Art of Effective Living

1. Style of Living

2. Part - 1

3. Worried????
• So many things to do… what to do … how to
do… why?...

4. What is your Dream?
Dream is not that which you see while sleeping
it is something that does not let you sleep.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(Wings of Fire: An Autobiography )

5. First thing First:
• Decide: ‘what you really want to achieve?’
• Your career
• Your personality
• Your image

6. Answer the following:
• What are your priorities? Make a list.
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7. Part - 2

8. Getting Started
• Key word for any ‘youthful living’ is
BALANCE

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18. Key Facts:
• Accept the fact that you have 2 hands, one
brain and 24 hours a day… nobody has more
than this.
• So even if you want, you can’t work for more
than 24 hours a day.
• It means, we all have a limit. Our goal should
be to try our best within our limit.

19. Some Tips:

20. 1. Know Thyself
• Do what you love to do. Don’t run after
money, better run after work, and then money
will run after you soon.

21. 2. Less is More
• Don’t take on more work or personal
responsibilities than you can realistically handle.
• Taking 5 challenges and finishing 3 is better than
taking 10 challenges and finishing 2.
• Don’t be a ‘Jack of all trades/ and master of
none’. Rather be a ‘master of some skills/ and
possess sound knowledge about everyday things.’

22. 3. Simplicity
• Try to be less materialistic, and keep your life
simple. Why buy a car if you can avail of public
transport?
• Think what we do while buying computers…
Be rational…
• ‘Be the change you want to see in others.’ -
Gandhi

23. 4. Ethics?
• Believe in the equation
Honesty + Hardwork + Patience = Success.
Accept the fact that, no hardwork will bring no
success. Accepting this fact, will make you a
good human being and a successful one.

24. 5. Maintain Sound Health
• Proper sleep
• Proper food
• Proper exercise
• Stay neat and clean
• Dress well
• Behave gently and kindly with all.

25. 6. Control your Mind
• What you think and how you think affects
your general well being.
• Refuse to entertain negative or self-
derogatory thoughts and emotions.
• This requires practice. Meditations and will
power may help you.

26. 7. Be Spiritual
• Cultivate your spiritual side.
• Maintain good connection with your inner-
self.
• Keep in touch with your intuition.

27. 8. Planning
• Think in advance about upcoming problems.
• ভাবিয়া কবিও কাজ/কবিয়া ভাবিও না।
• মুখ বিয়য়য়ে যে/আহাি বিয়ি যে...
• Think about the uneducated people.
• Don’t take loans.
• Cricket: Calculated Risk

28. 9. Relationship
• Be ‘gentle’ and polite to all.
• Help people when they need it.
• Every human being is an interesting case study.
Knowing more and more people will make you
wise.
• Respect all.

29. 10. Social Work & Good Hobbies
• Outside your main course of work, get
involved into something that is creative,
benevolent, and that will give you pleasure
and peace.
• It will help you reduce your work stress and
add a different dimension to your personality.
• Gardening, Club activities, book reading,
travelling… etc.

30. Live your Present:
• Maintain balance between your thoughts
about past, present and future.
• You must learn from your past, and you must
plan your future… But
• Above everything you must live your present.
Enjoy it and use it.

31. Last but not the Least
• Learn to be satisfied.
• End of each single day or each single
challenge, congratulate yourself for what you
have achieved so far. Learn lessons from your
mistakes, but don’t criticize yourself too
severly.

32. Summarizing effective living in 5 key
words:
• েত্য
• আনন্দ
• োধনা
• েম্বন্বয়
• েন্তুবি