HARDWORK --- A KEY TO SUCCESS...

You do not come across success just by hoping for it. To achieve true success, you need the strength of mind and body to struggle and work hard to reach your fullest potential. You need the right attitude, self-discipline and the ability to put your goal before your own needs, if you are really driven towards reaching success. There is, after all no substitute for hard work, and as Henry Ford says, “The harder you work, the luckier you get” – the more successful you get!.. But many times the question arises in the mind that what are the ways to overcome success???  The only and the only way is----

Intense hard work along with great skills shall help you win one success after another. There shall be innumerable obstacles strewn in your path towards success, however, what makes a man truly worthy of the success that he attains is the ability to keep struggling until he can reach his goal. Giving up after a few failed attempts makes you a loser.

A truly successful man will keep trying and keep struggling until he perfects his art. Thomas Edison failed approximately 10,000 times while he was working on the light bulb and yet he never dreamed of giving up – this is the hard work and the determination that marks a true success. Indeed, success is not measured by the position that you are in, today but the amount of hard work you put in and the number of obstacles that you overcome to reach your goal.

Many times people think if there shortcuts to get success, why to work so hard???

The good thing about working hard is, that for people who are driven towards their goal can enjoy their hard work and consequently, the work does not seem unduly grueling to them. When you begin to work hard towards achieving success, make sure to work smartly too. An intelligent working technique, along with relentless effort will go a long way in helping you achieve the success that you always desired.

Nothing in this world comes easily, least of all, success. Take the example of Abraham Lincoln who worked hard, without ever getting disappointed of his countless failures, from the age of 21 till the age of 52, when he went on to become the President of the US. Again, it took Noah Webster 36 years to compile his Webster's Dictionary. Where would we be today if he had not put in those countless hours of hard work behind his grand contribution to the English language?

Therefore, you need to remember that there are no short cuts to success. Hard work, complimented with an intense desire to struggle and to achieve success is the only sure shot way of reaching success that you have always wanted…..

About the Author:
The Author is Ms. Renu Trehan, PRT, Meenakshi Public School
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GROWING OBESITY AMONG CHILDREN...

Children become overweight and obese for a variety of reasons. The most common causes are genetic factors, lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating patterns or a combination of these factors. Only in rare cases is being overweight caused by medical conditions such as a hormonal problem. A physical exam and some blood tests can rule out the possibility of a medical condition as the cause of obesity. Although weight problems run in families not all children with a family history of obesity will be overweight. Children whose parents or brothers or sisters are overweight may be at an increased risk of becoming overweight themselves but this can be linked to shared family behaviours such as eating and activity habits . A child’s total diet and activity level play an important role in determining a child’s weight. Worldwide obesity trends are causing serious public health concern and in many countries threatening the viability of basic health care delivery .It is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and significantly increases the risk of morbidity and mortality. The last two decades have witnessed an increase in health care costs due to obesity which is a global phenomenon affecting all socio- economic groups ,irrespective of age ,sex or ethnicity.

About the Author:

The Author is Ms. Alpana Kumari, PRT, Meenakshi Public School

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WHY TO BE RICH?

I’ll be 35 in a few months. It is a confusing age. But I don’t want to give up my childhood.  As I look back at the last decade, I find a lot of satisfaction. God has kept me special and especially lucky.

What is a good measure of ‘making money? I spent a lot of time looking at people who are elder & richer than me. As I tried to find out; a lot of answers emerged. I could conclude a couple of things:-

a) If I work very hard from now on I can make a very big mark on the world and that should simultaneously create a lot of money.

b) However, if I work less hard and use the saved energy for something else, then that something else can also get created well.

I took a decision finally. Thought to SHARE with you through this blog.

Why I do not want to become RICH?

1) ‘Bade Bade jo disay log, unko vyapey chinta rog’. (Those who are rich they are always in tension to lose it)Lines quoted by Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. I found that most of people who are older than me are living in a state of anxiety. A chronic anxiety fatigue is enveloping them and it just doesn’t leave them. Rather it becomes stronger and firmer with every passing year. ‘Majority of the issues in the lives my elders & contemporaries are either because of ‘wealth creation worries’ or out of ‘worries about increasing that wealth which already got created’.

