Ajit Vidyadharan is a happiness coach who discusses the importance of appreciation. He explains that appreciation is acknowledging benefits received and can motivate stronger relationships. Appreciating others makes people feel valued and improves well-being. One should appreciate sincerely, from the heart, and in a way that makes the other person feel important. Scientific studies show that expressing appreciation to influential people significantly increases happiness. The more appreciation one expresses, the more abundance they will experience in life.

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the key to abundance…
Ajit Vidyadharan,
Happiness Coach & Specialist for Scaling-up Quality of Life

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3. Namaskar & Happy Afternoon!
I am Ajit Vidyadharan, your Happiness Coach & Scaling-up
Specialist from INCBYS -- “Increase Belief in Your-Self”. It is
the greatest differentiator between failure and success, misery
and happiness, scarcity and abundance.
I guide people to scale-up (grow exponentially) the quality of
their lives (personal and professional) by appropriately using
Training / Consulting / Coaching / Counselling.
Increase Belief in Your-Self to increase your business.
Increase Belief in Your-Self to achieve your dreams and make
your world Happier, Prosperous and more peaceful.
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4.  What is Appreciation?
 Why to Appreciate?
 Whom to Appreciate?
 When to Appreciate?
 How to Appreciate?
 How much to Appreciate?
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5. What is Appreciation?
 Gratitude, thankfulness, gratefulness,
or appreciation is a feeling or attitude in
acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received
or will receive.
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6. What is Appreciation?
 Cicero “Gratitude is not only the greatest of the
virtues but the parent of all others."
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7. What is Appreciation?
 Appreciation is your power to transform the –ve into
the +ve instantly.
 When you can find something to appreciate, it
instantly lifts you up from the –ve vibes.
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8. Appreciation/ Gratitude vs Indebtedness
 Both emotions occur after receiving something.
 In indebtedness a person perceives that they are
under an obligation to make some repayment of
compensation for the aid. It motivates avoidance.
 Gratitude can motivate the recipient to seek out
their benefactor and to improve their relationship
with them.
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9. Why to Appreciate?
 To make your life healthier, happier, more
successful, more prosperous, peaceful –
 For Abundance …
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10. Why to Appreciate?
 People will forget what you said .........
 People will forget what you did .........
 And people will never forget how you made
them feel !
-- David Shwartz (The magic of thinking big)
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11. Why to Appreciate?
To understand others, we need to understand our self;
When we understand our thoughts, we understand
thoughts;
When we understand our feelings, we understand
thoughts and feelings.
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12. Why to Appreciate?
 Increased well-being
 Higher level of control of situations
 Better able to cope with challenges
 More likely to seek help
 Less likely to indulge in substance abuse
 Less likely to be depressed
 Better and faster progress and abundance…
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13. Whom to Appreciate?
 Appreciate all those with whom you have a
relation – personal, professional, social, …’
 Appreciate even strangers for a good / kind
deed!
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14. When to Appreciate?
 Appreciate whenever you notice something
good / positive / caring / progressive …
 Appreciate as soon as you can
 Appreciate one when others are around
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15. How to Appreciate?
Appreciate self before you can
appreciate others.
Only a person who thinks positive can
appreciate others…
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16. How to Appreciate?
 Sincerely
 From the heart
 With a smile
 Make the person feel important
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17. How to Appreciate?
Care for others.
Warm heart and cool head.
Today it is just the opposite.
We need more compassion and
empathy.
Show that you care for them and they
will care for you.
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18. How to Appreciate?
Use 3 A’s:-
 Attention
 Acknowledgement / Affection
 Appreciation
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19. Great Pyramids of
Egypt
Taj Mahal
Grand Canyon
Panama Canal
Empire State Building
St. Peter's Basilica
Great Wall of China
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To touch
To taste
To see
To hear
To feel
To laugh
To love
How to Appreciate? 7 Wonders of the world:-
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20. Ways in which we experience motivation and
appreciation in Love {Gary Chapman “The Five Love Languages”}:-
 Touch
 Words
 Acts
 Gifts
 Time
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21. Ways in which we experience appreciation in
business {Gary Chapman “The Five Love Languages”}:-
 Money – Increased Salary / Remuneration
 Reward – Monetary returns over and above the regular salary
 Recognition – Official extra benefits eg. training course,
meet the client
 Public / Praise – Bring you in lime-light
 Titles / Importance – Higher responsibilities
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22. Science of happiness:-
Scientists have proven that the greatest contributing factor to your happiness is
how much happiness you show. Experiment:-
Assess the current level of happiness.
Think of the most influential person in your life, someone who did something
really important for you.
Write down as much as you can on why this person is so important.
Call that person and read what they had written about them.
Result / Analysis (speaking to the most influential person):-
2-4 % increase in happiness for people who did not speak.
4-19 % increase in happiness for people who did speak.
The maximum spike in happiness was experienced by the people who were initially
the least happy ones (who had scored lowest in the first activity on happiness level assessment).
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24. How much to Appreciate?
 As much as you can,
 Whenever you can,
 Whoever you can
 THE MORE YOU GIVE THE MORE
YOU GET,
 and it leads to abundance in your life …
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25. Learn more:
Ajit Vidyadharan, Happiness Coach and Scaling-up Specialist.
(M): +91 9664966416 email: avincbys@gmail.com @incbys
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