Does motivation and goal setting go together? Can motivation and goal setting propel you to your goals? What is more important goal setting or motivation? Continue reading to find out the answers to these important questions.

In this article, you will find:

* A Look At Motivation And Goal Setting And Achieving Success

* Why!

* Getting More Motivated

* A Look At Motivation And Goal Setting And Achieving Success

When we take a look at motivation and goal setting, what are they exactly? If we think of motivation, and consider that motivation is fuel. Then goal setting is guiding that fuel in a given direction.

So, which is more important in motivation and goal setting? They both go hand in hand. The motivation is needed so you can get off the ground and take action. Without a goal there is no need to be motivated, after all what would you be motivated about?!

* Why!

If your level of motivation dictates whether you will even see your goal, how are you going to get motivated? The answer is your why. Why do you want this goal in the first place? Your level of motivation will be born from your why.

Why do you want that house, why do you want the million dollars, why do you want a certain type of woman? Why? Asking these questions will give you a reason to continue. So many people often will simply leave it at ‘I want to get rich’, but this has no level of motivation, and ultimately they fail. Symbols are not things that give us long term motivation.

* Getting More Motivated

We now know that motivation is a key ingredient. Yes, motivation and goal setting go together, but there is a difference. Your goal could take a few seconds of your time to think about or it could take an hour, a day, week or even years, but your motivation must be constant.

Getting more motivated requires several points to consider. These are your questions. A good place is to begin with your why. This acts as a litmus test also. Knowing your why, when setting your goals, you will get motivated. However, if you feel that you can’t get motivated, then consider whether this is simply wanting things that others want, and not what we want. Everyone wants to get rich, but maybe you don’t. Maybe you do want it, and have real reasons. This will give you the motivation to achieve the results.

Results are born out of motivation, and your motivation and goal setting go hand in hand. You must know why you want something, so you can achieve it. Far too many people hope, few try, and even fewer succeed. Many who try never succeed because there thoughts are simply materialistic. No, you don’t want to eat, you want to eat because it gives you nutrition to live another day.

How strong is your organisation on leadership? Do your managers have what it takes to become the leaders of the future or are you facing a leadership famine?

There has always been a need for leaders in every industry, in every organisation, and in every business.

In recent times, the spotlight has fallen dramatically on leadership and everywhere we look there is a call for more leaders, better skills and greater leadership capacity. The need for leadership just got sharper and is being more keenly felt. So what’s the problem?

Business is changing. Competition is fierce, customers are demanding and choice abounds as organisations jostle for market position. E-commerce and the relentless march of technology have created an unprecedented challenge for many organisations in an environment of constant change.

Without vision, commitment and leaders with the ability to inspire, drive and influence, many businesses will struggle to succeed.

There is much concern about the shortage of skills in the UK (for example, the Leitch Review of Skills), the lack of leadership capacity and the warnings of a performance crisis looming for British business.

And what are the reasons? Ineffective managers, poor performance going unchecked, low capacity to influence, lack of vision and sense of direction, senior people too far removed from the front line, failing to understand the needs of customers and employees. Does this sound like your organisation?

To achieve success, cope with change and survive difficult times it’s vital to have leadership at all levels in your organisation. How can people follow if there is no leader in every part of your organisation?

Some people have what it takes at one level but not at another. All of your managers need to be given the scope and opportunity to learn how to lead, to develop leadership capacity and to ensure that your organisation has strong leadership capability for the future.

Take this simple test and find out how your leaders shape up. Give your leaders marks out of 10 for each of the following statements. In my organisation, leaders at all levels:

1. have a clear sense of direction

2. know exactly where the organisation is going

3. communicate openly and often

4. are great listeners

5. earn trust in all that they do

6. promote innovation and creativity

7. motivate people to develop

8. influence and inspire people to do their best

9. give away control

10. encourage ownership and responsibility

Total out of 100 =

If you scored your leaders between 80 and 100

Well done – you certainly are in good leadership shape and ready to face whatever lies ahead.

If you scored your leaders between 60 and 80

Not bad – but there is still room for improvement.

If you scored your leaders between 40 and 60

Oh dear – you are really going to struggle unless you take action NOW to assess your managers and develop their leadership capacity

If you scored your leaders less than 40

Start to panic! You are facing LEADERSHIP FAMINE unless you act IMMEDIATELY and come up with a leadership strategy!

