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Live Limitless: Roikov Effect, Habit Q, Obstacles and Happiness for Life!

read on LIFELETTER.RAAMANAND.COM   |   APRIL 23, 2022 

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3 Big Ideas, Tips or Strategies for this week

1. Try This Strategy – Instead of BE -> Do -> Have (rat race) try Feel -> Do -> Be

How to do want to feel? Start feeling that feeling (imagination)

What can you “do” in order have that feeling in reality? (action/strategy)

Who are you going to “be”? (identity)

2. Roikov Effect – Raikov is a technique of Hypnosis that is used to modify the frequency of mind and set it to another level using the Hypnosis Trance. It was introduced in the 1970s, by a Russian brain scientist, Vladimir Raikov.

The Raikov effect is a type of neuroscience, which uses brain techniques to increase the power of your mind and enhances your abilities in certain areas like sports, business, improving mental abilities, and many more, in order to help you enhance your personality and character traits.

In layman’s term, this effect increases your attributes quality in order to make you better at everything, using the series of brain techniques that trigger the specific neurons in your brain that executes in a certain way which stimulates your brain cells and trains it to become better at everything.

These brain techniques are used to create the Raikov effect, which includes modelling, hypnosis, deep trance states, visualization, positive thinking, suggestions, and believing power. These techniques are known as the best strategies that have brought amazing results in improving brain power throughout the years.

The course of Raikov effect is specially designed to help you gather the attributes, or in other way, imitate the way others are thinking and doing things. As it helps you to observe and understand how others work on different things, so that you can adapt their strength and use it wisely in your life.

3. Habit Question – “How long does it take to build a habit?

21 days? 30 days? 66 days?

The honest answer is: forever. Because once you stop doing it, it is no longer a habit.

A habit is a lifestyle to be lived, not a finish line to be crossed. Make small, sustainable changes you can stick with.”

Source: James Clear

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2 Stories, Quotes, or Case-Studies for this week

1. Obstacle in our path.

There once was a very wealthy and curious king. This king had a huge boulder placed in the middle of a road. Then he hid nearby to see if anyone would try to remove the gigantic rock from the road.

The first people to pass by were some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers. Rather than moving it, they simply walked around it. A few loudly blamed the King for not maintaining the roads. Not one of them tried to move the boulder.

Finally, a peasant came along. His arms were full of vegetables. When he got near the boulder, rather than simply walking around it as the others had, the peasant put down his load and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. It took a lot of effort but he finally succeeded.

The peasant gathered up his load and was ready to go on his way when he say a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The peasant opened the purse. The purse was stuffed full of gold coins and a note from the king. The king’s note said the purse’s gold was a reward for moving the boulder from the road.

The king showed the peasant what many of us never understand: every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

Source: Unknown

2. Happiness for life!

“If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap. If you want happiness for a day — go fishing. If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a life time — help someone else.” — Chinese proverb

Happiness isn’t something that’s achieved, it’s a skill that’s cultivated and practiced daily. Its mastery comes from serving others.

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1 Critical Question to Ask Yourself

“What is one good habit I can cultivate this year? What’s one bad habit that I can quit?”

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Raam Anand

Publishing Coach to hundreds of first-time authors around the world
Publisher & Chief Editor at Stardom Books (USA/India)
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Live Limitless: Skills, Living, Mailing Mistake and Arnold Schwarzenegger!

read on LIFELETTER.RAAMANAND.COM   |   APRIL 16, 2022 

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3 Big Ideas, Tips or Strategies for this week

1. Key Resource – You don’t need to be a great graphic artist to create your social media posts, backgrounds, and other graphical content because you can use an online tool called CANVA that comes with templates for pretty much everything you need to display your content in images, pictures, and icons. It’s super-easy and has tons of examples for each and every category imaginable. In fact, the cover graphic for this newsletter is prepared using Canva! Try it.

2. Big Changes – “Breakthroughs happen in your life because of two things. Either something comes to you (like winning a lottery, marrying a rich spouse) OR something comes from within you (like your work, content, teachings, training, coaching, etc.)”.

Source: Brendon Burchard

3. First 100 Days – Major life changes like moving to a new city, starting a new job, ending a relationship, getting married, having kids, etc – will often make life harder for the first 100 days before improving. This is not always true, but it’s a nice reminder that experiencing early struggle doesn’t mean it was a bad choice.

Source: James Clear

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2 Stories, Quotes, or Case-Studies for this week

1. The Real Truth.

”There comes a time in when we resolve to speak the truth but we fail to utter the truth as fear engulfs us. Speaking about an incident or occurrence or speaking about one’s own mistakes-is it speaking the truth? No, it’s mere retelling it. Meaning, just narrating an occurrence. But, sometimes even when retelling we feel fear. A concern for others arises in our heart. Even the fear of causing sorrow to someone, stops the words from flowing out. Then, what is the real truth? Have we ever thought about it? 

