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Not a chance!

Chance and planning may seem like opposing concepts. But corporate trainer Anil Bhatnagar tells us we can plan our coincidences.



Magnetised towards success... Anil Bhatnagar with some of his symbolic paintings at his residence near Delhi. Photo: Anu Pushkarna.

SOME PEOPLE seem to be born winners. They get co-opted into plum positions, rise to the top of the company and make sumptuous sums of money without ever getting into a sweat; opportunities seem to come looking for them; they're always in the right place at the right time, make the right moves and reap just the right rewards. And the rest of us, standing in queues, stuck in bottlenecks, struggling forever upwards, do nothing but plaintively sigh as we watch them go by. Sigh, and call them lucky. That's the word Anil Bhatnagar would pick on to challenge you. This corporate trainer, whose book "Success 24X7 - Ten Sure Ways to Corporate and Personal Success" was released by Wisdom Tree publishers recently, insists that words like luck, chance and coincidence are misnomers for a bigger plan - one that we can programme to our own specifications and make our dreams come true.

Sound implausible? Just as a magnet passed over a collection of objects pulls up only those made of iron, so nature pulls out a few of us to rise above the others, explains Bhatnagar, who has authored a number of books besides contributing regularly to Life Positive, Business India, and other Indian and international journals.

All we need to do to succeed in our endeavour and realise our dearest dreams is to make ourselves "attractive" to those forces of nature that lead towards success and well-being. Similarly, we can make ourselves "unattractive" to those forces that pull us towards gloom or destruction.

Nature's bias

"I am finding that nature is unashamedly biased in favour of some people and similarly punishes some people. In find it is not nature, but the people who create the circumstances. I do not believe that man is a result of circumstances. Circumstances don't shape your life, they reveal you," says Bhatnagar.

"In the first two chapters I explore and explain the criteria on the basis of which nature selects people. In the rest of the book I discuss 10 criteria for creating circumstances for great success."

By consciously practicing these techniques in daily life, people can fulfil their "cherished dreams," he assures. The third section of the book, he explains is devoted to a discussion of how "the world is ushering in a new era and nature is switching gears towards a higher consciousness."

He states his book is the result of 15 years of trials on himself, otherwise it would have been ready much earlier, but he did not want to present a half-baked theory. Setting himself specific goals, he found the techniques he details effective to achieve them. "When I was accidentally sure that I have discovered the intricacies of the mechanism, it was time to share it with the rest of humanity."

Asserting he is of a completely scientific temperament and continuously challenges his own impressions, Bhatnagar also paints.

His paintings that adorn the walls of his residence, have been part of his process of research into a concept he has named "Latent Oneness".

Latent Oneness lies beneath all the happenings in this world, he explains. "It is the place where you can sow the seeds of your dreams. The only purpose of Latent Oneness is to fulfil your dreams. But there are certain conditions which must be met before these dreams can grow into trees. These conditions are the 10 mechanisms criteria I have described in the book," says Bhatnagar, who works with Child Relief and You to conduct workshops for slum children to develop self-esteem and prosperity consciousness in them.

He hopes to use TV to get a much bigger platform to reach the many thousands who could be helped by his techniques. No prizes for guessing how he plans to accomplish the aim. He has his mechanism in place, and time will do the rest.

ANJANA RAJAN

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