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The 5 AM Club

“The 5 AM Club” by Robin Sharma emphasises the importance of rising up early, and beginning your day with a holistic routine. The mantra, “Well begun is half done” is reiterated. The following is an extract, summary from the book, along with a visual representation, and a video link from YouTube both of which are included at the end of this note.

The book primarily echoes and builds upon the age old idea of Brahmamuhurta which defined in our Vedic scriptures, and was practiced in ancient India. Brahmamuhurta, which means ‘time of Brahma (the creator of this universe) ‘, is a 48-minute period (muhurta) that begins one hour and 36 minutes before sunrise, and ends 48 minutes before sunrise. It is traditionally the penultimate phase or muhurta of the night, and is considered an auspicious time for all practices of yoga and most appropriate for meditation, worship or any other religious practice. Spiritual activities performed early in the morning are said to have a greater effect than in any other part of the day.

Robin Sharma’s magic mantra from this book, “Take excellent care of the front end of your day, and the rest of your day will pretty much take care of itself. Own your morning.”

He encourages everyone to be an early riser, which is at 5 am in the morning. While this could be difficult for many to adopt, for several personal and professional reasons, in principle the concept can be implemented, so long as one is willing to rise early. It’s important to grasp the ideas presented in the book and implement them, so that one make the most of the time available to advance personal, professional , physical, family, health, spiritual and social goals.

Peak Performance at 5:00 a.m.

The text suggests that our attention span is limited and gets used up throughout the day by various distractions. By waking up at 5:00 a.m., there is an opportunity to focus on one important task without distractions. This is due to a concept called transient hypofrontality, where at this time, the brain’s rational thinking shuts down, allowing for a state of flow. This state of flow leads to increased focus and productivity for the entire day. This can lead to achieving great things and becoming a history maker.

Wake at 5:00 a.m. for incredible results with 20/20/20 formula.

By using this formula you will get most of your Victory Hour(5-6 am). It is divided into three 20 minutes pockets.

– Move: 1st 20 minutes for intense exercise. Start by exercising vigorously for 20 minutes to generate brain-boosting sweat. It will increase your metabolism rate and your brain will be optimized and you will be able to better focus on work.

– Reflect: Then, spend 20 minutes in deep reflection and solitude, writing your thoughts in a journal to understand your vision and let go of negativity. Here you plan your day or Mediate for clear vision or you may do praying or journaling.

– Grow: Finally, dedicate the last 20 minutes of your first hour to learning; study biographies, psychology, innovation, or listen to audiobooks. Embrace this routine to become a successful member of the 5 AM club.

The Four Focuses of History Makers

• Capitalization IQ: ‘Natural talent is not what defines great individuals. Instead, it is the extent of that potential that they capitalize on through consistency and relentlessness.’

• Freedom from Distraction: ‘An addiction to distraction is the death of your creative production.’

• Personal Mastery Practice: ‘Your influence in the world mirrors the glory, nobility, vitality, and luminosity you’ve accessed in yourself.’ Focus on your Four Interior Empires.

• Day Stacking: ‘As you live each day, so you craft your life. We all are so focused on pursuing our futures that we generally ignore the exceedingly important value of a single day. And yet what we are doing today is creating our future.’

The Four Interior Empires

• Mind Set: It is the psychological aspect of our being. For example, our thinking.

• Heart Set: It is our emotional intelligence. How good are we at managing our own emotions? What is our relation to others?

• Health Set: It relates to our physical fitness.

• Soul Set: It connects to spirituality. How are we connecting to that Supreme power?

The Five Scientific Truths Behind Excellent Habits

• World-class willpower isn’t an inherent strength; it is a skill developed through relentless practice.

• Personal discipline is a muscle. The more you stretch it, the stronger it gets.

• Like other muscles, willpower weakens when tired. Therefore, recovery is necessary for the expression of mastery and to manage decision fatigue.

• Installing any virtuous habits follows a distinct four-part pattern for automation of the routine.

• Increasing self-control in one area of your life should elevate self-control in all areas of your life.

The Three Values of Heroic Habit Makers

• Victory demands consistency and persistence. Anyone can be great for just one day. But to be great consistently is what is required to become heroic.

• Completing what is started determines the size of personal respect that will be generated.

