2. Title Page
Revealed!
Secret Wisdom of Successful Communities and Cultures
Anshuman Sharma

3. Copyright
Copyright © 2012 Anshuman Sharma
All Rights Reserved
ISBN : 978-1-300-19152-0

4. Dedication
Dedication
To my beautiful daughters Gunn and Kli
To my gorgeous wife Nilam

5. Contents
CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Secret 1 - Hard-work works
Secret 2 - Move out of your comfort zone
Secret 3 - Envision the path before starting
Secret 4 - Know a person in his critical time
Secret 5 - Bring out your best
Secret 6 - Rule of 80:20
Secret 7 - Believe in your dreams
Secret 8 - Understand the dynamics of every system
Secret 9 - You control your life
Secret 10 - Know what you want in life
Secret 11 - Put yourself in the positive loop
Secret 12 - Will-power makes your way
Secret 13 - Opportunities in problems
Secret 14 - Money deserves its respect
Secret 15 - Commitment
Secret 16 - Power deserves its respect
Secret 17 - Give power to your words
Secret 18 - Control your day
Secret 19 - Bring simplicity in thoughts
Secret 20 - Nothing is impossible

6. Secret 21 - Bring simplicity in communications
Secret 22 - Have faith on something
Secret 23 - To gain mastery, practice
Secret 24 - Start early, as habits build over time
Secret 25 - Think deeply
Secret 26 - Put soul in your things
Secret 27 - Be extremely practical
Secret 28 - Journey is more interesting than the destination
Secret 29 - Have right logic for every decision
Secret 30 - Reject fear
Secret 31 - Proceed for action
Secret 32 - Avoid conflicts
Secret 33 - Everything in Life is a miracle
Secret 34 - Avoid time and energy wasters
Secret 35 - Problems can never stop a winner
Secret 36 - Do what you like
Secret 37 - Destiny needs to be managed
Secret 38 - Recognize and connect with right people
Secret 39 - Be a force or be the part of force
Secret 40 - Never accept anything free
Secret 41 - Feel the beauty with heart
Secret 42 - Do what is right
Secret 43 - Build the power of community
Secret 44 - Do what you are good at
Secret 45 - Have an adventurous life
Secret 46 - Never let geographical boundaries restrict your success
Secret 47 - Realize the universe inside you
Secret 48 - Be internally driven

7. Secret 49 - Know thyself
Secret 50 - Be straightforward and clear
Secret 51 - Scrutinize with your heart
Secret 52 - Your dreams have sense
Secret 53 - Use latest available tools and technology to get ahead
Secret 54 - Never speak false to self
Secret 55 - Know the right timing
Secret 56 - Why get disappointed in future?
Secret 57 - Take the road less travelled
Secret 58 - Contribute in life
Secret 59 - Fill yourself with hope
Secret 60 - Keep eye on results
Secret 61 - Live in present
Secret 62 - Never give up
Secret 63 - Keep hurry to minimum
Secret 64 - Let nothing obstruct you
Secret 65 - Have big ambitions in life
Secret 66 - Smile at pain
Secret 67 - Complete it now
Secret 68 - Hard times never last
Secret 69 - Let money and people work for you
Secret 70 - Attitude defines you
Secret 71 - Laugh a lot
Secret 72 - Law of reciprocity
Secret 73 - Complete the task
Secret 74 - Appreciate your free gifts
Secret 75 - Be presentable
Secret 76 - Understand the power of love

8. Secret 77 - Avoid ‘too much’ analysis
Secret 78 - Be away from bad habits
Secret 79 - Have passion in life
Secret 80 - Live after death
Secret 81 - Be credible and trustworthy
Secret 82 - Be what you can be
Secret 83 - Find need, discover solutions
Secret 84 - Self-clarity
Secret 85 - Consider yourself blessed
Secret 86 - Strength in visualization
Secret 87 - Enjoy every day of Life
Secret 88 - Actions are louder
Secret 89 - Avoid irrelevant stuff
Secret 90 - Learn from experience
Secret 91 - Dream big with open eyes
Secret 92 - Explore
Secret 93 - You will have your day
Secret 94 - Only you can make yourself Inferior
Secret 95 - Work in team
Secret 96 - First change self
Secret 97 - Be your best self
Secret 98 - Know the power of self-belief
Secret 99 - The time is right
Secret 100 - Whatever you do, do it at your best
Secret 101 - Aim High
About Author

