HANDBOOK OF SUCCESS SERIES

PART-I (FOUNDATION COURSE)

HB #1

THINK N GROW TIME-TESTED SUCCESS FORMULAS FOR HAPPY GROWING LIFE, WITH SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS FACED AND UNIQUE SUCCESS REAL LIFE CASE STUDIES * THERE IS NO SHORTCUT, NO LIFT, AND NO STEP-UP ESCALATOR TO SUCCESS, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PATH & PROCESS. ** THE SECRET

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ER.

RAJ THE EXPLORER

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ER. RAJ THE EXPLORER 06-04-2022 (AUTHOR)

CONTENTS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS “SUNDAY WELL-SPENT BRINGS A WEEK OF CONTENT” HANDBOOK OF SUCCESS SERIES

Hb# 1 ‘THINK N GROW’

PART-I

(FOUNDATION COURSE)

[11 CASE STUDIES/ TRUE INSIGHT STORIES]

FOREWORD - ABOUT THE AUTHOR........................ ix PREFACE- PSYCHOMETRIC TEST GAME AND SOLUTION EMBEDDED IN PROBLEM ITSELF. ............................................ xii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - GRATITUDEAFFIRMATIONS ............................................................ xxiii PROLOGUE/INTRODUCTION-ABOUT READER AND BOOK ...... xxvi 1CHAPTER 1 KNOW YOUR 'SUCCESS-PROCESS'RE-VIEW AND GEAR UP THE SUCCESS PROCESS.............................................................................. 1 2. CHAPTER-2 KNOW YOUR ‘WHY’-RE-EXPLORE 'DREAM' & 'PURPOSE' .................................................. 19 3 CHAPTER-3 KNOW YOUR ‘GOALS'- RESET YOUR GOALS .................................................................... 35 4. CHAPTER 4 KNOW YOUR 'MIND'- REBUILD YOUR 'BRAIN' .................................................................. 51 5 CHAPTER 5 KNOW YOUR 'SMILE'-A FREE NUTRITION....................................................................... 79 EPILOGUE ........................................................................ 95 E1- [26 + 21] SUCCESS FORMULAE SUMMARY ... 95 E2- SUCCESS JOURNEY- ESCALATOR MYSTRYTHE SECRET SUCCESS FORMULA EXPLORED 109 E3-DISCLOSURE /FLASH BACK OF THE HANDBOOK-UNTOLD MYSTERY-INSIGHT CASE STUDY -7 SHORT EPISODES .................................... 116 THE BEGINNING WITH MY DAILY PRAYER ............................ 156

FOREWORD - ABOUT THE AUTHOR The author of this unique motivational book is ER. RAJ THE EXPLORER who has put his heart and soul into sharing his more than 50 years of life experience for the benefit of readers. AUTHOR's MISSION AND VISION are: 1} To serve humanity by sharing the time-tested universal principles, techniques and formulas experimented with and observed throughout his social, official, and managerial successful journey of life illustrated with unique case studies and true insight stories. 2} To contribute to the uplifting of human life and values, enabling people to lead an eternally happy, self-actuating, admirable, and successful life. Author's qualifications: 1) Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) 2) Bachelor Of Engineering In Branch Of Electronics And Communication [B.E. (ENC)] 3) Post-Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA) 4) Diploma In Management (DIM) 5) Diploma in Operations Management (DOM) 6) Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management (PGDOM) 7) Certificate Course in Entrepreneur Development Program (EDP) 8) Certified Nutrition And Wellness Advisor.

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The author's Distinctive achievements and experiences are: 1) About 26 years of managerial experience in Public Sector Enterprise under DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS(D.O.T) Govt. of India up to Sr. Executive Scale-5. 2) Got Top Rank in All India Competitive-Examination in his state for the post of Jr. Telecom Officer in D.O.T. in the year 1992. 3) Participated in All India departmental Table Tennis Tournaments for about >10 years 4) More than two years of successful experience in the stock market as a short to medium-term Investor. 5) Attended annual 5 days workshops/summer camps of spiritual leaders for about 5 years; Impressed by the preaching of Acharya Ashish Ji, Swami Vivekanand Parivajak Ji, Acharya Satyajit Ji, and Shri Shri Ravi Shankar Ji. The author's areas of hobby and interests include: Walking, Thinking, observing, analyzing, innovating, reading, exploring, seeking knowledge, visiting new places, long drives, living and feeling nature, gardening, interacting with good people, making good friends, doing differently, loving uniqueness, capturing charming scenes, the beauty of nature and happy moments(photography), creative writing and sharing the findings for the benefit of society.

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The author is living a successful, socially recognized, happy, and ethical life. He is committed to achieving his mission as Authorpreneur.