• The way you practice in private is precisely how you will perform once you are in public.

The Habit Installation Protocol

It takes 66 days to get to the automation point of a new habit. The time can be divided into 3 parts (22 days each)-

• Destruction Phase: Here your old habit gets destroyed. It is the hardest part. You need most of your willpower in this phase.

• Installation Phase: In this phase installation of a new habit takes place. Here you should remember why you are going to build this habit.

• Integration Phase: Here the habit gets integrated with your daily life
After 66 days the habit will be automated.

The 10 Tactics of Lifelong Genius

1. The Tight Bubble of Total Focus: preserves your focus as well as your primal brilliance by giving you long stretches of time free from trivial fascinations and any influences that dissolve your inspiration.

2. The 90/90/1 Rule: For 90 days spend 90 minutes of a workday on a single task.

3. The 60/10 method: 60 minutes work – 10-minute break.

4. The Five Daily Concepts: During the second pocket of your Victory Hour, list the five tiny targets you wish to accomplish over the day ahead for you to feel it was one well-spent.

5. The Second-Wind Workout: schedule a second workout at the end of your workday to give you a second wind for a great evening.

6. The Two Massage Protocols: Lock two ninety-minute massages onto your weekly schedule. If not a massage do something that allows you to unwind.

7. Traffic University: Use the traveling time to learn, expanding your professional prowess and personal knowledge.

8. The Dream Team Technique: Delegate tasks that not only are a poor use of your hours but also diminish your happiness. Ideally, restructure your entire life so you’re doing only the things you’re great at—and love to do.

9. The Weekly Design System: Carve out and then ritualize thirty minutes early each Sunday morning to create your “Blueprint for a Beautiful Week.”

10. The 60-Minute Student: For at least sixty minutes a day, study. Do whatever it takes to fireproof your commitment to relentless growth.

Twin Cycles of Elite Performance

The Five Assets of Genius are your mental focus, your physical energy, your personal willpower, your original talent, and your daily time.

The balance should be maintained between High Excellence Cycles (the time when you work) and Deep Refueling Cycle (when you take rest).

Remember this: The time you least feel like doing something is the best time to do it.

The Billionaire’s Maxim

1. To Create Magic in the World, Own the Magic within Yourself.

2. Collect Miraculous Experiences over Material Things.

3. Failure Inflates Fearlessness.

4. Proper Use of Your Primal Power Creates Your Personal Utopia.

5. Avoid Bad People.

6. Money Is the Fruit of Generosity, Not Scarcity.

7. Optimal Health Maximizes Your Power to Produce Magic.

8. Continue Raising Your Life Standards Toward Absolute World-Class.

9. Deep Love Yields Unconquerable Joy.

10. Heaven on Earth Is a State, Not a Place.

11. Tomorrow Is a Bonus, Not a Right.

The following illustration by Visual Synopsis presents the above concepts in a single sheet.

You can also watch the 5 am Club video uploaded on YouTube by Upgraded Mentality.

https://youtu.be/Kxvp3eOYphY?si=gWFwpx5LNB_6vXEE

What to Read and How ?

Focus on getting to build a solid foundation. Read those books which help you to built this foundation.
Read the originals, read the classics.Read the greats in maths, science, microeconomics and philosophy. Ignore contemporaries and news
Reading the book isn’t a race – the better the book, the more slowly it should be absorbed
Most books have one point to make, they make it, and then give you examples after examples to apply it to everything in the world. Once you get the gist, you don’t have to read the whole book. You can put it down.

Source : Adapted from “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant”, by Eric Jorgenson

The Man Who Thinks He Can – Walter D. Wintle

If you think you are beaten, you are

If you think you dare not, you don’t,

If you like to win, but you think you can’t

It is almost certain you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re llos

For out of the world we find,

Success begins with a fellow’s will

It’s all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are

You’ve got to think high to rise,

You’ve got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize.

Life’s battles don’t always go

To the stronger or faster man,

But soon or late the man who wins

Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!

How To Live & Die – By Khushwant Singh

I’ve often thought about what it is that makes people happy—what one has to do in order to achieve happiness.

1- First and foremost is good health. If you do not enjoy good health, you can never be happy. Any ailment, however trivial, will deduct something from your happiness.

