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18 PARADIGM FROBS
TO MANIPULATE YOUR DESTINY

By Aman V. Varma

EBOOK NO. 05

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Special Thanks

To the only human being, who made me who I am


today.

I can’t find the words, to tell how I am feeling. Just


GRATEFUL, that she did.

I Love Her.

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CONTENT

RESOURCEFUL MINDSET ................................................................... 13

FUNDAMENTALS MINDSET ............................................................... 22

CREATIVE MINDSET ........................................................................... 27

INFLUENCE MINDSET ......................................................................... 31

GRIT MINDSET ..................................................................................... 35

FOLLOWER MINDSET ......................................................................... 39

KAIZEN MINDSET ................................................................................ 44

CURIOUS MINDSET ............................................................................ 49

PEDESTAL MINDSET............................................................................ 54

THE BIG PICTURE MINDSET ............................................................... 59

OVER DELIVERY MINDSET ................................................................ 65

I OVER DELIVER.RITUALS MINDSET ................................................. 68

CREED MINDSET ................................................................................. 74

ATTRACTION MINDSET ...................................................................... 80

MAGNIFYING MINDSET .................................................................... 84

SELFISH MINDSET ................................................................................ 89

LIFE MASTERY MINDSET..................................................................... 91


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GROWTH MINDSET ............................................................................ 93

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18 PARADIGM FROBS

The 18 kinds of mindsets or paradigms you need to


install or hardwire in your psych to do whatever you
want to do with your life; this is what you need, to
modify your destiny and results. This is raw, hardcore,
practical, and overly simple.

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RESOURCEFUL MINDSET

Dictionary meanings:

 The ability to cope with difficult situations, or


unusual problems.
 The ability to find quick and clever ways to
overcome difficulties.
 Able to deal skillfully and promptly with new
situations, difficulties, etc.
 The ability to make decisions and act on your
own.

The Concept

The first mindset that you need to develop is


"Resourceful Mindset" which means that you are able
to find most effective & efficient solution by yourself, in
real time, with available resources, which will make you
progress on your path or overcome a problem.

Being resourceful is the quality of being able to procure,


modify and apply resources in the best possible way
that is innovative, creative and generates best
preferable results, fast.
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Resources include anything that you will use to achieve
a certain objective. Example: information, tools,
infrastructure, people, strategies, technology, etc.

Think of resourceful people as “full of resources,” or


tools for coming up with solutions. They adapt well to
new or difficult situations and they are able to think
creatively. For example, if a snake gets loose in the pet
store, a resourceful person will be able to figure out
how to lure it back into its cage again.

Resourcefulness can make you better at everything


you do, and separate the truly extraordinary people
from the general herd.

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Why to develop resourceful mindset?

Resourcefulness is required to accomplish anything


and is a prerequisite for grit.

For example, you wish to start an import export business.


Before you start your company you have to get an
import-export license, communicate with lot of people,
and understand your product, after that build
relationships with suppliers, approach potential
customers, generate leads, execute order, proceed for
shipment and collect money from your client. Now, do
you see how much work there is to be done? And the
fact is that you do not know anything about the
functioning of this world. So how will you understand
the procedures, arrange required documents and
negotiate with people? If you give up before taking
any action by saying that you are completely unaware,
incapable and illiterate of getting all the pieces
together than how can your business survive?

You see, resourcefulness is your ability to gain


knowledge when you are ignorant, manage &
produce things when you have nothing, build things
that doesn't exist and do what is required to do when
you have zero skills, understanding & experience.

So, if you are not resourceful you cannot achieve


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Traveling to unknown foreign places without local
knowledge and reaching your destination successfully
somehow using multiple public transport and physical
gestures to talk to people (because you don't know
their language either) is resourcefulness.

Being able to write a letter, search a post office near


you and finally drop the letter in an unknown city full of
people who don't even speak the same language as
you is resourcefulness.

If I tell you to book a flight ticket for yourself to china


(without involving a travel agent) book hotel tickets
and then once you reach there, travel from one city to
another by hiring a personal car & not a taxi, without a
GPS, only by talking to people, will you be able to do
that?

Here is another example; I typed this entire book in my


mobile phone! If I wasn't resourceful, I would have
given excuses such as "I did not have a PC how I can
write a book?" or why I could not get the work done.
But being resourceful is powerful, it gets the work done.

Do you see how important being a resourceful person


is? This is a mindset worth cultivating. THIS IS WHAT IS
CALLED COMMON SENSE.
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Researchers at Trent University in Canada concluded
that resourceful students are more likely to use self-
control in order to overcome stress in their life, and as a
result are “more likely to be better adjusted, to receive
higher grades, and to remain in university than their less
resourceful counterparts.”

Of the 481 undergraduate students surveyed those


with high levels of self-reported resourcefulness turned
out to be far more likely to stay in school and succeed
academically.

Interestingly, the results also showed that students


attending university for more internal reasons and less
so to please others or delay responsibilities showed
higher levels of academic resourcefulness.

In another study, the Faculty of Education of Kocaeli


University in Turkey found that highly resourceful
students had better coping skills, used more positive
reappraisal techniques, were more likely to seek social
support, and were less likely to use escape-avoidance
strategies during exams.

In 2003, psychologists at the University of Wollongong


found further evidence to support the fact that highly
resourceful students are less prone to low academic
performance stemming from academic stress. The
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study, which involved 141 first-year undergraduates,


found that resourceful students don’t necessarily
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experience lower levels of stress than non-resourceful
students; they just know how to handle it better.

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How to develop a resourceful mindset?

I could have given you a fancy structured model to


develop this mindset but I am not doing so as you
already know the reason behind it. Keeping it precise
and up to the point.

To develop this mindset the only thing you need to do


is go out, keep your eyes wide open, get things done,
use common sense, don't give up and take 100℅
responsibility of the outcome. Don't stop unless you
have successfully accomplished that task.

Simple, right? That's all you need but because I always


over deliver, I have some supplements for you that can
help your mind broaden the spectrum of your
resourceful mindset.

1. Manage an event, the bigger the better. Work


with resource procurement department. This way
you will learn how to arrange resources and get
the work done with limited available resources.
2. Use DIY Concept i.e. Do it yourself. Build things by
yourself example. Build a table, Make best out of
waste. Believe me; building a table without any
power tools is not easy. Cutting a plywood sheet
with handsaw is not easy. Now, you would say,
Aman! We have power tools so why not use it to
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save time and energy? Well, you can use it


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rather you must use it! But the reason behind not
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using the power tools is just for the sole purpose
of developing a right sense of resourceful
mindset. That's it!
3. Travel the world. Explore the world. Travel to
unknown places without planning. See what
challenges come in the way, what resources are
available to you and how will you use them to
overcome the challenges and reach the
destination.
4. Engage yourself in varied projects. Maybe start
your own business. That's the best you can do to
become resourceful.

Application of this mindset


1. In business: Henry Ford figured out how to make
cars faster and cheaper using an assembly line.
Sam Walton figured out how to bring large stores
to small towns. Steve Jobs figured out how to sell
MP3s to people using iPods. Cars existed before
Henry Ford came along. Large stores existed
before Sam Walton came along. All any of these
people did was look at the existing way things
were done and improved upon them. If you are
able to be resourceful and take what you
already know and improve upon this, then you
can accomplish really extraordinary things.
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2. In relationships: In relationships having a


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resourceful mindset will give you the advantage


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by making you find the solutions to the difficulties
that arise in bonding, building rapport,
communicating, etc
3. If you look closely and think a little you will see
that this mindset applies in all the areas from
finances, health, grooming, styling, parenting,
education to housekeeping.

