Sunday's Vitamin: Success is dangerous!

Success can be very dangerous…

Many people when reach their desired success or goals, stop doing the things that made them excel;

    Their inner fire & motive become a history & begin to diminish.

    Arrogance (غرور أو ثقة زائدة) can appear in.

    Taking tasks & projects lightly may happen.

    The will to reach a higher level might be over.

On the other side, world class icons in every field know that if they reached the top of one mountain, it will not be the end of their journey, and they even use their new position to find the next peaks to climb.

As Nelson Mandela said:

"After climbing a great hill,

one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."

Please know that you were great yesterday because you did great things yesterday. And if you do average things tomorrow, you will be just an average person tomorrow.

So always keep motivated & working at your best, and use your achievements to seek higher ones.

However, my final advice is to love what you have before you go for what you want. And to rest for a moment to enjoy your achievements, and then complete the climb for your new higher goals.

Sunday's Vitamin: Can I change my style?!

Many of us are convinced that they should change

some of their personal or professional styles & behaviors

May be you have tried to improve your fitness, to change your diet, to modify the way you work, or to better manage your time. However, after few attempts, or after few days, you may stop your planned change, and return to your normal life style.

Why does this happen?

How can you really change your life style to the better?

If you're searching for an answer, just listen to & watch this audiovisual presentation (8 minutes), by clicking on the following slide:

Sunday's Vitamin: One Year of Vitamins!

It is a complete year of Vitamins, I wish you have enjoyed, learned & practiced its weekly doses. And I really hope to continue the vitamin course with you through the coming year.

That is why I'd like to present a simple anniversary gift for you; a valuable book on leadership & self mastery, wishing that it would be of value for your personal & professional pathways.

Just click on the book & download it:

Wishing you another energetic year

Sunday's Vitamin: Worried about "Change"?!

Few decades ago, the business environment was like a straight forward cruise in a calm river; the path was known & the major challenges could be well anticipated.

In contrast, today's business environment is like an adventure in an angry river; the path of the river can change in every minute & the challenges can come from any direction.
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How can I manage this continuous change?

Can I adapt quickly?

Can I benefit from a change to develop my business?

Just have a look on the following presentation,

wishing that it would offer you some important answers:

Sunday's Vitamin: Two more mistakes!

Last week, we have discussed 2 important time management mistakes, that can lead us to wasting our time … and life.

This week we would talk about another 2 mistakes. Please try to avoid them, to get the best out of your time … and life.

Mistake number 3: Always saying "Yes".

This problem occurs when you say "Yes" to almost any request, without considering first the importance of such task and how much work does it need.

Always saying "Yes" will lead you to a feeling of overload & stress, and to losing your most important tasks & priorities.

What is the solution?

1- Always be aware of your priorities; the things that should be done to reach your most important goals.

2- Before you accept any request, learn to think about its importance relative to the things you are planning to do on that day, and then decide if the task can be postponed to a more suitable time, delegated to other person, or cancelled for all.

Mistake number 4: Procrastination (بعدين، لما أفضى، لما أروق، ...).

Procrastination (التسويف) is the opposite of the previous mistake. It is to postpone an important heavy task, by making yourself busy with less important easy tasks.

For example: I have an important report that should be sent to my manager by the end of the week, but everyday, I postpone working on it, waiting for mind clarity or fearing from its difficulty, filling my time with trivial work, until the last day of the week comes, where I would be highly stressed to finish the needed report.

What is the solution?

1- Again, know your priorities and put in your mind the importance of the task and the bad consequences of not doing it on time.

2- Break down any large task into smaller steps that can be finished in 1 or 2 hours, so that you are more willing to start, and less fearful from the task complexity or difficulty.

3- Believe in the nice idea stated by Goethe (the German poet & writer):

“Just begin, and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed”.

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم

(احرص على ما ينفعك واستعن بالله ولا تعجز)

صدق عليه الصلاة و السلام

Sunday's Vitamin: Don't fall in those mistakes!

In today's life, we are continuously running to reach a variety of goals, to accomplish diverse tasks & to fulfill different responsibilities. All of this puts a huge pressure on our time and on how we use it.

However, our time is a fixed resource; we can't buy more hours for our days, nor save some days to use them at the end of a stressful week!

That is why it is important to improve the way we utilize this valuable fixed resource (time) & work to get the best out of it.

In this couple of weeks we would discuss some common time management mistakes, through which we waste our time… and life.

Try to correct these mistakes, and you would significantly increase your productivity & efficiency.

Mistake number 1: Keeping too many things in your head.

A common mistake is trying to use your memory to save all the things you need to do through your day or week. This mistake will lead you to some problems:

    - A continuous feeling of overload & anxiety.

    - Inability to fully focus on a single task.

    - Sure, you will forget some important things, or remember them in the last minute!

What is the solution?

Write your goals & things to do down. This will enable you to organize your thinking and to work efficiently on various projects & tasks, without feeling that ugly mental overload.

Mistake number 2: Doing whatever grabs your attention first.

Instead of carefully selecting what to do or where to go next, based on the importance of the task, we usually do what jumps into our minds first, what is requested from us first, or what our mood tells us to do!

The problem is that those urgent things are not always important, and if we continuously run after these matters, we would have no time for the really important things that would truly improve our business & our life.

What is the solution?

Always plan to use your time according to the importance of the task, not according to the urgency of the task.

Try to be continually aware about your priorities, that truly help you achieve your most valuable personal & professional goals... AND DO THEM FIRST.

( ما من يوم ينشق فجره إلا ويُنادى: يا ابن آدم أنا خلق جديد، وعلى عملك شهيد،

فتزوّد منى فإني إذا مضيت لا أعود إلى يوم القيامة)

صدق رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم

Sunday's Vitamin: About HOPE!

So, always believe that ...

قال الله تعالى فى الحديث القدسى

"أنا عند ظن عبدي بي ، وأنا معه إذا ذكرني"

صدق على الصلاة و السلام فى ما بلغ عن الله تعالى