Selamat berpuasa kepada sahabat semua!
Sungguh cepat masa berlalu.Hari ini dah masuk 25 hari kita berpuasa. Sedar tidak sedar, Ramadan yang penuh keberkatan tak lama lagi akan meninggalkan kita.Bagi mereka yang benar-benar menjiwai dan menghayati makna Ramadan tentulah berdukacita kerana bulan-bulan yang mendatang pastinya tidak sama sebagaimana keberkatan yang tersedia untuk beribadah dengan ganjaran berganda seperti di bulan Ramadan ini.
Kita tak pasti samada kita masih berkesempatan mengecapi Ramadan pada tahun-tahun akan datang. Oleh itu marilah kita menggunakan setiap detik yang tersisa ini untuk menggandakan amalan dan ibadah pada hari-hari terakhir ini yang hanya tinggal 5 hari lagi.
Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. Rasulullah mengajarkan umatnya agar melipatgandakan ibadah pada 10 malam terakhir Ramadan melebihi malam-malam yang lain.Seperti yang ramai sudah maklum, di malam-malam terakhir terkandung satu malam yang dipanggil Lailatulqadar atau Malam al-Qadar yang cukup istimewa bagaikan hadiah tidak ternilai dari Allah buat umat Islam. Ini disebut secara jelas dalam al-Quran: Firman Allah S.W.T, ”Sesungguhnya Kami telah menurunkan (al-Quran) ini pada Malam al-Qadar. Dan bagaimana engkau dapat mengetahui kebesaran Malam al-Qadar itu? Malam al-Qadar lebih baik daripada seribu bulan. Pada malam itu, turun malaikat dan Jibrail dengan izin Tuhan mereka, kerana membawa segala perkara (yang ditakdirkan berlakunya pada tahun yang berikut); Sejahteralah Malam (yang berkat) itu hingga terbit fajar!” (Al-Qadr: 1-5).
Kesungguhan Nabi beribadah telah disebut dalam sebuah Hadis : “Apabila telah masuk bulan Ramadan, maka Nabi menghidupkan malam, mengejutkan isterinya dan mengetatkan kainnya (tidak menyetubuhi isterinya kerana amat sibuk dengan ibadat yang khusus).” ( Riwayat al-Bukhari dan Muslim).
Matlamat utama kita dalam mengejar malam al-Qadar ini bukanlah sekadar untuk kita mengharapkan doa kita yang bersifat kebendaan semata-mata dimakbulkan Allah. Sebaliknya, matlamat untuk mengejar malam al-Qadar adalah bagi mendapatkan kerahmatan dan keampunan Allah di atas segala apa yang telah segala kesilapan dan dosa yang telahdilakukan di atas muka bumi ini.
Nabi S.A.W. telah mengajar kita untuk berdoa; ”Ya Allah sesungguhnya Engkaulah Maha Pengampun, dan amat suka memberi ampun, maka berikanlah daku keampunan”.
Oleh itu marilah kita sama-sama merebut peluang dan kesempatan ini meningkatkan amalan ibadah agar hidup lebih bermakna di dunia dan akhirat kelak.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Friday, October 5, 2007
Power Steps to Your Success
The following power steps structure your thinking to make sure the
actions you take will drive you towards success.
Power Step #1: Be In Charge Of Your Life
Caring what other people think of you puts them in charge of your
life, instead of you.
Most of us are brought up (rightfully so) to consider others. But,
unless we are discerning, we soon find ourselves caught up in a job
we can't stand, or living in a relationship which makes us unhappy,
or getting caught up in the spiral of poverty.
'Other people' slavery kills your creativity, your energy and drive
towards your own goals and fulfilling your dreams. It stops you
from going to places you want to visit and enjoying the kind of
entertainment that you enjoy. So, make certain you're not always
driven to do things, merely because you're worried about what other
people think of you. Be confident in who you are!
Power Step #2: Strive to be Different
Nearly everyone you know will strive to be normal - because it's
socially acceptable. But the normal person goes nowhere special and
achieves the mundane.
Power Step #3: Look to the Future
If you dwell on your past mistakes your creativity can crash to a
grinding halt and you will be unable to move forward. Losing is
good if you interpret it correctly.
Don't regard mistakes as mistakes. It ceases to be a mistake and
loses its power to hold you back if you can learn to be glad that
you've not failed but learned valuable lessons in life. That
attitude will help you to build future successes.