While being fearful, if someone speaks the facts, then, that is the truth. In reality, the truth is nothing but another name for fearlessness. And there’s no specific time to be fearless, because fearlessness is the nature of the soul. In other words, isn’t every moment the right time to be fearless and speak the truth? Think about it.”

Source: Krishna, The Mahabharata

2. The Law of the Garbage Truck!

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving along when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. 

My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really friendly. 

So I asked, ‘Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!’ This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, ‘The Law of the Garbage Truck.’ 

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they’ll dump it on you. Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don’t take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, resentments, anger, and frustration.

Source: Edwards, Clare. 

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1 Critical Question to Ask Yourself

“Am I being truthful and hence fearless?”

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Live Limitless: Skills, Living, Mailing Mistake and Arnold Schwarzenegger!

read on LIFELETTER.RAAMANAND.COM   |   APRIL 9, 2022 

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3 Big Ideas, Tips or Strategies for this week

1. Skills – There are so many skills you learnt that you are now extremely comfortable for you to do (driving, swimming, etc.). Once in a while, you need to assess all your skills, congratulate yourself on becoming comfortable in them, and then, most importantly, start acquiring new skills that you are NOT comfortable yet. 

2. Thinking – “When making plans, think big. When making progress, think small.”.

Source: Atomic Habits

3. Living – Staying alive is just breathing or even hibernating. But living, is bringing all the colours, forces, and emotions together and creating meaning every day. Breathe to stay alive and LIVE to become limitless.

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2 Stories, Quotes, or Case-Studies for this week

1. If you can see it, you can be it.

In the ‘70s, Arnold Schwarzenegger had reached the peak of his bodybuilding career and then decided to retire. Back then he was not as famous as now. 

In 1976, a journalist asked him: “Now that you have retired from the bodybuilding scene, what do you plan to do next?”  Schwarzenegger smiled at him and calmly replied: “I’m going to be a movie star in Hollywood.”  

The report was surprised and rather amused by Schwarzenegger’s plans. He couldn’t imagine how this huge body builder with his poor English and his Austrian accent could hope to a Hollywood movie star.  “And how do you plan to make this dream come true”? the reporter asked. “The same way I became the most famous body builder in the world. I will create a vision of who I want to be, and then I will start living like that person in my mind as if it were already true.”

Sounds simplistic and childish, right? Well, it worked for Arnold!

At first all of the agencies rejected him because of his over-sized body and his accent. Let alone, that his surname was impossible for an American to pronounce. But in the end, Schwarzenegger reached his goal and became one of the most famous and highest paid movie stars in Hollywood! And after that, his next goal, a political career, was also accomplished when he was elected Governor of California.  

Just to know, Arnold’s family wasn’t supportive at first. They wanted him to be a police officer like his father, or play a “normal” sport like soccer instead of pursuing a bodybuilding career. Arnold had to go against what others wanted for him so that he could discover his own path of success.  Remember: “If you can see it, you can be it.”

2. A fortunate mailing mistake!

A company hired a marketing consultant to help with a small postal mailing to the purchasing departments of hundreds of big corporations. 

The consultant drafted the letter and sourced the list in a spreadsheet. Thereafter, the marketing department of the company carried on the project. 

One month later, the marketing consultant found out that a trainee working in the company’s marketing department had changed the order of the rows in the spreadsheet, by sorting only the company name column and not all the columns together.  

As a result, every letter (about 500) was sent to the wrong address, at the headquarters of another corporation. Interestingly, the marketing department reported a particularly high response. 

They investigated the matter and found out that this mailing mistake was the cause. 

An unusually high percentage of the sales letters were opened and read, apparently due to the irresistible temptation of reading another company’s mail!

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1 Critical Question to Ask Yourself

“How long will you put off what you are capable of doing just to continue what you are comfortable doing?”

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Live Limitless: John’s Crazy Socks, Cool Tool and from 322 BC – Words of Great Wisdom!

read on LIFELETTER.RAAMANAND.COM   |   APRIL 2, 2022 

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3 Big Ideas, Tips or Strategies for this week

1. Productivity Tool – When it comes to visualising ideas, many people find mind-maps very intuitive and stimulating. MindMeister is a powerful mind mapping tool and the basic version is free. It’s one of the best free productivity apps to ideate and document thought processes as you go along. Try it.. 

2. Knowing – One who “knows” what goes into his mouth (food) will be free from diseases… One who “knows” what comes out of his mouth (words) will be free from quarrels and arguments.

Source: Kannada proverb

3. Feeling God – Perseverance, daring, courage, wisdom, strength and valour – are the six elements that makes the presence of God felt.