"It's no resources but resourcefulness that ultimately


makes a difference" - Tonny Robins

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FUNDAMENTALS MINDSET

Dictionary meanings:

 A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article,


which serves as the groundwork of a system; an
essential part.
 Something (such as an idea, a principle, or a
fact) that provides support for something.
 Forming a necessary base or core; of central
importance.
 A central or primary rule or principle on which
something is based.

The concept:

Every area of our life & work has some basic


foundational principles on which the entire system
works. It makes sense that if these fundamentals are
ignored, any task or role that you undertake is going to
fail; for sure.

The second mindset I want you to cultivate is


"fundamental mindset" which is all about training your
mind to form a habit to rock the fundamentals of any
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Achievement in anything is not made by doing
something extraordinary or innovative but simply by
performing the fundamentals again and again.

For example, if you want to be an engineer, you need


to learn the fundamentals like which machine is used
for a specific purpose? What are the basic mechanical
properties of a machine, how to make a job on a
machine, etc.

If you want to be a tailor, you need to have


knowledge about various fabrics, you need to know
how to cut and shape the cloth for perfect tailoring,
how to stitch, etc.

If you want to be a writer, you need to improve your


vocabulary, writing skills, grammar, etc.

Very simple, basic and obvious, right? But what about


this..

Do you know the fundamentals of great parenting? I


am not talking about what you learned from your
previous generations, but about what actually are the
basics written by the experts in the field?

Do you know how to manage your emotions? Again,


not some tips but some rock solid foundational
methods that actually work?
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Do you know how to succeed for sure? Do you know
how to become financially free? Do you know how to
overcome depression? Do you know how to mend
broken hearts? Do you know how to strengthen the
bonds with your spouse? Do you know how to raise
intelligent children? Do you know how to become a
master at anything? Do you know how to solve daily
life problems without any stress? Do you know how love
works? Do you know how the opposite sex thinks?

What I am trying to say is that everything around us,


every role we play, and every activity we engage
ourselves in, every emotion & habit, every non-living
creature, every single thing in this universe works on
fundamentals.

We are too stupid to ignore the fundamentals. We


don't even know the fundamentals of anything at first
place. If we don't apply the basic fundamentals to the
activities, roles and jobs that we perform how can we
achieve great results? Can you solve a mathematical
or financial problem without knowing the fundamentals?
Not really, right?

Do you see how important it is to focus on the


fundamentals? This is a mindset worth cultivating. THIS
IS WHAT IS CALLED SMARTNESS.
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How to develop a fundamental mindset?

You might have heard the quote "Think before you act"
it projects all the significance.

To develop this mindset the only thing you need to do


is learn, contemplate and research about the task
before hand, make a model for it and then apply the
basics over and over again till that task picks up the
momentum of excellence.

And you might think "well, I am not that intellectual to


create the foundational theories for myself on any
topic" but don't worry about it, name me one
successful person who has not written a book. That is
just not possible; every master has already done the
work for you. They have made it easy. You just need to
search for their wisdom, act upon it again and again,
forever and create the desired life without doing much
philosophical and psychological work.

If you miss the fundamentals, your skyscraper of


success will collapse in no time. Be aware of that!
Follow the basic rules. Apply them in all the areas of life.

WARNING!

This mindset may sound overly simplistic and that's the


reason why it gets ignored the most and so the majority
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of people are floating in the shallow sea of mediocrity.


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If you too take it casually I can guarantee that you too


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will be a mediocre. Don't do this mistake. What do you
think of Warren Buffet & his ultra grand success through
stock market? He applied the basics, over and over
again.

This mindset too applies in every area of our lives as


appealed by the questions I asked you.

Greatness is the result of the conscious application of


fundamentals over and over again.

"Success lies in the masterful consistency of the


fundamentals - Robin Sharma.

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CREATIVE MINDSET

Dictionary meanings:

 A person or thing that generates something.


 A machine that converts one form of energy into
another.
 Having the power to create.

The concept:

Creative mindset is not what you might be thinking, it's


different.

The third mindset I want you to cultivate is "creative


mindset" which is all about training your mind to form a
habit to become a creator, someone who produces
something of value or converts low energy/value into
high energy/value.

What "creative mindset" is not: Don't think that being


creative is all about doing fancy artistic stuff in business
& paintings. No. We are all creators, what I mean by
creative here is your ability to create something out of
nowhere or convert something into things which are
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more useful, helpful, positive, effective and


advantageous.
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Why to cultivate creative mindset?

In this day & age maximum people have become a


consumer, which means they take more than what
they produce. If you want to be successful & happy
you need to minimize your consumption of things &
energies to lowest and increase your production of
things, values & energies to maximum.

Consumption does not create happiness. Consumption


does not create fulfillment and contentment.

By consumption I mean buying or in taking useless


things that are not helping you in anyway. Buying a TV
won't make you smarter, buying an Xbox won't make
you happy in fact it will have a reverse effect on you
and make you more depressed.

People who consume a lot get trapped in hedonic


adaptation treadmill, which makes them emotionally
dependent on external factor for happiness and joy.
They get emotionally hurt when they do not consume
useless things because they get addicted to it. It is a
disaster. They overfill their mind, body and soul with
useless shit and low energies and its obvious how their
lives would turn out to be.

Overconsumption and unnecessary intake builds the


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pressure in us, it makes us feel heavy and pathetic. For


example, consumption of food in excess is poison,
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consumption of love in excess is poison, If the
consumption of raw material exceeds the output in the
factory then again it’s a problem.

We have to switch our default setting from a consumer


to creator.

When you develop creative mindset, you are


constantly giving, creating and producing value,
which will make you more happy and successful
because it builds strength, courage, resilience and on
top of that it will bring you more money, fame, claim,
fulfillment, freedom, etc which all combined together
are critical factor of a successful life.

How to develop creative mindset?

Form a new habit and focus on increasing your


production more than your consumption.

Let's take a few examples,

1. Suppose you consume a lot of knowledge, then


start producing useful knowledge and sharing it
through any medium (blog/books/CDs).
Otherwise, the knowledge will bottle up and
make you suffer. When you produce knowledge
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a.k.a teach other people you spin the cycle of


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2. Suppose you overly consume love, attention and
affection then start giving that love to other
people. Empty yourself and you will see that
more love will generate. If you keep consuming
emotions is excess then you will become an
emotional slave which will have reverse effect
on you, making you more needy, dependent,
disgusting, depressed and weak.
3. If you are in a toxic dysfunctional relationship,
start converting the black energy & negative
emotions into something more useful i.e. positive,
uplifting, cheering and loving energy. If you keep
consuming toxic energy and forget to convert it
into something loving what do you think you will
end up like?
4. If you consume food in excess then make sure
you use that energy to produce better results in
your business, work harder and longer.

Do you see how important and advantageous


cultivating "creative mindset" is? The key is to create
more than you consume and convert useless into
useful. That's it!

"Don't just consume things, create things." - Barack


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INFLUENCE MINDSET

Dictionary meanings:

 The power to affect, control or manipulate


something or someone; the ability to change the
development of fluctuating things such as
conduct, thoughts or decisions.
 To affect by gentle action; to exert an influence
upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or
induce.
 The capacity to have an effect on the character,
development, or behavior of someone or
something, or the effect itself.

The concept:

The fourth mindset I want you to cultivate is "influence


mindset" which is all about training your mind to form a
habit to become project and come off as an influential
individual.