Blessed is he who is not discouraged by mistakes. Blessed is he who
is glad he makes mistakes. Winning - or losing - is a state of mind.
Power Step #4: It's Never Too Late
If you have a goal and you find yourself saying 'it's too late',
the only way to conquer that fear is to ignore it and go ahead and
do the thing you fear. It's NEVER too late if you have the courage
and the passion to follow your dream.
Power Step #5: Don't Crave Security
The idea of insurance is to cushion the impact of the unexpected.
In theory it's a good idea, but it has turned our society into a
population of security seekers. It has weakened our strength as
individuals who know we can surmount any problem or situation that
life throws our way.
The stifling extent of this slavery is enormous. The more security
we have the less psychological freedom we can enjoy and the less
our chances are of success and abundance.
If you want to make sure you don't stifle your need for excitement:
1. Dare to be individual.
2. Dare to develop your own style - instead of following fashion.
3. Dare to study and work to improve yourself in your profession.
4. Dare to have a positive mental attitude and the courage to try.
In other words: Dare to take a chance.
Power Step #6: I Am Certain to Win
Our minds drive us to achieve exactly what we believe we're capable
of achieving. This is good news because once we understand this and
master the art of controlled thinking, then we can guide our
destiny towards success.
If you need to break the bonds of 'I'm certain to fail' slavery:
1. Hold positive chats with yourself.
2.Surround yourself with positive people.
3. Think, 'I'm going to succeed'
4. Think, 'I'm a winner'.
The only person you will have to convince is yourself. Other people
are automatically convinced you're great and a success, after you
have convinced yourself.
actions you take will drive you towards success.
Power Step #1: Be In Charge Of Your Life
Caring what other people think of you puts them in charge of your
life, instead of you.
Most of us are brought up (rightfully so) to consider others. But,
unless we are discerning, we soon find ourselves caught up in a job
we can't stand, or living in a relationship which makes us unhappy,
or getting caught up in the spiral of poverty.
'Other people' slavery kills your creativity, your energy and drive
towards your own goals and fulfilling your dreams. It stops you
from going to places you want to visit and enjoying the kind of
entertainment that you enjoy. So, make certain you're not always
driven to do things, merely because you're worried about what other
people think of you. Be confident in who you are!
Power Step #2: Strive to be Different
Nearly everyone you know will strive to be normal - because it's
socially acceptable. But the normal person goes nowhere special and
achieves the mundane.
Power Step #3: Look to the Future
If you dwell on your past mistakes your creativity can crash to a
grinding halt and you will be unable to move forward. Losing is
good if you interpret it correctly.
Don't regard mistakes as mistakes. It ceases to be a mistake and
loses its power to hold you back if you can learn to be glad that
you've not failed but learned valuable lessons in life. That
attitude will help you to build future successes.
Blessed is he who is not discouraged by mistakes. Blessed is he who
is glad he makes mistakes. Winning - or losing - is a state of mind.
Power Step #4: It's Never Too Late
If you have a goal and you find yourself saying 'it's too late',
the only way to conquer that fear is to ignore it and go ahead and
do the thing you fear. It's NEVER too late if you have the courage
and the passion to follow your dream.
Power Step #5: Don't Crave Security
The idea of insurance is to cushion the impact of the unexpected.
In theory it's a good idea, but it has turned our society into a
population of security seekers. It has weakened our strength as
individuals who know we can surmount any problem or situation that
life throws our way.
The stifling extent of this slavery is enormous. The more security
we have the less psychological freedom we can enjoy and the less
our chances are of success and abundance.
If you want to make sure you don't stifle your need for excitement:
1. Dare to be individual.
2. Dare to develop your own style - instead of following fashion.
3. Dare to study and work to improve yourself in your profession.
4. Dare to have a positive mental attitude and the courage to try.
In other words: Dare to take a chance.
Power Step #6: I Am Certain to Win
Our minds drive us to achieve exactly what we believe we're capable
of achieving. This is good news because once we understand this and
master the art of controlled thinking, then we can guide our
destiny towards success.
If you need to break the bonds of 'I'm certain to fail' slavery:
1. Hold positive chats with yourself.
2.Surround yourself with positive people.
