"No Hands, No Feet, No Worries"

"No hands, no feet, no worries."

The person I am going to talk about today may be well known，but I must say again.He is Nick Huzhe.

Nick Huzhe was born on December 4, 1982. He was born without arms and legs, only a small "foot" with two toes below his left hip. He called himself "little drumstick".

His father was so frightened that he couldn't help running outside the hospital delivery room to throw up. His mother couldn't accept this cruel fact, and didn't dare to hug him until Nick Huzhe was 4 months old. His parents felt incomprehensible that this disease happened to him, and for many years he had not been able to get a reasonable medical explanation after consulting doctors everywhere.

"My mother is a nurse herself, and everything is done according to the rules during pregnancy," the British "Daily Mail" reported on July 1, quoting Nick Huzhe. "She has been blaming herself."

1. He was bullied as a teenager and attempted suicide

Although Nick Huzhe was physically disabled, his parents did not give up his education. His father taught him how to type with a little "drumstick", and his mother designed a special plastic device for him so that he could write with a pen.

At the age of 8, he entered elementary school like normal children. But his special body, his classmates could not help but laugh at him and insult him. For a ten-year-old child, it was unbearable to be bullied. He also once disliked his body, had no confidence in his future, and thought of committing suicide. He was extremely disappointed, soaking himself in the bathtub, trying to drown himself, but his body always floated up unconsciously, and he tried three times before and after it was unsuccessful.

2. Inspirational speech, hard work

Although Nick Huzhe has unsound limbs, he has a clever head and a good eloquence. His road to speech began when the American inspired master Ricky Dubbs gave a speech in Australia. Nick Huzhe was deeply moved by Ricky Dubbs. His speech was so exciting that he determined to be a Speakers use the power of language to influence more people. So he practiced painstakingly at home, watched countless inspirational masters’ speech videos, read countless inspirational books, he learned their gestures, their language, and practiced facing the mirror again and again.

When he was 19, he called the school to promote his speech. Finally, after being rejected 52 times, he got a 5-minute speech opportunity and a salary of $50. From then on, he started his speech career.

3. Lecture tours to spread positive energy

In 2003, Nick Huzhe graduated from University with a double bachelor's degree in accounting and financial planning. Since then, he has embarked on the road of speeches. Over the years, his speeches have reached 34 countries including Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, South Korea, and China, and delivered thousands of speeches.

He shared his unique experience with everyone and gave everyone the strength to persevere. His powerful mental power made up for his physical defects, enabling him to surpass ordinary people and achieve success.

Life fighter Nick Huzhe married Kanae Miyahara on February 12, 2012. Their combination has witnessed the faithfulness of God and the beauty of marriage. Fans from all over the world can’t wait to leave a message on Nick’s Facebook page for A pair of newlyweds sent words of congratulations and gratitude, and the messages were also in Chinese, Japanese and Spanish.

At the end of the article, I ended up with Nick Huzhe’s famous quote：

"The saddest thing in life is not the loss of limbs, but the lack of hope and goal for survival! People often complain about being unable to do anything, but if we only remember what we want to have or what we lack, and don't cherish what we have, it will not change at all. The problem! It is not our opportunities but our attitude that really changes our destiny."

 -Berry Rasp

Leaving Good Job for doing Farming?

Because some people mistakenly think farming is easy.

If farming were that easy, millions of farmers won’t be coming out of that profession every year (Over 2,000 fewer farmers every day

, More than 75% farmers want to leave their occupation

) — not just in India, but across the world.

Farming is extremely stressful and farmers commit suicides in large numbers, not just in India,but in richer countries like US and France where the governments provide a lot of support to local farmers.

The quiet suicide epidemic plaguing French farmers

Why are America’s farmers killing themselves?

Farmers' suicides: the rising human cost of the EU's agriculture crisis

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The millenials and Gen-Z have grown up on a glitzy view of the world where people don’t toil hard for work. Media has completely filtered out the struggles of success and focus only on the fruits of it.

When these kids come to corporate world, they often get a rude shock. Corporate world is hard. So is starting a company or succeeding in a sports league, doing research or anything of use in the world.

Being unprepared for the hard rigour they get into a fantasy world of grass is greener on the other side. While a small portion of those who take up other sectors like farming, do succeed, many just give up and get back to reality.

