848) Do you Dare to Dream?!

This week I wanna share with you a video that can help you in understanding why many people -including you perhaps- are reacting the way they do, and sticking to their comfort zone.


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Now after watching it, you should be doing the following:
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1. Establish how your time is spent:
Look back through your diary or log-sheet to work out how you spend your time. If you have not done so, log your activities for a period of a month to see where your time is going. 

2. Determine your problem areas:
What is making you use your life inefficiently? Externally, and Internally.

3. Be clear on your objectives and priorities:
Agree your precise role, objectives and targets in your work and life so that everyone knows what is expected of you, and put this in writing.

4. Tackle the enemy within you:
By Planning your strategies, Prioritizing your actions, Delegating stuff that aren't that important anymore, Reviewing and evaluating yourself, and always allocating enough time to explore and play.

So do you dare to go to the Magic Zone?

M.O.H.@.L.Y

838) Do you Progress into Success ?!

A wise man once said: "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure."

Have you ever thought about how to you know that you are successful or not? or How can you feel satisfied about yourself and your life regardless what job you are doing? .... I find many people in Egypt having a perception that success is having a good position in a big company and getting a big salary !! I find people prisoners of this one track-minded success. Success is not a position, nor the name of the employer, nor the amount of money you make. Success is a state of mind and a life-style where we are in-tune with what we do, want, and have.

Whether you had or hadn't thought about it, let me introduce some guides and measures that I compiled -and added to from my personal journey and findings- that may help you through understanding SUCCESS.

You are successful If:

1. You have a mission of what you are doing and a vision of why you are doing it, and a strategy of how you will be achieving it. This will be your guideline and benchmark in any future plan, risk, or decision. "Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success."
Swami Vivekananda 

2. You consider accomplishment a commitment not just a promise or a dream. You work hard, study, and try once, and twice till you reach what you want. "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome." Booker T. Washington 

3. You think about the solutions not the problem, and try always to find unconventional ways and ideas. Successful people turn problems into challenges, and challenges into opportunities and act upon them. "Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure." 
George Edward Woodberry 

4. You enjoy doing what you do and don't feel the time passing. I.e. you are inspired and motivated."Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally." David Frost 

5. You take the lessons from the past, and use it to enjoy the present and realistically plan the future. "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill 

6. You know what you say and when. "Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. "
Napoleon Hill 

7. You know what you are doing and assertive about it no matter what. Everybody is unique and has his own recipe of success.  "Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. " Bruce Lee

8. You do help others and not expect help from them, and remember that you can't please them all.

9. You put yourself in others shoes and treat them the way you wanna be treated regardless of their level.

10. Last and not least, if you have solid values and are sticking to it. "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value." Albert Einstein 

So how many have you got out of 10?

M.O.H.@.L.Y

773) Being Egyptian 2.0 :: Being Ants !!

I would like to dedicate this post to pay respect to one of the smallest creatures in the world, which I have learnt a lot from it, and I am asking you to join me in being one of its students; "The Ant".

Ants have taught me NOT TO SURRENDER. Ants never quit or surrender. I tried to stop it, and it never stops, it will always find a way or a strategy to reach its goal or DIE FOR IT!

Ants are always THINKING POSITIVELY. They are always looking for the first array of light to come out and enjoy the warmth even if it is an early summer day within winter. They keep thinking about Positive times during down times.

Ants are always PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. They are all over the place during the summer working hard to achieve their targets for the winter. They know that there are good and bad times, and they act accordingly to keep the balance by not taking the good times for granted, and being ready for the bad times.

Ants are AMBITIOUS. They don't stop and say, that is enough work for this year. They are always looking to give more work and get more results (food). They enjoy achievements.

Ants work in groups and enjoy TEAM WORK. They believe that the power of the group will be much better results that the power of the individual.

If you think that the Ants are weak, then you are deceived big time. Ants can handle pressure that is relatively equal to whole house if carried by a human, and they can survive a jump that is relatively equal to jumping from Cairo Tower.