Look, here is the secret. 99% of the people around you


unconsciously look for a person in the crowd who
knows what he is doing and where he is heading to.
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People now days don't know anything about


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themselves and where they are going in life. They need


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structure, they need a light house that can enlighten
their path and tell them "here human! This is where you
need to go and this is exactly what you need to do"

And when they see such kind of person who walks with
self assurance, they cannot help but instantly start
following him.

There are some fundamentals that are responsible to


make success in any aspect of life. It is like a default
blueprint for some things to work out well and one of
that basic foundational key is influence.

If you want to generate results in any area of your life


(business, relationships, health, social gathering, etc)
then you have to be influential, meaning that you
need to have the power to manipulate, create, design,
control, modify and implement any thought &
resources (people, systems, beliefs, everything) that
align the fundamentals together and make the
creation possible.

In short, you need to be able to bend the world


according to your needs, with dominant force & self
assurance, to generate desired output. That's the only
way out.

The main reason to develop this mindset is to be able


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How to develop influence mindset?

1. Have a vision for yourself. Know exactly where


you want to go. Be flexible with approach &
methods but firm with your destination. Fix your
course on a star and you will never fall off your
path.
2. Be dominant. Get what you want, anyhow. Do
whatever is required to get where you want to
be. Be stubborn on your path.
3. Be selfish. Do what you think is right. Be very
choosy where and on what you spend your time,
money and energy on.
4. Provide a bigger vision to the people. If you want
to be a world influencer provide hope for the
betterment of humanity. If you want to be an
influence in relationships provide more positive,
optimistic, uplifting and vibrant ideal vision about
your future to your spouse or family. If you want
to be an influencer in your business provides
ambitious, bigger, wealthier, and advantageous
growth oriented vision to your company.
5. Whatever you do, project that you can make it
better. That you can optimize it, you can control
and direct it. Don't care about what people
think, let them see the hunger for greatness is
your eyes. Let them see your world class skills in
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your actions. Let them see your transformation


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and evolution to something greater.


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"No men ever achieved anything great without having
an influence on outer world"

"An artist's sphere of influence is the world" - Carl Weber

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GRIT MINDSET

Dictionary Meaning:

 Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness;


fortitude.
 Courage and resolve; strength of character.
 Indomitable spirit and perseverance & passion
for long-term goals.

The Concept:

"Grit in psychology is a positive, non-cognitive trait


based on an individual's passion for a particular long-
term goal or end state, coupled with a powerful
motivation to achieve their respective objective. This
perseverance of effort promotes the overcoming of
obstacles or challenges that lie within a gritty
individual's path to accomplishment, and serves as a
driving force in achievement realized." - Wikipedia

There are plenty of scientific researches done on this


topic, many authors have written books on it, self-help
gurus talk about it and almost every top blog has
promoted it.
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I believe that Wikipedia's definition is profound enough
to state the essence of this mindset.

If you have noticed, you will find that all the mindsets
are woven to earn other. They are synchronized and
interrelated like a woven mesh. That's the beauty of
nature and collective intelligence.

I don't think there is any need to explain why grit


mindset should be developed. So let's take a quick
look at some of the facts related to how you can
develop this magical superpower.

Resources: If you would like to put in some extra efforts I


will recommend you to read this article at forbes.com
which describes the theory & research in depth. I have
inserted a link to the article on the reference page,
type it or simply search "Grit Forbes" on Google.

To understand this concept emotionally you can


watch Will Smith's movie "The Pursuit of Happiness" a
very powerful movie projecting a perfect example of a
man with grit.
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How to develop grit mindset?

1. Commit to yourself that you will not settle for


anything less than world class. Remind this to
yourself every single moment.
2. Make your vision/dream the only thing that you
will live for and that you will take strong urgent
actions everyday to move closer to that dream.
3. Give yourself only one option and that is to
succeed. Don't even think of giving up in the
process because that dream in your mind is
million times more important than anything else.
4. To keep yourself going, align your career, lifestyle,
business, passion, relationships, social circle or
friends and your knowledge in a straight line.
That means everything inside your mind and
around you in environment should support you to
keep going towards your dream.
5. Have a reason to do what you are doing, and
make it big. The reason + passion is what will
keep you going. You have to continuously
challenge yourself and keep pushing your
standards every single day.
6. Build habits and rituals to meet this standards
because these two things help you to automate
your actions and thinking on your focused path,
which will give you momentum to fly high.
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7. Be inspired by life. Inspired is intrinsic. Motivation


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is extrinsic. If you have a big throbbing vision for


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yourself than you will become an inspirational
individual by default and you won't need any
external motivation to keep yourself going.
8. If you follow these principles and combine &
install all the mindsets given in the book then you
won't be able to even help yourself when it
comes to giving up. You will become
unstoppable!

"Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit." - Jonah Lehrar

"No grit, no pearl" - unknown

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FOLLOWER MINDSET

Dictionary Meaning

 One who follows mentally, adhere to the


opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a
movement etc.
 An imitator, who follows another's example
 A pursuer.
 A person who supports and admires a particular
person or set of ideas.

The Concept

Becoming a student is the first step to become a


master. Becoming a follower is the prerequisite to
become a leader. Following the basic principles of
people who are already successful is the first rung of
the ladder to success. Following the steps of great
people who have mastered their craft is the first step to
master your craft as well.

People are extremely stupid. They want to be


successful but don't want to learn and put into action
the principles that have been proven to work time and
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People want to have great relationships and networks
but are too lazy to invest their energy, time, money &
thought in learning from people who have mastered
this area of their life.

People are stupid to think that they have to find out


how to be effective and world class in anything they
do all by themselves. They don't realize that people
who have figured out the "stuff" are very excited and
willing to share the wisdom and help the world. That's
natural human nature, to contribute. People are foolish
to miss to seek such great help.

What I am trying to convey is that our previous


generations have already laid down the foundational
path to everything for us and the only thing we have to
do is seek it, implement it and see the results. Yes, it is
simplistic. Don't make it complicated and fool yourself
to think "being an extraordinary producer" is either a
natural gift restricted to a few lucky people or destined
to them by god. That's a mistake.

So what’s the point?

The point is I want you to develop this 6th "follower


mindset" so that you become what you want to be
and make a legendary life for yourself in small period of
time by becoming a follower of wisest masters and
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See, life is short and learning is vast. We cannot learn
everything by ourselves and the mistakes that we do.
We need a shortcut. We need to speed up. We need
to cut down the learning curve so that we retire at the
age of 40 instead of 60 and live a rich quality life. So
that we live more than we work, so that we can enjoy
our lives, experience varied things, live like a king,
travel the world, surround with highest quality people,
eat good food and saver the sweet juices that life
have to offer with heart opened fully.

Sounds too good to be practical? Not really.


Everything's possible, let's see how you can do it by
developing this mindset.

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How to develop follower mindset?

1. Design your ideal life first. Find a pen, maybe an ink


pen if you like, see around yourself and find a crisp &
fresh A4 leaf. Got it? Good. I want you to write down
the following points, right now.

 How do you want your financial life to look like? Is


there a person in real time who is having that figure
in his bank account? I bet there is. Find him.
 How do you want people to associate you in social
circles? I mean what qualities of yours do you want
people to identify you as? Is there anyone in the
world who has cultivated such qualities and is living
it to greatest? I bet there is. Find him.
 What kind of lifestyle do you want to live? Both on
work and off work? Scan around; do you see that
person who is already living that kind of life? I bet
there is. Get in touch with him.
 What kind of family do you want to rise? How do
you want your children to associate you as a parent?
Is there someone around you, maybe a neighbor or
the person on the Internet, is having those qualities
and projects exactly how you want to be? I bet
there is. Reach them.

