Be a better you!
Al-Wafaa Lecture series
Muhamad Shabarek, 16/01/2010
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!
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Why be Better??
Life is all about change, so there
are two options, to change to the
better or to change to the worse.
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organizations, members and trainers
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
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YOU ARE UNIQUE
AND THIS IS YOUR ASSET
No one else in the WORLD is like YOU
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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
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SUCCESS
L+O+V+E
12+15+22+5=54%
M+O+N+E+Y
13+15+14+5+25=72%
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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%
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SUCCESS
A+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
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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
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What is YOUR VISION?
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
What will you be remembered for?
Personal – Professional
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organizations, members and trainers
Define your vision
VISION
Goals
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Your VISION- The POWER of Leverage
Your VISION
Talents
Money
Contact & Relationships
Emotions
Your Beliefs
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organizations, members and trainers
SWOT yourself
VISION
Goals
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
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organizations, members and trainers
Today’s list (3 mins)
• Make a list concluding all your
activities since you woke up this
morning (include everything)
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organizations, members and trainers
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
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organizations, members and trainers
Today’s list (Cont.)
• Look at the list you created earlier
• Divide all the activities in urgent and
important matters
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organizations, members and trainers
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
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Life balance
Not Urgent
+
Important
Urgent
+
Important
Not Urgent
+
Not Important
Urgent
+
not Important
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Not Urgent
+
Important
Urgent
+
Important
Hints and tricks to be better
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organizations, members and trainers
• 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
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organizations, members and trainers
• 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
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organizations, members and trainers

Be a Better you

  • 1.
    Be a betteryou! Al-Wafaa Lecture series Muhamad Shabarek, 16/01/2010
  • 2.
    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! ©Copyright by JCI and intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers
  • 3.
    Why be Better?? Lifeis all about change, so there are two options, to change to the better or to change to the worse. ©Copyright by JCI and intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers
  • 4.
    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 ©Copyright by JCI and intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers
  • 5.
    YOU ARE UNIQUE ANDTHIS IS YOUR ASSET No one else in the WORLD is like YOU ©Copyright by JCI and intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers
  • 6.
    ©Copyright by JCIand intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers 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
  • 7.
    ©Copyright by JCIand intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers SUCCESS L+O+V+E 12+15+22+5=54% M+O+N+E+Y 13+15+14+5+25=72%
  • 8.
    ©Copyright by JCIand intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers 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%
  • 9.
    ©Copyright by JCIand intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers SUCCESS A+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
  • 10.
    ©Copyright by JCIand intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers 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
  • 11.
    ©Copyright by JCIand intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers What is YOUR VISION? 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years What will you be remembered for? Personal – Professional
  • 12.
    ©Copyright by JCIand intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers Define your vision VISION Goals
  • 13.
    ©Copyright by JCIand intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers Your VISION- The POWER of Leverage Your VISION Talents Money Contact & Relationships Emotions Your Beliefs
  • 14.
    ©Copyright by JCIand intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers SWOT yourself VISION Goals
  • 15.
    Life is (shouldbe) 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 ©Copyright by JCI and intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers
  • 16.
    Today’s list (3mins) • Make a list concluding all your activities since you woke up this morning (include everything) ©Copyright by JCI and intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers
  • 17.
    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 ©Copyright by JCI and intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers
  • 18.
    Today’s list (Cont.) •Look at the list you created earlier • Divide all the activities in urgent and important matters ©Copyright by JCI and intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers
  • 19.
    Four quadrants ofLife • 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 ©Copyright by JCI and intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers
  • 20.
    Life balance Not Urgent + Important Urgent + Important NotUrgent + Not Important Urgent + not Important ©Copyright by JCI and intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers
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    ©Copyright by JCIand intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers Not Urgent + Important Urgent + Important
  • 22.
    Hints and tricksto be better ©Copyright by JCI and intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers
  • 23.
    • Life ismade 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 ©Copyright by JCI and intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers
  • 24.
    • Be transparentand 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 ©Copyright by JCI and intended for the exclusive use of JCI affiliated organizations, members and trainers