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Daily Skincare Routine

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  INTRODUCTION   • Skin is the biggest organ in body. It's important to know it's biological structure before we start our skincare routine. Epidermis   • Made up of keratinocytes (skin cells) which are constantly renewing with new cells and dead keratinocytes are shedding in stratum corneum. The process takes one month and it slows down as we age. So cleaning skin and exfoliating it is very important.  • It's bottom layer produce melanin which protects us  from UV rays and give skin its colour. We tan because skin produce more melanin to protect it against UV rays.  • Skincare will ever only treat epidermis. If you want to go deeper use prescription or needle with doctor's advice.  Dermis   • It contains blood vessels & nerves (that gives us sense of touch) and hair follicle & oil glands.  • Made up of 2 proteins  1) Collagen - gives shape and fullness to the skin  2) Elastin - gives skin its resilience and ability to snap ...

Moringa - A Miracle Tree

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ABOUT MORINGA   •Moringa is known as 'Miracle Tree' or 'Tree of life' as it has many uses and can cure many ailments. It contains everything the body needs to regenerate, rebuild, heal and nourish. It is commonly called as drumsticks tree.  • There is no other plant species on Earth with more densely packed nutrients. •All parts of Moringa tree are edible and have been consumed by humans since ages.  •Moringa contains around 539 known compounds which can prevent 300 diseases according to Ayurveda.  • John Hopkin School Research on Moringa stated that there is enough scientific evidence to support the traditional information about the benefits of Moringa. Many such researches have conducted which supported the positive impacts of Moringa if taken in right amount.  •Out of 13 species of Moringa, Moringa Oleifera has the finest benefits. BENEFITS   1) Delay senescence  •Regular and daily use of Moringa rejuvenate skin by preventing formation of dead cells...

Life's Amazing Secret

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  Life's amazing secret is to live a happy life with integrity and with balance in four crucial areas of our life i.e. our Personal life, our Relationship, our Work life and in social contribution.  Let's look at how Gopar Gaur Das, in his book 'Life's Amazing Secret,  advices us to maintain the balance between these four wheels of our life.  Wheel 1 - Personal Life  a) Positive attitude   • We must have a positive mindset while dealing with any problems. Think : Is there anything positive about the situation I am in ?  • We cannot neglect negative situations but we can deal with them constructively by focusing on positives.  •Most of the times we don't see things as 'they are'  instead we see them as 'we are'. So, our outlook towards things depends on whether we have a positive or negative mindset.  •Everything and every relationship changes for better and for worse. How we choose to see that change is upto us.  •We often think tha...

WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE

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 Oprah Winfrey was born in 1953 in rural Mississippi as a result of unwanted pregnancy. Her mother (who was not married) concealed her birth until the day she was born. And now she hosts American talk show, is an actor, a producer, author and a philanthropist.  In this book she shares her life experiences and what lessons they have taught her. So let's learn from the brief analysis of this book about what she 'knows for sure' and wants all of us to know too.  JOY   • Everyday brings for you a chance to live free of regret and filled with as much joy, fun and laughter as you can hold.  •Life is full of delightful pleasures. We just need to take a moment out of our busy schedules to appreciate them. Recognise the gift of today because some day we will die, so live now. Live in present. •Involve yourself in goodness, kindness, compassion and love and you will get whatever you desire from your heart.  RESILIENCE •Many of us experience things that makes us feel ...

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE

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  Dr. Morrie is suffering from ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and this book contains last words of wisdom that professor Morrie shares with his college student (author of the book, Mitch). Mitch used to visit Morrie every Tuesday before Morrie died of his severe illness. There is lot to learn from their meetings, let's look at the key points that Morrie shared -: First Tuesday : love  •Most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love and let it come in.  • We don't let love come in because either we think we don't deserve love or we think it will make us too soft. But that's not true, never be afraid to love others and let others love you.  •As long as we love each other, we can die without really going away. All the love that you create will still be there. Death ends life, not a relationship.  •Love is - when you are concerned about someone else's situation as you are about your own. Second Tuesday : self pity • No matter how worse the situat...

THINK AND GROW RICH

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Attain whatever you ask from life, through the philosophy by Napolean Hill, in his book 'Think and Grow Rich'. The book provides the principles of success, after extensive research for 25yrs on more than 500 people who possesses great wealth.  Here I provide the brief analysis of those principles which you can apply in your daily lives and fulfil your dreams.  1) DESIRE   •Desire is the starting point of all achievements. Don't just wish but have a pulsating and definite desire.  •Desires become reality when you desire something so deeply that you are willing to stake your entire future for it.  •You can desire anything, but for now suppose you desire to be rich, then you can realise your desire by following these steps -: Step 1 - Fix your mind with exact amount of money you desire. Vague statements like 'I want to have plenty of money' doesn't work. Step 2- Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for that money, then gain enough knowledge abou...

THE MONK WHO SOLD HIS FERRARI

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  The book 'Monk Who Sold His Ferrari' (by Robin Sharma) enlists the 7 basic virtues of enlightened living which helps us to enrich our inner world so that we can enhance our outer world achievements. Practice these virtues for atleast a month to get pronounced results and to cultivate a habit of performing them.  So let's learn these virtues and simple techniques to apply them in our daily lives. SEVEN VIRTUES OF ENLIGHTENED LIVING   1)   MASTER YOUR MIND   •Control your thoughts - A persons runs 60,000 thoughts a day on average and 95% of them are same as the day before. So if we are having negative thoughts today, it can continue to affect us for many days after that also. Such thoughts block our minds to work upto its fullest capacity. Thus let only positive thoughts to enter your mind.  •Cultivate your mind with positive thoughts, they will banish all your worry of past or future.  •Quality of our life is determined by quality of our thoughts. •Mi...