Now is the time to groom, nurture and prepare your junior and middle managers for their leadership roles in the organisation. Take stock of who you’ve got, what they are capable of and what they currently can’t do. Find out who to develop and how to develop them.

Who has fantastic potential? Who is unlikely to make it as a leader? Use individual assessments results to create a development plan for your managers and future leaders. You must start now if you want to survive in business!

5 steps to great leadership

Step 1

Create clarity about what good management and excellent leadership look like for your organisation.

Step 2

Define the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviour that managers and leaders need.

Step 3

Find out if they have what it takes to through individual assessment.

Step 4

Put in place a leadership development plan, shaped by the needs of individuals and their assessment outcomes.

Step 5

Run a coaching programme for your key leaders to build and strengthen their leadership capacity.

Wouldn’t you like to see improved performance, increased productivity, higher standards, better quality products or services, meeting all of your strategic and operational objectives? How are you going to do all of that without well trained, effective, skilled and talented managers with the right attitudes and behaviours?

Leadership development should form an essential part of management training and begin early in a manager’s career – as soon as they are given responsibility for people and performance. What’s the point of waiting until they are about to step into a senior position only to discover that they don’t have what it takes?

Do your managers act as leaders, thinking about the future, imagining how the business will look and doing “back from the future” planning to make sure it happens?

What do you have right now that tells you that there is leadership potential for the years ahead in your business?

We believe that every person who is expected to lead should be coached, trained and prepared for the task of leadership.

We don’t believe that leaders are born and not made.

We know that leadership capacity can be created through personal assessment,

coaching and training.

Start your leadership development efforts now and make sure that your organisation will not suffer from leadership famine!

We live in such a fast-paced world that just attaining our competencies does not appear to be sufficient anymore. It is true that very frequently, a mere college degree would be of no use if we sincerely wish to make it big. If we seek to truly shine and outclass everybody, we should be capable of giving something more, such as an unusual skill, relative expertise in a specific type of software, or ability to speak in three or more languages. Just targeting cent percent just does not add up.

It is due to this that many of us elect to register for classes and programs in self-improvement. Apart from societal and interacting purposes, courses on self-improvement have become the need of the hour, rather than simply a way to improve what we already possess or to know about a new pursuit.

Nevertheless, classes in self-improvement tend to be expensive and take up a lot of time. Taking into

account that most of us lead hectic lives, always with our PDAs or laptops, physical involvement is now a thing of the past. Hence, the query arises regarding the possible ways to engage in programs on self-improvement without putting in too much of an effort.

The answer is quite simple. Just pick up a book or CD on self-improvement.

In case you are miserly and do not intend to cough up money for these courses, then fortune has favored you since the web makes available plenty of CDs on self-improvement that you can order for free. The reason for this is that due to the existence of self-improvement advisors and the growing demand for them, a majority of these self-styled specialists are agreeable to provide what they are familiar with for free.

Now, if you go through the local advertisements or the

yellow pages, you will discover that there is at least a single individual, who is prepared to divulge his knowledge without charging a penny. There are innumerable information philanthropists in existence and sometimes it becomes quite maddening (or perhaps it is their way of gaining prominence).

Whatever may be their intentions for dispensing free CDs on self-improvement, you are the ultimate gainer. Therefore, you can simply relax and revel in all the information that you can take in, at the same time thanking the good God that economic principles are serving to fulfill your best interests.

Now, you have to be cautious when selecting CDs on self-improvement. Since they are offered free of charge, there is always, a possibility that a few of them will be cutting back on substance and quality, and you will be left with more queries than you had earlier. A badly recorded CD also is a big time-waster and makes you very aggravated and incensed at not getting the needed information.

From an expert viewpoint, it is advisable that you purchase genuine CDs on self-improvement, if you really are interested in getting top value. Certainly, you need to pay a price, but these CDs will definitely worth the money you put in. Moreover, those free CDs on self-improvement may in all likelihood, be recorded by relative strangers whose qualifications are suspect or dubious. It is preferable that you obtain the proper information from trustworthy sources, rather than, trying to avoid possible nuisances and half-truths.

