THIS IS MOTIVATIONAL POWERPOINT PRRESENATATION

2. Key Topics of the workshop
1. Introduction to the Meaningful Life Framework
2. Importance of leadership as a key component of a meaningful life
3. The definition of Leadership and its three components: sharing,
inspiring and facilitation
4. Understanding of character as the key operational characteristic of
inspiration
5. How is the relevant character traits identified for our vision?
6. What is character and how is it developed?
7. Understanding of Discretionary Mental Routines (DMRs), the
building blocks of behaviour and character.
8. How to identify incorrect character traits and how to rectify them?
9. Exercise: Developing a strategy to develop character traits matching a
vision in one of your roles in life.
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3. A Meaningful Life
1. Would you like to look back at your life at the time of your death and exclaim:
‘It was worth it?’
a) Yes
b) No
c) I don’t care
2. Suppose you are mentioned after your death in a gathering of a group of
people with knowledge and wisdom. What would you like them to say about
you?
a) This person’s (your) life was really worth it
b) This person’s life was not worthwhile
c) They don’t care
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4. Meaningful
Life
Strategic
Visions
Strategic Time
Management
Competence Leadership
Prioritization
Azm
(Determination)
Share Inspire Facilitate
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5. The Elements of Meaningful Life
Meaningful life has the following four elements:
1. Strategic Visions: A long term sound vision in our life. A sound
vision is defined as a vision which has clarity and correctness.
2. Strategic Time Management: Strategic Time Management is
defined as our ability to prioritize our lives in light of a long term
vision and then to accomplish these priorities with Azm
(determination).
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6. The Elements of Meaningful Life
Meaningful life has the following four elements:
3. Competence: Competence is the knowledge, skills and abilities
(KSAs) that are required for our visions. For example, our vision of
scaling Mount Everest requires a minimum set of knowledge, skills
and abilities.
4. Leadership: Leadership is defined as the ability to share our vision
with others and to inspire and facilitate others in pursuing the shared
vision. The key element behind the ability to inspire others to pursue
the shared vision is a character worthy of that vision.
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7. + You
+ Vision
+ Competence
+ Inspire
+ Now
+ Direction
+ Share
+ Prioritization
+ Azm (Determination)
+ Life
+ A meaningful life
Destination
The Road
Map
Character of a driver
Fuel
Present Location
Driver
Telling everyone in the bus that the
destination that you want to go to is the best
for them.
Driving Skills
Driving along this road
Reading the map
You are driving a bus filled
with people going to a
destination
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8. The aggregate of features and traits that form the
individual nature of some person or thing
Character:
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9. Manner of behaving or acting
Behavior:
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10. The quality of being competent; adequacy;
possession of required skill, knowledge,
qualification, or capacity.
Competence:
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11. Having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, expe
rience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified
Competent:
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12. DMR’s

13. Conscious
Level
Sub-
conscious
Level
Unconscious
Level
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DMR’s (Discretionary Mental
Routines)

14. Multi-tasking Multi-processing
Conscious
Level
Sub-conscious
Level
 
 
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15. 1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
Slicing / Time
Sharing
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16. Slicing / Time
Sharing
Advantages Disadvantages
1. Saves Time 1. Lack of concentration
2. Loss of quality
3. Loss of resources due to
changing context
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17. Multi-tasking without multi-processing
through DMRs(Discretionary Mental Routines)
 DMR
Conscious
Level
Sub-
conscious
Level
Trigger
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18. Types of DMR
1. Instinct DMRs
- Sucking Milk
- Blinking of eyes
- Breathing
2. Motor DMRs
- Changing the gears of a car
- Cycling
- Swimming
3. Thought DMRs
- Instant thought DMRs
- Remembering the face of a person
- Repetitive thought DMRs
- Arithmetic
- Fighting Arrogance / Kibr
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19. Behavior = Conscious Thoughts
Instinct DMRs
Motor DMRs
Thought DMRs
+
+
+
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20. Watch your thoughts, they will become
your words
Watch your words, they will become your
actions
Watch your actions, they will become your
habits
Watch your habits, they will become your
character
Watch your character, it will become your
DESTINY
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21. Id (Desires)
Ego (Self)
Superego
(Virtue)
Child
(Emotional
Self)
Adult
(Reasoning
Self)
Parent
(Dogmatic)
‫مطمئنة‬ ‫نفس‬
‫امارة‬ ‫نفس‬
‫لوامة‬ ‫نفس‬
Psychology
(Freud)
Transactional
Psychology
Islam
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22. Reference Books
Fundamentals of leadership
1. Al Raheeq al Makhtoom by Shaikh Mubarakpuri
2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
3. The autobiography of Malcolm X
4. Tareekh-e-Dawat-o-Azeemat by Maulana Ali
Hasan Ali Nadwi
5. Bang-e-Dara by Dr. Mohammed Iqbal
6. The Embattled Innocence by Suleman Ahmer

23. Character
1. Tableegh-e-Deen by Imam Ghazali
2. I am OK, you are OK by Dr. Thomas Harris
3. Games people play by Dr. Eric Berne

24. Sharing
1. Crucial conversations by Kerry Patterson
2. Getting to Yes by William Ury
3. Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
4. Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
5. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by
Stephen Covey
6. Strategic Negotiations Skills by Suleman Ahmer

25. Facilitation
1. Principled Centered Leadership by Stephen
Covey
2. Strategic Time Management by Suleman Ahmer
3. Strategic Visions by Suleman Ahmer
4. Any good book on Project Management