Balaji Raghavan - Awakening the Genie from Within: Discover and Develop the Hidden Potential in You

AWAKENING
THE GENIE
FROM WITHIN

Discover
and
develop
the
hidden
potential
in you!

Balaji Raghavan

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Published by AuthorHouse 05/01/2015

ISBN: 978-1-5049-0543-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-0761-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015906319

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Table of Contents

I thank my loving wife Swathi for her support throughout the journey. Without her constant push, understanding and sacrifices this book would have just been a pipe dream. I thank my parents for giving me lot of encouragement. Whatever positive spirit I have towards life, I owe it to my father. He instilled me those thoughts by being a role model and staying positive during the toughest times in our lives. I also thank all my friends and well-wishers who were constantly encouraging me while writing this book.

All my career and professional development was a result of constant nurturing by my beloved uncle and mentor Prof.R.Venkataraman. He has always been a great source of inspiration to me, especially in writing this book.

The day I discovered my passion for speaking and writing was the biggest turning point in my life. It all started from listening to Les Brown videos. I owe him a big thanks for pushing me towards excellence. I also thank Brain Tracy, Jack Canfield, Antony Robins and Dr.Wayne Dyer and other amazing speakers, Authors and trainers who influenced my thought process time and again. Special thanks to Gerry Robert for an amazing seminar on book writing which helped me channel my thoughts into a book form. I also thank Success Gyan for bringing such speakers to my city.

I would like to thank Niklas Frisk and Pradnya Deshpande from Oriflame India for believing and motivating me to pursue speaking and training career.

The most important people in the creation of any book are the publisher and the editor. I am lucky to have chosen Authorhouse as my publishing support who were highly professional. Last but not the least, I owe it big time to Cameron Mckenzie and Stephen Weiner for their patience and sincerity in editing my book. The improvements and critique they offered were apt. It was amazing to have people like them as professional support in this wonderful journey.

Most of us live our life as if we are in a trance. We dont realize where we are and where we are going? We dont indulge in any introspection because we are too busy to think about anything. Life moves fast and keeps us occupied with one problem or another. We live life without any plan and wonder why we are not fortunate while others seem to be lucky. We wait for something to happen miraculously to move ahead faster.

When I was young, I heard a story about the Genie in a bottle. It is about a boy who accidently stepped on a bottle on his way home. The bottle broke and a genie came out of it. It was big and scary. It had a grunting voice and a weird appearance. The boy was startled seeing it and could not move or breathe. To his surprise, the genie was thankful of him for releasing it from the bottle and offered him a wish. The boy got excited and asked for its company and support whenever he wanted. The genie gave him a shiny lamp and told him to rub the lamp whenever he needed its help. The boy would rub the lamp to summon the genie whenever he was in need. It would show up and grant all his wishes.

This story is a fairy tale. I wonder whether such a genie would ever show up in reality. However, one thing that I know certainly is we all have a genie inside us. Your realization can make it come alive and help to create the things that you dont have right now but always wanted.

I am not talking about any hidden magical power you have. This book is definitely not about magic. The genie here is nothing but a metaphor for your potential trapped in misbeliefs, negative conditioning, false ideas and lack of inspiration. Awakening the genie from within will reveal the steps to set it free and live a renewed life filled with abundance and success. It is about hidden realities that you identify by exploring the perspectives discussed in the forthcoming pages.

The book is divided into three parts. The first part helps you understand why the genie is dormant. It illustrates the conditions that we normally go through which stops us from realizing the bigger and powerful person inside us; the kind of impact that people and environment have on our mindset and lifestyle. It also delineates the vicarious association we have with ourselves and the state that we are living in, not realizing how much more we can do. It explains the enablers of such a state and how to recognize and move away from them.

The second part is the most important part of the book. It takes you through a step by step method of unlocking your hidden potential and becoming the genie. A man without a dream is like a car without a GPS in an unknown territory. He doesnt know where to go and whom to ask. Your journey starts from identifying your dreams and converting them to serious goals. While the dreams and goals are the motivation for you to work, your passion on the other hand is the means to get to your dreams. When you are passionate, you activate your higher self and race to become your best. What you do for a living is a vital factor in enabling your passion. Many people are not passionate about their job because it not perfect for them. The game changer is therefore to find the right one or to make the existing one right.

Once you get there, you must constantly work on getting the skillset and the mindset to excel in it. To do this, you must invest in your genius. Knowledge is great only when it is put into use. Without action, your knowledge is incomplete. You must also create a strong plan of action and act on it. Discipline in managing time is the thread that binds plan and action. You must use your time resourcefully and see it as the greatest tool you have. However, you may not be victorious even then. You might come across many challenges. A determined mind leaps over all the hurdles and gets ahead like a champion. Its imperative that you have a positive outlook over whatever life throws at you and get over it. You will learn more about these factors in the second part and become more professional, get noticed and get ahead.

Part three is all about spreading the genie around. Success can never come to a person who is alone. You need people around you to co-operate. Two things that enable such associations are powerful communication and leadership skills. It gets you closer to the people and earns their respect. Life is not just about finding greatness; it is about spreading greatness and inspiring others.

Are you ready to awaken the genie from within? It all starts with willingness to explore this journey of excellence. Please keep in mind that this book is a work book. In order to maximize the results from this book, you need to reflect on what you read and apply the ideas and suggestions in your context of life or work. Keep your mind open and alert to identify a bigger spirit within you!