God and Religion have lost their role

Dalip Singh Wasan, Advocate.

If we go deep into the mind of this man on earth we come to the conclusion that this man on this earth has lost faith in God and he is following a religion in a formal way. Most of the religions and people in those religions have taken up their religions as political units and they have started to surpass the other religions. They are coming with new meanings of their texts and they are telling the people that their religions is telling something which is not available in texts of other religions. Similarly they are coming with stories which are in their mythologies and they are telling us that their prophets were more powerful than prophets in other religions.

In fact that this man has traveled centuries when he firstly declared that there is a God who had created this world, this universe and then this man on this earth. They gave all power to God and then they started worshiping and praying before that God. They had been on this path since centuries and we have seen that this man could not become religious nor he could completely had faith in God and left all his activities to God. We have seen that this man had been praying to God but he never left his own efforts. There had been prayers, but at the same time this man had been at work and we have noted that at most of the times this man had been believing in his own efforts and he was just having some help from the side of God. But he had been successful he never thanked God but had been boasting that he himself had been working hard and that is the reason, he could succeed.

The man had been believing in one of their religions on this earth and he had been hating the people in the other religions and it is on record that people in one religion had been trying to persuade others to join their religion and if they had been powerful they had been forcing conversion and it is also on record that the people who were not agreeing to convert were killed . It is also on record that that the religious places of one religions had been demolished and on those very places the rulers had been constructing religious places of their own religions, though no religious books allows such conversions and such demolitions. All these non-religious acts had been there which clearly means that this man had not been obeying the directions given to them by their prophets.

Today when the man has entered the age of science and technology, he has adopted a new way of life. If they are performing some religious ceremonies these are just formal and they try to establish that their religion is still alive. If we conduct a survey of police stations, the courts and the jails, we shall find people of all the religions and we shall find that they all had been committing crimes, sins and misconducts of the same type irrespective of their religions. When they people commit some crime, sin or misconduct they forget to which religion they belong. Similarly when they commit crimes, sins and misconducts, they forget that God is there and He shall be punishing them. It seems the people have got no real faith in God and in any religion because they had been violating all the norms set by God and by the religions and history is full of crimes, sins and misconducts. No religion and even God could not set this man right. Some wise people, some intellectuals and scholars had been writing down explanations of religious texts and some had been writing books on art of living and we have noted that instead of original texts, the people are liking these new books and new philosophy of life. They are trying to follow this new philosophy and they have started saying that old religions are making us fundamentalists and the present age does not like people who are fundamentalists. There is war between these two sets of people and one has turned terrorists and the other has turned rioter and they both are killing the people of the other wing. The whole world has become Kurkshetra and nobody on this earth is safe. No country is safe and that is the reason most of the time of the people is spent in attacking others and most of the time is spent in saving oneself. No body know that would be the next step of this man on this earth when he shall not be believing in God and in religion.

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We live in such a fast-paced world that just attaining our competencies does not appear to be sufficient anymore. It is true that very frequently, a mere college degree would be of no use if we sincerely wish to make it big. If we seek to truly shine and outclass everybody, we should be capable of giving something more, such as an unusual skill, relative expertise in a specific type of software, or ability to speak in three or more languages. Just targeting cent percent just does not add up.

It is due to this that many of us elect to register for classes and programs in self-improvement. Apart from societal and interacting purposes, courses on self-improvement have become the need of the hour, rather than simply a way to improve what we already possess or to know about a new pursuit.

Nevertheless, classes in self-improvement tend to be expensive and take up a lot of time. Taking into

account that most of us lead hectic lives, always with our PDAs or laptops, physical involvement is now a thing of the past. Hence, the query arises regarding the possible ways to engage in programs on self-improvement without putting in too much of an effort.

The answer is quite simple. Just pick up a book or CD on self-improvement.

In case you are miserly and do not intend to cough up money for these courses, then fortune has favored you since the web makes available plenty of CDs on self-improvement that you can order for free. The reason for this is that due to the existence of self-improvement advisors and the growing demand for them, a majority of these self-styled specialists are agreeable to provide what they are familiar with for free.

Now, if you go through the local advertisements or the

yellow pages, you will discover that there is at least a single individual, who is prepared to divulge his knowledge without charging a penny. There are innumerable information philanthropists in existence and sometimes it becomes quite maddening (or perhaps it is their way of gaining prominence).