2. After you find out the people who are already living
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the kind of life you desire for then it's time to learn from
them. It's time to dig for some wisdom from their life. It's
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time to research and study their lives. It's time to read
their biographies and watch their biopic. It's time to
listen to their advices, take notes, download the
knowledge, install their psychology and take action on
what you learn.

Remember, for every field, there is a leader, a pioneer


who has reached to the core of their understandings,
now it's your responsibility to take their job further, a
step higher just like a son who carries his Father's work
after him and cut down your investment of time and
use of resources to build up the foundations from
scratch.

"When the student is ready, the master appears" - A


Chinese Proverb

"He who cannot be a good follower, cannot be a


good leader" - Aristotle

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KAIZEN MINDSET

Meaning:

A Japanese business philosophy of continuous


improvement of working practices, personal efficiency,
etc made up of two characters in Japanese: kai,
which means 'change,' and zen, which means 'good.'

The Concept

The 7th mindset that I want you to develop is kaizen


mindset which is all changing, growing, optimizing your
mindsets, character and worth every single day. It
should be your principle to outperform your yesterday
self, everyday. I want you to grow and rapid pace
every single day. I want you to set higher benchmarks
for yourself every single day in business and life. I want
you to become better every hour of your day.

This may sound a lot of work, too much sense of


urgency, too much stress and too much investment
from your end and that's true.

Not everyone is doing this. Not every is constantly


kaizening themselves and so not everyone is living a
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other people are doing you will get the results what
other people are getting.

The only way to Kaizen at a rapid speed and achieve


more output or success in less time is by making
optimum use of time and depositing of mind-
expanding information in your mind.

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Why to develop kaizen mindset?

Success is development. Development is growth.


Growth is change. Change is optimization.
Optimization is kaizen.

If you understand what I am trying to say, if you have


every come in contact with a superior quality human
being you will notice that they are improving every
hour of their life. No, this is not overestimation or false
perception but a true statement. If you meet a superior
human being today and your next meet happens to
be a week later you will be astonished and fascinated
by how much they have grown/kaizened in a single
week. That's really impressive. And every superior
human being is successful; they have money, good
social circle, amazing health, bubbly relationships and
massive respect. What's the secret? They are
conveying it to us loudly and clearly but people are
way to deluded to see the clear picture. I am telling
you it's kaizen mindset.
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How to develop kaizen mindset?

1. Have a knowledge orgasm! I mean literally get


yourself blown away with high quality wisdom.
Get a wisdom trip. Get flashes of realizations and
deep insights of your surrounding and working of
the complex components of this universe by
reading and soaking up knowledge every hour.
And that's not it, I want you to have multiple
orgasms, maybe 3-4 every day! Read only what
will truly help you become wiser, smarter and
stronger. Listen to only the things that are going
to make sense and support you to progress in
your life. Surround yourself with people who talk
only wisdom and not gossips. Read. Listen.
Surround. Soak your brain in wisdom, very
important.
2. Master your time. Cut off the funny videos,
memes, gifs and useless shit on social media.
That's not serving you in any way. Cut off the
useless TV serials and reality shows, you won't
earn money by watching stupid people do
dramatic shit all day long instead you are
making them some money. Ridiculous. Cut off
the hours you invest on social media chatting
useless crap, scrolling through profiles of the
attention seeking vampires, playing time wasting
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much time in these things? Practically they are
making you mire depressed, lazy, stupid and
unfulfilled with life. Instead what you can do is
read a book, watch educational/inspiring videos
on YouTube, watch biopic and documentary
films. Be wise enough to invest your time. Don't
be stupid; successful people don't have time for
useless shit. Imagine for a second that you were
Steve Jobs, how will you spend your time now?
3. Mastermind. Make sure your friends are smart
and wise. Meet up with them every week or
everyday and bombard each other with your
ideas, experiences, lessons, wisdom and
knowledge. Of course! Sometimes you need to
relax a little, have fun and spend quality time.
That's okay, we are humans we need that alright?
But not excessive. Anything in excess is a poison.
4. Take action. Implement the ideas and
knowledge right away. Action is mandatory. It is
what will produce tangible results. Act your
brains off till you have no more ideas to
implement. The repeat the above steps and
keep the cycle going. This is kaizening.
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CURIOUS MINDSET

Dictionary meaning

 (obsolete) Fastidious, particular; demanding a


high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
 Inquisitive; tending to ask questions, investigate,
or explore.
 Eager to acquire knowledge.
 Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed;
elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.

The Concept

The 8th mindset that I want you to adopt is curious


mindset. Let's start with what Albert Einstein has to say,

"I am neither clever nor especially gifted. I am only


extremely and passionately curious"

Curiosity = personal evolution.

Evolution indirectly = success or legendary life.

That's all I have to say. Be curious. No matter how much


explanation I give you, it will always be insufficient.
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Today, I am inspiring people to live a great life, writing
articles every week, mailing newsletters containing
wisdom every single day, have written 3 ebooks, have
made 60+ educational videos and have developed
various models & blueprints to master every area of life.
How was I able to do it? Curiosity. People look at me
and are fascinated because they don't believe that
what I write, speak and share is my authentic work. But
that's not their fault as well. That's simplicity. I am doing
successful people did at a very early age and so is my
mindset more developed and conditioned to attract
greatness. Yeah, I am telling you.. All these mindset are
well installed in my brain and so even if I try super hard
to fail, I cannot. I will fail at that, irony there.

When I look back at my life I see a different me. I was in


depression 3 years ago. But now I am contagious, I am
spreading positivity and happiness, I am introducing
wisdom, I am conditioning people's minds to become
the most epic person to live on this planet. It's surprising
to me as well. But that's true. And it all happened
because I somehow tapped into the curiosity zone. I
switched my default to "curious hungry mind" and the
ball started to roll.

Similar is the case with Tesla, Einstein, Steve Jobs, Da


Vinci, Pythagoras, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Franklin,
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Lincoln, Ford, you name it, they had curiosity for


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something. And that something later turned out to be
BIG & WORLD CHANGING.

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How to develop curious mindset?

1. Find your niche. What's your specialization? Job's


niche was technology, Einstein's niche was
physics, Aristotle's niche was philosophy,
Buddha's niche was spirituality, Pablo's niche was
art, Shakespeare's niche was writing, Mandela's
niche was social & humanitarian, Mother Teresa's
niche was love, Ford's niche was auto
engineering. What is that one thing that seduces
you? What are you magnetically attracted to?
What are you passionate about? Find that and
be extremely curious about it. Go into depth and
crave for deep insights. That's how you become
curious.
2. Simply Ask. After you find your niche/passion it's
time to ask. Be curious about how people work,
whom they work with, what technologies do
they use, why some people are successful and
other not so successful in that field, what the top
people in that industry do that mediocre don't
do, be curious about everything.

Here's the fact, when you ask a question you mind will
be restless until it finds the right answer. Use this to your
advantage. Google search your questions, ask people,
interview experts, attain the annual meetings and
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Take your mind on a marathon. And once you pick up
the momentum of being curious you will become
curious about the things outside your niche as well. You
will become curious about people, species, art, music,
books, traveling, sports, universe, existence, soul,
miseries, cars, money, health, technology and even
something as stupid to sound as your hairs and bathing
manners. It will broaden your spectrum of knowledge
and will become your best tool to construct anything in
life. Soon you'll see how the dots connect, how
marketing can be used in relationships, how personal
development can be used in business growth, how
spiritual growth can make you financially free. You will
start to get a bigger picture of life. And now you will
start to grow kaizen & become extraordinary. That's
mind blowing how it works.

