Hi folks, welcome to Career Wishesh. This week we are going to emphasize on how positive approach to life can make you happy and people around you equally happy. It has been said that with a pinch of positive thought one can even move mountains. Before we move into the topic, let us give you a small example of a famous golfer, which we heard during some seminar.

There lived once a budding golfer who had all skills compared to even famous golfer. Each time he struck the golf ball, it used to fall in the bunker adjacent to the hole. No matter how many times he tried to get a bogey, he could never do that. Accidentally he happened to meet a psychologist and narrated his strange story to her. The reason behind this ball falling into bunker was so simple.

This golfer always had one thing in mind-my ball shouldn't fall in the bunker. Although he was telling himself that his ball should fall in the pit, his conditioning itself was negative (in the sense his approach to challenge was negative) as he repeatedly chanted that the ball shouldn't instead of should. Since his approach was negative (even though his aim was positive), he tasted failure. And when he realized this, he tried saying-my ball should fall in the whole and he succeeded.

The moral of this story is simple-one should not think of anything that's negative. We come across so many students who often say the same thing. 'So many students are appearing for the exam,' 'I should not fail in the exam,' 'my friend should not get more marks than me,' these are all some common lines that we heard from students and those aiming competitive services. Instead of saying I should not fail in exam, it would definitely be more positive if he/she says I should pass the exam.

Going forward, we would like to tell you all that be positive not just in exams but all through out your life as life is something that's not a bed of roses and therefore keeps on offering challenges. Whatever the situation you face the only thing that should run on you mind is-I can and I shall. Remember the famous song, we shall overcome, we shall overcome someday....

So deep in your heart, do believe that you shall overcome-whatever the obstacle it is-someday. Until then keep trying.

(AW Phani)