So ..
Please Don't Surrender ... Don't Quit.
Please Think Positive .. and Be Realistic.
Please Plan for the Future .. and Enjoy the Present
Please be Ambitious ... and Don't Stop.
Please Work in Teams ... and Maximize the Results.


Egypt (can't run away from thinking politics) needs this kind of thinking ... Egypt needs its people not to be quitters, needs them to be positive, planning for the future, and building the present, ambitious, and enjoys working together to reach the common goal that we all dream about no matter our orientation or believes are.

God Bless Ants & Bless the Egyptians :)
Mohaly

664) The Vision - Episode 7 - How?!

You know now who you are, your uniquenss, what difference you can make, your vision about life and death...

Enough thinking about big stuff, let's move into actions...

What are the strategies that you are setting to achieve your goals and realize your vision?!

in other words, what are the sequenced actions that you are going to take (or is taking) to achieve your goals?

Note that the strategy is your fingerprint, give it some thought..

Think Realistic, Think Big, Think we khalas!!

Mohaly

591) Being Yourself !

Why is it always hard to be "yourself"?
Why are people looking for being like someone else while everyone can be unique in his or her own way based on his or her skills?
Why are we always looking for what others have and think that if we just have had that, we would have been happy and satisfied?
Why don't we make use of all what we have got first, and then start looking at what others have? I think if we did so, we won't have time to look to others aslan.
These thoughts were in my mind, but were personalized infront of me in this beautiful movie "Teer Enta" that I watched over the last weekend. I have chosen some important parts of the lyrics that really describe what I totally believe in, the parts in dark red do really touch a nerve.
Mohaly

ماتحاولش تبقى آي حد تاني
غير نفسك
دور بنفسك جوه نفسك
متكسلش قوم قلب ودور حتلاقي ميزتك
صدقني حتلاقي ميزتك

متحاولش تبقى حد تاني غير نفسك
خليك واثق في نفسك
قوم دور بنفسك جوه نفسك
حتلاقي حاجه. محدش فيها ينافسك
متحاولش تبقى حد تاني غير نفسك
دور بنفسك جوه نفسك
متكسلش قوم قلب دور حتلاقي ميزتك

الإنسان مابترضى حالك ودايما عاجبك حال الغير
مهما يكون حالتك دايما باصص للتغيير
صدقني لو بصيت جواك حتلاقي ياما كتير
قدرات مميزات إن كنت غني أو فقير
متقللش من نفسك ده أنت بنفسك طاقة خير
حتحقق كل إللي فنفسك وإللي يمسك خليه يطير

إرضى يا يابن آدم بإللي إتقسم عليك
ولوإني عارفك مش حترضى غير بتراب في عنيك
ربك ميز كل واحد منا بحاجه
فالناس تفضل لبعض دايما محتاجه

دور وإلقى ميزتك حاول حافظ عليها
طورها إتميز بيها حياتك حتلاقيها
رايقه وماشيه صح طول مأنت راضي بيها
إرضى بحياتك إنت وإقبلها باللي فيها
ده الرضا نعمه كبيره إحمد ربك عليها
وخدها مني كلمه مافي حاجه بتساويها

لومالكش عازه مكنتش إتخلقت
ولاإتحسبت مالناس ولا إترزقت

375) Your Power lies WITHIN !

Take a deep look at this video (Covey), and listen not just hear, watch not just see.

Your real power lies within, in order to make a difference in your society, company, family, and even country, you have to take control over yourself first. Don't wait till you are in the mode, you wont be. Don't wait for the government or even the e-government. Don't wait for your friends, colleagues, or family. Just START ... Stop moaning and start DOING!

Mohaly

363) Winning Kaman we Kaman!

What does our winning for the 2nd time in a row tell us?

It tells us that when there is strong leadership, clear mission, planned milestones & evaluation, quality time of training and development, and above all faith & team work, Egyptians win & it is very hard to stop them.... and when there is no vision, no plans, corruption (i before we), time wasting, and no team work, Egyptians lose everything & beating them is a piece of cake.