3. Think, 'I'm going to succeed'
4. Think, 'I'm a winner'.
The only person you will have to convince is yourself. Other people
are automatically convinced you're great and a success, after you
have convinced yourself.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Petua Orang Menyukai Kita
Dalam kehidupan seharian kita tak dapat lari dari pergaulan dengan orang ramai.Oleh itu untuk menjadi seorang yang disenangi dikalangan rakan-rakan, beberapa kemahiran berkaitan perhubungan manusia amatlah diperlukan.
Di bawah ini diberikan beberapa tip agar kita disukai ramai:
1.Belajar untuk mengingati nama-nama.Ini akan menunjukkan yang kita minat terhadapnya.Perlu kita ingat bahawa nama, kedudukan, gelaran seseorang itu amat penting bagi dirinya.Hafal dan sebutlah namanya berulang kali.
2.Jadilah orang yang ‘disenangi’ supaya tidak wujud sebarang tekanan untuk bersama anda.
3.Jadilah seorang pendengar yang baik.Tunjukkan minat anda yang lebih terhadap segala percakapannya dan bukan sebaliknya.Pandang matanya menunjukkan yang anda minat dengan apa yang diperkatakannya.Berilah pujian ikhlas dan ucapan penghargaan kepadanya.
4.Jangan menjadi egoistik.Elakkan diri daripada memberi terlalu banyak pandangan seolah-olah kita saja yang tahu segala-galanya; pamerkan sifat merendah diri.
5.Pupukkan kualiti diri anda yang sentiasa menarik, mengembirakan dan memberangsangkan, supaya orang ingin bersama anda dan mendapatkan kerjasama dari anda!!
6.Belajar untuk menghapuskan unsur yang tidak elok dan tidak sesuai yang mungkin tidak anda sedari.Hapuskan daripada personaliti anda.Serlahkan personaliti yang lebih membina.!!
7.Tawarkan pertolongan atau bantuan kepada seseorang terlebih dahulu – sebelum anda meminta apa jua bentuk bantuan dan pertolongan daripadanya.Jadilah seseorang yang ‘diperlukan’, diharapkan dan amat ‘berguna.’
8.Praktikkan sifat sukakan orang dan hormatkan orang sehingga ia menjadi sebagai sifat semula jadi anda dan amalan anda!!!.Dalamilah ilmu kemahiran kemanusian anda.
9.Ambil kesempatan untuk mengucapkan tahniah atas kejayaan seseorang dan nyatakan rasa simpati atas kedukaan atau kegagalannya.Kongsilah perasaan anda bersamanya!!
10.Praktikkan daya tarikan peribadi anda yang bermagnet.Pesonakan orang lain dengan memenuhi keperluan ‘naluri’ mereka yang meronta ‘kehausan’ akan perhatian, penghargaan, sanjungan, keprihatinan dan kasih sayang.
Penuhi keperluan dan kehendak-kehendak ini dengan penuh keikhlasan, rasa tanggungjawab dan kerelaan.Insya Allah, anda akan menjadi orang yang paling disukai, dikehendaki dan ANDA
MENGUASAI!!!!!
Di bawah ini diberikan beberapa tip agar kita disukai ramai:
1.Belajar untuk mengingati nama-nama.Ini akan menunjukkan yang kita minat terhadapnya.Perlu kita ingat bahawa nama, kedudukan, gelaran seseorang itu amat penting bagi dirinya.Hafal dan sebutlah namanya berulang kali.
2.Jadilah orang yang ‘disenangi’ supaya tidak wujud sebarang tekanan untuk bersama anda.
3.Jadilah seorang pendengar yang baik.Tunjukkan minat anda yang lebih terhadap segala percakapannya dan bukan sebaliknya.Pandang matanya menunjukkan yang anda minat dengan apa yang diperkatakannya.Berilah pujian ikhlas dan ucapan penghargaan kepadanya.
4.Jangan menjadi egoistik.Elakkan diri daripada memberi terlalu banyak pandangan seolah-olah kita saja yang tahu segala-galanya; pamerkan sifat merendah diri.
5.Pupukkan kualiti diri anda yang sentiasa menarik, mengembirakan dan memberangsangkan, supaya orang ingin bersama anda dan mendapatkan kerjasama dari anda!!
6.Belajar untuk menghapuskan unsur yang tidak elok dan tidak sesuai yang mungkin tidak anda sedari.Hapuskan daripada personaliti anda.Serlahkan personaliti yang lebih membina.!!
