not programmed devices........." :)

"Don't be serious, be sincere."!!
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Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you are up to!!!

HAND BOOK 2009!

HAND BOOK 2009 - No one will be happier than your family, if you follow this -

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.

2. Most Important - Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.

3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

4. Live with the 3 E's - Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.

5. Make time to practice meditation, yoga and prayer.

6. Play more games.

7. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

8. Sleep for 7 hours.

9. Take a 10-30 minutes' walk every day. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:

1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

2. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

3. Don't overdo. Keep your limits.

4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. 5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.

6. Dream more while you are awake.

7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.

10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.

13. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

14. Smile and laugh more.

15. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:

1. Call your family often.

2. Each day give something good to others..

3. Forgive everyone for everything.

4. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.

5. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

6. What other people think of you is none of your business.

7. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

1. Do the right thing!

2. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

3. GOD heals everything.

4. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

5. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

6. The best is yet to come.

7. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.

8. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Use... this... in... life you will be successfull!

Talk-----------Softly

Walk-------------Humbly
Eat-----------------Sensibly
Breathe-----------------Deeply
Sleep-------------------Sufficiently
Dress------------------------Smartly

Act----------------------------Fearlessly

Work------------------------------Patiently

Think-------------------------------Truthfully

Believe----------------------------------Correctly

Behave--------------------------------------Decently

Learn----------------------------------------Practically

Plan-----------------------------------------------Orderly

Earn--------------------------------------------------Honestly

Save----------------------------------------------------Regularly

Spend-----------------------------------------------------Intelligently

Love----------------------------------------------------------Passionately

ENJOY----------------------------------------------------------COMPLETELY