Amit's Cove - Live an Amitastic life

Conquer your thoughts! Alright! So I have a small task for you! Touch your nose!  No I'm serious. I want you to stop reading after this sentence and don't resume until you take your right hand and use it to touch the tip of your nose. Do it! Right now. Now, look at you. What an impressive piece of machinery you are. Do you know what you just did? You were introduced to a thought and you decided to act on it. To explain it in a scientific way, your brain sends signals to your arm, prompting it to move and touch your spectacularly gorgeous nose! Now, you must be wondering why did I make you touch your nose? Because I'm Simon and I run this town punk! No, but really, it was to show you that  YOU  control your mind; your mind doesn't control you. You successfully directed your brain to touch your nose. Imagine using the same type of direction to instruct your mind to stop being negative, or jealous, or terrified. We often feel that we are slaves to biology! I know it sounds

                             Be In Sync!                            When you think of the most important team in your life, who do you think of? Maybe it's your school basketball/cricket team or your group formed for a college presentation. Or, maybe it's your family, the people who support you through thick and thin and know just how weird you truly are. Not the cute weird, the real weird😌. But while these teams are all important, none of them are as important as the team that we have within us. This is the team that governs our happiness, consciousness and productivity. Wondering who all are there in that 'Inner Team'? Let me introduce them to you. But,........ In Style! Drum roll please!... LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Introducing the star cast of your Inner team.  Up first, weighing around 1.5 KGS, wearing a fabulous thinking cap, please give it up for your MIND!! Up next, weighing 1 KG more than before you ate lunch and the only player on the team that has scored any phy

        Getcha head in the Game                           You know what they say : "You have to play the game to change the game." But how will you play the game if you don't know the game? You can't. You'd be dribbling basketball in a badminton court and asking for penalty. And if you can't change the game because you can't play the game because you don't know the game....you're definitely not going to win the game. Right now you must be wondering, "What Game!?" Well my friend, in reality everything is a game. The Game is great. Most things in life involve strategy, rules, levels and players. When your at this cafe and hit on a cute girl, that's using strategy in the dating game. When you get promoted from a lower level to a superior level at your office, you passed a level in the office game. When you play hide and seek with your baby sister to get out of trouble with your mom, you're playing the game as well. Two games actually

              You are a chameleon!                         You must be completely furious that I blatantly called you a chameleon. You, a chameleon? How dare I ? You should challenge me to a fight. How dare I compare you with an animal, ( a reptile to be more precise..) that blends into it's surroundings. Well, the truth is that your surroundings will definitely have an impact on you. How you feel, how you think and how you behave will mostly depend upon your surroundings. Let me ask you something, Have you ever felt optimistic in a room full of pessimistic people? Have you ever ordered a non-veg combo meal when your having lunch with a couple of Vegetarian friends?( That would get really awkward😅). So what does that mean?  That means that you need to create an environment where an Amitastic person can grow and thrive. Right now I am being super productive, writing a blog and feeling happy. Why? Because I've created a positive environment for myself that encourages positivity

                   Take the damn stairs                               It's very common in today's world that everyone is looking for shortcuts. You don't need to unlock your phone if you have to take a picture, just swipe up and the camera shows up. You don't waste time waiting on the road and asking people for directions, you open google maps and check for the Fastest route. If I do have to unlock my phone, I just scan my finger, coz who has time to enter those 4 digits and unlock the phone. I don't even have to type the full sentence while TXTING coz abbreviations are very easy to understand. FYI acceptable AF BTW. Who has time to meet new people and establish meaningful relationships? You just swipe left or right on an image and let the system do the match making stuff. Life has become that simple these days, because of shortcuts. A classic example would be the use of elevators over stairs. But honestly, shortcuts save us a lot of energy and let's face it, th

                           Just Be Yourself!                    In this crazy mixed up world, I assure you, everyone is weird. No matter how normal they may seem to you, trust me, they also do super weird stuff when they're alone😌. When I am on the stage giving a presentation or a speech, I stand straight, my clothes properly ironed and I use words like 'manipulate' or 'callous'. But when I'm at home, I am never fully clothed. I mean, I just wear my gym shorts and a loose torn shirt, my hair's messy and I am jumping on my bed making pig noises. I know you'd recommend that I seek medical help, but that's me. That's the weirdo I am and I am proud of it. But there's more to being yourself than just being weird. In this modern age, everyone thinks that they are being their true selves because they use tons of quotes they find on the internet indicating so and post double chin selfies. A silly selfie with two filters in a casual outfit with a cap

            Just Say what you Mean                                   Imagine that you're in a fight with your colleague or classmate and you're texting back and forth. You're sending paragraphs on paragraphs and you're super angry. You know exactly why you're mad and you think that you are absolutely right. You receive a reply and then you start banging away at the keyboard with your own response. Before pressing the send button, you generally pause and think, " Is this message okay?" " Is this emoji a little bit too much?" You confer with your friend just to make sure. "Is this wording okay? ". I used to do that a lot. I wasn't confident of my response , ever until I learnt an important lesson, that is : Say what you mean!   If you say what you mean, you don't need someone to edit your words. Your feelings are authentic to you and don't need any kind of revision. There was this girl, whom I had met two years ago at a social

                      Be nice to people                                    If anyone asks me what I think are the keys to success, I would say: ' Work Hard and be Nice '. When I say work heard, people respond with a solid head nod because obviously that makes sense. But when I say be nice to people, they kind of tend to tune me off.  Is it really necessary to be nice to get successful? Does it even make a difference? After all, we don't live in a world full of fairies, it's made up of cold hard facts. Successful people are the ones who are talented, work hard and get things done.  Well, I can assure you that every successful person who you idolize has a team working behind them. Teamwork is  major ingredient in the recipie for success. Each member of the team recognizes that the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts. You must be wondering that you don't have a team, so this advice doesn't apply to you, right? Let me remind you that you're a part of

