by Ken LeClair

How many truly excellent people do you know? Probably not very many but did you know that everyone you know and you yourself has the ability to be excellent? To be excellent at what you do requires that excellence be your purpose and how you achieve it be your plan. Yes, this takes being focused and in touch with yourself full time on a daily basis.  It requires being capable and willing to adjust your plans as the day unfolds with it’s usual bumps and pot holes, and being aware of those who would by accident or design derail your plans and cloud the purpose. Yes, this takes practice and determination and the fortitude to hang on tight when everything seems to be going wrong- because when the dark stormy clouds go away, the sun always comes out just as those who pursue excellence always shine after the dust has settled.

by Ken LeClair

Indian food is all the rage in the U.K. and has been for quite some time now. With three million Indian Americans in the U.S. one would think there would be a plethora of Indian Restaurants to choose from but alas there is not. Yes, everyone knows where there is a ( as in singular) Indian restaurant but they are kind of hidden away and do not attract very many non Indian-Americans.

I love Indian food-  the rich aroma of curry is almost an aphrodisiac if you know what I mean-  but I am usually reduced to making my own version of Indian food or getting the Chinese take out version. Korean restaurants also have popular curry dishes as do Thai restaurants, and I have even ordered Pasta Indiana ( pasta with oil and garlic and curry powder) in an Italian Restaurant.

So now will some very smart Desi entrepreneur please open a chain of Indian restaurants so I can get my Chicken Tikki Marsala anywhere in the U.S. just like in the U.K.? I bet there is a fortune to be made.

Does the whole world want to get jacked or just simply work out to be healthy and de-stress? Does the whole world convert into a different religion just because you believe IT IS when the rest of the world believes it is false and manipulative.? Does the whole world reject the notion of sex, alchol and drugs because you will not accept it?  Does the whole world have a problem when their watching cricket while your watching the Yankees- a NY team? Does the whole world drink Muscle Milk after a workout or are their workouts merited to compensate their metabolism before going out for the next drink?  Does the whole world think Arnold is best most physically attractive man in the world or a grotesque womanizer drug addict who runs a state with a worse deficit than the amount of steroids he’s consumed?  Does the whole world change their mind in the blink of eye to jump off a bridge when you do or park a care upstair versus downstairs just because someone else have?

Since when is being jacked attractive anyway? What about having a personality and talking about things that will cultivate us to being better people instead of better bodybuilders. God looks down alot at NYC & Northern Jersey but every once in a while you should consider that there is a world beyond that you may haven’t seen and OTHER cultures that exist. These other cultures have millions and billions of people following them and really have a fanclub and won’t make you work on the weekends.  Besides culture, what about doing and feeling what you think is right and helping people without feeling like you need something in return. Isn’t that something nice?

And since when did you have to get bigger when it starts to get older anyway? Is it because you have something to hide when the birds fly South?  Why can’t you lite all year round. They say its healthier to be lookin lighter anyway.  The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Arnold was unique and the whole world doesn’t desire to be what he is. Steve Reeves and Brad Pitt got more girls anyway.

Plus, how are you going to pick up the girls if you don’t talk to them.  Being friends with the boys is cool and important. But you can’t forget them. They do make up probably 55% of the world anyway. With all those countries you haven’t gone too and all these women you’ll avoid talking to, how much of the world and perspectives have you missed? Desi Exclusives does attract women. But I’m sure there could be a better job done to bring more of them onto this board.  Unless you feel they are not worth getting onto the site and just waste of time? Maybe that’s why those trips to Harrah’s Pool Parties are warranted. What I think is necessary for you to do is open your eyes and look other peoples perspectives and open your lines of communication to individuals from other sexes and cultures and you’ll really feel enlightened to having a beer. Wake up and smell the roses!

by Ken LeClair

So you worked out with heavy weights all fall, winter and spring and you got big. Well, now it’s summer and there’s a million things to do like go to the Jersey Shore or Long Island beaches, or a pool party at Harrah’s or a deck party in the city and you just want to look cool and pick up chicks but you want to stay in shape too. Besides you don’t want to scare the girls away either do you?

Now when you go to the gym think “lite” as lite beer…you can drop the weight by 30-40 percent and still pump that iron and get a pump in the bis, tris and pecs and look great without the King Kong look you had when it was snowing . Yes, you’ll lose an inch or two here and there and now your waist will fit into that pair of jeans that’s been languishing in the closet. That is if you’ve been watching your diet and drinking a few protein shakes each day instead of fast food junk.

Enjoy the summer..here comes the 4th of July already and from now till Labor Day go lite be happy and safe.   But remember..right after Labor Day it’ll be time to up the weights and pump iron just like Arnold and the gang!

by Ken LeClair

So who wants a six pack ….no not a six pack of ice cold beer…SIX PACK ABS!   Every guy wants to have both but is it possible? Well, it is and it isn’t so pay attention and maybe you can have your six pack and drink it too. Most guys have a six pack hidden by a layer of body fat,  so what needs to be done is get rid of that layer of fat and let those abs be exposed.

