Leave a legacy of honor by Mirza Yawar Baig

1. Leave a Legacy of Honor
How to do it?

3. The World Today
1. In 2016, 62 people had more assets than 50% of the world.
2. In 2017 that number dropped to 8
3. The problem of the world is poverty of compassion.
4. We don't have a resource problem. We have a distribution
problem.
Aristotle said:
The rule of the uber rich means tyranny or revolution.

4. Global Focus
1. Maximizing shareholder wealth
2. Which means:
1. Minimizing production costs i.e. raw material & labor
2. Everything that can be automated will be automated
3. Only highly specialized jobs will remain
3. The single operative value of the world is ‘Profit’
What does this mean for your future?

5. What will you be remembered for?
1. In 1631 the foundation of a building was laid. It was
finally completed in 1648.
2. In 1636 the foundation of another building was laid.
3. Today both buildings exist. The first one has two
occupants. Both dead. Those who rule the world
come out of the second building.
Taj Mahal and Harvard University

6. Our nostalgia trip
1. We live in the past and quote the ‘Golden Era’
2. Ask what people in 2300 will say when they
speak of our era?
3. The achievement of others don’t define us
Test: How many books did you read this year?

7. Do you want to leave a Legacy?
Those who don’t are free to leave now

8. 3 – Critical Attitudes
Attitude is not the only thing
Attitude is everything

9. Differentiate
Differentiation creates Brand
Brand inspires loyalty
Loyalty enables influence

10. Live Islam

11. Contribute
Contribution
Consistency
Trust

12. Focus on
Aakhira

13. Collaborate
Humility
Appreciate
Gratitude
Forgive

14. Be an
Ummah

15. What you need to succeed
1. Observation
2. Courage
3. Consistency
4. Structure
1. Build on and apply knowledge
2. Don’t look for approval from others
3. Get up early and make your bed
every day
4. Create a timetable and stick to it
How are you enhancing your own value ?

16. What you don’t need
1. Inspiration
2. Genius
3. Powerful family
4. Money
1. Other’s name for your
perspiration
2. Talent is Overrated, Geoff Colvin
3. Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
4. It’s my Life, Mirza Yawar Baig
All these are results, not causes

17. Excuses don’t
change reality

18. Critical habits
1. Connection with Allah‫ﷻ‬
2. Rasoolullah‫’ﷺ‬s manners
3. Communication
4. Accept correction
5. Choose your friends
1. Tahajjud daily & Fajr in the masjid
2. Courtesy, compassion, forgiveness,
accountability
3. SMILE, get along, help, LISTEN
4. Humility, mentor, feedback, introspect
5. You are a product of those with you
Get off social media – differentiate not blend in

19. People do not decide their
futures. They decide their
habits and their habits
decide their futures.’
F. M. Alexander

21. ‘Master’ or ‘Victim’
Stances of Success

22. Window of Opportunity
1. In the life of every man and woman comes a time
when they have a unique opportunity to make an
impact and influence others.
2. To succeed we need to anticipate, prepare and act
with courage when it opens
The window remains open only for a time

23. 1. Living life is about making choices:
1. Choosing to be a “Victim”
2. Or choosing to be a “Master”
2. Both stances are subject to the same boundary
conditions
3. But have very different implications in terms of your
development and happiness
The time to choose is NOW
The Essential Truth

24. Distinguishing features
Victims
1. Whine about events
2. Think of excuses
3. Blame others
4. Lose hope & give up
5. Perish
Masters
1. Say, “What can I do?”
2. Think of solutions
3. Own responsibility
4. Have courage to try new
ways
5. Win, even if they fail
Possible only for those serious about success

26. Price of My success?
1. Ask: “In terms of the challenges that I face today,
what do I need to do if I want to be a ‘Master’ and
not a ‘Victim’?”
2. “What is the investment in myself that I need to
make in order to succeed?”
Clarity about reward, sustains effort

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28. I x U = R
2 x 4 = 6
My action (Your reaction) = Result
We can get whatever result we want by changing our action
Development is a product of thought, not time

29. Success is a process of
connecting aspirations to reality
Performance
Investment
Commitment
Adaptability
Ambivalence
Passion

32. Reflection
Start Stop Continue

33. You can’t go back in life and make
a brand new beginning.
But you can make a
brand new ending.
Richard Williams – Prince EA http://bit.ly/2axhuy0

34. Thought share
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