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Leading A Spiritual Life

seldom have anything positive to say. On the contrary,
Martina did not launch any campaign and she had her
rights restored by virtue of her own prowess.
This world is a world of challenge. This being the
reality, registering protests and complaints is quite
irrelevant. The only thing that can be effective in
meeting challenges is to prove your competence. This is
the secret of success in life. The course of rights activism
should never be adopted. It is every time better to engage
in the kind of activism which lays emphasis on duty and
then you will have no complaints against anyone.

The Secret of Progress

To succeed in anything, it is not favourable external conditions
that are crucial; it is the inner motivation that matters the
most.

ccording to a report published in The Times of India,
Aa survey of the world’s 100 richest people today
reveals that the vast majority of them did not inherit
their economic fortunes. 73% of them were ‘self-made’.
Of these, 18% had no college education, and 36% were
children of poor parents. (August 18, 2013, p.12)
How is it that people who were born into poor
families, many of whom did not receive any higher
formal education, were able to amass such wealth, and

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