Secret - Summary 2

SUMMARY 2:

 

1.       The law of attraction is a law of nature. It is as impartial as the law of gravity.

2.       Nothing can come into your experience unless you summon it through persistent thoughts

3.       To know what you are thinking, ask yourself how you are feeling. Emotions are valuable tools that instantly tell us what we are thinking.

4.       It is impossible to feel bad and at the same time have good thoughts.

5.       Your thoughts determine your frequency, and your feelings tell you immediately what frequency you are on. When you feel bad, you are on the frequency of drawing more bad things. When you feel good, you are powerfully attracting more good things to you.

6.       Secret Shifters such as pleasant memories, nature or your favorite music can change your feelings and shift your frequency in an instant.

7.       The feeling of love is the highest frequency you can emit. The greater the love you feel and emit, the greater the power that you are harnessing.

 

Secret - Summary 1

SUMMARY 1

 

1.       The great secret of life is the law of attraction

2.       The law of attraction says – “Like attracts Like” , so when you think a thought you are also attracting like thoughts to you

3.       Thoughts are magnetic and thoughts have a frequency. As you think thoughts, they are sent out in the Universe, and they magnetically attract all like things that are in the same frequency. Everything sent out returns to the source – YOU.

4.       You are like a human transmission tower, transmitting a frequency with your thoughts. If you want to change anything in your life, change the frequency by changing your thoughts

5.       Your current thoughts are creating your future life. What you think about the most or focus the most will appear as your life.

6.       Your thoughts become things.

 

 

 

Three Ways to Keep Your Ego in Check

By John Baldoni

"It's okay if other people think you're God, but you're in trouble if you start believing it."

David Cornwell, a sports attorney, recalled that quote as one uttered by his father, a surgeon. While Cornwell was speaking on Larry King Live about Tiger Woods' foibles, the quote has relevance to anyone in a leadership position, not just doctors and big name athletes.

Sure, leaders have to believe in themselves — otherwise no one else will. Their conviction in their own abilities has to be strong as well as resilient, but such self-assurance cannot be allowed to become arrogance. So often when we see business leaders making poor decisions it seems as if their ego is speaking louder than their voice of reason.

And yet we need to remember that, while it's easy to throw stones at people and power, and lampoon their outsized egos when they stumble, so often that outsize ego is the result of the relentless fawning of others. You do not rise to power without followers, but if that followership is more sycophantic than supportive, the leader can lose his bearings.

Keeping your ego in check is an exercise in humility, with the emphasis on the word exercise, so here are a few tips:

Accept praise, but never believe it totally. Ancient Romans had a tradition of welcoming home victorious military commanders with a state-sponsored procession that included the commander riding in his chariot. Legend has it that a slave standing next to him would hold a golden laurel above his head and whisper into his ear, "Remember you are mortal." True or not, it is a good lesson for anyone who achieves success to remind himself that success is earned, not bestowed. You need to keep earning it.

Listen to your best friend. While the word "friendship" may have become diluted in this era of social media mouse-clicking, the relationship between people who know and respect each other remains essential. Such friends (be they spouses or colleagues) are not afraid to give each other the straight dope. Senior leaders need the friendship of one or two close associates whom they trust above others to tell them the truth. Treasure those friendships.

Reflect on your shortcomings. Taking time out to gain perspective on what you are doing is valuable. In the Catholic tradition, penitents are taught to go through an examination of conscience, reflecting on their transgressions. A frank look at what you have done wrong, as it applies to decisions made, behaviors exerted, and treatment of others is vital to a leader keeping his head on straight. Too much dwelling on the negative is not good, but a frank assessment of shortcomings is advised.

Ego affirms a leader's ability to take charge. But checking the ego demonstrates a leader's ability to take charge of himself. That is critical to developing strong organizations which can achieve sustainable results.

Movies that must be watched

Given below is a list of movies that are highlighted as worth watching. It was collected over time from Satish Narayanan, Falgunan & Anthony Ong (SVBers)

 

From: Anthony Ong
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:16 AM
To: Falgunan Meenangode; Satish Narayanan; Ajay Krishnan
Subject: RE: Netflix club.