9. Introduction
We know that the only constant is change which is responsible for enriching the life
of people and propelling humanity forward. Trends define the demands of people for
new products and services which keep changing with time. Companies put huge
resources and funds in research and development to create new products and capture
the market share in their industries. New technologies keep evolving which augment
performance of people by improving connectivity, providing new tools and knowledge
sharing. Companies keep working on new business models for their companies to adjust
to the changing times.
Individuals also change with time. The environment affects their behavior and their
views about the world. People have evolved with time and have adopted new ways to
present and express themselves. The fashion keeps changing fast, carrying a large
number of people with it.
Society has itself changed a lot and has affected the people in one way or the other.
The family system has graduated to a new level and many previously unacceptable
practices have gained acceptance in the society. Various micro and macro factors keep
influencing the way people live in the society affecting their decisions and actions.
Experiences are one of the biggest drivers of change; laws are modified based upon
their desired impact in the society. Constitutions are amended based upon the demands
and expectations of the citizens of the country. But there is something which never
changes and remains universal to humanity.

10. These are the set of rules for humans which remain true and deliver results in every
era and at every place. They are simple to understand and have straight interpretation.
Successful people in every generation have quoted them again and again as the main
reason for their success. These rules bring the best out of them making them perform
feats which looked impossible for others. As every human has the same potential but
only few of them are able to perform extraordinary, these rules are the foundation for
that difference.
Many communities strictly follow some basic rules which make them successful and
prosperous. They make these principles a part of their culture by associating them with
religion or to the uniqueness of their community. They have learned these rules through
generations of trial and error, over a long period of time. With time these becomes
beliefs, which guides and defines the actions of the members of community. Some of
these principles run in the cultures of successful families, in which elders imbibe the core
of their beliefs in their young ones. The fundamentals of these rules remain same while
the interpretation and way of conceiving them may change from generation to
generation.
This book discusses these principles, in brief, and delivers the required message in
limited number of words. It specifies each rule in few sentences followed by thoughts to
implement them in your life. You need not follow the suggestions and find a way for
implementation which suits you. The only objective is to make the reader understand
the value of these rules and to motivate her to take required steps for implementing
them in life. The value addition by these principles in the lives of the readers would
convince them to include this learning into their lives to achieve their dreams and to get
success in their endeavors.
To write this book we identified the success principles of various cultures and
communities which they transfer to their next generation. Generally each community

11. has only specific values which are considered as the foundation for their strength and
exclusivity. We have tried to understand these fundamental principles of these cultures
and present them in this work. To keep everything simple we have specified the concept
and left it to the reader to comprehend and implement it in their own way in life.
There is no prescribed way to read the book, as each chapter is mutually exclusive
and describes one principle in brief. The idea specified in each chapter should be
considered as the starting point of understanding and experiencing the concept.

12. Secret 1 - Hard-work works
One of the main factor which differentiate between and an unsuccessful person and
achiever is hard work. A hardworking person is a winner in every way. Hard work is
linked to physical capacity, will power, commitment and optimism. A person toiling
needs to have commitment to keep working hard, which would be backed by her will
power. This person also requires optimism and sincerity to keep working hard to get
results. People sometimes get confused with hard work and smart work, saying that
working hard is old school of thought while today’s market requires ‘smart work’. In fact,
these types of people are ‘definitely not smart’ who try to defend their laziness and
habit of procrastination in the shadow of smart work. It is required to clarify that almost
all hardworking people are ‘Working Hard, Smartly’, which means that they are really
smart people who are working hard.
How would you define yourself, hard worker, smart worker or hardworking person
working smartly? Can your work be done in a better or smarter way? You always need to
be aware about the aspects in which you are highly productive, sharp and dynamic.

13. Secret 2 - Move out of your comfort zone
As human beings we are all tuned to avoid pain of any type and in any way. We
tend to create a comfort zone for us in which we feel easy, protected and relaxed. The
negative of this zone is that it makes us risk averse and complacent while making us
weak and incompetent. We need to break out of our comfort zone and put ourselves
into conditions in which we are required to perform and take uncomfortable decisions,
as it would bring the best out of us.
If you dream and have big ambitions in life then you will need to move out of your
comfort zone and take required decisions and actions. Each winner takes tough but
required initiations to achieve their goals. These are sincere people who understand
their responsibilities and enjoy every moment of it.

14. About Author
Anshuman is an entrepreneur and investor and has been instrumental in nurturing
many successful companies. He has created of several profitable companies in various
domains. He is also involved in supporting development of several other organizations.
In business, his interests lie in cutting edge technologies and innovative services.
His guidance has helped many businessman, investors and entrepreneurs to
succeed in their objectives. He has also supported several entrepreneurship cells and
incubation centers.
He is an engineer and a management graduate. He can be reached at
anshuman.connect@gmail.com