2) ‘Kitni jyaada mushkil se tu kamata hai daulat ae insaan ..

Thodi si mehnat kar, Khuda jannat bech raha hai’ …

 ‘What is the point of creating ‘more material properties’ when one is already not likely to CONSUME the ones / savor the ones which he already owns / has’.  I would  want to cherish slowly ‘what I already have’ than trying to spend my vital energy into creating something which I might not end up using also. The energy that you put in to create that extra money could be used to ‘stay fit’ and ‘stay young’. There are a lot of things that money just cannot buy — trust me!

 3) Spiderman — my childhood role model said it right- ‘With great power comes great responsibility’. May be the reason- why majority of our politicians and corporate honchos become more hungry, ruthless and wanton when money associates with them. I do not want to be filthily rich because I am scared of my ‘head going wrong’ when that happens.

4) I might ignore relationships in my life in the race to become rich. My daughter is 8 already and soon she will be ready to leave home for her life and career. My mom is 61 and needs me.

What is the point of being on the dining table with them while talking on mobile phone along? What is the point of eating that food; if you do not enjoy it 100%. I see so many people not eating their food; but eating the emotions / thoughts that are happening along. Food is merely a mechanical act to get them energy to create more money. Over pursuit of money is leading to a multitude of life style diseases e.g. Spondylitis, Back pain, Hypertension, Diabetes and more. You go to any ward in any hospital and every field of medicine’s patient wards will be running full.

I thank God for keeping me fully fit till now. I do not want that I exert an extra much to create wealth which impacts my health adversely. While saving my energy from the wealth race; I can use the same energy to genuinely help people who need me.

One Life! & I want to love it and live it 100%.

About the Author:
The Author is Ms. Manju Chillar, PRT Educator, Meenakshi World School
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DISCIPLINE...

The word 'discipline' means a training that produces obedience or self-controlled behavior to the orders of a proper authority. In every walk of life, discipline is of supreme importance. When a number of people are engaged to perform some colossal work, they must observe certain rules and obey the persons placed over them. That is called 'discipline'. If they do not obey the rules or their superiors, the work is likely to suffer.

In a battle-field, every soldier must obey the command of his higher officers. If not, the army, lacking discipline, is likely to lose the battle. It is only that a disciplined army is found to march forward and win the war. There are thou­sands of such examples in the pages of history.

Discipline is the backbone of character. Without disci­pline, nothing great can be achieved in life. A person is nor­mally found to be disciplined from his childhood. It is a habit that one acquires from his environments, or by way of training. A child must be trained to observe discipline from his early years. His habits, manners, movements, speeches- everything should be guided by the term of discipline so that a good personality can be acquired in his later life that helps one in one's upliftment.

A person must show his sense of discipline to his family, and then to his country. It is very important to enforce discipline also into the family life. Then, one is able to appreciate and accept the blessings of discipline in public life, too. Discipline is an essential habit that everyone should possess as a civilized citizen.

About the Author:
The Author is Ms. Manisha Randhawa, PRT, Meenakshi Public School
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GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS EFFECTS...

Global warming is related to the more general phenomenon of climate change, which refers to changes in the totality of attributes that define climate. In addition to changes in air temperature, climate change involves changes to precipitate patterns, winds, ocean currents, and other measures of Earth’s climate. Normally, climate change can be viewed as the combination of various natural forces occurring over diverse timescales. Since the advent of human civilization, climate change has involved an “anthropogenic,” or exclusively human-caused, element, and this anthropogenic element has become more important in the industrial period of the past two centuries. The term global warming is used specifically to refer to any warming of near-surface air during the past two centuries that can be traced to anthropogenic causes.

Human activities have contributed to a number of the observed changes in climate. This contribution has principally been through the burning of fossil fuels, which has led to an increase in the concentration of GHGs in the atmosphere. Another human influence on the climate are carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide emissions, which are a precursor to the formation of sulfate aerosols in the atmosphere.