 

Falgunan, pretty good list…Always good to see “Back to the Future” as part of the list…One of my all time favs….  Here is David Huang and my list…

 

1)      The Cooler – William H Macy (a dude so pathologically unlucky he’s hired by casinos)

2)      Clockwork Orange – Andy McDowell (disturbing like a car crash – you know you shouldn’t watch, but can’t help it)

3)      Dirty Pretty Things – Audrey Tatou (cool movie about body parts sold on the black market)

4)      It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world – ensemble  (classic comedy; they did a remake called “Rat Race” that was pretty good too)

5)      The Visitor – Richard Jenkins (makes you wonder about the title… who really is “the Visitor”?)

6)      Once Upon a Time in America – Al Pacino/James Woods (Sergio Leone’s last film.  Long, but pretty good)

7)      Das Boot –Jurgen Pronchnow (makes you feel like  you’ve been cooped up in a U-boat )

8)      La Femme Nikita – Anne Parillaud (I think Brigette Fonda did a horrible American remake… the original’s the best even though Parillaud’s not my definition of classically ‘hot’)

9)      Europa Europa – Marco Hofschneider & Julie Delpy (based off real life events in Nazi Germany)

10)   Yojimbo – Toshiro Mifune (Clint Eastwood westerns are a total rip off of Mifune’s flicks)

11)   Good Will Hunting – Matt Damon/Ben Affleck (the film that put these two guys on the map)

12)   Blood Diamond – Leonardo DiCaprio (a bit derivative in how it depicts the diamond trade, but performances from Djimon Hansou are touching)

13)   Boyz ‘N The Hood – Cuba Gooding Jr (John Singleton’s seminal flick.  If you’re going to watch a movie of this genre, this should be it)

14)   Amelie –Audrey Tatou (cute/girly flick that make Paris look like the most wondrous city in the world.  A nice light hearted break…. Good to watch with the wife)

15)   Whale Rider – Keisha Castle Hughes (girl empowering movie, but still good… nice representation of Maori culture)

16)   Deliverance – Burt Reynolds (so disturbingly good… makes you unable to listen to “Dueling Banjos” without getting the shivers)

17)   The Bank Job – Jason Statham (cool British flick about a bank robbery – based on an actual event)

18)   Curse of the Golden Flower – Chow Yun Fat/Gong Li (mix between martial arts and epic drama)

19)   The Pursuit of Happyness – Will Smith (will never look at a BART bathroom the same again)

20)   Sophie’s Choice – Meryl Streep (Ich kann nicht wahlen!)

21)   The Last King of Scotland – Forest Whitaker (contrary to the title, nothing to do with Scotland – Whitaker does a great job portraying Idi Amin)

22)   Joy Luck Club –Ming Na Wen (total chick flick about Chinese American women, but it’s one of the few Amy Tan titles that didn’t make me gag… worth watching the genre once – great watching with women – make sure to get a hanky ready for her cuz she’s gonna bawl)

23)   Magnolia – Tom Cruise (after watching such a schmaltzy flick, just watch this movie for Tom Cruise’s character(total testosterone overdrive) – everyone else you can skip)

24)   The Others – Nicole Kidman (thriller/horror film set post World War II)

25)   Final Destination – ensemble (thriller/horror – You can’t cheat death – this first of the series was pretty good.  The sequels were cheap knock offs)

 

From: Anthony Ong
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:27 PM
To: David Huang
Subject: FW: Plz give me a movie name

 

