GIVE UP TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL

GIVE UP TO BECOME

SUCCESSFUL

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” - Anonymous. Everybody has their own definition of success but there are some universal things that one needs to give-up to become successful rather than adding new things. Some of them you can give up today, while it might take a bit longer for others.

GIVE UP ON THE UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE

“You can’t live an unhealthy life and expect a healthy outcome.” -

Frank Sonnennberg. If you want to achieve anything in life, everything starts here. First, you have to take care of your health, and there are only two things you need to keep in mind: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity. Small steps, but you will thank yourself one day.

GIVE UP MULTI-TASKING

“Multi-tasking, when it comes to paying attention, is a myth.” - John Medina.

Successful people know this. That is why they choose one thing and then beat it into submission. No matter what, a business idea, a conversation, or a workout. Being fully present and committed to one task is indispensable.

GIVE UP THE SHORT-TERM MINDSET

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Successful people set long-term goals, and they know that these aims are merely the result of short-term habits that they need to do every day. These healthy habits should not be something you do; they should be something you are. There is a difference between: “Working out to have a summer body” and “Working out because that is who you are”.

GIVE UP PLAYING SMALL

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” - Nelson

Mandela. If you never try and take great opportunities, or allow your dreams to become realities, you will never realize your true potential. Moreover, the world will never benefit from what you could have

achieved. So voice your ideas, don’t be afraid to fail, and certainly don’t be afraid to succeed.

GIVE UP THE FIXED MINDSET

“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.” - Harry

Golden. In a fixed mindset, people believe that their intelligence or talent are simply fixed traits and that talent alone creates success — without effort. They are wrong. Moreover, successful people know this. They invest an immense amount of time on a daily basis to develop a growth mindset, acquire new knowledge, learn new skills and change their perception so that it can benefit their lives. Remember, who you are today, it is not who you have to be tomorrow.

GIVE UP YOUR PERFECTIONISM

“The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake. You can’t learn anything from being perfect.” -

Adam Osbroune. Nothing will ever be perfect, no matter how much we try. Fear of failure (or even fear of success) often prevents us from taking action and putting our creation out there in the world. However, many opportunities will be lost if we wait for things to be right. So, “ship,” and then improve (that 1%).

GIVE UP SAYING YES TO THINGS THAT DON’T SUPPORT YOUR GOALS

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” -

Eleanor Roosevelt. Successful people know that to accomplish their goals, they will have to say NO to tasks, activities, and demands from your friends, family, and colleagues. In the short-term, you might sacrifice a bit of instant gratification, but when your goals come to fruition, it will be worth it.

GIVE UP YOUR EXCUSES

“Excuses are powerful thing one excuse can negotiate 100 opportunities.” - Bobby Darnell.

Successful people know that they are responsible for their life, no matter their starting point, weaknesses, and past failures. Realizing that you are entirely responsible for what happens next in your life, is both frightening and exciting. However, it is the only way that you can reach success because excuses limit and prevent us from growing personally and professionally. Own your life; no one else will.

MR. SURENDRA HANDA

Mr. Surendra Handa has been coordinator of Vedic Seniors Parivar Centre of Vedic Hindu Cultural Society of BC at Lakshmi Narayan Temple Surrey BC since 2008. He also Coordinates one of BC CRN’S newest APNI Community Response Networks located in Surrey, which is home to the Country’s second largest percentage of South Asian Canadians, for standing against Elder Abuse, Elder Neglect and Self-Neglect etc. He puts his heart and soul into creating a warm & comforting space for Seniors to escape isolation, have healthier life style by managing chronic ailments and for over all good physical health and mental well-being of all seniors. He has been organizing weekly events like Yoga & Meditation classes to enhance quality of life by qualified yoga instructor, organizing health seminars by health professionals, nutritionists, RCMP for personal safety, recreational programs by professional artists, social activities like arranging picnics, bus trips, group birthdays, awareness seminars for financial investments, scams & frauds and assisting seniors with Free Tax Filing to low-income seniors, also special events like Unique Pot Luck where variety of mouthwatering dishes being prepared by senior members.

But in March 2020, came the COVID - 19 Pandemic, all seniors were locked in, felt isolated, depressed and anxious. Mr. Surendra Handa went to work by calling members to know how they were doing. He did attend 6 weeks course of Learning Basic Digital Skills for Health Literacy organized by iCON Digital Medicine Department of UBC Vancouver and taught this course back to the seniors, who had limited knowledge of technology, via Zoom meetings. Thus, he demonstrated innovation and made measurable difference in older adults during the COVID pandemic.

Travel is a favorite past time of Mr. Surendra Handa, he loves to take other senior members along with him to travel in a group and everyone pays their own way. Most of the seniors of Vedic Seniors Parivar Centre have explored all the Tourist Attractions in the Lower Mainland and several countries of the world together with him since 2010. Seniors have been to Caribbean, Mexico, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, South America, Thailand, Dubai, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and 3 times to Europe exploring different cities, Australia and New Zealand, he has always travelled with a group of minimum 50 seniors to maximum 70 seniors.

Mr. Surendra Handa is a kind and selfless volunteer, who has worked against all odds for the benefit of seniors without expectations of rewards and continues serving the Community Seniors with the greatest humility.