Whatever may be their intentions for dispensing free CDs on self-improvement, you are the ultimate gainer. Therefore, you can simply relax and revel in all the information that you can take in, at the same time thanking the good God that economic principles are serving to fulfill your best interests.

Now, you have to be cautious when selecting CDs on self-improvement. Since they are offered free of charge, there is always, a possibility that a few of them will be cutting back on substance and quality, and you will be left with more queries than you had earlier. A badly recorded CD also is a big time-waster and makes you very aggravated and incensed at not getting the needed information.

From an expert viewpoint, it is advisable that you purchase genuine CDs on self-improvement, if you really are interested in getting top value. Certainly, you need to pay a price, but these CDs will definitely worth the money you put in. Moreover, those free CDs on self-improvement may in all likelihood, be recorded by relative strangers whose qualifications are suspect or dubious. It is preferable that you obtain the proper information from trustworthy sources, rather than, trying to avoid possible nuisances and half-truths.

Spiritual awakening refers to soul awakening, self-development, self-transformation, leading a balanced and integrated life, leading an internally joyous life, and leading a spiritual life.

In one sense, spiritual awakening is ingrained as the by default universal purpose in the DNA of each of us. And we are already undergoing spiritual transformation – the pace and method and outward conditions differ. Becoming conscious of this silent awakening, we become open to make little practical steps in our life to expedite the process.

When we look around and see the world, we find that there is a gradual progression in the manifestation of spirit or consciousness in nature.

There are mountains, hills, stones, ground, river and other water bodies that seem to be inert or dead. We sense the functioning of spirit in them as well. Mountains and rivers have their own cycles of life.

The next advanced form comes in the form of plants and animals. There is gradual complexity from one celled plants and animals to giant ones.

We find the pinnacle of the manifestation of consciousness in human beings. Let us become humble because with this truth comes the great responsibility for manifesting the full potential of spirit in our life. Perhaps it is the true purpose of all of us; rather all of us are guided by destiny and our present actions to serve this purpose in conscious and unconscious ways.

When we experience that there is something grand, something magnificent, supernatural or some creative or governing principle in life, whatever you call him – and remember it is not about thinking, it is about experiencing – we open ourselves to the possibility of spiritual awakening on a conscious level.

Spiritual awakening is a gradual process; it is the unwritten commandment that we are unconsciously following. The only need is to become aware of it and then making little steps toward it consciously.

The Four Classes Of Spiritually Advancing Persons:

When we are leading a normal life, we are also making spiritual advancement. It is happening passively.

When we are leading a religious life, following truly the teachings of any religion, we are progressing toward this goal much faster. The original teachings of each of the different religions revolves around the same principles that progress us spiritually.

The core practices of any religious path are practiced by very few individuals, and they are the scientific means of spiritual awakening. Few individuals are able to dive deep enough in these precious teachings and implement them in their lives. They are truly practicing the essence of all religions even though they might be following a particular religious path.

Next in line are the spiritual teachings. They are different from religions and morality, even though they include all the good things of them. Spiritual teachings are the direct means of spiritual awakening in a direct and practical way. These are the underlying science of all religions. They are the different pathways of freedom in Spirit.

The spiritual development can be tremendously advanced when we come in contact with spiritually advanced or enlightened person. It is like transformation of a piece of iron into a magnet by coming in contact with a magnet.

Understanding The Practical Aspect Of Spiritual Awakening:

Spiritual awakening is the unfolding of Spirit in us. We know in theory that we are souls but our thoughts, speech and behavior are far away from the spiritually attuned life.

Under normal conditions, we are influenced and attached to objects of five senses of sound, touch, vision, taste and smell, and to prejudices, biases and conditioning of our mind.

When we are advancing spiritually, we become connected at first with our own soul – the consciousness in us. And then, Spirit begins to influence our mind and body. This is like gradual spiritualization of our entire being.

We become more peaceful, more content, more productive, more integrated, more in harmony with us and with all of nature. We feel connected. The bonds of senses and bad habits begin to loose their hold on us.

