105. Act Immediately

When you act the moment you find out that action is needed, and begin to practice this consciously and regularly, the habit of procrastination dies of starvation and no-one laments its passing.

104. The Law of Increasing Returns

Most people are familiar with the Law of Diminishing Returns. This states that after you reach a certain point in some situations the more you put in to a system, the less you get back. This point is called the point of diminishing returns and once you reach it, it is time to quit. Unlike this, however, the Law of Increasing Returns operates in the opposite fashion. Just as a farmer gains many more grains of wheat for every one sewn, for every service you render, you gain a multiple of that in return. This only works if it is done with the right mental attitude. If you do it unwillingly or resentfully or for your own profit you will gain nothing back. Only true givers gain.

This is another example of the indifferent action at work. If you do something simply because it needs to be done then it is clean and attracts no karmic energy either good or bad. This opens a path in your karma or sanskara, allowing pure consciousness to light your path. In contrast, a good action will attract good sanskara and a bad one will attract the bad. These clutter up the life and can make things difficult for you. Better to look for no reward unless you are working in a formal arrangement for pay.

103. Personal Initiative

Constantly practice going the extra mile. When you unwrap a box, put the paper in the bin before you do anything else. This is taking responsibility and is called personal initiative, a part of your personal power. You don't have to be told what to do when you have this quality.

102. Great Minds

There have been many great minds in the past. Many of them have left behind biographies and auto-biographies. Study these. Learn to think like them. Among these heroes are Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Alan Turing,Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Tony Buzan and Buckminster Fuller.

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing/
http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/
http://www.turing.org.uk/
http://www.mos.org/leonardo/
http://litemind.com/how-to-think-like-leonardo-da-vinci/
http://www.bfi.org/
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/facts-on-thomas-edison.html
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/edison.htm
http://www.thinkbuzan.com/ie/?utm_nooverride=1&gclid=CIy-lpHQnaMCFRQ8lAod60SbnQ
http://fi.edu/franklin/inventor/bell.html
http://www.alexandergrahambell.org/
http://www.alberteinstein.info/
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html

101. Intelligence drives the Universe

The process of making a watch requires a deliberate organised intelligence with a definite plan of action. So does the Universe and everything in it.

100. Selfishness

Impatience with others is a visible expression of selfishness and lack of self discipline. So too is a constant display of defeatism. You do no favours to anyone by harping on your recent misfortunes or those of your distant past.

99. Mental Attitude

You have complete right of control at all times over your mental attitude.Only you have this right. Others may and indeed will try to hijack it on you and try to manipulate you for their own purposes, usually to your great disadvantage.Do not permit this.