My Source Of Motivation

Di zaman Nabi Allah Sulaiman berlaku satu peristiwa, apabila Nabi Allah Sulaiman nampak seekor semut melata di atas batu; lantas Nabi Allah Sulaiman merasa hairan bagaimana semut ini hendak hidup di atas batu yang kering di tengah-tengah padang pasir yang tandus.

Nabi Allah Sulaiman pun bertanya kepada semut: " Wahai semut apakah engkau yakin ada makanan cukup untuk kamu".

Semut pun menjawab: "Rezeki di tangan ALLAH, aku percaya rezeki di tangan ALLAH, aku yakin di atas batu kering di padang pasir yang tandus ini ada rezeki untuk ku".

Lantas Nabi Allah Sulaiman pun bertanya: " Wahai semut, berapa banyakkah engkau makan? Apakah yang engkau gemar makan? Dan banyak mana engkau makan dalam sebulan?"

Jawab semut: "Aku makan hanya sekadar sebiji gandum sebulan".

Nabi Allah Sulaiman pun mencadangkan: "Kalau kamu makan hanya sebiji gandum sebulan tak payah kamu melata di atas batu, aku boleh tolong".

Nabi Allah Sulaiman pun mengambil satu bekas, dia angkat semut itu dan dimasukkan ke dalam bekas; kemudian Nabi ambil gandum sebiji, dibubuh dalam bekas dan tutup bekas itu. Kemudian Nabi tinggal semut didalam bekas dengan sebiji gandum selama satu bulan.

Bila cukup satu bulan Nabi Allah Sulaiman lihat gandum sebiji tadi hanya dimakan setengah sahaja oleh semut, lantas Nabi Allah Sulaiman menemplak semut: "Kamu rupanya berbohong pada aku!. Bulan lalu kamu kata kamu makan sebiji gandum sebulan, ini sudah sebulan tapi kamu makan setengah".

Jawab semut: "Aku tidak berbohong, aku tidak berbohong, kalau aku ada di atas batu aku pasti makan apapun sehingga banyaknya sama seperti sebiji gandum sebulan, kerana makanan itu aku cari sendiri dan rezeki itu datangnya daripada Allah dan Allah tidak pernah lupa padaku. Tetapi bila kamu masukkan aku dalam bekas yang tertutup, rezeki aku bergantung pada kamu dan aku tak percaya kepada kamu, sebab itulah aku makan setengah sahaja supaya tahan dua bulan. Aku takut kamu lupa".

Itulah Iman Semut!!

IMAN MANUSIA??

Di zaman Imam Suffian, ada seorang hamba Allah yang kerjanya mengorek kubur orang mati. Kerja korek kubur orang mati bukan kerja orang ganjil. Bila ada orang mati, mayat terpaksa ditanam, oleh itu kubur perlu digali dulu. Tetapi yang ganjil mengenai hamba Allah ini ialah dia tidak gali kubur untuk tanam mayat.

Sebaliknya apabila orang mati sudah ditanam, waris sudah lama balik kerumah dan Munkar Nakir sudah menyoal, barulah penggali ini datang ke kubur untuk korek balik.

Dia nak tengok macam mana rupa mayat setelah di INTERVIEW oleh Munkar Nakir. Dia korek 1 kubur, 2 kubur, 3 kubur, 10 kubur, 50 kubur sampai 100 kubur. Lepas itu, penggali pergi kepada Imam Suffian dan bertanya kepadanya: "Ya Imam, kenapakah daripada 100kubur orang Islam yang aku gali, dua sahaja yang mana mayat di dalamnya masih berhadap kiblat. Yang 98 lagi sudah beralih ke belakang?".

Jawab Imam Suffian:" Diakhir zaman hanya 2 dari 100 umat Islam yang percaya rezeki itu di tangan Allah. 98 orang lagi tidak percaya bahawa rezeki di tangan Tuhan".

Itulah sebabnya apabila umat Islam tertekan dengan SOGOKAN duit yang banyak, biasanya, iman dia akan beralih. Nyatalah iman semut lebih kuat dari iman manusia.

