A thought a day keeps the doctor away.

We all know the famous quote: "An apple a day, keeps the doctor away"
Hummm, What if I say "A thought a day keeps the doctor away." Well let me rephrase that, not just a thought, but "A positive thought a day keeps the doctor away"

I believe in the power of positive thinking. The following story illustrates my point:

I applied for a new job as a student at University of Waterloo, but since I had no previous job experience, my self-esteem was low. I considered myself to be incompetent. I was sure that I was not going to get the job. I had a negative attitude towards myself, and believed that the other applicants were better and more qualified than me. I manifested this attitude since I had no past experience in being interviewed or working even.

MY mind was filled with negative thoughts and fears concerning the job for the whole week before the job interview. I was sure I would be rejected. On the day of the interview I tried to be calm and prepared but there was this voice inside my head that just wouldn't stop being so well negative.

During the interview I was tense, displayed a negative attitude, worried about my posture, appearance, and felt hungry because I did not have enough time to eat breakfast. All this distracted my mind and made it difficult for me to focus on the interview. My overall behavior made a bad impression, and consequently I materialized my fear and did not get the job.

For my recent job interview, I had decided to follow a different strategy - Positive Thinking (It took a while to get here...) I applied for a job recently, but approached the matter in a different way. I was sure that I was going to get the job. During the week preceding the interview I often visualized me making a good impression and getting the job. I made sure I told myself that even if I don't land the job that doesn't mean that I am not worthy. I separated my confidence from my performance in the job interview. Behold I got the job because I made a good impression.


“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

“A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.” - Mahatma Gandhi

I now totally believe and accept positive thinking is the way to life. From personal experience I am glad I joined the ‘cult.’ What about you are you interested in joining...

What Personality are you?

Are you an obsessive? Are you shy? Are you emotional? Do you react to feelings or think things through before you react?

The question here is who are you? What type are you? How do you see the world? How do you react to the world?

Take the Myers Briggs test sometime (http://www.kisa.ca/personality/)... Find out your personality type.

I am an ENFJ (Extroverted Intuitive Feeling Judging)

Myers Briggs describes my personality as "enthusiastic and energetic, involved with the people and events around them. Take interest in others and are easy to relate to. Expressive, communicate freely and openly, convincing and self-revealing. Reliable, responsible and persistent. Comes to quick conclusions and sometime as deciding too quickly before considering sufficient options"

When I first read mine, I was blown away. Hey that’s me dead on. I behave that way absolutely. (But there are times when I don't behave that way...I could be shy, depressed and anti-social at times!) Its still fun to figure out our ‘default’ personality (according to Myers Briggs anyway)

What do you think guys? Am I what Myers Briggs says I am, could I be different? What about you? Here’s another question… Which famous person has your personality type? Mine is Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Johnny Depp, and Abraham Lincoln. Awesome!!!

What is Personality?

What is Personality?

Webster Dictionary describes Personality as follows:

"The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person."

To me personality is how we feel, how we act and behave. This is not just limited to how we react around people but also inner self.

Almost everyday we describe and assess the personalities of the people around us. Whether we realize it or not, we involve ourselves in these daily musings on how and why people behave. We ourselves have personalities that we project to the world. Our personality describes us, how we react to the world, how we see the world. It is our basis for emotion, reactions and action.

Then why is that we never consciously try to improve/change our personality. Is it really changeable? Are we just stuck with the "God's given" or "universe given" personality. If it is changeable, why do we let our personality development take a back seat? I see people worry and act to take care of their family, body, finances, career and living style. Rarely do I see individuals focusing on developing their confidence, self motivation and personality development.

Don't you think we oath to make a conscious effort to develop our personality on a daily basis?