2- Second, a healthy bank balance. It need not run into crores, but it should be enough to provide for comforts, and there should be something to spare for recreation—eating out, going to the movies, travel and holidays in the hills or by the sea. Shortage of money can be demoralising. Living on credit or borrowing is demeaning and lowers one in one’s own eyes.

3- Third, your own home. Rented places can never give you the comfort or security of a home that is yours for keeps. If it has garden space, all the better. Plant your own trees and flowers, see them grow and blossom, and cultivate a sense of kinship with them.

4- Fourth, an understanding companion, be it your spouse or a girlfriend or a best friend. If you have too many misunderstandings, it robs you of your peace of mind. It is better to accept the differences than to be quarrelling all the time.

5- Fifth, stop envying those who have done better than you in life—risen higher, made more money, or earned more fame. Envy can be corroding; avoid comparing yourself with others.

6- Sixth, do not allow people to descend on you for gossip. By the time you get rid of them, you will feel exhausted and poisoned by their gossip-mongering.

7- Seventh, cultivate a hobby or two that will fulfill you—gardening, reading, writing, painting, playing or listening to music. Going to clubs or parties to get free drinks, or to meet celebrities, is a criminal waste of time. It’s important to concentrate on something that keeps you occupied meaningfully.

8- Eighth, every morning and evening devote 20 minutes to meditation or introspection. In the mornings, 10 minutes should be spent in keeping the mind absolutely still, and five listing the things you have to do that day. In the evenings, five minutes should be set aside to keep the mind still and 10 to go over the tasks you had intended to do.

9- Ninth, don’t lose your temper. Try not to be short-tempered, or vengeful. Even when a friend has been rude, just move on.

10- Above all, when the time comes to go, one should go like a Person without any regret or grievance against anyone.

On Positive Thoughts

Nature has so built us, that they can have control over the thoughts which reach our sub conscious mind, through the five senses. The sub conscious mind is a fertile garden, in which if good seeds are not sown, weeds will grow. In the same way, the thoughts that we have repeatedly in the conscious mind, whether positive or destructive, will manifest, because of the power of sub conscious mind which is influenced by these thoughts. Whenever there is a negative thought, replace it with a more powerful positive thought, accompanied by a strong positive emotion. Faith and love are the two positive and strong emotions.

Excerpt from “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill

Visit to Boeing Factory, Seattle

Visited the Boeing Factory in Seattle on 14th May, 2018 with Maahir, Shourya and Purvi.
Boeing started in 1916, in Seattle
The Boeing factory where they produce the commercial passenger aircrafts is the largest closed enclosure in the world – the factory shed is 98 acres, the size of 75 football fields.
At this factory they produce, the 747, 767, 777 and the 787. The factory has a production capacity of 170 aircrafts a year; one 747 every month, and 14 nos of 787s each month. They could produce more, if the engines, which are manufactured by GE and Rolls-Royce are delivered to them faster.
How do they number the different models. Say – 747
- The first 7 stands for the series of commercial passenger aircrafts. The 6 series is for Defence aircrafts, the 5 series for Helicopters, the 1 series for Propeller Aircrafts.
- The second digit, 4, stands for the model no. As of now, the latest model no. is 8, that corresponds to the 787
- The third digit is 7… Why? Just because it sounds cool.
- For the 787, and the 777, they also have 787-7, 787-8, 787-9, and likewise, passenger capacity increasing in the ascending order.
The 747 is the largest aircraft, capable of accommodating up to 600 passengers. It’s made up of an aluminum body. The wings hold up to 80,000 liters of fuel, giving it a non stop flying time of 14 hours.
The 787, also called as the DreamLiner, is manufactured using a carbon composite fibre, which is lighter than aluminum and stronger than steel. This carbon composite fibre, is more than 50% of the aircraft weight.
One 787 can be turned around each day. The components of the 787, are manufactured from countries around the globe, and brought to the Seattle factory, using an aircraft which is called as the DreamLifter. Boeing has 4 DreamLifters.
The beauty about how they build the 787, is that everything comes to the factory is modules, which get assembled in to the aircraft is quick time.
The 777, is still under testing and has not been delivered to any customer as yet, but Boeing still has many orders and many aircrafts under production. They follow, lean manufacturing techniques, while building this aircraft, which is made up of Aluminum body, and composite fibre. The first aircraft is expected to be delivered in 2020.
Once the aircraft is manufactured, Boeing generally does just one internal test flight, before inviting the customer to take one, before the aircraft is delivered.
A 747, is typical sold at USD 400 million, without the engines. Engines cost extra.

