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Why We Need to Watch Leslee Udwin's Documentary India's Daughter

An illogical, misguided outrage has gripped India. Indignant people are railing against a rapist given primetime TV slots, so the country can know his point of view. How is it -- angry people are demanding -- that channels be so TRP hungry, they're willing to allow this disturbed man's innermost thoughts be broadcast on TV? What do they hope to get from this, other than insult the memory of the one who has been immortalised (against her wishes) as India's Braveheart? #nirbhayainsulted they hashtagged, when we gave her rapist so much publicity. So, you are outraged that a documentary on rapists has been made, and is being broadcast. You, and your sensibilities, count themselves among luminaries in the feminist movement, the government, other activists and lawyers. You think the FIR filed by the police saying this film "contains offensive content which should not be broadcast in the interest of maintaining public order," is absolutely correct, and this kind of free...

WHAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO GIVE UP?

I am often asked what causes people to give up on their ‪#‎dreams‬ and ‪#‎goals‬. While some reasons maybe subjective, here are some of the biggies that I believe are common among most people: INSTANT GRATIFICATION ~ It's a plague of our age. We want what we want, when we want it or else we will‪#‎Quit‬. LACK OF BELIEF ~ We don't really believe we can achieve it. Thus we fail to ‪#‎invest‬ the necessary time visualizing our ‪#‎success‬ ahead of time and emotionally bonding ourselves to our goal or dream. STUCK IN A COMFORT ZONE ~ We get lazy, and thus unwilling to make the necessary sacrifices to ‪#‎achieve‬our dream. BAD HABIT ~ We've gotten into the bad habit of quitting. Most of us have mentally conditioned ourselves to see it as "no big deal." NO WRITTEN PLAN ~ We've never followed through with a consistent plan that can get us ove...

BREAKING THE MENTAL BARRIERS 

I remember once I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No ‪#‎chains‬, no ‪#‎cages‬. It was obvious that the ‪#‎elephants‬ could, at anytime, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not.  I saw a trainer nearby and asked why these ‪#‎beautiful‬,‪#‎magnificent‬ animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. The trainer replied, "When they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot ‪#‎break‬ away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free." I was amazed. These animals could at any time break ‪#‎FREE...

RELATIONSHIPS ~ THE 100/0 PRINCIPLE

What is the most effective way to create and sustain great ‪#‎relationships‬ with others? It's the 100/0 Principle: You take full responsibility (the 100) for the relationship, expecting nothing (the 0) in return. Implementing The 100/0 Principle is not natural for most of us. It takes real ‪#‎commitment‬ to the relationship and a good dose of self-discipline to think, act and give 100 percent. The 100/0 Principle applies to those people in your‪#‎life‬ where the relationships are too important to react automatically or judgmentally. Each of us must determine the relationships to which this ‪#‎principle‬should apply. For most of us, it applies to work associates, customers, suppliers, family and friends. STEP 1 Determine what you can do to make the relationship work, and then do it. Demonstrate ‪#‎Respect‬ and kindness to the other person, whether he/she ...