"What people call intelligence just boils down to


curiosity" - Aaron Swartz

"Curiosity especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what


separates the truly alive from those who are merely
going through the motions" - Tom Robbins
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PEDESTAL MINDSET

Dictionary Meaning

 A position in which someone is greatly or


uncritically admired.
 A position of high regard or adoration.
 A position of eminence or supposed superiority.

The Concept

This world is BIG we are small. We are invisible in the


crowd. That's external world. Let's see our internal world.
Our fears are BIG we are small, Dogmas are BIG our
intelligence is small, Dreams are BIG but mindsets are
small, Expectations are BIG detachment is zero. This is
the biggest misery of human life, putting everything
around yourself on pedestal and making it seem like
you are worthless and inferior-powerless being. God!
Give me a break! This mindset is sick.

I want you to develop this 9th mindset which is


pedestal mindset. Let me warn you, this pedestal
mindset works both ways, positive and negative so pay
intense focus to understand this and fit it in the
beautiful brain of yours. Let’s begin,
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Here's the deal, I want to take it back to the basics
right now. One of the biggest barriers that come in the
way to live a legendary life is our inability to put things
in the right perspective. That being said, we often
make terrible mistakes to see and think the exact
opposite of what needs to be done.

What's happening here is that we often put things that


are out of our potential abilities on a pedestal. We
assign superiority, authority, regard and high adoration
to that thing or emotions where as in reality that's not
the case. You are increasing the importance, value
and worth of that thing/emotion and that has a
reverse effect on you making you seem even smaller,
inferior, and weak and of less value than you actually
are. Finding it difficult to understand? Let's take a look
at an example; I will demonstrate to you how you can
use this mindset in various situations.

Let's called this strategy "Pedestal Reversal Technique"


which you will use to overcome this problem in life.

Here is the situation, Imagine you have the fear of


attending board meetings and every time you are
invited to it, you either make excuses or mess up with
your emotions, you get anxiety attacks, feel nervous
and break down emotionally. So how can you use this
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technique? In this case what actually is happening is


that you are putting the thing that is outside your
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comfort zone on a pedestal. Because you lack
communication skills to deal with the pressure of
questions that the BOD is going to ask you, you start
making excuses for why you cannot attend the meet,
you are putting your fear and disability to
communicate on a pedestal. The moment you put
anything/emotions on a pedestal you lose power, you
fail! To deal with this situation you have to use the
perspective reversal technique and put yourself on the
pedestal instead of your fears or disabilities. Think as if
you have already attended more than a 100 meetings
in your lifetime, feel it, feel the confidence, see the
fears at your feet, see them small, raise your esteem
and feel like a king, imagine that you are sitting on a
throne and you are the best communicator in the
world who has given more than 1000 speeches
successfully. How are you feeling right now? In power?
Superior? Confident?

Do you see how it works?

The only thing that you have to is reverse the


perspective, put yourself on a pedestal and remove
the things or people/emotions off the pedestal. This will
be done in imagination and not in reality but to trick
your mind yo produce the confidence and power that
is enough, it does the work.
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How to develop the pedestal mindset?

Here is a checklist:

 Don't assume that people, things, events,


emotions & luck have any power on you. It's false.
They don't have any power or influence on you
unless you allow them to manipulate your mind
and persuade you to believe that they are
stronger, important, valuable and superior than
true.
 Whenever you feel overwhelmed, stressed,
nervous or under pressure by any circumstances,
emotions or people use the pedestal reversal
technique to decrease its influence on you and
to give yourself confidence, strength, authority
and superiority so that you can easily deal with
the difficulty.
 If you are obsessed with someone, then bring
them down from the pedestal. It is natural for us
to put that "special someone" on pedestal and
see them as someone "without any faults"
making him/her appear more powerful than
they actually are, having a reverse undesirable
effect that makes you look needy, powerless,
validation approval seeker and a person with
low self esteem.
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given 100 speeches already. If you have the fear
of approaching someone and conveying them
your true feelings, use the technique again, think
and act as if you do that every time and with
everyone and that it is natural for you.

Never put anything on a pedestal. Believe that you are


bigger, smarter, powerful, in control, superior, confident
and of higher value than your fears, the people and
events. This will give you enough courage to expand
your actionable zone.

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THE BIG PICTURE MINDSET

Dictionary Meaning

 The totality of a situation.


 The totality of the situation approached
objectively.

The concept

Big picture mindset is all about becoming a thinker.


People now a day’s don't think at all, even if they think
they are usually dwelling upon useless things in life.

The 10th mindset that I want you to develop is the big


picture mindset. Let's be extremely honest with
ourselves, we have seen majority of the people around
us who are stuck in their small, mediocre and mundane
life just because they are not able to see the big
picture that the world has to offer them.

People are so busy being dogmatic and being a


sheep in the herd that they have stopped questioning
the reality the way it is and don't even think about
thinking for themselves. Because everyone is being a
sheep they think they are living "successful life" as per
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Getting to new heights and getting self actualized as
Abraham Maslow's theory of needs tell us, requires
some real sense of the working of the world. Self
actualization is the big picture, dumb and mediocre
people won't understand it, it requires higher levels of
consciousness which gives you the ability to connect
the dots and see the totality of life.

We have to let go of our self-imposed limitations


created by thinking small.

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Why is it important to develop the big picture mindset?

To grow out of mediocrity, do epic things and truly


taste the life.

There are so many areas that we are 100% unaware of


in life. We need to deepen and expand the horizons of
our existence. There are so many areas unexplored, so
many mysteries unsolved and so much love and joy to
experience. We haven’t even experienced a bit of life!
Wouldn't it be a great life where you will experience
and uncover unique experience every day? Life is
great when there is excitement and fun. Not being
able to see the big picture of life will make your life
much boring with progress in time. That's not what you
want, I guess?

To live epic life you need epic mindset, actions,


character, dreams, experiences and code of conduct.
When everything about you is epic and grand guess
how your life will be? Epic and Grandiose!!

So isn't it worth to develop a big picture mindset?


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How to develop big picture mindset?

1. To develop a macro perspective of life block


time everyday in solitude to reflect upon the big
picture. Time blocking is a concept in which you
dedicate certain duration of time just to focus on
one thing. For example, if you want to become a
writer you would block 1 hour everyday from
your time and dedicated it only to writing. If you
want to develop insight into life, block an hour
everyday just to ponder upon your experiences.
2. After you have blocked out the time for yourself,
make sure nobody tries to disturb you. Now do
this exercise. Change your perspective; look at
an event from different people's point of view.
Try to see the situation from multiple perspectives,
the more perspectives you have the bigger will
your picture be. For example, imagine how an
adult & a child, a leader & follower, a successful
& failure, a teacher & student, a man & woman
would see the same event differently.
3. Next thing you can do is journaling. This is one of
my favorite activity and ritual that I follow daily.
Blocking time to journal your thoughts daily is a
very powerful exercise to develop big picture
thinking mindset and also it deepens the
knowledge in your brain. Afterwards when you
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connected in this complicated existence. That's
enough for you to realize what the big picture
can do for you.
4. Multiply everything x100 and see how it looks!
Wealth? X100 it, now how does it look? More
beautiful? Dreams x100? Mind blowing!
Relationships x100 standards? OMG Awesome!
Car x100? Whoa!! A Bentley? Wow ;) You see the
magic of thinking big? It makes existence
beautiful.