The atmosphere allows most of the visible light from the Sun to pass through and reach the Earth’s surface. As the Earth’s surface is heated by sunlight, it radiates part of this energy back toward space as infrared radiation. This radiation, unlike visible light, tends to be absorbed by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, raising its temperature. The heated atmosphere in turn radiates infrared radiation back toward the Earth’s surface.

The effects of global warming are the environmental and social changes caused (directly or indirectly) by human emissions of greenhouse gases. There is a scientific consensus that climate change is occurring, and that human activities are the primary driver. Many impacts of climate change have already been observed, including glacier retreat, changes in the timing of seasonal events (e.g., earlier flowering of plants), and changes in agricultural productivity. Greenhouse gases include Chlorofluocarbon (CFC),Carbon-dioxide, Nitrogen oxides and Methane.

Carbon dioxide is used as a refrigerant, in fire extinguishers, for inflating life rafts and life jackets, blasting coal, foaming rubber and plastics, promoting the growth of plants in greenhouses, immobilizing animals before slaughter, and in carbonated beverages.

Prolonged exposure of Carbon dioxide to Humans for more than 5 percent concentration can cause unconsciousness and death.

CFC is responsible for making a hole in the ozone layer in the stratosphere.

Methane is one of the hydrocarbon and is used as fuel for various purposes.

Nitrogen oxides are used for preservation of blood samples.

Scientific understanding of the cause of global warming has been increasing. In its fourth assessment (AR4 2007) the Intergovernmental  Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that scientists were more than 90% certain that most of global warming was being caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases produced by human activities(anthropogenic). In 2010 that finding was recognized by the national science academies of all major industrialized nations.

Developed countries have developed greenhouse technology to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.and even the developing countries like India and China are in the process to adopt this technology.

Through this article I would like to request all the readers to do their part of bit to reduce the effects of global warming.

About the Author:

The Author is Ms. Preeti Bhardwaj, Meenakshi World School

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ECOLOGICAL PRESERVATION - NEED OF THE HOUR...

With the fast increasing development activities on our planet the equilibrium of ecosystems, ecological preservation and human activities in tune with the ecosystem is the need of the hour. We all have to work for a Green Heritage and put in sustained efforts for the preservation of the same. Ecological preservation encompasses plethora of activities.

Let us see few of the activities which can contribute to save our mankind and planet.

Tree plantation and their upkeep in our neighborhood, schools and workplace will not only ensure pollution-free environment but also conserve rich top soil from getting washed away in heavy rains/floods.

Converting organic waste into high quality compost by Vermi-composting technique using earthworms. This will produce superior quality manure to feed our “nutrient/organic matter hungry soils”.

Pisciculture or fish farming is the breeding, rearing and transplantation of fish by artificial means. This method requires small area and relatively small amounts of water. Fish reared ere are free of diseases, pesticide and other harmful toxicants.

Apiculture or beekeeping is the breeding, rearing and maintenance of honeybee colonies, commonly in hives. Besides production of honey, bees also ensure pollination in flowers.

Solar Power Plants can be easily put in the open spaces/rooftops to tap vast solar energy radiated by the Sun. Solar Water heaters are another good option.  Petroleum fuel products besides being scarce causes pollution in environment.

Jatropa tree plantation is also finding gradual use as a diesel substitute by scientists. Hence several land owners are planting these trees.

Use  LED lights in homes and offices as these consume very less power and have long life.

Strict ban on use of plastics and plastic bags as they cause pollution, choke drains and are unpleasantly scattered all around. Moreover, they are non- biodegradable.

Hence, it is high time we become conscious of the damages being caused to the environment by our day-to-day activities. We frequently see/read in television/newspapers about the unprecedented weather conditions like floods, heavy snow-fall, earthquakes, etc. in different countries. A little effort by all of us will keep our planet earth protected, for future generations to continue enjoying vast natural resources & live a healthy life. 

About the Author:

The Author is M. Sunita Dhariwal, PRT, Meenakshi Public School

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