Kata Saidina Ali kepada Kamil: "

"ILMU ITU LEBIH BAIK DARIPADA HARTA, ILMU MENJAGA ENGKAU DAN ENGKAU MENJAGA HARTA, ILMU MENJADI HAKIM, HARTA DIHAKIMKAN, HARTA BERKURANGAN APABILA DIBELANJAKAN DAN ILMU BERTAMBAH APABILA DIBELANJAKAN" .

Antara Orang-orang yang Didoakan oleh Malaikat

Assalamualaikum wbth,

My beloved friends,

There are so many things to do in life isn't ? There are too many ways to go, too many options to choose, too little time we have...

CAREER is a means for you to groom yourself and achieve your goals with satisfaction. It is a waste if we separate our career with others as we waste 8 prime hour a day, 5 days a week for 30 years! If you 'divorce' the career with others, it will mean that you only get back your prime 8 hours at age of 55. SO? Love your Career and align it to your goals along with all the other things you want to achieve.

How to start realigning the career to meets our goals?
Remember SMART, not RM2 'terowong' SMART.

How to create an action plan and monitor your progress towards achieving SMART goals?

To achieve a professional goal, start by creating a goal statement using the SMART goal setting technique. Once you have a strong goal statement, it is now time to create an action plan to map out how you will achieve the goal.

The process is as follows:

1. I ask them to write their goal statement on a large sticky note.
2. I then give them smaller sticky notes and ask them, “What will it take to attain your goal?” They start to list off all of the tasks that they will need to do and each task is written on a sticky note. After they have a few of the top-of-mind tasks listed (in no particular order), I keep asking the questions “And what needs to be done to complete this task?” My objective input helps to make sure everything has been considered so partner with someone that can help you see the forest for the trees.
3. Once we have a complete list of all the tasks that need to be done, I ask them to set a deadline to achieve their goal.
4. I then ask them to commit to a goal achievement schedule for the next two months e.g. 2 hours on Monday evening, 2 hours on Thursday morning and 4 hours on Saturday.
5. We then use another colour of ink to mark the time it will take (in hours) to complete each task on a small sticky note.
6. The sticky notes are arranged in sequential order and are added to a spreadsheet. The column headings are: Task Type (broad category like meeting or phone call), Description, Time Estimate, Actual Time, Scheduled (date in the goal achievement schedule), Completed and Progress.
7. We then work through the plan together. I help them to get over any hurdles and learn from any time management mistakes i.e. over or under budgeting the time it takes to complete a task.
8. At the end of the process, I encourage my clients to celebrate achieving their goal. I believe this is a very important step in the process.

My experience has been that clients who work with me through this process see how they can use the same techniques for goals in other areas of their lives.

But remember, berdoa agar Allah tetapkan pendirian kita dengan goal yang kita plan, jangan jadi macam pepatah melayu, sekali air bah, sekali pantai berubah.

credit: A. Jada

Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timely

Specific - A specific goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished than a general goal. To set a specific goal you must answer the six "W" questions:

*Who: Who is involved?
*What: What do I want to accomplish?
*Where: Identify a location.
*When: Establish a time frame.
*Which: Identify requirements and constraints.
*Why: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal.

EXAMPLE: A general goal would be, "Get in shape." But a specific goal would say, "Join a health club and workout 3 days a week."

Measurable - Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the attainment of each goal you set. When you measure your progress, you stay on track, reach your target dates, and experience the exhilaration of achievement that spurs you on to continued effort required to reach your goal.

To determine if your goal is measurable, ask questions such as......How much? How many? How will I know when it is accomplished?

Attainable - When you identify goals that are most important to you, you begin to figure out ways you can make them come true. You develop the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them. You begin seeing previously overlooked opportunities to bring yourself closer to the achievement of your goals.

You can attain most any goal you set when you plan your steps wisely and establish a time frame that allows you to carry out those steps. Goals that may have seemed far away and out of reach eventually move closer and become attainable, not because your goals shrink, but because you grow and expand to match them. When you list your goals you build your self-image. You see yourself as worthy of these goals, and develop the traits and personality that allow you to possess them.

Realistic - To be realistic, a goal must represent an objective toward which you are both willing and able to work. A goal can be both high and realistic; you are the only one who can decide just how high your goal should be. But be sure that every goal represents substantial progress. A high goal is frequently easier to reach than a low one because a low goal exerts low motivational force. Some of the hardest jobs you ever accomplished actually seem easy simply because they were a labor of love.

