Right from we came into this world, we have been growing up ever since, both emotionally as well as physically. We learn how to do stuff, we learn how to talk, what to talk, then we learn how to get around everything and everyone. We learn and people as well as situations teach us. It's a two way process. These people and situations are the great masters of our life. Some are the same kind of people and situations we face, and some of them differ for different people. In this post I will talk about a few of the many great masters of out lives.

Parents

For most of us, the first person we meet after coming to this world are our parents. They nurture and take care of us. We tend to follow them and walk on the paths they lead us through. They constitute in the very basic nature that we conceive. They help us through our decisions and are always there for us.

Life

By life, I mean all the happenings and situations we face. Time makes us face the best and the worst. Dealing with these create our experiences that help us facing further situations. The life works like this and eventually makes us wiser and wiser. In life the one who is the fittest survives. We all know, it works out like this only since the evolution of life on earth.

Teachers

Teachers are the next essential forming factors of our lives after our parents. Apart from educating, they shape our thoughts. If parents are our roots then teachers are the sunlight which gives the direction to grow towards. Through their knowledge and experiences they help us and teach us to stand tall and straight through the storms of life.

Friends

Friends are the ones who are contemporary to us and thus are emotionally supportive elements of life. They remind us that we are not alone. They may be not experienced like our parents and teachers, but they exactly know and feel what we face. They are stars in a dark night who keep reminding us to not leave hope.

Enemies

Foes are as important as friends, yin and yang of our life. Enemies help us distinguish who our friends are. They put challenges and obstacles and are the troublemakers of our life. But hey! how we are supposed to know to combat any trouble if no one puts us through it. That's why enemies are important.

The list is never-ending one. But the above mentioned people and factors are the ones who shape the road of our life.

We all strive to be successful in our lives. Either in our jobs or in a relation or any small or big work, we all at least try be be successful. But in our endeavor to excel at almost everything we do, we forget ourselves, we forget that it is we who we need to take care of first. Work, life and people in it are important, but we are as important as them, sometimes more important.

Our minds need stress to operate, which is a downside of our mind. Everybody deal with some level of stress in their daily lives. However, prolonged stress is harmful for both us and our work. The following are 5 ways in which successful people manage to stay calm.

Being Grateful

You need to appreciate people, and all incidents of your life. That's because both people around you and happenings shape and change the course of your life. They are the reason you are the way you are. And in the long run these two factors will be the reason of anything you become.

It also a positive impact on your body as it reduces your stress level.

Not Asking "What if"

There are a million possibilities of what could have happened and what will happen. Thinking about them over and over is simply wasting your time and valuable energy. It will just create anxiety and stress in you.

To be successful at anything, you first need to stay in the present and accept the situation you cannot change.

Being Positive

Our brain naturally diverts to thinking negative things. Staying positive is most of the times hard. But one positive thought can shift your focus. If there is nothing positive that has happened today, think of something good that has happened earlier or is to be happened in the near future. You need to stay positive to have a balanced mindset.

Disconnecting

You need to stay away from the grid at least for some time to feel refreshed and rejuvenated. This is a world full of social technology and technological happenings surrounding us. Switch off your phone or disconnect from the internet for some time to feel the change.

It is sometimes very difficult to escape work and responsibilities. But try to make some time just for yourself.

Making Sure to Get Enough Rest

Our body is a biological machine. It needs rest like it needs fuel in the form of food. So, you need to get adequate sleep at night for yourself. Sleep causes our brain to recharge and defragment. So that when we wake up we stay alert and level-headed.

When we don't sleep enough, our levels of self control on ourselves, attention in things, memory and retention power, everything suffers.

So remember,

You are important.