An Unexpected Briefing #airnzhobbit

Just a short one today, I thought this is funny and creative. The link was actually passed on via related work email. :)

To Lead or to be Lead?

Since I am on this trying to get back on the wagon for writing mood, let me share something that I gain last week. For the past 2 weeks, the company has been arranging session for people's development. This company I work with are among the forefront that creates top leaders, just to name a few, we have Idris Jala and the previous SC chairman, Zarinah Anwar. Even from the recruitment stage, they have various module to identify the 'leaders'.

We have been drilled with many leadership skills since the moment we step into the job, how much are we able to embed it, thats another debate. They used to have this thing called 9 Planets, which covers how a leader should behave/act, what should be done to cultivate that leadership quality. I barely knew all the planets and now they have changed to this new leadership attributes. Just so that I can remember what it is, I am sharing it here.

There was one particular session last week, the management team were called in and share their views on these attributes. Most of them started by sharing who inspires them i.e the role model. Which bags me to recall who was my role model. When I come to think of it, I normally don't emulate any good behaviours, I've seen many good leaders, in and out of the company, maybe some in school, but I have never made a conscious decision to start doing whatever that they are doing, or at least try to. Most of my actions or how I carry myself was on the basis "Don't do what this person is doing...". Which means I am avoiding what my bad role models are doing.

By taking that approach, does it do any good to my personal development? Maybe, but not so much in the direction that I potentially can achieve. I should start to do what is good, avoiding the bad, yes, but if I put to much constraints I'm afraid that I will end up doing nothing.

Main key take away from the session :

1. Value the things that we do. Having a proper process is good, but does all of it creates value? (Bak kata manager tu, jangan buat kerja syok sendiri :P)
2. Good managers/leaders are the one that able to stretch his people, able to identify how much the team can do, instead of going to the same willing person to get a job done.
3. Have a good relationship with people around you, as most of the things will be delivered by them.
4. Internalize what we want to do consistently until it becomes a habit, just do it, once your system recognize it can be done, you will be able to do it.
5. Last but not least (most importantly)...do not become indispensible, make whatever information that you holds visible to people, but of course within the boundary of authority the information is allowed to, based on your position.

There you go, you can take this and run away with it (read: me) or you can let it sits in your notebook, waiting for another moment of enlightenment in the future, take your pick.

About writing and all...

Nowadays, I am not thaaattt busy, and its not that I have nothing to write either, I have tonnes of materials to share (Surah Yusuf, anyone??) but somehow I just lost it. The ability and the sheer determination to write (or to type?). I do feel at lost by not writing. As if a part of me slowly fading away. Is this what people call writers block?

Who am I to call myself a writer, yes I do write stuff, non important stuffs to others but matters to me. I write things so that I won't forget (oh how I wish to have memories like an elephant :) ) There are times when I came across something, it hits me, I have to blog about this, but the moment IE is on, I got distracted by many other stuffs. I am losing focus. I need to get back on track.

It was not like this before, perhaps age is a factor? Riiigghhhttt.....conviniently blaming the age, keep it up girl...! Indeed istiqamah is a very challenging trait, and one has to start somewhere.

p/s: the most narcissistic post ever, count the number of 'I' apperance :P 

Mount Kinabalu Expedition 2012 montage

Buat kak yong, layan rock kapak jap, lagu ni yang first ni buat naik semangat!!

Wordless Wednesday

Heaven....!!!

Me: I ternampak out of office mail from farrah, she's on maternity leave till feb 2013, thats 6 months!! gila kaya, company only bagi 2 months, lain tu kira unpaid,


S: lamanya

Me: paling abis pon 3 rd month setengah bulan gaji

S: dia amek sabbatical? is that even the right spelling

Me: entahla...adui..if only money is not a constraint kita pon boleh gak..i wanna go arab/spain 3 bulan, belajar bahasa dorang, balik sini fluent boleh bukak kelas bahasa

S:heheheheh and then buat full time , happier i think

Me:me think so too...bukak bakeri kat seblah tu, heaven!!!

pic curik dari pakcik google :D

An Epic Journey part 8

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullahiwabarakatuh...

Slowly but surely, here is the next part, may we all take the lesson from this one ayat. :)

“Kill Yusuf or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance [i.e., attention] of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people."

It is apparent from this ayah,	…that the brothers are determined to seek forgiveness for this sin before committing the crime.
	The danger of falling prey to Shaytan’s whispers.
	25. We should take heed from this part of the story by knowing that the truth should be adhered to in all situations, even if it means going against majority.
	26. How sins gives rise to more sins.
	27. How anger and jealousy lead to sin. Both characteristics are a result of the evil whispers of Shaytan, which only lead to evil, sins and tragedy.

Evils of Jealousy
Definition	Jealousy or envy is defined as resenting the blessing of Allah that has been granted to the one being envied. The envier wishes that the blessing were taken away from the other person regardless of whether he wants that blessings or not.
Existence of jealousy: proof from the Al-Qur’an	Many of the People of the Scripture wish they could turn you back to disbelief after you have believed, out of envy from themselves [even] after the truth has become clear to them. So pardon and overlook until Allah delivers His command. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent. – Al-Baqarah : 109 And from the evil of an envier when he envies." – Al-Falaq: 5 Hasad: when Allah gives somebody something and you wish you can have that by taking it away from that person.
Existence of jealousy: proof from the Sunnah	“ The Prophet said: The disease of a nation who came before you has started to spread among you: jealousy and hatred. This is the shaver (destroyer); I do not say that it shaves hair, but it shaves (destroys) faith. By the One Whose Hand is my soul, you will not enter paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I not tell you of that which will strengthen the love between you? Spread (the greetings of) salam among yourselves. ” At-Tirmidhi
Scholars explain that the jealousy can be caused by:	Enmity: one has ill feeling for a person and does not want to see anything good happen to that person. Ambition: it hurts one to see someone else progresses ahead or above oneself. Pride and arrogance: when a person is self-conceited and arrogant, he feels jealous to witness anyone else progressing or doing better. Astonishment: sometimes one feels astonished and surprised that another can do better than oneself. Fear: that if another obtains something, then he himself might not have it. Desire for power and prestige: sometimes one becomes jealous because one wants to make himself seem better by putting others down. Evil nature and avarice of the heart: some people just do not like to see others happy. They want to see the whole world in misery and difficulty except themselves.
Remedies for jealousy	We must remember that it is haram and that it displeases Allah SWT. An effective remedy to overcome jealousy is to strive to do good to the person we feel jealous to, especially in the matter that we feel jealous off. For example, if the jealousy tells us to harm a person or do bad things, try to do good, show more kindness or make that person happy. This is not an easy task, but a necessary one. You will please Allah, avoid a sin and render your heart content and at peace.

If you see something good in or with another person and you also want the same thing for yourself, without hating the other person or wishing for that person to lose that good thing, then this is not called jealousy in Islam, its called Ghibtah.

It is narrated that the Prophet said: “Do not envy one another, do not sever ties with one another, do not hate one another, and be, O slaves of Allah, brothers.”

Abdullah Ibnu Mas’ud narrates that the Prophet SAW said: “Nothing deserve to be jealous of except when a person is given two things, (1) wealth and spend it well to the road of Allah, and (2) Al-Qur’an and Sunnah, and he understands, practise and spreads the teaching of both.”

Wallahua'lam...