Your goal is probably realistic if you truly believe that it can be accomplished. Additional ways to know if your goal is realistic is to determine if you have accomplished anything similar in the past or ask yourself what conditions would have to exist to accomplish this goal.

Timely - A goal should be grounded within a time frame. With no time frame tied to it there's no sense of urgency. If you want to lose 10 lbs, when do you want to lose it by? "Someday" won't work. But if you anchor it within a timeframe, "by May 1st", then you've set your unconscious mind into motion to begin working on the goal.

T can also stand for Tangible - A goal is tangible when you can experience it with one of the senses, that is, taste, touch, smell, sight or hearing. When your goal is tangible you have a better chance of making it specific and measurable and thus attainable.

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A Blog Post by Singapore 's Youngest Millionaire

By Adam Khoo In Money

Some of you may already know that I travel around the region pretty frequently, having to visit and conduct seminars at my offices in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Suzhou (China).. I am in the airport almost every other week so I get to bump into many people who have attended my seminars or have read my books.

Recently, someone came up to me on a plane to KL and looked rather shocked. He asked, 'How come a millionaire like you is travelling economy?' My reply was, 'That's why I am a millionaire.' He still looked pretty confused. This again confirms that greatest lie ever told about wealth (which I wrote about in my latest book 'Secrets of Self Made Millionaires'). Many people have been brainwashed to think that millionaires have to wear Gucci, Hugo Boss, Rolex, and sit on first class in air travel. This is why so many people never become rich because the moment that earn more money, they think that it is only natural that they spend more, putting them back to square one.

The truth is that most self-made millionaires (not those lucky bast**ds who inherited or misappropriated money) are frugal and only spend on what is necessary and of value. That is why they are able to accumulate and multiply their wealth so much faster. Over the last 7 years, I have saved about 80% of my income while today I save only about 60% (because I have my wife, mother in law, 2 maids, 2 kids, etc. to support). Still, it is way above most people who save 10% of their income (if they are lucky). I refuse to buy a first class ticket or to buy a $300 shirt because I think that it is a complete waste of money. However, I happily pay $1,300 to send my 2-year old daughter to Julia Gabriel Speech and Drama without thinking twice.

When I joined the YEO (Young Entrepreneur's Organization) a few years back (YEO is an exclusive club open to those who are under 40 and make over $1m a year in their own business) I discovered that those who were self-made thought like me. Many of them with net worths well over $5m, travelled economy class and some even drove Toyota's and Nissans (not Audis, Mercs, BMWs).

I noticed that it was only those who never had to work hard to build their own wealth (there were also a few ministers' and tycoons' sons in the club) who spent like there was no tomorrow. Somehow, when you did not have to build everything from scratch, you do not really value money. This is precisely the reason why a family's wealth (no matter how much) rarely lasts past the third generation. Thank God my rich dad (oh no! I sound like Kiyosaki) foresaw this terrible possibility and refused to give me a cent to start my business.

Then some people ask me, 'What is the point in making so much money if you don't enjoy it?' The thing is that I don't really find happiness in buying branded clothes, jewellery or sitting first class. Even if buying something makes me happy it is only for a while, it does not last.. Material happiness never lasts, it just give you a quick fix. After a while you feel lousy again and have to buy the next thing which you think will make you happy. I always think that if you need material things to make you happy, then you live a pretty sad and unfulfilled life.

Instead, what make ME happy is when I see my children laughing and playing and learning so fast. What makes me happy is when I see by companies and trainers reaching more and more people every year in so many more countries. What makes me really happy is when I read all the emails about how my books and seminars have touched and inspired someone's life. What makes me really happy is reading all your wonderful posts about how this BLOG is inspiring you. This happiness makes me feel really good for a long time, much much more than what a Rolex would do for me.

I think the point I want to put across is that happiness must come from doing your life's work (be in teaching, building homes, designing, trading, winning tournaments etc.) and the money that comes is only a by-product. If you hate what you are doing and rely on the money you earn to make you happy by buying stuff, then I think that you are living a life of meaningless.