Julian Mantle was a successful lawyer. He used to live in his big bungalows and drive his Ferrari across the city. He used to earn Millions of Dollars. But deep down inside him, he was not a happy person. His life was stressed a lot and even he was not able to get time to enjoy his moments.
One day, due to high pressure, he suffered from Heart attack and he collapsed inside a court room.
After getting discharge from a hospital, no body knows where he went. He not even seen in his office. But after 3 years, he came back and went directly to his colleague, John to narrate his story to him.
John, after looking to the Julian, he was surprised. Julian was looking so peaceful and happier than earlier. And then, Julian started narrating his story.
He said, as soon as he left hospital he sold his Ferrari, his house and went to India, to travel across.
He went to Himalayas, where he met, lot of intellectual people who taught life lessons. He met one of the guru called Yogi Raman. He taught him a beautiful lessons by just narrating a story to Julian.
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| Julian narrating Story to John |
Now, Julian narrates same story to his colleague John...!!!!!!!!!
Story starts with a beautiful green garden were every where it has peace and birds were chirping all around. In the middle of garden, there stand a big Red Lighthouse and from a lighthouse a big Sumo wrestler comes out and slowly he walks towards you.
Looking to him it seems, what type of wrestler he is? Even he is not wearing his pant. He just closed his parts with thin pink wire as a underwear and nothing more. By the time, Sumo see a shiny golden watch. He takes the watch and put on his wrist and suddenly he collapsed. After sometime, due to fragrance of yellow Rose flowers, he get conscious. Smelling to those flowers, his body fills with energy and enthusiasm.
As soon as he get up, he sees one path which is filled by lots of diamonds and he decide to walk on the same path.
This was a story, which Julian narrated to his colleague John. Looking to this story, there are seven lessons we come across from it.
1) THE GARDEN IS YOUR MIND
The garden is a symbol of your mind. The most important thing to live happy life, is to have control on your mind.
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| GARDEN |
Here, your subconscious mind is your garden and your conscious mind ( thoughts )is your gardener. As a responsibility of gardener, it's your duty to keep your garden nit and tidy, away from unwanted things and materials. Best way to achieve this, is by a meditation.
2) THE LIGHTHOUSE IS YOUR PURPOSE OF YOUR LIFE
Lighthouse is a Symbol of purpose in your life. The purpose of life, is your biggest goals of your life.
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| BIG RED LIGHTHOUSE |
Earlier, in olden days, lighthouse used to show proper paths to ships on the seas to reach their destination properly. Similarly, lighthouse shows you perfect path to reach your destination as well.
Lot of people, just do their work only because if someone have insisted them or else just a matter of formality. But very few of them have a purpose to do so. So, writer has given us five tips to get the purpose..
A} Visualize The Outcome :- Visualize the picture which you want to be yourself.
B} Put Light Pressure On Yourself:- Don't pressurize like Julian.
C} Create a Timeline:- Make perfect time to accomplish your tasks.
D} It takes 21 days to form a new habits
E} Enjoy the Purpose
3) SUMO WRESTLER IS FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
In Japan, wrestler mostly follows one philosophy called KAIZEN. Kaizen basically means, just focus on small things and try to improve it everyday. This will give you a big result one day.
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| SUMO WRESTLER |
4) PINK WIRE CABLE REPRESENTS DISCIPLINE
Writer says, pink cable underwear is just a boundary limit. You should have your own boundary limit to create a discipline.
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| PINK WIRE CABLE |
To wake up at 6 AM everyday, you need a discipline to do it. Make one promise to yourself everyday, that you are insisting to be better in it everyday. Don't break the promise, it will ultimately break down your discipline..
5) GOLDEN WATCH REMINDS US TO RESPECT OUR TIME
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| GOLDEN WATCH |
Time is more valuable than money, we should respect it. Make a schedule which you can follow everyday, Don't be more strict to it, but make sure we have very limited amount of time. So, spent it precisely to those things which makes you happy and productive.
6) YELLOW ROSES REPRESENTS KINDNESS AND SELFLESSNESS
Basically, you should treat the society well enough and help each other without thinking of any rewards for it. If we help each other, then one day humanity will be on his correct place.
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| YELLOW ROSES |
Never think, what advantage we are supposed to get from it. Helping others will make you feel happier and more fulfilled.
7) DIAMONDS ON ROAD: LIVE IN A PRESENT MOMENT
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| Diamond on Road |
Don't think lot about the future and past. Be always humble towards our work , what right now we can do for it. Just go on walking on the present moment road.
Finally, Julian Mantle's story tells all about the society nowadays. In today's modern era, we have given money and status as a big rewards within us. And we just waste our time to earn such things. But ,one day similar to Julian, we will come to know, even after having all the fame, status and money, we are not happy enough.
Hence, we need to sell our Ferrari too. 😜 I know. everyone don't have it.
But Ferrari is a symbol, of something in our life to which we are giving more time to it. Just a hold a moment, think what exactly you want from a life and move ahead.
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Saved my time which I'm going to invest in this book ☺️☺️
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