You can also study Michael Porter's Competitive


Strategy and various other theories that he has written
to expand your bug picture thinking abilities in business.

Books recommended developing this mindset: Stephen


Cope's The Great Work of Your Life, Seeing the Big
Picture by Sean Carroll and Michael Port's The Think Big
Manifesto.

And by now if you have started developing some of


the mindsets I've introduced to in the previous chapters
you will find that those mindsets will also help you to
develop a big picture thinking mindset.

As I've said earlier, everything is connected; all the


mindsets synchronize and affect each other in indirect
ways.
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"It's never too late to think big. Widen your horizons.
Look beyond your normal limits. See things in a larger
picture. Consider the next step. The flow-on effect.
Opportunities will become evident. Motivations will
become clear. Perspective will emerge. One must live
the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has
lived" - Paul Bourget

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OVER DELIVERY MINDSET

The Concept

Over delivery! Yes, that's what makes you stand out


from others. The concept is simple. Whatever you do
make sure you over deliver it. That means that you
have to build a mindset of giving 3 times of extra value
for what you receive in return.

Why & How to develop the over delivery mindset?

It will help you in every area of your life. It will magically


and drastically improve your business, relationships,
friendship, social circle, habits, thinking, character
building, etc I mean everything! Let's take a few
examples right now,

1. Over delivering 3 times more in the quality of the


products or services you sell than the fee you
charge for it will make you more returning and
happy customers, will increase your reputation,
will strengthen your brand as well. I think that
these are the critical factors of success in
business which is worth to exchange for earning
short term profit by selling a shit product. So next
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much would you pay for the quality of product
you are selling? After that decrease the cost of
the product/service by 3 times. Don't worry, it's
okay to have less profit than to sell contribute
shitty product in the market, lose customer's trust
and finally shut your business down. You get it?
Good.
2. Over delivering in relationship & friendship,
makes me think that it is much more beneficial to
use this mindset in relationships other than
business (just a comparison) because it is a
relationship that makes the world turn around.
How can you over deliver in relationships? First of
all money is not the factor. Get that idea out of
your brain. It’s more than money - its EMOTIONS.
To over deliver in relationships keep only 4 things
in mind: GIVE, ZERO EXPECTATION, FUN &
POSITIVITY. Get these 4 concepts tight and you
will be ready to rock any relationship. So how do
you practice this mindset? That's Simple, don't
think too much, be like a child, do what will
make you experience positive emotions and
keep the negative emotions, habits, thoughts,
actions and behaviors at a bay. Find a list on the
Internet for "relationship bad habits". Repeat this
over and over even if it feels miserable to you;
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worth it. It's required. You'll be grateful for your
entire life that you did this. Do it.
3. Over deliver mindset in building character. Over
deliver on yourself, give more high quality
information to yourself that will help you build the
right character. Literally, I am telling you if your
input is mere, guess how your outputs will be?
Million dollar information - billion dollar
transformation. Investment always hurts but
returns always blows the mind. Over deliver in the
efforts you put in to change your character.
Whatever you do, DO IT BIG & MASSIVE. OVER
DELIVER ANYTHING & EVERYTHING.

Long term - After effects of applying this mindset:


1. Massive growth in less time. People will notice
that you are evolving like a monster! That's sweet.
2. Business grows. Profits grow. Lifestyle grows.
Freedom grows. You grow.
3. You become magnetic. You power switch your
default setting to abundance mode. Needing
nothing attracts everything.
4. Increased quality of everything you touch.
Whatever task you undertake automatically
becomes of superior quality. Badass!
5. Increased respect & trust from others. Increased
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Why do you think I have given 6 ebooks, 150+ articles,
20+ book summaries, 60+ YouTube videos, 100+ VIP
newsletters WHICH = WISDOM FOR FREE?

I OVER DELIVER.

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RITUALS MINDSET

Dictionary Meaning

 Related to a repeated set of actions.


 Repetition of definite set of rituals daily to attain
a certain objective.

The concept

This book is the result of my ritual to write 15 pages


every day.

Rituals make your goals achievable.

The 12th mindset that I want you to cultivate is ritual


mindset. Whatever you wish to achieve, it can only be
done by taking right actions consistently but it
becomes very difficult to stick to this habit when we
have all sorts of things going on in our life. Then comes
the role of rituals. Ritual is a set of activities that an
individual performs everyday in the morning before
starting with the regular schedule. Performing rituals
everyday gives him a sense of grounded-ness and also
gets the most important things done in the morning
itself. If you look deep inside highly successful people's
lives you will find that they all have morning & evening
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This is a concept most people are not even aware of!
Think how great it would be to make "being successful"
a habit. Habits are automatic and so will be your
success! Sounds great right? Yes, but not everything
worth comes easy. You have to take massive actions
persistently to build success habits.

So if you are convinced that you can take advantage


of this unbiased trick by making a few routines and
sticking to it, you might also want to know how to do it?
So here it is..

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How to build ritual mindset & rituals?

1. Start by redialing your body clock. Decide the


number of hours you need to sleep for and then
fix your sleeping and waking time. Once you
have fixed it, stick to it and build the moment. So
after 1 week when your body clock is reset now
it's time to move further.
2. State your priorities and "absolutely must"
activities and do them in the morning right after
you wake up and before you resume yourself
with daily activities. For example, your priorities
may include exercise, meditation, reading,
spending time with family, prayer or affirmations,
writing, etc. Do them in the morning itself.
Whatever is important to you, do it first thing in
the morning; After you have done with the
priorities it's time to complete the "absolute must"
activities, for example, your AM activities may
include planning for the day, introspection,
communicating with mentor, brainstorming ideas
for business, etc. Do it in the morning before you
resume your daily schedule.
3. Block time for each activity. Prepare a timetable
for your morning activities. For example, 15 mins
exercise, 10 mins planning, 30 mins with family, 5
mins meditation and so on.
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your pace. Your morning rituals can stretch from
1 hour to 4 hours depending upon your
requirements. If somehow you don't get enough
time to fit everything in the morning rituals you
can shift them in the "evening rituals" that you
perform before going to bed.
5. The above was for making rituals. Let's look at
how to develop a habit of making rituals. That is
overly simplistic. Just keep in mind, maybe drill it
in your mind and print it on your neurons to be
aware enough to create a ritual for every goal.
You can stick a Post-It note everywhere around
your house that will remind you to create a ritual
for ever goal.

Rituals build momentum and perseverance which are


the two requirements for actualizing your goals.

Pro tip: To create balance in life (all realms of life)


include 1 activity of each facet of life in the
morning/evening rituals. Below is the list of essential
activities you need to perform:

1. For Spiritual & Emotional health: Meditation,


introspection, affirmations, prayer, connection
with nature.
2. For physical health: exercise, breakfast, water,
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3. For career and business: planning, strategies,
contemplation, networking and action plan.
4. For relationships: time spending, communication,
expression of love and sense of appreciation.
5. For mental health: reading, leaning, teaching,
expressing, understanding and structuring.

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CREED MINDSET

Dictionary meaning

 The fact of believing; belief, faith.


 A particular set of beliefs.
 A regulating principle.
 A determinate method prescribed for performing
any operation and producing a certain result.

The concept:

This is one of the most powerful mindset you can


develop. Literally, it can make you the omnipotent and
immune to everything that is not serving you.