Football is not the issue, being Egyptians is!

Mohaly

MABROUK :))) we 3o2bal el ta3leem, wel se7a, wel eskan, wekl moror, wel deyon, wel .... etc.

347) The Hard Teacher!

One of my friends asked me why do we get shocked when we graduate and discover that we were dreaming?

My answer to her and to everyone is simply:
Experience is a hard teacher, because it gives the test first, then the lesson afterwards.

We need to have a mission, then experience will help us to set the right goals and objectives. As long as you are keeping your vision clear, and determined on your mission, any drawback will be an experience not a problem.

Mohaly

340) Mohaly in Hajj - BLOG BREAK!

Dear Blog Readers,

I am going to Hajj in couple of hours. The blog will not be updated for the coming 2 weeks (till Dec 27th) as I am taking a break from Life with no access to anything. However, You are welcome to raise any topic on this post comments or comment on the previous ones.

After I am back in-shaa-Allah, I will have more to say about the bright & dark sides of Egypt, Hajj experience, and a day by day report about Moh@ly blog 1st field trip carried out by the TWIN MINDS late December!

Join us (Mohaly & Gypo) after 2 weeks... HAPPY EID & MERRY CHRISTMAS :)))

Will miss you all,
Mohaly

337) Are we serious?!

Today in Ahram, Salah Montasir was wondering about how serious are we in solving our major problems..

هل نحن جادون في حل مشكلة المرور والسحابة السوداء والقمامة والحفاظ علي نظافة مياه النيل؟ وهل نحن جادون في حل مشكلة البطالة والهجرة غير المشروعة‏,‏ ومشكلات التعليم بما يتناسب مع التطور العالمي‏,‏ ومشكلة أطفال الشوارع والحفاظ علي الرقعة الزراعية؟ وهل نحن جادون في محاربة الفساد خاصة في المحليات ومقاومة العشوائيات والتاكسيات القديمة في شوارع المحروسة؟ هل نحن جادون في محاربة الارتفاع الجنوني في الأسعار ومكافحة المخدرات واستغلال الطاقة الشمسية وتطوير نظام الري وترشيد استهلاك المياه وإزالة الغام الصحراء الغربية واستثمار المنطقة زراعيا وصناعيا؟

so the question is are we serious? my answer is I DONT THINK SO!
As long as everyone is waiting for others to start, as long as there are people who benefit from this situation, as long as there is no real vision, strategies, & actions... then WE WILL NEVER BE SERIOUS!

Mohaly

298) The long term Rumor!

It seems that the ones who launched the rumors about Muabark's death had a long term plan of killing him softly. The President has been in DAILY public activities in Cairo, governorates, Lybia, Jordan, Saudi...since the start of Ramadan and he is 80!

Rabena yedeena gamee3an el se7a wal satr, we ye2adarnah 3ala khal3 Mubarak :)

Mohaly

257) Silly Questions that need Wise Answers!!

What are we doing?
What are we waiting for?
Why?
When?
How?

Do you know?
Are you sure?
really?!!!

Mohaly

209) Happy Summer!

Today is the official start of the summer and longest day in the year (almost 16 hours of daylight). So what are your plans for this summer (that is gonna be one of the hottest ever av. 37-40 degrees)?
Mohaly

154) Personal Planning: Before You start your plan...

You have to answer these questions first:

Where are you now?
Where do you wish to be?
How do you get there?
How do you measure progress.

"If you don't know where you are heading, you will probably end somewhere else".

Mohaly

153) People & Planning

I always say that in my trainings, what do you think?

Mohaly

100 Days...2007!

Today marks the 100 th day of the year. I think it is a good time to stop and see how far did you achieve in your new year's resolution.

- Did you do what you planned for?
- Did you enhance your plans, and execution?
- Did you loose faith in achieving them?
- Are you happy with what you did so far?
- Is there anything you want to change for a better achievement during the rest of the year?

Either keep the answer to yourself or share with us and discuss. El mohem that you know where are you heading and where are you now!

Mohaly