Watch this video of how the aircrafts are manufactured at the Boeing factory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZXgApsPCQ

Setting Goals In All Areas of Life

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Setting Goals In All Areas of Life

Life has many facets. For a meaningful, happy, balanced and prosperous life, we should set goals in all of these areas.

In this video, I shall share with you, the different areas of our life in which we can set Goals.

– Personal Goals
– Professional Goals
– Financial Goals
– Family Goals
– Health Goals
– Fun, Recreation Goals
– Spiritual Goals
– Social Goals

Personal goals are about what we want for ourselves – that which is important to us and gives us satisfaction, happiness and builds positivity. As compared to goals in other areas of life, we can enjoy the greatest control on the achievement of our personal goals, as it is directly the outcome of our actions and priorities.

We spend most of our most waking hours working for our careers, businesses and jobs This defines our occupation and profession, and is also the means of our livelihood. It provides us the opportunity to put to use our education, knowledge, skills and show case our talents. Setting professional goals is critical as it is through working that we achieve professional growth, build a reputation, get recognition, and above all, earn money, which supports our financial goals. For Home makers, planning and executing home matters can be equally significant professional goals.

Setting financial goals, provides clarity on the means by which we can fulfill our personal and family, needs and wants, for which money is required. Our financial goals could be earning and saving a specific amount of money by a given date for a specific purpose. For some, their financial goal could be putting together, the money needed for buying a house, through their income, reserves, or by borrowing. For others, financial goals could be repaying a loan. Financial freedom can only be achieved by setting goals and taking timely actions on financial goals.

Each of us has many roles to play for our family – starting with being a daughter or son, a sister or brother, a cousin, a spouse, a parent, a grand- parent. Giving our best in each of these roles requires us to set goals.

The most important and yet in many cases the most neglected aspect of our lives is our health. We tend to take our health and well being for granted until we are confronted with a symptom of bad health, or a medical emergency. And from there on, it is only about trying to get back what we have lost.

It’s important that to make the most out of the free time from work, to rejuvenate and energize yourself. Planning for your fun and recreation goals allows to set time and money for their fulfillment.

Knowing our spiritual goals helps us to reflect on the things that really matter to us, our purpose in life, our values, our beliefs. These goals are about connecting with our inner self. Spirituality could mean different things to different people. for some it could be practicing their religion, for others it could be about experiencing peace from visiting places of worship, for some it could be meditation, or practicing silence each day.

We have commitments and roles to play outside of our family. It could be playing an active role in the school PTA, or in the housing society that we live in. It could be our commitments to our friends or the responsibilities to the community that we are a part of. It could making contributions to the well being, education and career of children without families. Defining our social goals will allow us to block time or utilize our free time, for our social commitments.

I hope that this video would have inspired to set your goals…NOW

Goal setting has changed my life for the good. It has the power to change yours.

Set goals in all areas of life, believe in yourself and take action.

How to Write Your Goals

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Set Goals. Make the positive difference to your life.

My name is Jayesh Tekchandaney, A Chemical Engineer by Qualification and Profession, A business owner by Occupation, Author, Speaker and Coach at Heart. My purpose in life is to touch, move, inspire and make a positive difference to people lives by sharing the good things and positivity that I have learned and been blessed with.

The one thing that has made a big difference to my life is the habit of Setting Goals. And today, I shall share with you, how to write your goals. Because writing your goals makes them real, it gives them a physical form, it provides you with direction and allows you to focus on what is important.

As an example, Let’s start with some of my goals My personal and professional goal is to write a book, related to my field of work. The way I would write my goal is… I have written a book on the subject of Industrial mixing. The book is published by John Wiley Publications by December 31, 2017.

As I mentioned earlier, my personal goal is to make a positive difference to people’s lives. For that, I would write my goal as I speak at conferences, seminars organisations, schools, and colleges inspiring people to set goals, and working for their achievement.