So how do you do that? First of all you have to exercise as in lift weights or get on the treadmill and you need to do crunches..You can do crunches on your living room floor or in the gym- doesn’t matter just as long as you do them. Next get on the scale and weigh yourself and then measure your waist line. Okay, now you know how many pounds you need to take off and how many inches you need to lose. If you are 20 lbs and 2- 4 inches over where you “use” to be ( or want to be ), you know what you have to do. Yup, cut back on your caloric intake. Multiply your desired weight times 10 and that is how many calories you can have per day. So if you want to weigh195 lbs- 195  X 10= 1,950 calories per day..not exactly a starvation diet. That’s six 300 calorie meals or five 400 calorie meals or four 500 calorie meals.

Can you have that ice cold six pack of beer on a hot summer night? Yes, but choose light beer that has half the calories of regular beer and keep it to one six pack and don’t use it to wash down a pizza. Have one bottle of water or club soda between beers and the damage will be light enough so as to not derail your abdominal six pack plan. Remember the more crunches you do, the better the abs.

Do the successful ones get lucky?  Or is hard work the true virtue we may make it out to be?

What an incredible gift we have to improve our current condition.  Whether it is our physique, our career, our worldly knowledge, or our relationships, each day we wake up represents the most sensational opportunity to improve whatever we chose to.

So seize the day.  In fact, grab it by the throat.  It’s yours for the taking.

by Ken LeClair

There are 60,000 Indian physicians practicing medicine in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States with the majority of them (35,000) practicing in the United States. This is equivalent to ten percent of all physicians currently practicing medicine in India today and the largest émigré physician workforce in the world.

India today is a complex and staggering nation of 1,200,000,000 people, occupying 2.4% of the world’s land mass with 15% of the world’s population; 960,000,000 Hindus, 120,000,000 Muslims and 100,000,000 Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists and Parsis speaking 22 officially recognized languages  plus English as a common denominator for communication. Indian medical emigration has brought enormous benefits to the host countries while depleting India itself of their services . Though most who do emigrate do so for the opportunities afforded them both financially and career wise and many do return to India with greatly expanded expertise in their fields of practice. To say that the reasons for emigration are complex is to understate the issue, as such a varied nation has many issues that propel this brain drain.

One thing is certain and that is that given the opportunity, tens of thousands of physicians from throughout the developing world choose to go where they will earn the highest standard of living for themselves and their families. This is human nature taking it’s natural course, and just as water seeks it’s own level, highly educated professionals will quite often choose to go where the money is. Fortunately for the Indian People, 600,000 physicians chose to stay in India despite the lure of emigration.

by Ken LeClair

Nikki Haley, the daughter of Punjab Sikhs, is poised to become the Republican candidate for Governor of South Carolina. Being called a rag head by an opponent didn’t hurt her in this good old boy state and may very well have helped her. As a child she and her sister were denied entry into a beauty contest as they didn’t fit into the white or the black category of separate contests. But oh how the new south has changed! South Carolina like it’s sister Louisiana knows a good deal when it sees one.

The primary will be held June 22nd and if she wins, she is the odds on favorite, she will be a shoo in to beat the Democratic candidate State Senator Vincent Sheheen in this heavily Republican state. Mitt Romney will be appearing with her this week and Sarah Palin is expected to endorse her as well. Let’s see who makes the national ticket first Bobby Jindal or Nikki Haley.

America needs ecstacy. Not Kanye West.                                                                                                                                                                                       This country is faltering on the hopes of wanting to be the Benjamins.  It will get worse.  At least before it gets better.  It needs to get its rhythm back.  Drugs, sex and alcohol can help. Slightly.  Good music can help too.  House music. Not the kind of sketchy music that would require you to go to the cracked out underground basements in Manhattan and Brooklyn but to the stadium like entrenches of the Roman Empire.  All over Europe in places like Amsterdam, Belgium, Paris and Neitherlands are havens for this kind of house music I speak of.   The white parties. Not the same “white parties” that exist in Miami. The white parties in Europe bring you into another universe.  You’ll find people who are in tune like you if you get there.  The music plays for days and your in trance.  The vocals make you feel like you’ve entered the next phase of your life.  Its uplifting. It can make you change yourself. Unfortunately, I’ve never been there. I’ve seen the special videos. I’ll get there soon.

Having to waking up at 6am is early.  I don’t care what time you went to sleep, whether you are a baker or a magician, or if you live on the Upper West Side or a hut in Antartica.

6am is early.  It feels like bootcamp when I try to find my toothbrush and trip over my whey protein bucket.  I ain’t awake yet.  Period.

But what if you don’t even make it to the 6am alarm – when the dog next door barks like hell?

Do you chase Fido with a Louisville slugger?  Or make like Kramer and Newman and kidnap him to upstate NY?

Anyway you slice it, Fido is going down.