Growing plants as a hobby can be quite liberating. But doing that as a primary means of earning money can be suicidal. Often literally.

 

-Balaji Viswanathan,CEO at Invento (2016–present)

 

{Blogger's Note : If you want to really do farming then be innovative learn from the countries which do farming scietifically eg checking soil, water requirement,use latest but cheap technologies . After all if you are really into it then find your way and Be Excellent }

Either You Work with what you have or you loose

 

Struggling Financially?

The rules of work have changed.

Most likely you’re working for money, meaning you’re selling your time in exchange for money.

This is called earned income.

To better illustrate this, earned income is like a farmer working with his hands.

His production efficiency ratio is 1:1 = ZERO leverage

It’s extremely difficult to achieve financial freedom with earned income.

1. Earned income is the most heavily taxed source of income.
2. Earned income pays taxes BEFORE expenses.
3. Most probably your expenses are not allowing you to invest any money to accumulate wealth.

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To increase your income, you need to use some kind of leverage.

The better the leverage, the more effective your hours of work will be.

Back to the farmer example:

With the use of a tool (leverage) the farmer above can produce 5X times more ‘value’ during the same hours of work.

Now, the farmer is using not only a tool, but also the power of animals (increased leverage) to boost production.

This farmer can now produce 500X times more ‘value’ during the same working hours.

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To answer your question ‘What’s the best advice you can give to someone who is always struggling financially?’

This advice is for employees: Stop chasing money and start chasing value.

Reevaluate your work and daily actions. Think how you could deliver more ‘value’ through your hours of work. This can be achieved by leveraging some skill, knowledge or tools.

When we’re focused on making money, we are focused on ourselves which blinds us to the value we deliver to our customers or our employer.

Remember this:

We all get paid according to the ‘value’ we deliver, NOT according to the number of hours we work. While we can work the same number of hours, the value delivered by a rocket scientist is dramatically different than a taxi driver’s work.

In the labor market, it all comes to scarcity.

Millions of people can drive a car. Few have the knowledge and skills of a rocket scientist. Increased delivered value leads to higher income, which should ease your financial struggles.

  

-Hector Quintanilla

 

 

 “I’m a farmer; I live with my wife and two kids– a 7 year old son and 10 year old daughter. Money has always been tight– I make 5000 Rupees each month, sometimes less, but I ensured that both my children went to school. I had to drop out of school in the 8th grade to support my family, so I want my children to get all the opportunities I never got. 

 
But, the lockdown in our village created a big problem– my daughter’s school started online classes, but I didn’t have a smartphone. She came crying to me saying, ‘Padhai ab kaise karenge phone ke bina Baba?’ I didn’t even have an answer. So she set out to find her own solution.

 
Some people in our village own smartphones, so my daughter started going to their houses everyday and pleaded with them to allow her some time to study. She would spend half the day wandering around the entire village, trying to find someone to borrow a phone from. Soon, people started to get fed up. Day after day, I saw her studies suffer and her sadness grow; she loves to study. 

 
Finally, I decided that I had to arrange for a new phone for her, come what may. I spoke to a few of my friends, explained my situation and they lent me 5000 Rupees! With that, my wife and I surprised our kids with the phone– they couldn’t control their happiness! My daughter took it and immediately started studying; she’s the one who has the phone most of the time. I was so happy that her studies weren’t compromised. 

 
But, after a few weeks, my friends who I’d borrowed the money from started pressuring me to return the loan. I felt helpless, but the thought of selling the phone again and breaking my daughter’s heart was one I couldn’t bear. So I did what I had to– I sold my cow and paid my debts, even though we’re dependent on selling cow milk to survive. But it’s my daughter’s dream to become a doctor and as a father, I’ll do anything to make that happen. Pehnegi… ek din meri beti woh saffed coat pehnegi.”

My Relative Always Ask About My Marks

When I was in High School (Class IX-X), I used to have a Maths teacher (Mr Bist). He was a good teacher, but quite arrogant and ruthless in the class. He used to set very tough paper and do very strict marking.

In class IX, he set the paper so tough in half-yearly exams and his marking was so tough that just 2 students out of 50 passed (I was one of them). When the students would fail, their parents would get panicky and they would rush to him for private tuition. This is how he operated and made good money.