          Be the Dumbest! From a young age, we are always taught to be the best of the best, fastest of the fastest and smartest of the smartest. Dude! That's a lot of pressure! So, we never aim for the second place in a race or some sort of competition. Well, an Amitastic person who wants to conquer life knows that in certain situations it's beneficial to be the dumbest person in the room. Surrounding yourself with people who are much more experienced and knowledgeable than you is a great way to learn more and grow in your life. When it comes to my group of friends, I'm the best at doing what I'm supposed to do. But I'm the absolute dumbest when it comes to everything else. It's just like me and my group of friends are in a boat, each possessing a paddle, unique that no one else knows how to handle. We are rowing in unison towards the shores of success😉. Well, being the dumbest person in your group or as most people like to call it , your 'gang', doesn

Don't talk Shit For a minute, let's equate our brain with a piece of sponge. What does a sponge do when you dip it in a bucket of water?. It absorbs all the water right?. Similarly, our brain is a huge, extra-absorbent and wrinkly sponge which takes in the information around you whether you like it or not. It's hungry for knowledge, so it gobbles up everything in sight, kind of like me in a buffet.😌  When we watch a movie, our brain registers the story depicted in visuals. When we read a book, our brain registers and creates visuals of the story on it's own. When we meet new people, our brain registers a new face, voice and the person's characteristics. This stuff is boring you tears right? Let me cut to the chase. There is a saying in English : 'You are what You eat' .So when you talk shit about people, guess what you're feeding your brain. A nice full plate of shit with a side dish of your choice.😏 The brain is the most advanced tool of our body whi

Don't just Survive! Well, I have to ask you something before I talk about my post today. Are you stranded on an island and have no where to go? Are you Tom Hanks of 'Cast Away' who was stranded on the island and had to talk to a coconut? Are you Piscine from the movie 'Life of Pi' who was stranded on a boat with a Tiger named Richard Parker? Or are you in the Hunger Games? Are you in an island full of dinosaurs where you have to wait until the In-Gen people come and rescue you? I am sure you were on the Titanic and your ship sank. Now you have to wait on the floating door (which can easily have room for two grown adults, Dumb Rose) until a life boat comes and rescues you. Are you in any of the above listed situations? If no, then why are you acting like you need to survive in your life right now. If you are able to read this blog, then the chances are that you have been blessed with the equipment required for you to not just survive, but conquer your life. Life can

Not Lazy, Active! image credits: Shutterstock.com  Well, to begin with today's post, I am literally not the right person to be talking about being active 😂😂.Tell me to do a night out and finish the entire Harry Potter series, I will. Tell me to host an 8 hour college event or go to each and every class and promote an event and I'll do it with a Barbie smile on my face😄. But tell me to do a 20 push-ups and I will just disappear from that place. I will move to  a different country, change my name to Mohit😂 and throw my phone off a cliff so that there is no scope for further contact. But to be brutally honest, I do agree that my body needs the exercise. I am learning that being active and keeping my body fit and healthy is kind of like my job. Being active, doesn't mean having an awesome body that you can flaunt at the beach or on Instagram. It also doesn't mean fitting into an XXXXS shirt. What being active really means is making sure that your body is able to keep up

Love Yourself  Being in love is magical. We get that tingly feeling in our stomach and we have someone to text goodnight. We want the people we love to be happy and we always wish the best for them. When they succeed in life, we feel proud and when they struggle, we try to help them. And I'm just talking about loving a girl or a guy but also our mom, dad or family. We have special days dedicated to loving the most special people in our life like anniversaries for lovers, mother's day for moms and father's day for dads and Valentine's day for florists.   But what I think is that love shouldn't be reserved for other people. The first and foremost thing to do in life is to love yourself! Once you learn to truly love yourself, you'll be able to love others. When you don't love yourself, you will start projecting your insecurities onto others, preventing you from genuinely seeing them for who they really are. If you don't love yourself, then you&#

Kick comfort on the butt!  My Father always says that " Everything you want is outside your comfort zone! ". Being uncomfortable is usually considered a really bad thing. That is because most of the people perceive discomfort as, getting stuck in the metro train with a lot of sweaty passengers or some may find watching intimate scenes on TV with their parents  uncomfortable. (Well that is very very very Uncomfortable 😅😅)   Coming to the point, putting yourself in uncomfortable situations is very crucial in developing new skills and gaining valuable experience. Today, I can say that I am confident enough to speak my heart out to an audience of at least a 100. But I didn't go from 0 to 100 overnight. People who are closely connected to me, often praise me for my public speaking. I have been appreciated by tons of people for my speaking skills. But, to gain that appreciation, I have gone through so much. When I was in school, I was very shy. I barely spoke in class,

Keep your friends close!  " A Tr-uu-e friend You're here 'till the end You pull me aside when somethin' aint right Talk with me now and into the night 'Till its alright again You're a true friend" Hannah Montana's album, 'True Friend' gives us the true meaning of friendship. True friends stay close to you when you need them the most! They share your joy and divide all of your sorrow among themselves. To conquer your life, you need to stay positive. Positivity is a major tool for conquering life. For that purpose, an Amitastic person surrounds himself/herself with positive energy. True friends provide you with that positive energy. I have been super lucky to have found friends who have supported me through all my endeavors of life. They inspire me to do more, achieve something more. But finding true friends is as difficult as hell! You must choose them wisely, but most of the times it just happens automatically. Even though you might not have th