be a better you

Be a better you!

Al-Wafaa Lecture series

Muhamad Shabarek, 16/01/2010

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The 12 lectures

• Be a better you• Plan your future• Tomorrow is a better day• Public speaking + debating + communication skills• Etiquette and ethics• Active citizenship• Activity: meet your role models• Educate yourself• Manage your resources• Career orientation• Overcome your weaknesses• You've created a new you: Market it!


Why be Better??

Life is all about change, so there are two options, to change to the better or to change to the worse.


Better know yourself

• In 2 mins draw yourself using any shape or color you feel they represent you.

• In another 3 mins write next to the shape:– your name– who you are– best achievement in your life

• Show what you did to everyone AC

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YOU ARE UNIQUEAND THIS IS YOUR ASSET

No one else in the WORLD is like YOU


WHAT MAKES A PERSON 100% SUCCESSFUL

12+21+3+11=47%

L+U+C+K

SUCCESS

A B C D E …Z

1 32 4 5 …26


SUCCESS

L+O+V+E

12+15+22+5=54%

M+O+N+E+Y

13+15+14+5+25=72%


SUCCESS

† From Achieving Effective Meetings – Not Easy But Possible, Bradford D. Smart in a survey of 635 executives.

L+E+A+D+E+R+S+H+I+P

12+5+1+4+5+18+19+8+9+16 = 97%

H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%


SUCCESSA+T+T+I+T+U+D+E

1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100 %

CHANGE your ATTITUDE

Create your own PATH to SUCCESS


LIFE is SHORT

What is my Fire WITHIN ?

LIVE YOUR DREAMS

How will I be REMEMBERED ?

What makes life worth LIVING ?

What do I DREAM of ?

Leave a LEGACY


What is YOUR VISION?

1 Year

5 Years

10 Years

What will you be remembered for?Personal – Professional


Define your vision

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Goals


Your VISION- The POWER of Leverage

Your VISION

Talents

Money

Contact & Relationships

Emotions

Your Beliefs


SWOT yourself

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GoalsStrengths Weaknesses

ThreatsOpportunities


Life is (should be) all about

• Setting priorities• Doing the right thing at the right time• Being at the right place (at the right time)• Succeeding in achieving your mission• Keeping the balance between

professional and personal life


Today’s list (3 mins)

• Make a list concluding all your activities since you woke up this morning (include everything)

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Urgent vs important

• Everything we do in life can be divided in two categories:– Urgent

• Requires immediate attention• Urgent matters are usually visual• Are often pleasant, easy and fun to do

– Important• Has to do with results• Contribute to you mission values and high priority goals


Today’s list (Cont.)

• Look at the list you created earlier• Divide all the activities in urgent and

important matters

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Four quadrants of Life

• Basically we spend our time in four ways:– Doing what is important and Urgent– Doing what is important but not Urgent– Doing what is not important but Urgent– Doing what is not important and not

Urgent


Life balance

Not Urgent+

Important

Urgent+

Important

Not Urgent+

Not Important

Urgent+

not Important


Not Urgent+

Important

Urgent+

Important


Hints and tricks to be better


• Life is made up of chances and opportunities, what comes never returns but other ones will come for sure

• Forget the past because time won’t forget you

• The outside is what we see first• Nobody sees your weaknesses but

yourself


• Be transparent and honest. The truth always hurts less.

• Believe in what do you no matter what the others think of it

• Do not under- or over- estimate anything• Create your network

be a better you

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