He had a peculiar method to create fear and discipline the class.

When he would find someone talking or not listening, or he was unhappy with some, he would threaten, “Should I call you on blackboard?”

He would typically call the student on the board and gave him a tough math problem to solve. When the student won’t be able to solve the problem, he would humiliate him before the class and punish him by asking him to stand in the class or stand outside the class.

Hence, his threat would send shivers in the spine of the students.

He was not very fond of me in the beginning as I did not join his private tuition and he could not fail me in the class despite tough marking.

Hence, in order to humiliate me, he called me couple of times on the board on the slightest pretext.

However, every-time he called me on board, I would go smiling and solve any problem which he would give from the textbook.

Finally he stopped threatening and calling me on board and gradually became very fond of me.

I am sure that your marks are poor and hence you feel humiliated when your relative ask your marks.

You also have perhaps no other achievements to show.

If your marks would have been great, perhaps you would be proud of telling your marks even when you are not asked by the relative.

Hence, you must take the mischief of your relative as a challenge and teach him a lesson.

You must try to improve your performance in academics by getting good marks in your future classes or achieve success in some other area of life.

One of my close relative got second division (less than 60% marks) in his Xth Board and used to be humiliated by many of his relatives.

Later he got selected into PCS (now an IAS) and today he a DM of an important district in UP.

I have never seen anyone asking his marks thereafter.

He rather proudly declares that he got second division in class X and yet cracked PCS examination many of the toppers of the Board are working under him.

If you wish to develop the right attitude of life, learn to take criticism in the right spirit.

Instead of blaming your critics, you would focus your energies to improve yourself so much that your critics are silenced by your achievements rather than by your words.

Source of picture: Google Images

 

-Awdhesh Singh, Ex-IRS|IITian|Educator|Author Essay & Ethics book for UPSC

 

 

Do you really cry for the things not available to you. The success doesn't demand money, it calls for Strong Willingness to Learn!!

 

Meet Ms. Swapnali Sutar from Sinddhudurg district of Maharashtra who’s preparing for the competitive exam.

(Image source : ABP Majha

There is no phone-network in her village. So, she along with her brothers was able to find the network 2 kms away in the outskirts.

Before the rain season, she could study under the tree. But as the rain Started, initially she studied under Umbrella! But the rain started soaking the books.

By observing her struggle for study, her brothers built a small hut where the network is good.

Although she was studying online on phone in the forest, she started to face the problem of charging the mobile as the battery of the phone does not last for 11 to 12 hours. However, after she asked this question to her teacher, one of her teachers gave her a power bank and a pen as a gift.

Now as you can see, she studies for whole day there using her brother's smartphone.

Do you really cry for the things not available to you. The success doesn't demand money, it calls for Strong Willingness to Learn!!

8 Truths That Students Must Understand

 

Through my work with more than 20,000 students so far, I’ve begun to see what separates successful students from not-so-successful ones.

And I’m not just talking about academic performance. I’m talking about their overall development, and their willingness to learn and grow, even through disappointments.

The key doesn’t lie in successful students’ innate intelligence or how many study tips they know.

Instead, the foundation of their success lies in their beliefs — the truths they take to heart.

These are the eight most important truths that successful students both understand and embrace:

1. Life is challenging

Many students expect life to be relatively easy. They know that hard work is important, but they don’t believe they’ll need to work that hard to get what they want.

For example, I once gave a talk to an auditorium filled with 18-year-old students. At the end of the talk, a student came up to me and said, “Thank you for the talk, Daniel! I’m feeling inspired. I’d like to ask you: What can I do to ensure that I find a fulfilling career in the future?”

After telling him that I appreciated his enthusiasm, I recommended that he start by reading two books, Do What You Are and What Color is Your Parachute?.

In an instant, a puzzled look washed over his face. He said dejectedly, “Oh, but I don’t like reading. I won’t be able to make it through two books…”

This student wanted to find a fulfilling career that would last him a few decades, but he wasn’t willing to read two books. Somehow, he believed that building a rewarding career shouldn’t take too much effort.

Unfortunately, this mindset is prevalent among students.

Successful students, on the other hand, understand that life is tough, but that overcoming challenges makes life more meaningful.