Ultimately they shed off as if they had been foreign to us. We begin to accept ourselves, we become more connected, and we manifest the joy that is our nature. Remember pleasure is derived from contact of desired sense objects to senses and joy is our internal nature.

I remember the saying of one great saint. He preached to his disciples, “The true sign of spiritual advancement is getting non-causal joy during your spiritual practices and feeling glimpses of it during your working hours. Gradually as you become more and more intoxicated with this joy, know that you are progressing in Spirit. You will be fulfilled with this joy like no other things.” This equals to the rejoicing in Spirit mentioned the teaching of Christianity.

Another important sign is feeling connected with all – nature, men and women and with all that exists. At first, the feeling of connectedness will be with our own self. Then, this experience will broaden and broaden. The whole life, whole nature, the universe will feel connected.

Most people attach miracles with spiritual advancement. It is non-issue with spiritually awakened person. Miracles are the normal functioning of spiritually advanced individuals. They are more able to experience and work through deep states of consciousness. It is natural to them.

The most important thing is to realize and accept that we are here for spiritual awakening. This realization could be instant under some instances, or it could be gradual like in most cases.

Second step is making little steps leading a more healthy, intelligent and balanced life. Third step is following spiritual practices and then adhering to some specific one that is more appealing to us.

Fourth step is not worrying too much about spiritual awakening. When you eat healthy and exercise and follow some good diet plan, you grow healthier naturally, day by day, each day. The same applies to spiritual growth. Leave this part to Spirit. Let Him take care.

Motivation is of particular interest to Educational psychologists because of the crucial role it plays in student learning.  Motivation in education can have several effects on how students learn and their behaviour towards subject matter (Ormrod, 2003).  Motivation has been found to be a pivotal area in treating Autism Spectrum Disorders, as in Pivotal Response Therapy.  Motivation is also an important element in the concept of Andragogy (what motivates the adult learner).  Motivation by threat is a dead-end strategy, and naturally staff are more attracted to the opportunity side of the motivation curve than the threat side.  Motivational strategies need to be applied individually and changed frequently so that they do not become ineffective through over use.

Motivation

According to Geen, motivation refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of human behaviour.  Some authors distinguish between two forms of intrinsic motivation: one based on enjoyment, the other on obligation.  There is currently no universal theory to explain the origin or elements of intrinsic motivation, and most explanations combine elements of Fritz Heider’s attribution theory, Bandura’s work on self-efficacy and other studies relating to locus of control and goal orientation. 

Note that the idea of reward for achievement is absent from this model of intrinsic motivation, since rewards are an extrinsic factor.  In work environments, money may provide a more powerful extrinsic factor than the intrinsic motivation provided by an enjoyable workplace.  Successful coercion sometimes can take priority over other types of motivation.  The self-control of motivation is increasingly understood as a subset of emotional intelligence; a person may be highly intelligent according to a more conservative definition (as measured by many intelligence tests), yet unmotivated to dedicate this intelligence to certain tasks. 

Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs theory is the most widely discussed theory of motivation.  Frederick Herzberg’s two-factor theory, aka intrinsic/extrinsic motivation, concludes that certain factors in the workplace result in job satisfaction, but if absent, lead to dissatisfaction.  To understand how to control motivation it is first necessary to understand why many people lack motivation. 

It is usually suggested that it is critical to maintain a list of tasks, with a distinction between those which are completed and those which are not, thereby moving some of the required motivation for their completion from the tasks themselves into a “meta-task”, namely the processing of the tasks in the task list, which can become a routine.  However, the specific kind of motivation that is studied in the specialized setting of education differs qualitatively from the more general forms of motivation studied by psychologists in other fields. 

Because students are not always internally motivated, they sometimes need situated motivation, which is found in environmental conditions that the teacher creates.  There are two kinds of motivation: Intrinsic motivation occurs when people are internally motivated to do something because it either brings them pleasure, they think it is important, or they feel that what they are learning is significant. 

At lower levels of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, such as Physiological needs, money is a motivator; however it tends to have a motivating effect on staff that lasts only for a short period (in accordance with Herzberg’s two-factor model of motivation).  At higher levels of the hierarchy, praise, respect, recognition, empowerment and a sense of belonging are far more powerful motivators than money, as both Abraham Maslow’s theory of motivation and Douglas McGregor’s Theory X and theory Y (pertaining to the theory of leadership) demonstrate. 

