What is life?

Meaning of life is tough to know. If you look at it from a purely biological perspective, humans or living organisms as we know them have evolved over billion of years since the universe came into being. Is it just the culmination of the Darwin's theory of natural selection? Is it just a coincidence that life came up on earth? Is it no different from the non-living things like rocks & mountains? Or does life has a meaning far greater then the earthly existence? How are living things different then nonliving?

Well, you may come up with answers like we are made of organic matter.. We grow.. we die.. But, how do you infer that life and death is what it is as we know it.. Life may have a completely different meaning for things we may consider as nonliving. For example, virus (not the electronic virus.. think biology) is a weird kind of entity (we are not sure they are living or nonliving). Strictly speaking, they are living when they are inside your body and the moment they leave your body they become nonliving. So, it is difficult to predict how life will be defined may be 1000 years from now. It could turn out that life is not unique to Earth and it may be more common. It may also be that the universe we live in is not unique & there could be millions like these all around. Knowing where we stand is difficult.. it is like staying in a deep well, unable to find what lies beyond..

No definite answer to the puzzle called life!

What makes people Successful?

Well, you may have read a lot about the essential traits of a successful man. Great pioneers in all works of life have been considered successful. They all have the obvious qualities such as dedication, devotion, discipline, passion for their work and many more. But, one thing that stands out is how they all have channelized their emotions & taken care of it.

Most of us don't realize that how much what we think about ourselves impacts positively or negatively to our chances of doing a work successfully. Proper nourishment of your emotions is a prerequisite to having a successful & fulfilling life. People relate this to EQ ( Emotional Quotient) which is defined as " The ability to identify and manage the emotions of one's self or a group".

Success is more than just emotional intelligence or EQ. Our mind is a complex system which still hides a lot of secrets then it reveals. The conscious mind is what helps us do the daily mundane work, recall faces, names etc.The Unconscious mind is what drives us to take critical decisions. How many time has it happened with you that : you are really bad at remembering birthdays or anniversaries and just on 'D' day you somehow recall your friends birthday or Anniversary. Or you slept at night with an alarm to wake you up early morning to catch a flight or a train & you woke up just before your alarm rang. Well, in all these cases your sub-conscious mind is at work. It goes into hyperactive mode when you are fast asleep but even while you are awake it is active, even though you may not realize it.

The unconscious mind is the source of most of our actions. It is this sub-conscious mind which successful people tap into, knowingly or unknowingly & bring about the change they want to see, within themselves and beyond. How did Thomas Edition invent the electric Bulb? : It took him 1000 attempts to get it right. How many people would have tried that many times? Most of us would have left it, after 10 attempts or a few may have gone up to 100. What kept him going was more then just a hunch, he was tapping into his Unconscious mind which kept assimilating each failure & kept motivating him to try again.

So, pay attention to your unconscious which takes cues from the environment we live in. It is connected to the conscious mind. Have a optimistic outlook towards life & most importantly, don't think negatively about successfully completing a work even though it may seem daunting. Stay calm & cheerful and see how things change in life.