Source: The Mahabharata 

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2 Stories, Quotes, or Case-Studies for this week

1. Understanding People

In the year 322 BC, Kautilya (a.k.a. Chanakya) wrote his famous work, ‘Chanakya Neeti’, which roughly translates to ‘Chanakya’s Ethics’. This brilliant teacher was also responsible for setting up the mighty Mauryan Empire. In one of his teachings on understanding other people, he writes, “Test an employee while in the discharge of his duty, a relative during difficulty, a friend in adversity, and the spouse… during misfortune.”

2. John’s Crazy Socks

The story of this quirky business had the Work for Good team smiling for days, proving the success of their mission to provide “happiness through socks”.

The business was started by John Cronin and his father Mark. The business was inspired by John’s love of crazy socks’ and his father’s desire to help him build a place in a world in which many with Down’s Syndrome are excluded. In a little over a year, they have shipped more than 42,000 orders and brought in $1.7 million in revenue. For every sock sold, they donate 5% to the Special Olympics. It’s a great example of a successful start-up business which provides hope, inspiration and gives back.

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1 Critical Question to Ask Yourself

“What should I do so that people understand me better?”

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Live Limitless: Startup Leadership, Long Shift, and The Making of Rocky!

read on LIFELETTER.RAAMANAND.COM   |   MARCH 26, 2022 

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3 Big Ideas, Tips or Strategies for this week

1. Reading – Reading books provides a number of benefits for both the reader and the community. First, readers can learn new information and improve their understanding of the world. Additionally, books can provide a deeper exploration of topics than other forms of media. Finally, reading books can improve cognitive skills and contribute to a person’s personal growth. 

2. Startup Leadership – In order to be a successful leader in your startup, it is important to be able to wear many hats and be able to delegate tasks. You should also be able to develop a trusting relationship with your team and be able to communicate your vision for the company. Finally, it is important to be able to stay motivated and focused on your goals.

3. Long Shift – In 2010, a collapse at the San Jose copper-gold mine in northern Chili trapped 33 men 700 metres underground. Foreman Luis Urzúa immediately recognised the seriousness of the accident and took charge, organising the men for a long-term survival situation and helping them cope mentally with the situation. He made detailed maps of the area to help with the rescue effort and co-ordinated closely with engineers on the surface.

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2 Stories, Quotes, or Case-Studies for this week

1. Storytelling

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

– Maya Angelou

2. The Making of Rocky

Sylvester Stallone presented himself and his script for “Rocky” 1500 times before it became a movie. How many times are you willing to try?

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1 Critical Question to Ask Yourself

“What is my origin story? How can I narrate it to connect with people?”

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Live Limitless: Positioning, Packaging, Promoting and Value Distinction!

read on LIFELETTER.RAAMANAND.COM   |   MARCH 19, 2022 

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3 Big Ideas, Tips or Strategies for this week

1. Positioning – This is how you place yourself. Your positioning determines your identity in relationship with other people and your work. The top 1% have 100% clarity on all three aspects of positioning. They know where they are on the map and where they need to go. They won’t let things to ‘fall-in-place’ or rely on ‘destiny’. They create their own path and destiny with their grit, determination and discipline. 

2. Packaging – When other people don’t know what you believe in, what you stand for and what you advice on your topics, then they can’t know you, like you, trust you or do anything with you. They can’t resonate with you because they can’t see what’s going on inside your mind or brain. This is the time when you feel people don’t understand you. With the right packaging, you will be able to find and communicate your message, create the right kind of content and customize each piece to specific audiences that they can understand, appreciate, and follow you easily.

3. Promoting – This is a big one and most people fail here because it’s a little tricky. The concepts of promoting is often confused with bragging or blowing your own horn, which is not true and this misconception leads to NGS – no growth syndrome. People are puzzled because they know they are good. They know they have a great product, service, program, practice or offer… whatever they are doing for work.. but still there’s no sales, no growth, no customers, nothing really big is happening. No big breakthroughs. That’s because nobody knows that you exist. Also, promoting is NOT advertising. Advertising is just one of the many vehicles of promotion. 

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2 Stories, Quotes, or Case-Studies for this week

1. Asking Questions

When you ask questions, it opens up new channels of communication. When that question is answered, it closes the channel. So, keep asking more questions.

2. Value Distinction

It’s not about adding ‘more’ value. It’s about adding ‘unique’ values so that you become the only one who offers such a combination.

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1 Critical Question to Ask Yourself

How can I position myself to win?”

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Live Limitless: Idleness, Credibility, Real Wealth and a Little Secret!

read on LIFELETTER.RAAMANAND.COM   |   MARCH 12, 2022 

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3 Big Ideas, Tips or Strategies for this week

1. Focus. When you lose focus, your mind tends to fix on what could be wrong with your life instead of what’s right.

2. Idleness. “Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring as rickets. It is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done.”