7.Tawarkan pertolongan atau bantuan kepada seseorang terlebih dahulu – sebelum anda meminta apa jua bentuk bantuan dan pertolongan daripadanya.Jadilah seseorang yang ‘diperlukan’, diharapkan dan amat ‘berguna.’
8.Praktikkan sifat sukakan orang dan hormatkan orang sehingga ia menjadi sebagai sifat semula jadi anda dan amalan anda!!!.Dalamilah ilmu kemahiran kemanusian anda.
9.Ambil kesempatan untuk mengucapkan tahniah atas kejayaan seseorang dan nyatakan rasa simpati atas kedukaan atau kegagalannya.Kongsilah perasaan anda bersamanya!!
10.Praktikkan daya tarikan peribadi anda yang bermagnet.Pesonakan orang lain dengan memenuhi keperluan ‘naluri’ mereka yang meronta ‘kehausan’ akan perhatian, penghargaan, sanjungan, keprihatinan dan kasih sayang.
Penuhi keperluan dan kehendak-kehendak ini dengan penuh keikhlasan, rasa tanggungjawab dan kerelaan.Insya Allah, anda akan menjadi orang yang paling disukai, dikehendaki dan ANDA
MENGUASAI!!!!!
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
10 Easy Steps to developing your leadership skills
Being an effective leader will require you to be brave and unlock the door to your inner attic, where your childhood dreams lie, going inside to the heart.
Here are 10 easy steps you can take to awaken the leader in you and rekindle your passion for greatness:
1.Be Yourself.
Use your relationships with mentors and your research on great leaders as models or reference points to work from, but never copy or imitate them like a parrot.Everyone has vastly different leadership styles. History books are filled with leaders whoare soft-spoken, introverted, and quiet, all the way to the other extreme of being outspoken, extroverted, and loud, and everything in between.
2. Dream Big.If you want to be larger than life, you need a dream that’s larger than life. Small dreams won’t serve you or anyone else. It takes the same amount of time to dream small than it does to dream big. So be Big and be Bold! Write down your One Biggest Dream. The one that excites you the most. Remember, don’t be small and realistic; be bold and unrealistic!
3. Follow Your Bliss.Regardless of how busy you are, always take time to do what you love doing. Being an alive and vital person vitalizes others. When you are pursuingyour passions, people around you cannot help but feel impassioned by your presence.This will make you a charismatic leader. Whatever it is that you enjoy doing, be it writing, acting, painting, drawing, photography, sports, reading, dancing, networking, orworking on entrepreneurial ventures, set aside time every week, ideally two or threehours a day, to pursue these activities.
4. SWOT Yourself.SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. This is a useful key to gain access to self knowledge, self-remembering, and self-honoring. Start by listing all your Strengths including your accomplishments. Then writedown all your Weaknesses and what needs to be improved.
Make sure to include anydoubts, anxieties, fears, and worries that you may have. These are the demons anddragons guarding the door to your inner attic. By bringing them to conscious awareness you can begin to slay them. Then proceed by listing all the Opportunities you see available to you for using your strengths. Finally, write down all the Threats or obstacles that are currently blocking you or that you think you will encounter along the way to achieving your dreams.
5. Vision.Without a vision, we perish. If you can’t see yourself winning that award and feel the tears of triumph streaming down your face, it’s unlikely you will be able to lead yourself or others to victory. Visualize what it would be like accomplishing your dream.See it, smell it, taste it, hear it, feel it in your gut.
6. Perseverance.Victory belongs to those who want it the most and stay in it the longest. Now that you have a dream, make sure you take consistent action every day. I recommend doing at least 5 things every day that will move you closer to your dream.
7. Honour Your Word.Every time you break your word, you lose power. Successful leaders keep their word and their promises. You can accumulate all the toys and riches in the world, but you only have one reputation in life. Your word is gold. Honour it.
8. Get a Mentor.
Find yourself a mentor. Preferably someone who has already achieved a high degree of success in your field. Don’t be afraid to ask. You’ve got nothing to lose.They even have a free personal profile you can fill out in order to potentially find you a suitable mentor. In addition to mentors, take time to study autobiographies of great leaders that you admire. Learn everything you can from their lives and model some of their successful behaviors.