1. Make sure you write your goals as if your goal had already been achieved, e.g. I have written…., I speak. This is because the subconscious mind has to given a command in the present and made to believe that you are on the road to accomplishing your goals.

2. Write you goals in the personal tense. All of your goals should start with the word I. The I should be followed by an action verb.

I speak at conferences…

3. While writing goals, we need to set ourselves a deadline for achievement of the goal. In my case, it is the book being published by December 31, 2017. Setting a date, motivates us to block time, and take action towards achievement of our goals.

4. Also, Write your goals in the positive sense. For example, if your goal is to stop being lazy and begin to work hard, Instead of saying, I am not lazy, write, I am hardworking.

“Everything is Hard before it is easy,” said Goethe, the German philosopher. Setting Goals, writing them and seeing them manifest is easy when you choose to take action. I have been blessed and have experienced the joy of accomplishing many of my goals by following the goal setting process. My goal on the book being published is already achieved. And I continue to speak passionately about goal setting to those around me.

A Talk on GST , By Shri Jayant Sinha

A talk on GST by Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State, Civil Aviation At Tip Top Plaza, Thane. 14th July, 2017

GST call centers for support in every place
8 central and 9 state taxes have been merged into GST. Indirect taxes
GST is a destination tax
Tax credit chain structure is formed
Alignment of invoices, invoice matching will bring about transparency
Complete Digitization of Process
Comparable to Aadhar meant for individuals
Consolidation of supply chain. Will make the system more efficient
Optimization of logistics, of manufacturing and warehousing. Reduction in cost structures. Will make the country competitive
State check posts have been eliminated. From 10 to 30 % reduction in transport time
More than 300 crores invoices per month will be uploaded on the GST system. Big Data. No other comparable data volume in the world.
Policy making will improve with all this Big Data available.
Fool proof compliance will lead to improvements in tax collection. Tax to GDP ratio is presently 16-17%. China is at 21%.
Increase in tax collection will help improve infrastructure, education, Heath care, defence.
21 lac crores is the annual expenditure of Central goverment. Revenue is 15.5 lac crores. Expenses are higher than revenue.
With GST fiscal deficit will reduce.
Changes in constitutional structure carried out. It is a victory of Indian democracy. It couldn’t have been possible in other federal democracies such as US, Australia, Canada.
Similar to political integration that was carried out by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. GST has brought about economic integration.
Brought about a change in which business is conducted in the country.

Question & Answers

Input tax credit needs to be incorporated in the costing
Refund on tax credit will be refunded in 7 days, once filings start from September
HSN code is a global classification. In case there is a need for correction, HSN mapping will be dynamically updated.
Every GSTN account will be rated on compliance.
Ministry of finance has prepared an app for HSN code.
ICAI has a youtube channel on GST

Set Goals

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Goals give a sense of meaning and purpose to our life. Goal setting, along with careful planning provides a sense of direction to keep us focused on what we want and to work towards its achievement.

Our life has many facets – all of these can be classified in 6 major areas; personal, professional, spiritual, physical and mental, family and social, financial. For a meaningful and successful life, we should set goals in all of these areas.

Goals to me are SMART dreams. By SMART, we me Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time Bound. A goal has be specific, it has to be clearly defined. A goal has to be quantifiable – something that can be measured, it has to be achievable and attainable within a lifetime, it has to be realistic – something that can be experienced in reality. Above all, the goal is a dream with a deadline for achievement. It is time bound.

Written goals are the seedbeds of accomplishment. The important thing while setting goals is that you need to write them, because writing your goals forces you to crystallize and clarify your thinking. It is said that the human mind has more than 4,000 thoughts each days. Writing down the thoughts which matter, helps you focus on what is necessary and keeps you on course. Written goals form the basis of measuring progress. Written goals produce motivation. Written goals form the basis of an action plan. Above all, written goals stimulate visualization.

Often people set goals, but don’t achieve them. This is because they don’t take the action required to achieve to goals. The most important aspect of achieving your goals is taking action, with enthusiasm. Having set your goals, you need to create an action plan for their achievement.

Setting goals has changed my life and the lives of many around the world. It will change yours as well.

“Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass.” – Paul Meyer