Source: It made him better at his job, by Tim Kreider.

3. Credibility. Nothing persuades like credibility in people’s decision-making process.

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2 Stories, Quotes, or Case-Studies for this week

1. A Little Secret

You don’t need the right answer to start. You can start by asking a question. Simply asking, “How can I be a better friend?” or “How can I be a healthy person?” will call forth answers naturally. In the beginning, just repeating the question is enough.

2. Real Wealth

Real wealth is not about money.

Real wealth is:

– not having to go to meetings

– not having to spend time with jerks

– not being locked into status games

– not feeling like you have to say “yes”

– not worrying about others claiming your time and energy

Real wealth is about freedom. Money can help achieve these things, but there are plenty of people who make lots of money yet aren’t free.

Source: Atomic Habits by James Clear

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1 Critical Question to Ask Yourself

“What’s something new I can learn next week?”

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Live Limitless: Terse, Wealth, Finds, & “Glass, Lake, Salt” story!

read on LIFELETTER.RAAMANAND.COM   |   MARCH 5, 2022 

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3 Big Ideas, Tips or Strategies for this week

1. Terse. Twitter’s 140 character limit makes you a better writer because you are forced to convey the message in such a short sentence.

2. Wealth. “Wealth creation is an evolutionarily recent positive-sum game. Status is an old zero-sum game. Those attaching wealth creation are often just seeking status.”

Source: Naval Ravikant

3. Finds. Happiness, love, and passion… aren’t things you find — they’re choices you make. True!?

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2 Stories, Quotes, or Case-Studies for this week

1. Glass, Lake, Salt

The old Master instructed an unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then drink it. 

“How does it taste?” the Master asked. 

“Not good at all,” spat the apprentice.

The Master chuckled and then asked the young man to take another handful of salt and put it into a nearby lake. 

The two walked in silence to the lake.  When the apprentice swirled his handful of salt into the lake, the old man paused and said, “Now drink from the lake.”

As the water dripped down the young man’s chin, the Master asked, “How does it taste?” 

“Good!” remarked the apprentice. 

“Do you taste the salt?”  

“No,” said the young man.

The Master sat beside this troubled young man and said, “The pain of life is pure salt, no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains exactly the same.  But the amount we taste that pain depends on the container we put it into. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things.  Stop being a glass.  Become a lake.”

2. Confidence

Confidence isn’t walking into a room with your nose in the air, and thinking you are better than everyone else, it’s walking into a room and not having to compare yourself with anyone in the first place.

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1 Critical Question to Ask Yourself

“What three words can I use to describe myself?”

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Live Limitless: Struggle, The Big-mo, Loonshots, and The Common Factor!

read on LIFELETTER.RAAMANAND.COM   |   FEBRUARY 26, 2022 

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3 Big Ideas, Tips or Strategies for this week

1. Struggle. “Major life changes—moving to a new city, starting a new job, ending a relationship, getting married, having kids, etc.—will often make life harder for the first 100 days before improving. This is not always true, but it’s a nice reminder that experiencing early struggle doesn’t mean it was a bad choice.”

Source: Atomic Habits by James Clear.

2. Customer Focus. Obsessive customer focus led to Amazon‘s next-day delivery option. In order to create something extraordinary, one must be ‘obsessed’ about it. Passion will only get you started. Obsession is what scales it up.

3. Big-mo. The Big Mo – the big momentum. One of the most powerful driving forces for success. Swimmer Michael Phelps’ coach only let him finish training early once in 12 years, when he was allowed 15 minutes off so he could attend a school dance. But all that practice led to Big Mo, culminating in eight gold Olympic medals.

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2 Stories, Quotes, or Case-Studies for this week

1. Loonshots

Ideas that seem too crazy ever to work but end up changing everything – make the difference between failure and success in both business and war. They can even determine the fates of nations. But risk-averse organisations often miss out on these great leaps forward because they’re so focused on immediate results that they overlook the importance of creating structures that encourage experimentation and innovation. Your best best? Separate your creatives from those in charge of running things and provide each with the tools they need to thrive.

2. The “common” factor

What do Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright brother have in common? On the face of it, not a lot. They worked on different projects for different reasons at different times.

But there is one thing that unites the four of them: they all understood that no one buys into an idea, project, or product unless they understand why it exists.

This, as author Simon Sinek argues, is something you’ll find in every great leader and successful organisation. Think of it as a sense of purpose. People do their best work and inspire others when they know why they’re doing what they’re doing. This doesn’t mean striving to make money. It means engaging in purposeful activity, an approach that often results in financial gain.

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1 Critical Question to Ask Yourself

“Why does my product or service exist?”

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