It will make you stand like a giant oak tree which is not
shakable even at the storms. You want to be like that,
people are drawn to such people. People with this
mindset are winners or strong players in everything.

One of the reasons behind me becoming emotionally


healthy and positive is this mindset. That's my secret to
be uplifting, always.

Principles are a solution to dynamic inconsistency.


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The 13th mindset that I want you to develop is creed


mindset. Which basically is all about defining a set of
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rules for yourself. A code of conduct for yourself that
will support you to do the right things at the time of
emotional confusions and also project that you are an
individual of value with principles to live your life with.

Even if I try my best I will not be able to make you


realize that this mindset is way more important than
anything else in the world.

Living a life of principles is what magnifies your


character. It is what makes you attractive and wise.

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Why to develop creed mindset?

Consider any self-control problem. For example, a


person trying to lose weight presented with free
cookies. The temptation to eat the cookie is very strong
although if the person eats free cookies every time he
would be harmed. The cookie problem occurs when
short-run incentives overcome the real long-run benefit.

Now, suppose the person has a principle of never


eating cookies. Such a person would not even
consider the benefit of eating the cookie.

People live by principles in order to avoid falling into


myopic traps. Principles are internal mechanisms for
people to commit to long-run beneficial behavior in
the face of short run temptation. They work by making
behavior consistent with long run benefits more salient
in the short run.

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How to develop creed mindset?

Nothing can be simpler than this. You just have to


follow the below steps:

1. The first thing you need to do is make a law book


for yourself ;) it's a fancy word, don't go that
deep. You just need to keep your journal in
which you will write your creed. It will be foolish if
you to state a few rules without having any
realization behind it. Having a strong reason for
why you will follow your rules is a critical factor
that will ensure that you follow'em. Following
what you state till the last breath your life is not a
child's game. It takes real courage and a strong
will to stick with your creed. So write down a
creed for yourself only when you have a real life
experience behind it. For example, I made a rule
for myself that I will never spend more than 5
secs thinking about anything that is not serving
me in any form. Now I have a strong reason and
an experience supporting it from behind. There
was a time when I was suffering with over
thinking, It had reached to such a terrible level
where I wasn't able to sleep at nights, spending
whole night thinking about mere stupid things
was not a joyous experience, it only gave me
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not serving me in any way and I had to stop, it


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didn't serve me to progress on my path nor did it
help me to become happy. So why would I think
so much then? Do you see my point? I had both
an experience + a realization behind this rule of
mine which instantly solved the problem and I
am still following it to the top for 2 years now.
That's the power. So start making a list of rules
you'll follow throughout the rest of your life after
you learn something through an experience.
2. The second step is to follow it, act upon it without
apologizing for it or explaining it to anyone else.
You don't have to care about other's opinion just
focus on following your creed, becoming a man
of dignity. Benjamin Franklin is one of the
greatest examples, he was known as the man of
virtue. He had his 13 virtues which he followed
every day; in fact he even had a custom diary
for himself in which he had daily check boxes for
each virtue. He made it a point that he will live
his life by those virtues and die for it as well. He
shares a beautiful story about his choice of
dignity/virtue over money. I won't share the
entire story her but what he was pointing out was
that you can survive with mere pennies, sleeping
on wooden floor with a filthy jacket and a slice
of bread to eat. If you can survive without
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you write a rule follow it, ignore any degree of
tension that makes you break your virtue. Stick to
it.

Remember, writing down your creed in the journal


immediately after the realization and experience is
essential. Also you don't want to forget'em over time,
so make sure you make a checklist and tick off the
items every day before going to bed like Benjamin
Franklin.

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ATTRACTION MINDSET

Dictionary Meaning

 To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes


toward the person or thing applying the force.
 The tendency to attract.
 An attractive force which causes motion
towards the source

The Concept:

There's only one way to get anything in your life and


that is by attracting them. Learn to attract resources
(things, people, situations or anything). Nothing comes
without attraction. It is the attraction that makes the
resources gravitates towards you. Attraction pulls
resources towards you. It is a powerful force that needs
to be understood, executed and mastered to create
lavish life. This mindset is similar to the “fundamental
mindset”. Search and seek the fundamental that will
attract you everything you need and then act upon
them.

So how do you attract resources towards you? Well,


simply by becoming attractive. By becoming a
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you become a money magnet or luck magnet or
health magnet, is the moment when you will see the
goodness of heaven flooding in your life. My work is to
help you develop right mindsets and so I won’t go into
much details of how the law of attraction or the
psychology of human attraction works. That’s your
work. Do it. Learn it.

How to develop attraction mindset?

1. Know EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT. Get into the


details, the math, the science, the architecture,
everything! You have to dive deep, extremely
deep, so deep that the thought appears to be
materialistic and vivid. Forget the strength of
making resources available to actualize it for a
second. Focus on creating the blueprint. I use it
regularly to make things happen in my life. It’s
superficially powerful. Do it today. Know what
you want clearly, precisely and vividly.

2. Dwell upon it till it comes true. Make it a priority


of your life. Continuously think about it till the
thoughts come automatic in your mind when
you are not thinking about it. Become obsessed
by the idea. Think it over and over again. Think it
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become super excited and charged to manifest
that thought in materialistic world. Get addicted
to it. Make it so powerful that it becomes the
most dominating thought on your mind. Don’t
stop till it comes true.

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The after effects
3. When you do the above 2 correctly, your mind
will be programmed to always search for the
opportunities to make that idea come true and
procure the resources that will make that seed
become a tree. At this point you have to work
with your resourceful mindset i.e. make intelligent
use of your skills and knowledge in such a way
that all the elements align in order than can
make the manifestation of the idea possible. At
this point your mind will become like a torch light
that will continuously search and enlighten the
path that will lead you towards the manifestation
of your idea.

4. The 4th step is to take action when the


opportunities arrive. If you hold yourself back
because of fear at the time of opportunity then
the idea in your mind will remain an idea for the
rest of your life. You could affirm daily and
arrange the cosmic energies to make the idea
come true through domination of thought
focused on single outcome but if you don’t take
action at the right time, if you don’t take
advantage of the situation or if your eyes are
blind at the right time, nothing is going to work.
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For example,
If you want to attract a certain car you have to
become attractive or develop qualities in yourself that
will make you magnetic and pull the car in your life.
You will become magnetic by becoming worthy of
that car.

If you want to attract a certain women you have to


become attractive magnet to her first by developing a
character and qualities in yourself that naturally attract
its suitability and then following the 4 steps discussed
earlier. For this to happen you need to understand the
female psychology and what triggers attraction in
them but basically females are attracted to emotions
and males are attracted to visuals. Do that and when
the time is right she’ll be there in front of you.

MAGNIFYING MINDSET

Dictionary meaning

 To make (something) larger or more important.


 To have effect; to be of importance or
significance.
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Our mind is like a magnifying glass. It will magnify
everything that we direct our focus on and the more
we keep focusing on the thing/idea/people/situation
the more intense, important, bigger and powerful will it
look. Sometimes due to our intense focus, our mind
blows the intensity or the importance of the
thing/idea/people/situation out of proportion to such
an extent that we get paralyzed by its overpowering
appearance.

That being said, from now on develop this mindset of


magnifying only the thing/idea/people or situation that
will help you make your life easier, that will make you
more powerful and confident.

You might have heard the phrase “Focus only on the


positive sides of the situation” or something like “Be
positive. Think Positive”. This is the real reason behind it.

Focusing on the thing/idea/people or situation that is


giving you mental stress, robbing you from positivity
and decreasing your emotional health will not do you
any good.