2. You can’t always choose your circumstances, but you can always choose your attitude

We all like to think that we’re in control of our lives. But there are so many aspects of our lives that are beyond our control. Of course, this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t plan ahead and make wise decisions.

Successful students realize that they can’t control what mood their teacher is in, or what the weather will be like, or how hard next week’s math test will be.

But they recognize that they can always choose their attitude, and how they respond to the circumstances they’re confronted with.

3. Your education is your responsibility, not your parents’

It seems like many parents today take more of an interest in their children’s academics than their children do.

I’ve met parents who sit right next to their children to ensure that their children complete their homework. These same parents develop a complete studying schedule for their children to follow, because their children have become over-reliant on them.

Just last week, I got to know a family where the father is planning to quit his job so he can monitor his 15-year-old son’s schoolwork more closely.

I don’t doubt that these parents have good intentions. But whose education is it? Is it the parents’ or the children’s?

Successful students understand that their education is their responsibility.

Parents can help by not micromanaging their children. Instead, parents can set medium-term goals together with their children. Every two months or so, parents can give the school teacher a brief call to see how their children are progressing. If the children aren’t living up to their end of the bargain, then the parents can mete out appropriate consequences.

4. Life doesn’t revolve around you

Many students ask themselves, “What can my parents/family do for me?” instead of asking, “What can I do for my parents/family?”

In order for students to find long-term success, they must realize that they’re not the center of the universe.

It’s their social responsibility to show consideration for other people’s feelings and needs, especially those of their family members.

Only then can students begin to cultivate an attitude of service, where they focus on adding value to other people, instead of obsessing over their own desires.

5. Blaming others gets you nowhere

It’s easy for students (and adults too) to blame others. Do any of the following sound familiar?

• “The teacher is too boring. That’s why I didn’t do well on the test.”
• “My parents are too naggy. That’s why I’m always moody.”
• “The lesson wasn’t engaging. That’s why I couldn’t pay attention.”

These complaints may be valid. But taking full responsibility for your education and your life means that you don’t blame other people for how you’ve been feeling, or the disappointments you’ve been experiencing.

Instead, successful students continually ask themselves this vital question: “What is one thing I can do right now to make the situation better?”

This enables them to focus on what they can control, instead of what they can’t.

6. Managing yourself is more important than managing your time

Students today face more distractions than ever before.

Texting. YouTube. Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Blogs. Online games. And the rest of the Internet.

Students must learn to manage their time and their priorities, but they must first learn to manage themselves.

They must acquire the skills of eliminating distractions, fighting off temptations, and finding intrinsic motivation.

If they don’t, they won’t feel motivated to study, and they’ll succumb to the onslaught of entertainment options available to them 24/7.

7. You’re entitled to few things in life, if at all

80% of the students I work with have a strong sense of entitlement. They feel entitled to:

• Use their home computer any time they wish
• Own a smartphone
• Have a messy room, if they so choose
• Lead a comfortable life

They don’t grasp the fact that these aren’t entitlements; they’re privileges. And privileges aren’t given. They’re earned.

Successful students work hard to earn these privileges, knowing that they could lose these privileges if they’re not careful.

8. No one’s perfect, but there’s always room to improve

I’ve worked with a number of students who have unrealistic expectations of themselves, and who place an overwhelming pressure on themselves to perform.

These perfectionist tendencies (most common among those who are the first-born or who are an only child) can lead to serious psychological issues down the road, such as depression and suicidal thoughts.

So if you’re a parent reading this, don’t take it lightly if your child is a perfectionist.

But successful students realize that there’s no such thing as perfection.

They turn their attention away from achievements and the end result. Instead, they focus on improving and developing. They concentrate on the factors that are within their control: their effort and attitude.

Ironically, these students perform better by choosing not to focus on their performance.

The bottom line

If you want your children to become happy and successful, they must accept these eight truths. As parents, our role is to influence and inspire our children to understand these truths, and then live them out.

Is it an easy task? Definitely not.

But I’m convinced that it’s worth the effort. 🙂

 

-Daniel Wong

 

{ Taken from  www.daniel-wong.com  } 

Education

 

Despite being not well off, they educated me (and my brother) well.

My family isn’t the richest out there - my father is a nurse and mother is a teacher - both in government sector. They had moved in from the village my father is from to city just so that we could gain a good education.

