And here we’re back…
Last time, when we started talking about SPARK, we mentioned a very important thing we need to always recall in our minds…
“Our Beliefs – and ONLY our beliefs – are the ones shaping our behaviors”… The way you think shapes the way you behave… just simple as that!
And As Mahmata Ghandi said “A man is a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes”
There is a quote I love and which holds a huge wisdom… it says:
Watch your thoughts, for they become words
Watch your words, for they become actions
Watch your actions, for they become personality
Watch your personality, for it becomes your destiny
Take a deeper look and think! Isn’t it what our ISLAM tells us? This is simply the REAL core of leadership we are talking about…
As a leader “whether with a title or not”, you are a Role Model! You are someone that people will look at and wish from the deep bottom of their heart to be like you!
It’s a great honor! "مقامك حيث أقامك، فانظر أين أقامك" … It’s a great privilege that ALLAH SWT chose you from all the people on earth to be such position… in such position of influencing people… of changing their lives… a more simple blessing, choosing you from any other persons to read those words now…
It’s YES a great Honor but yet a great responsibility as well…
ALLAH chose you to be in this specific time, in this specific place and in this specific place to do something! To deliver a message! To lead people to light instead of darkness… and it’s all by being a ROLE MODEL! And at the judgment day, you’ll stand up in front of ALLAH asking you about what have you done with this gift he gave you… "كلكم راع و كلكم مسئول عن رعيته" …
That may sound Huge! As yes it is Huge! But you are Khalifat ALLAH SWT on this earth… He prepared you for that noble mission… He prepared you with tools to get going on this with the faith he’s beside you helping and supporting… and whenever it gets darks, you are sure inside that he’s raising you to be a better person…
If ALLAH puts you into this position, then he knows very well that you are up to it… He Never put us in something that we can’t handle…
Last time, I left you with small exercises to do – I hope you did it :D –
These exercises will have a huge impact on your life, on the way you think and the way you take your decisions…
- SWOT analysis: To See yourself, to discover it… To know where your points of strengths lie and where your points of development so you can work on them
- The Rock ship exercise: Simply to know your priorities… what comes first and what comes second…
That will lead us to a very important thing every one of us should have… as without it, our life is going to be a big mess! And that thing is “Time Management”…
I can hear some of you now saying “OH NO! Not again!”… I know you all heard about it a lot, but go on with me… it’s a little bit different this time ;)
We all face huge challenge in organizing the things we need to do and the list could go for miles and we just stand in front of it helpless saying “Oh GOD, How am I supposed to finish this all ON time?”
Well, as for beginning…
“Time Management”…. I don’t pretty much agree with that name, because we all have the same 24 hours, we don’t manage time… you actually manage “your actions” in the time you have…
So let’s call it “Action Management”
In our journey to manage our actions, our beliefs play a big role in achieving it… we find ourselves always saying “I don’t have enough time, I won’t be able to do this”… watering our minds with negative words saying “it’s impossible to do it”, you program your sub-conscious mind for helping you NOT TO DO IT!
Okay, let’s see… Let us do some Math and Show you something…
24x 60 = 1440
1440 x 60 = 86400
86400! That’s the number of seconds you have each day!
With the sun rising in every morning, your life bank account is filled with 86400 seconds! That’s a HUGE number!
The big question is HOW are you using these seconds? HOW are you going to take advantage of this credit put into your account each morning?
And for that specific question, we made the “Rocket ship” exercise… So you could know what more significant and important for you in… what’s urgent to do in this moment and what’s not?!
Just Put ONE thing in your mind…
Einestein, Newton, Helen Keller, Ahmed Zewal, Naib Mahfouz, Magdy Yaqoub, Anis Mansour, Sheskpear, all the great people you hear about had the same 24 hours as you and me… and if they could do it, then YOU can do it!
It’s NEVER too late! You have 86400 seconds / day! And Promise yourself that you are going to use it RIGHT!
That “Action – or time – management” tool is one of the most essential tools in the turbulent times, it will enlighten you the way… which comes first, what comes second… which things to do and what things you say “NO” too… you’ll then have the healthy way of thinking enlighten by your vision and your goals… then you won’t regret any decision you’ll make…
Imagine it this way…
Your time is like a big empty box…
You have big Rocks… these are the major and most important things in your life…
You have smaller Rocks… these are less important things… but still important…
You have some very small rocks… these are the things that are not urgent but you still care about..
And finally, some sand… these are the things you don’t even care about…
So, How are you going to fill this box?
That’s a question worth thinking about, my friend… Think about it well.
Here are some simple things you can use
1) Prioritize
2) Learn to say “NO” to unimportant things.
3) Be organized
4) Cut off all the interruption while you are doing something critical
5) Have a good time sleep
6) Prepare the environment around you to help you to focus
7) Reward yourself when you achieve something
8) Take a break when you are tired
9) Make a daily to do list
10) “ONE STEP AT A TIME”
I’ll end this part, leaving you to enjoy this video…
Until we meet next time, wish you a very productive and good time :)
To be continued…
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