So, basically this mindset is about focusing your


attention on the positive side of the thing/idea/people
or situation because your mind magnifies everything
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normal human being I would assume that you want to
magnify only the uplifting experiences in your life.

The only “why” to develop this mindset is to make


yourself stoic or immune to the thing/idea/people or
situation that are not serving you; rather they are
making you miserable and exhausted.

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How to develop the magnifying mindset?

There is only one key ingredient to develop this mindset


and that is “Intense, Persistent, Guided, and Focused
Attention”

Here is the deal, you either do it or you don’t. The


Choice is always yours. You would be a fool if you
don’t build courage to change your bad habit of
focusing on the bad things and put in enough efforts to
be aware of consciously flipping your focus from
positive to negative even after knowing that your mind
will magnify it, make it appear bigger, stronger and
unbeatable and finally paralyze you to death.

I mean seriously? You need a how to for this? It’s either


done or you suffer. It’s your decision to change and
grow. It will be your benefit if you adopt this mindset. If I
didn’t require any how-to I can guarantee that you too
don’t need it.

Knowing this fact that “Our mind expands and


magnifies everything that comes under his radar of
intense focus” alone was enough for me to develop
this mindset. Fit this in your mind. Do whatever it takes
to learn and realize this fact. Maybe use the attraction
or fundamental mindset here to your advantage!
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I am repeating it again,
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All the mindsets synchronize with each other; they can
be used in different combination, developing all the
mindsets will be your weapon to create an
extraordinary life. Take this seriously.

P.S. None of the mindsets can be developed without


practice. You have to take CONSCIOUS ACTIONS &
EFFORTS EVERY DAY to install these power tools in your
character.

P.S.S. Use this mindset to magnify your strength and


qualities, Blow them out of proportion, intensify your
positivity and emotional health, make the best out of
this psychological hack to beat any problem and then
combine it with the Pedestal Mindset to make yourself
more powerful than anything else in the universe.

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SELFISH MINDSET

Dictionary meaning

 Holding one's own self-interest as the standard


for decision making.

My meaning

 Absorbing, modifying and channeling the


resources towards one's vision and ignoring
everything else that is not beneficial.

The Concept:

The context is different. I am sure that you have heard


this phrase time and again that you should not be
selfish. But come on! Be honest with yourself and
accept the fact that we all are selfish indeed. All our
passions are selfish, our dreams are selfish and our
actions are selfish as well. It is the basic animal instinct
in us that has been installed in our DNA for survival
purpose. So it’s not a wise choice to not be selfish. But
let be elaborate a bit here. My selfishness definition is
different from traditional one. I don’t promote
selfishness with the sense of traditional meaning which
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My intention behind influencing and suggesting you to
develop a sense of selfishness is for the sole purpose of
making you live an extraordinary life and capable of
contributing your valuable gifts with the humanity. If
you are not selfish, mediocrity and dogmatic people
around you will kill the fire within you without any
sympathy. That’s not the thing you would want to settle
for.

Let’s get back to what this mindset is all about. This


mindset is basically your paradigm for Absorbing,
modifying, investing and channeling the resources
(things/thoughts/events/people/information) in the
direction that will improve your life, make you
successful and also enable you to serve the humanity.

BE SELFISH ABOUT THE YOUR CHOICES THAT HAVE


DIRECT INFLUENCE ON THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE.

To make this concept even simpler to understand and


apply I am giving you a list that will guide you to be
selfish in the right sense.
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LIFE MASTERY MINDSET

Dictionary Meaning:

 The act or process of mastering; the state of


having mastered.
 Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or
hobby.

The Concept:

The concept is very simple to understand but hard to


execute. Self mastery mindset is all about mastering
and increasing your standards in every aspect of your
life so that you experience life at the most and
become a complete human being.

This means that you will have to create a balance


between all the areas of yours life. You have to make
mastery a commitment to yourself. Self Mastery is a
lifelong commitment. It is a lifelong journey. It is the
lifestyle that an individual lives where he constantly
aims for higher quality of thinking and execution. He
has the internal urge to become better and better
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Why do develop mastery mindset?

Self Mastery is the ultimate solution to any problem and


all highly successful people have this mindset of
mastering their life. They are committed to master their
craft, relationships, mind, body and soul.

Self-mastery is the ultimate test of our character. It is a


cognitive and everlasting activity. It is about making
yourself firm, skilled, strong and grounded as a
complete human being. We cannot control everything
that goes around us but we can control what goes
inside you.

Having the ability to master oneself is the greatest


ability of an individual. If you can become a master of
your thoughts, relationships, business and money, guess
how your life would look like?

Developing this mindset makes us so strong from inside


that we become stoic to the things outside our
influence. This is the “only way” to be world class at
whatever you do. But before you become a master
you have to be a student.

You can do whatever you want successfully if you are


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GROWTH MINDSET

Dictionary Meaning:

 An increase in size, number, value, or strength.


 The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
 The process of developing; growth, directed
change.

The Concept:

Recently I had an amazing realization for how do we


grow? I had some really fascinating insights that will
truly give your paradigm a shift!

Here it is.

We have come here to learn some lessons, to grow, to


develop our intelligence & consciousness and to
realize the ultimate truth. That's the end of life, I guess.

I have realized that when the times destined, people


will come into your life & when the time's over, people
leave. The person who loves you today may not love
you 3 months from now, because the time's over.
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Everything comes, stays and leaves to teach us
something, to make us grow.

Welcome what arrives. Savor its presence. When it’s


time, let it go. Learn the lessons and grow. Flow like the
water. Be excited for what's next?

Become nonresistant. Don't resist what comes in, stays


or goes out. Everything (people/events/things) has a
time period according to which they will come to us
and go away from us for the sole reason to make us
learn and grow. It is indirectly related to the law of
cause and effect (off-topic) or settlement of karmic
accounts. You have to do only one thing and that is
savor the fluctuations of life. Try to pull out the lessons
from your surrounding and grow from it. Enjoy the
moment, really taste it to the deepest, experience it,
understand it and know it.

Everything comes, stays, and goes away from you in


your life only to teach you a lesson. And when you've
learned/realized that lesson it's a wonderful feeling!
You explode and feel very pleasant about life.

Don't resist anything, accept everything (good/bad),


savor the moment and keep flowing like water.

After this, I even made a model for this realization that


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Block 1: The Past

Things/Events/People come to us in past. We don't


know if we have attracted them or they were destined
and to try and find an answer to it would stupidity. Who
cares? And nor will knowing the answer make any
difference in our life! That's common sense. So instead
we will now shift our focus and look beyond the mere
illusion on these events/people/things. What was their
role in our life? What were they trying to tell us? In what
way were they trying to make us push our comfort
zones and become better versions of ourselves? What
were the lessons they wanted us to learn?

I am telling you. I am stating this. Everything that comes


in our life is meant to give us a lesson so that we can
grow our intelligence and consciousness. People,
events and things do the same thing - teach us. But
people are too blind and so they are trapped in this
never ending circle of miseries and troubles.

As Albert Einstein says "We cannot solve our problem


with the same level of thinking that created it"

What do you think he meant by this statement?

Things, people and events grow our thinking ability that


further increases our consciousness to understand this
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world in a more enlightened way. The problems are


there only because we are ignorant, that means we
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don't have the right understanding of that particular
discomfort (problem).

So whatever comes in your life, welcome it as it is! Try to


connect with it and a much deeper level. Savor its
presence, be grateful for it and most importantly try to
search what you can learn from it.

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