My father was a bright student, but he could not become a doctor because of the abject poverty my grandfather lived in. So he decided to never compromise on his sons’ education (one of his sons ended up becoming a doctor from AIIMS :). We always got new books, got admitted to good schools, and got whatever we wanted. They cut short their expenses and dreams to make sure we get the best education.

Let me tell you an anecdote to answer this better. When I was in class 9, I was selected for the International Astronomy Olympiad camp in Mumbai. In order to prepare for it, we needed to study a book called “Roy and Clarke: Structure of the Universe.” It cost around Rs 5000. At that time, Rs 5000 was a VERY big deal for my family, and I decided against it.

My father ordered me to order it right away without second thoughts. This made me realize how much he cared about our education - and I tried my best to study well.

Today my brother is doing his Masters in AIIMS Rishikesh and holds an MBBS from AIIMS Jodhpur. I am studying CSE in IIT Bombay, and working on a profitable Tech Startup. The single most important reason for that is my family’s committment for our education - irrespective of the financial condition.

Invest in your education - you will not regret it. Buy that book you always wanted. Pay for the course you need the most right now. Attend that coaching if you can. The returns are huge.

  

 

-Kalpit Veerwal,IIT Bombay CSE '21, Founder AcadBoost & SkillBoost

JEE Preparation & School

During class 11th, I used to go to school around 2 days a week. I was preparing hard for JEE, and spent all my time locked up in my room studying. In my mind, going to school was simply a waste of time, and hence I tried to go to school as less as possible.

However, I ensured that my marks in school did not suffer, as that gave me a leverage to bargain with the school for low attendance. I was always present during Mondays for the weekly unit tests whose marks were counted towards the aggregate score.

While the school was definitely not happy with my attendance, they could not do much because I ended up with the highest overall score in each and every subject in class 11th, in all sections combined.

In class 12th, with JEE drawing closer, my attendance dropped even further. I started visiting the school only once a week on Mondays for the weekly unit tests. I had regular fights with my class teacher but I always ensured I had leverage by scoring well. Despite her warnings that I would fail, I ended up scoring 94.2% in the 12th Board exams.

I ensured I had all the time I needed to prepare in peace for JEE, because JEE had always been my primary goal. I realized early on that school was a complete waste of time, because the school syllabus was much easier than JEE syllabus. However, I ensured the school could not do anything against me, by building leverage. My leverage was my performance in school. I mean, how could they possibly justify taking any action against the school topper just because of low attendance?

The two years of JEE preparation also taught me the importance of having leverage in life, especially when you are going to go against the traditional set of rules.

   

-  Rohan Jain,B.Tech(CSE) IITK'15, IIMA Batch 2015-17

Getting Stressed? Do this..............

My Teacher used to say we get stressed mostly due to 4 types of problems.

When we understand these problems and their root causes and solutions most of our worries and stress will go away

1. Some problems are like too small, but we over emphasize . But since it has recently happened, we get swayed away. For example a distant relative taunted you something or a friend said you something. You got hurt, you overthink, you spend your hours, days on this. Now look at your life since childhood. So many people came in your life and left. Only few stick with you. Only few. Majority are gone. You used to take stress for them, you used to overthink which has no value kind. It's like when you observe the world closely you understand we get worried mainly on trivial stuff which just comes and goes. Get above it. When I was drawn into spirituality I realized it much better. Most of the things in our lives are not worth taking stress.
2. Solutions of few problems are in your hand. Give your maximum on those. like you have some exam or you want to achieve a goal in career, then again stress won't help. Work on the skills to achieve the goal. Work on what is required for the goal.
3. Those things which are not in your hand accept the way they are and do not try to change much. For example we may not like something our parents, siblings or partner and we try to change them. It's not so easy. Changing a person when he attains 20+ age is very difficult. Accept them the way they are. Another example you can not do something on China-India relations now or you can not change the nepotism Bollywood. So instead of spending time, energy on debates and news related it spend time on enhancing your skills, ensure that you do not promote nepotism in your own life whatever circle you have.
4. Often our future too worries us. Thought about future. Remember you may be the richest man or the poorest no one knows what will happen next. Covid has at least made us realize this. All of us have so much plan in 2020, but who knew this way it will turn out to be. Live in the present. Whatever you have accept it.

-Abinash Mishra,IAS | IIT Kharagpur