06-04-2022REENA

GUPTA M.SC. B.ED. (LECTURER)

Learn with a smile, live with a smile. SMILIES SAY, WE

SMILE WITH YOU, YOU SMILE WITH US

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PREFACE- PSYCHOMETRIC TEST GAME AND SOLUTION EMBEDDED IN PROBLEM ITSELF

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"PEOPLE ARE RICH, THEY SLEEP; I AM UP BECAUSE I AM BROKE" -Elon Musk "THEIR MINDS ARE SLEEPING WHILE PEOPLE ARE BUSY AT WORK; YOUR MIND HAS TO BE AWAKENED TO BE RICH AND SUCCESSFUL IN WHATEVER YOU DO". "READING IS A CONVERSATION; ALL BOOKS TALK, BUT A GOOD BOOK LISTENS AS WELL." -- Mark Haddon Hello reader! Let me take this privilege to welcome and greet you for another step forward in your process of learning. The author is sure to have interesting discussions throughout this marvellous handbook rather a workshop full of positive energy, learning with fun and little action too. Are you ready? Are you here? Are you excited to Think Learn and Grow? O.k. yes, I know you are! Have a smile; you are blessed to be here. You are going there where you dream of and decide to. Do you? To have intimacy, let us start with a game!

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CASE STUDY CS#1 SIMPLE PSYCHOMETRIC

GAME MAY GIVE A CLUE ABOUT YOUR FUTURE! A GAME OF 10 PEES AND 1 GLASS TUMBLER Rules of the game: 1)10 pees to be thrown from a distance of 10 feet to put inside the tumbler, 5 players to play one by one. 2) Out of 10 pees you can choose to try with any number but the target is to achieve MINIMUM FAILURES and MAXIMUM SUCCESS RATE; exhibiting / proving your best DECISION MAKING and PERFORMANCE skills; you are being judged by the trainer and other group members too. Is it clear? Well let me start: Player1: pees chooses to try = 7, how many pees expect to be put inside tumbler = 6, starting one by one, outcome=4 inside the tumbler, means success=4/7=57% Player2: chooses=8 pees, expects inside tumbler=6, actual outcome=4, success %age=4/8=50% Player3: chooses=5 pees, expects = 4, actual outcome = 3, success=3/5=60% Player4: chooses=3 pees, expects = 2, actual outcome = 1, success=1/3=33%, till now player3 is smiling thinking that he seems best being 60 % success rate with only 2 ‘Failures’. Player-5: (reader) oh! It is you (READER), write here, before going ahead …waiting ….?? Choose=…., expect=…... actual outcome =…... success= …. /…=…%

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Score card after one round: Pees in tumbler means target hit. player1: target hit =4 out of chosen 7, out of total available 10, untried means Lost/ Failures=3, total F=3+3=6, Success =>4/10=40% player2: target hit=4 out of chosen=8, F=2+4=6, S=4/10=40% Player 3: target hit=3 out of chosen=5, F=5+3=8, S=3/10=33% player4: target hit=1 out of chosen=3, F=7+2=9, S=1/10=10% player5 (reader) target hit=... Out of chosen=.., F=...+...=.., S=…… Insight is that by attempting less, the safe play ultimately reduces opportunities for success as in the case of player4, and 3 which is the average mindset. But the best is player2, despite 6Failures, still, 4Successes, because availed attempts are 8 (higher than all others).player2 exhibits risk-taking, trying new attitudes, opportunistic to a good extent, not much fear of failure, which is desirable for success, player 4 least risk-taker and least opportunistic, whereas player 3 is of moderate thinking, player1 is in between 2 and 4 that is calculated risk-taker and fairly opportunistic. This is a real game played 29 years back in an Entrepreneur Development Training Programme in which the author participated as player1? The game was repeated many times in presence of a trainer, all improved a lot xiv

better after instructions guidance, morale-boosting, and learning. In practical real life, Player1 acquired an executive post in a central government department, player2 established his factory and is a successful entrepreneur, player3 is employed in a bank in a clerical cadre, player4 running a small Photostat plus mobile SIM sale/recharging shop. What about your score? What about thought processes before and after playing and right this moment? Do write and comment, please. Every player decided his strategy influenced by his thought process and mindset. Player4 took the initial decision of availing the least opportunities, whereas play2 took the initial decision of availing much more. This is how our wants, desire, belief, and selfconfidence affect our perception and initial decision which forms the basis of the level of achievement in our career and success journey. The inference is that one has to be very particular in learning, how to train the mind so that it dares to dream big and be competent to make efficient decisions in life. The idea is that behind every success journey, many contributing traits can be acquired. Great personalities passed through a tough process of learning through failures, training and changing their thought process. Universal time-tested success formulas may skyrocket your life to greater heights after going through this

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handbook in a practically applied way, only if you decide to learn, think and act for the same. I CAN’T MOVE AHEAD WITHOUT MENTIONING THE VERY INSIGHTFULL QUOTES BY HONOURABLE -- Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam (missile man of India) "Don't read success stories, you will get a message, read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success"; "Dream is not what you see in sleep, dream is something which doesn't let you sleep; "What is the secret of success? By right decisions; How do you make the right decisions? By experiences; How do you gain expertise? By your wrong decisions and failures in life; Be prepared for the worst while expecting the best. Be courageous and think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible, and to conquer the problem and succeed. Be humble and modest; Have a goal to achieve big. Connect with people to help them learn better. Close your eyes, recollect your leanings so far for a few seconds, save that at one side space in the brain for incubation, while doing so, take a deep breath thrice with a smile, shake your body, and make your frontal conscious mind ready for another dose which will involve a little of your imagination and viewing power. Are you ready now? O.k. wonderful! xvi