1. Glory-starring Denzel Washington
2. No Country for Old men-starring Josh Brolin/Tommy Lee Jones
3. There will be blood-Starring Daniel Day Lewis
4. Untouchables-Starring Robert Deniro
5. Infernal Affairs-Starring Andy Lau
6. Saving Private Ryan-Starring Tom Hanks
7. The Passion of the Christ-Starring Tom Caveizel
8. Gladiator-Starring Russ Crowe
9. Mrs. Doubtfire-Starring Robin Williams
10. Dead Poet’s Society-Starring Robin Williams
11. Jaws-Starring Roy Schieder
12. Seven-Starring Brad Pitt
13. Schindler’s List-Starring Liam Neeson
14. Hero-Starring Jet Li
15. Silence of the Lambs-Jodie Foster
16. Unbreakable-Bruce Willis
17. Memento-Carrie Anne Moss
18. The Shining-Jack Nicholson
19. Amadeus-Tom Hulce
20. Full Metal Jacket-Matt Modine
21. The Thing-Kurt Russell
22. Letters from Iwo Jima-Ken Watanabe
23. Heat-Al pacino
24. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 version, not the remake)
25. Road Warrior-Mel Gibson
26. The Fly (not the original, the remake)-starring Geena Davis
27. Apocalypse Now-Starring Martin Sheen
28. Fargo-Starring Frances McDormand
29.  

 

 

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From: Falgunan Meenangode
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:12 AM
To: Satish Narayanan; Ajay Krishnan; Anthony Ong
Subject: Netflix club.

 

Guys,

 

These are some of the movies I liked so far. Suggest yours so that I can add to my list J

 

Thanks,

Falgunan.

 

Blade Runner: The Final Cut

 

Revolutionary Road

 

Doubt

 

Vertigo

 

The Reader

 

Casino

 

Iron Man

 

Downfall

 

The Notebook

 

The Bucket List

 

Blood Diamond

 

In Cold Blood

 

Misery

 

Back to the Future

 

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

 

Unforgiven

 

Taxi Driver

 

Chinatown

 

Kung Fu Panda

 

Heat: Special Edition

 

Psycho

 

Ben-Hur: Collector's Edition

 

GoodFellas: Special Edition

 

Crash

 

We Own the Night

 

Jaws

 

The Green Mile

 

The Godfather

 

Pulp Fiction

 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

 

The Visitor

 

No Country for Old Men

 

Pride and Glory

 

 

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Becoming Luckier

Why Some People Have All the Luck
By Professor Richard Wiseman, University of Hertfordshire, author of The Luck Factor

I set out to examine luck, 10 years ago. Why are some people always in the right place at the right time, while others consistently experience ill fortune? I placed advertisements in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky to contact me.

Hundreds of extraordinary men and women volunteered for my research and over the years, have been interviewed by me. I have monitored their lives and had them take part in experiments. The results reveal that although these people have almost no insight into the causes of their luck, their thoughts and behaviour are responsible for much of their good and bad fortune. Take the case of seemingly chance opportunities. Lucky people consistently encounter such opportunities, whereas unlucky people do not.

I carried out a simple experiment to discover whether this was due to differences in their ability to spot such opportunities. I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, and asked them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside. I had secretly placed a large message halfway through the newspaper saying: 'Tell the experimenter you have seen this and win $50'.

This message took up half of the page and was written in type that was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone straight in the face, but the unlucky people tended to miss it and the lucky people tended to spot it.

Unlucky people are generally more tense than lucky people, and this anxiety disrupts their ability to notice the unexpected.

As a result, they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to parties intent on finding their perfect partner and so miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job advertisements and miss other types of jobs.

Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for. My research eventually revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four principles. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.

I wondered towards the end of the work, whether these principles could be used to create good luck. I asked a group of volunteers to spend a month carrying out exercises designed to help them think and behave like a lucky person. Dramatic results! These exercises helped them spot chance opportunities, listen to their intuition, expect to be lucky, and be more resilient to bad luck. One month later, the volunteers returned and described what had happened. The results were dramatic: 80 per cent of people were now happier, more satisfied with their lives and, perhaps most important of all, luckier.

The lucky people had become even luckier and the unlucky had become lucky. Finally, I had found the elusive 'luck factor'. Here are four top tips for becoming lucky:

1) Listen to your gut instincts—they are normally right.
2) Be open to new experiences and breaking your normal routine.
3) Spend a few moments each day remembering things that went well.
4) Visualise yourself being lucky before an important meeting or telephone call.

Have a lucky day and work for it. The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems, but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.