According to the system of scientific management developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor, a worker’s motivation is solely determined by pay, and therefore management need not consider psychological or social aspects of work.  In essence scientific management bases human motivation wholly on extrinsic rewards and discards the idea of intrinsic rewards. 

In contrast, David McClelland believed that workers could not be motivated by the mere need for money– in fact, extrinsic motivation (e.  , money) could extinguish intrinsic motivation such as achievement motivation, though money could be used as an indicator of success for various motives, e.

Motivation is of particular interest to Educational psychologists because of the crucial role it plays in student learning.  Motivation has been found to be a pivotal area in treating Autism Spectrum Disorders, as in Pivotal Response Therapy.  Motivation by threat is a dead-end strategy, and naturally staff is more attracted to the opportunity side of the motivation curve than the threat side.  Motivation is the key to performance improvement. 

Motivation is, in effect, a means to reduce and manipulate this gap.  Motivational strategies need to be applied individually and changed frequently so that they do not become ineffective through over use.  Motivation is a pivotal concept in most theories of learning.  Motivation to achieve is a function of the individual’s desire for success, the expectancy of success, and the incentives provided.  Motivation is divided into two basic types: integrative and instrumental. 

Motivation is an important factor in L2 achievement.  Motivation’s philosophy is based on commitment towards ‘enhancing the quality of life of people with disabilities’ through the provision of appropriate mobility devices (wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs), professional services such as physiotherapy, economic empowerment (via job fairs, vocational training, job placements) and advocating basic human rights.  Motivation depends on many factors with the primary factor being the power of your dreams.

So how do you stay calm, composed and maintain self esteem in a tough environment? Here are some tips you may to consider as a starter guide to self improvement.

Imagine yourself as a Dart Board. Everything and everyone else around you may become Dart Pins, at one point or another. These dart pins will destroy your self esteem and pull you down in ways you won’t even remember. Don’t let them destroy you, or get the best of you. So which dart pins should you avoid?

Dart Pin 1 : Negative Work Environment

Beware of “dog eat dog” theory where everyone else is fighting just to get ahead. This is where non-appreciative people usually thrive. No one will appreciate your contributions even if you miss lunch and dinner, and stay up late. Most of the time you get to work too much without getting help from people concerned. Stay out of this, it will ruin your self esteem. Competition is at stake anywhere. Be healthy enough to compete, but in a healthy competition that is.

Dart Pin 2: Other People’s Behavior

Bulldozers, brown nosers, gossipmongers, whiners, backstabbers, snipers, people walking wounded, controllers, naggers, complainers, exploders, patronizers, sluffers; all these kinds of people will pose bad vibes for your self esteem, as well as to your self improvement scheme.

Dart Pin 3: Changing Environment

You can’t be a green bug on a brown field. Changes challenge our paradigms. It tests our flexibility, adaptability and alters the way we think. Changes will make life difficult for awhile, it may cause stress but it will help us find ways to improve our selves. Change will be there forever, we must be susceptible to it.

Dart Pin 4: Past Experience

It’s okay to cry and say “ouch!” when we experience pain. But don’t let pain transform itself into fear. It might grab you by the tail and swing you around. Treat each failure and mistake as a lesson.

Dart Pin 5: Negative World View

Look at what you’re looking at. Don’t wrap yourself up with all the negativities of the world. In building self esteem, we must learn how to make the best out of worst situations.

Dart Pin 6: Determination Theory

The way you are and your behavioral traits is said to be a mixed end product of your inherited traits (genetics), your upbringing (psychic), and your environmental surroundings such as your spouse, the company, the economy or your circle of friends. You have your own identity. If your father is a failure, it doesn’t mean you have to be a failure too. Learn from other people’s experience, so you’ll never have to encounter the same mistakes.

Sometimes, you may want to wonder if some people are born leaders or positive thinkers. NO. Being positive, and staying positive is a choice. Building self esteem and drawing lines for self improvement is a choice, not a rule or a talent. God wouldn’t come down from heaven and tell you “George, you may now have the permission to build self esteem and improve your self.”