9. Humility. Leadership starts with humility. To be a highly successful leader, you must first humble yourself like a little child and be willing to serve others. Nobody wants to follow someone who is arrogant. Be humble as a child, always curious, always hungry and thirsty for knowledge. For what is excellence but knowledge plus knowledge plus knowledge - always wanting to better yourself, always improving, always growing.When you are humble, you become genuinely interested in people because you want to learn from them.
10. Give.Finally, be a giver. Leaders are givers. By giving, you activate a universal law as sound as gravity: .life gives to the giver, and takes from the taker.. The more you give,the more you get. If you want more love, respect, support, and compassion, give love,give respect, give support, and give compassion. Be a mentor to others. Give back to yourcommunity. As a leader, the only way to get what you want, is by helping enough peopleget what they want first.
Here are 10 easy steps you can take to awaken the leader in you and rekindle your passion for greatness:
1.Be Yourself.
Use your relationships with mentors and your research on great leaders as models or reference points to work from, but never copy or imitate them like a parrot.Everyone has vastly different leadership styles. History books are filled with leaders whoare soft-spoken, introverted, and quiet, all the way to the other extreme of being outspoken, extroverted, and loud, and everything in between.
2. Dream Big.If you want to be larger than life, you need a dream that’s larger than life. Small dreams won’t serve you or anyone else. It takes the same amount of time to dream small than it does to dream big. So be Big and be Bold! Write down your One Biggest Dream. The one that excites you the most. Remember, don’t be small and realistic; be bold and unrealistic!
3. Follow Your Bliss.Regardless of how busy you are, always take time to do what you love doing. Being an alive and vital person vitalizes others. When you are pursuingyour passions, people around you cannot help but feel impassioned by your presence.This will make you a charismatic leader. Whatever it is that you enjoy doing, be it writing, acting, painting, drawing, photography, sports, reading, dancing, networking, orworking on entrepreneurial ventures, set aside time every week, ideally two or threehours a day, to pursue these activities.
4. SWOT Yourself.SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. This is a useful key to gain access to self knowledge, self-remembering, and self-honoring. Start by listing all your Strengths including your accomplishments. Then writedown all your Weaknesses and what needs to be improved.
Make sure to include anydoubts, anxieties, fears, and worries that you may have. These are the demons anddragons guarding the door to your inner attic. By bringing them to conscious awareness you can begin to slay them. Then proceed by listing all the Opportunities you see available to you for using your strengths. Finally, write down all the Threats or obstacles that are currently blocking you or that you think you will encounter along the way to achieving your dreams.
5. Vision.Without a vision, we perish. If you can’t see yourself winning that award and feel the tears of triumph streaming down your face, it’s unlikely you will be able to lead yourself or others to victory. Visualize what it would be like accomplishing your dream.See it, smell it, taste it, hear it, feel it in your gut.
6. Perseverance.Victory belongs to those who want it the most and stay in it the longest. Now that you have a dream, make sure you take consistent action every day. I recommend doing at least 5 things every day that will move you closer to your dream.
7. Honour Your Word.Every time you break your word, you lose power. Successful leaders keep their word and their promises. You can accumulate all the toys and riches in the world, but you only have one reputation in life. Your word is gold. Honour it.
8. Get a Mentor.
Find yourself a mentor. Preferably someone who has already achieved a high degree of success in your field. Don’t be afraid to ask. You’ve got nothing to lose.They even have a free personal profile you can fill out in order to potentially find you a suitable mentor. In addition to mentors, take time to study autobiographies of great leaders that you admire. Learn everything you can from their lives and model some of their successful behaviors.
9. Humility. Leadership starts with humility. To be a highly successful leader, you must first humble yourself like a little child and be willing to serve others. Nobody wants to follow someone who is arrogant. Be humble as a child, always curious, always hungry and thirsty for knowledge. For what is excellence but knowledge plus knowledge plus knowledge - always wanting to better yourself, always improving, always growing.When you are humble, you become genuinely interested in people because you want to learn from them.
10. Give.Finally, be a giver. Leaders are givers. By giving, you activate a universal law as sound as gravity: .life gives to the giver, and takes from the taker.. The more you give,the more you get. If you want more love, respect, support, and compassion, give love,give respect, give support, and give compassion. Be a mentor to others. Give back to yourcommunity. As a leader, the only way to get what you want, is by helping enough peopleget what they want first.
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