All of us go thru’ ups and downs in life. What should one do when you are in the depths of despair about life?

 

The guest on today’s show was Avis Vishwanathan . He is a motivational speaker who himself went through a tough phase in his life including bankruptcy but still managed to come out of it. He is also known as the ‘Happiness Curator’. He feels that happiness is who we are if we learn to accept who we are in life.

 

Avis asks who decides what is the end of the road? He said – It should be you and no one else! Life is like a game of cricket- It’s never over until the last ball of your life is bowled.

 

He feels we should not be retrospective about life. If you think about the good things of the past you might let it get to your head and similarly if you think about the bad things, you might get rooted and not be able to move on.

 

When any of us hit rock bottom, fear is the first feeling. But this fear will hold you back. Learn to take one day at a time and move forward with hope. Have faith in yourself and beat the fear.

 

A caller said he is an impulsive person, is that a reason for problems to happen? Avis said he was too, but he started doing a ‘mouna vritham’ time everyday to try and reign in his impulsiveness and stop himself shooting off his mouth and it helped him a lot.

 

Another caller said she took a sabbatical from work and has now decided to get back to work. But she is finding the process of looking for a job, attending interviews giving her a feeling of insecurity.  She finds people judging her and that makes her feel low and unhappy about herself.  Avis said – You are not what other people think you are.  Stare them down, let them know they can’t bother you and move on with your life.

 

Avis feels people worry too much nowadays about Money.  He said – We need to look at life from the perspective that we should enjoy what we are doing and not that everything we do must be to earn more money.

 

Avis’s last words – Love Life and Live it Big!

 

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