Food For Mind

How do we define success? Webster's dictionary defines success as " the attainment of wealth, favor , or eminence." I think we would agree that Webster's definition is quite accurate in terms of how we look at people that we perceive to be "successful".

I would like to expand on this thinking with the following 10 Principles of Success

1) Have a Dream- Create a vision for your future, no matter how big or outrageous your dream is.

2) Develop your Action Plan- Goal setting: Organize your thoughts and feelings on paper, when you do that they become more real. Tape these goals to bathroom mirror, or the refrigerator, somewhere you will see them on a daily basis.

3) Control your Focus- In this day and age of "multi-tasking" you may find this principle hard to follow. However, you must remain focused on your goals if you hope to attain success. Don't let yourself get distracted.

4) Seek Guidance- Finding a mentor is of the utmost importance! Find someone you respect and would like to learn from.

5) Practice Self-Discipline- There will be times when you will be tested, you need to stay on target, and re-focus on your goals.

6) Be Aggressive- I don't know of any successful people that sat around and waited for things to just happen! You need to make things happen, take the initiative and Go For it.

7) Believe in Yourself- If you don't who else will? Be confident in your abilities to turn things around when things don't look so good. Your attitude is a little thing that can make a big difference.

8) Be a Pioneer- You will undoubtedly run into people who will tell you "it can't be done" ignore them, if you have an idea that has not been tried before work to make it a reality. Every great achievement was once considered impossible.

9) Learn to Budget- Put your time, energy and money behind your plan, but do not forget to budget time for you family! They are the reason for your success.

10) Love what you Do- No matter what, you must love what you do in order to live a rich, healthy and successful life.

In today’s world of internet we people feel so comfortable and relaxed. We think that this generation of internet has made our life real easy and full of fun. With the evolution of internet, people have been developing applications to make normal users life easy and comfortable. But there has been group of people who want to run in opposite direction and create obstacles for every one. The intension of these people is to harm data that we store on our computers. Computer viruses! Worms! E-mail viruses! Trojan Horses! The media is always full of stories about computer viruses infecting computers all over the world, or companies scrambling to fix security holes in their software by releasing security updates.

There are 5 simple steps which should be taken so that hacker’s gets a tough time to do there jobs:

1) Install Antivirus: Antivirus is a must have application on any computer and laptop. Irrespective of it’s use on internet or LAN. In this era of internet and global localization there is no computer which lives in isolation. By having antivirus we can protect our computer by most of the hacking techniques which are executed in today’s world.

2) Regularly Update Software’s: Antivirus, operating system and other applications which are installed on your computer/laptop should be updated on a regular basis so that they have knowledge of latest threat your data might be having.

3) Regular Scanning: Regular scanning of computer should be conducted on a regular interval so that you can remove virus, Trojan and worms from your computer. Normally people think that if they have a virus then there Antivirus software will be able to detect. However, this is not true because sometime these programs are not active and resides on your computer and looking for an opportunity to attack and create disturbance for users.

4) Unknown Softwares: This is one of the most common way by which hacker can hack your computer. There are N number of sites which provides free utilities and out of those 90% of the utilities are virus/worms. They are created to get access of your system and pass on the data to there owner who can misuse it for there benefits.

5) Firewall: Firewall is a special program for blocking hacker attacks on your computer. You can use both integrated into Windows firewall, as well as any other, such as ZoneAlarm ® Free Firewall.

These are the very basic steps which can be taken to protect your computer and data from hackes. You can have advance level of step by installing specific application to protect your computers. For those kind of activities, it is recommended to consult a specialized person.

I hope this piece of information was useful for you. Please let me know how do you find this article by leaving a comment.

Thanks & have a nice day

Several years ago, I returned home from a trip just when a storm hit, with crashing thunder and severe lightning. As I came into my bedroom about 2 a.m., I found my two children in bed with my wife, Patty, apparently scared by the loud storm. I resigned myself to sleep in the guest bedroom that night.

The next day, I talked to the children, and explained that it was okay to sleep with mom when the storm was bad, but when I was expected home, please don't sleep with mom that night. They said, "Okay."

After my next trip several weeks later, Patty and the children picked me up in the terminal at the appointed time. Since the plane was late, everyone had come into the terminal to wait for my plane's arrival, along with hundreds of other folks waiting for their arriving passengers.

As I entered the waiting area, my son saw me, and came running shouting, "Hi, Dad! I've got some good news!"

As I waved back, I said loudly, "What's the good news?"

"Nobody slept with mommy while you were away this time!" Alex shouted.

The airport became very quiet, as everyone in the waiting area looked at Alex, then turned to me, and then searched the rest of the area to see if they could figure out exactly who his mom was!

Everyone knows that dieting is not easy; the pounds just keep coming back if you lapse on your regimen even for just a teeny bit, and you have to start over again to lose those unsightly pounds that you regained. Exercise is effective, of course, but given supremely hectic workdays, who has the time to go to the gym? Good thing I discovered the dieting wonders of the Wu Yi tea.

Oolong tea, which is the origin of the Wu Yi tea, has actually been around for hundreds of years already. We should have suspected what the Chinese are into; the tea came from them and coincidentally, they have very slim physiques. Aside from that, they also have one of the smoothest, clearest skins around, aside from their incredible life spans. Having this in mind (along with the images of some celebrities hawking the almost supernatural abilities of the Wu Yi tea to make you lose weight) I decided to give this ancient beverage a try.

It's effective, I must say. It didn't make the pounds disappear like, three days, but in a span of two months of me drinking the Wu Yi regularly (two times a day) I've managed to lose some of the unsightly fat rolling around my stomach. Of course, it helped that I lessened my total intake of sweets. But the thing is, I couldn't have lost all those fats without the help of the Wu Yi tea.

Another good thing about drinking Wu Yi tea is that it helped me relax after a very stressful day at the office. Now this is an instant effect, you don't have to wait several months to feel it. Try sipping on a hot cup of Wu Yi after a long day and you will see what I mean. I loved it so much that I now make a habit of drinking a hot cup of tea while reading at night. I swear, it makes me sleep better.

They say that drinking Wu Yi tea has many other benefits, like glowing skin and increased resistance against diseases. Of course, I have yet to see them, since I have to drink more to merit the long-term results, but already I can see that the pimples on my face has lessened considerably, or maybe it decreased because I'm sleeping better now because of the tea. Whatever.

Perhaps, the best thing about the whole tea-drinking experience is the fact that the tea itself is delicious. It is a diet drink, but it is a delicious diet drink. It is recommended that one should drink the tea without additives in order to maximize the antioxidant benefits of the Wu Yi, so I try to lessen the sugar that I put in my drink.

Other benefits that I've yet to see: stronger teeth and bones, better liver performance and less risk in heart diseases. In order to see that, I have to drink more of the Wu Yi, but I don't mind; it's a delicious way to lose weight and go healthy.