In life, its hard to stay tough specially when things and people around you keep pulling you down. When we get to the battle field, we should choose the right luggage to bring and armors to use, and pick those that are bullet proof. Life’s options give us arrays of more options. Along the battle, we will get hit and bruised. And wearing a bullet proof armor ideally means ’self change’. The kind of change which comes from within. Voluntarily. Armor or Self Change changes 3 things: our attitude, our behavior and our way of thinking.

Building self esteem will eventually lead to self improvement if we start to become responsible for who we are, what we have and what we do. It’s like a flame that should gradually spread like a brush fire from inside and out. When we develop self esteem, we take control of our mission, values and discipline. Self esteem brings about self improvement, true assessment, and determination. So how do you start putting up the building blocks of self esteem? Be positive.

Be contented and happy. Be appreciative. Never miss an opportunity to compliment. A positive way of living will help you build self esteem, your starter guide to self improvement.

This article provides a spiritual perspective on the life of the famous seer Nostradamus. Spiritual research has shown that the spiritual purpose of his life was to overcome his attachment to supernatural powers that he had gained through many lifetimes of spiritual practice. Due to a desire for fame and an intense fascination for his supernatural powers, he lost track of the spiritual purpose of his life on Earth.

Michel de Nostredame (1503 – 66), popularly known as Nostradamus, was one of the world’s most famous seers. His prophecies, 500 years into his future and into our current times have captivated the whole world. The Spiritual Science Research Foundation (SSRF) conducted spiritual research on the spiritual life of Nostradamus that contributed to his extraordinary gift. The contents of this article have been obtained through the medium of an advanced sixth sense (ESP).

In all cases where a person has psychic abilities or is able to look into the future, it is generally a gift due to past-birth spiritual practice. How we use this gift can influence our spiritual journey and the region we go to after death.

Spiritual research on the reasons for Nostradamus’ gift

Before his life on Earth, he had done spiritual practice in the subtle region of Heaven (Swargaloka). Because of this spiritual practice, Nostradamus obtained two types of supernatural powers:

1. Supernatural power of vision i.e. he could see visions of what was to happen in the future.

2. Supernatural power of speech i.e. he could verbalise what was seen or heard through the subtle and it would come true.

Spiritual research on the reason for Nostradamus’ birth

People who have supernatural powers generally tend to use them for worldly reasons either for self or for society. According to Spiritual science, use of supernatural powers to orchestrate any fulfilment of worldly desires for people or to gain popularity can have negative effects on the person’s spiritual growth. It is for this reason that people who have supernatural powers are advised to use their powers for their further spiritual practice towards God-realisation and only under the guidance of a spiritually evolved guide (Guru). A Guru directs the student to utilise his spiritual powers towards realising God.

Nostradamus had to be born on Earth to rid himself of the sway/hold that his supernatural powers had over him. His spiritual goal was to obtain guidance about practicing Spirituality to continue his onward spiritual journey into the further positive regions.

Spiritual research on the life of Nostradamus from a spiritual perspective

Through the medium of his supernatural powers, Nostradamus made many accurate predictions. Many times, he would clearly hear or see the future through the medium of sound or visions. In the beginning of his career, three divine beings from the higher subtle regions would guide him. They did this through the medium of Nostradamus’ supernatural power of vision.

Over the years, Nostradamus became over ambitious and invested a lot of time in his gift of seeing the future. He would receive prior intimation of many events through his divine supernatural powers. As he would disclose what he saw, people would come to know of future perils and take measures to protect themselves against them. This infuriated the ghosts, as their plans to create problems for people would be foiled.

Spiritual research indicates that his personal life was steeped in internal sorrow, which the people around him may not have been aware of. In the beginning, by virtue of his supernatural power of vision, Nostradamus would receive knowledge through visions/scenes. Over time, he got carried away with his fame and the accolades of people.

This defect in his personality weakened him spiritually. Nostradamus used his wilful action (free will) to get further entrenched in his fascination for supernatural powers and his fame. As a result, he deprived himself of further spiritual practice on Earth. The effect of ghosts (demons, devils, negative energies etc.) only made matters worse. Slowly the stores of his spiritual practice from his previous lifetimes were depleted. In short, instead of using his time on Earth to do spiritual practice and attain a higher positive region, he regressed from the subtle region of Heaven to the subtle region of the Nether world after his life on Earth.

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