by Helmi Hakim | Dec 31, 2009 | Miscellaneous, Motivation
Bismillahirahmanirahim……
Ya Allah, Ya Rahman, Ya Rahim…..
In this peaceful night, I seek your forgiveness for all the sins that I have committed in the past, in the present and in the future….
I seek forgiveness for my shortcomings as a Muslim….
I seek forgiveness for my shortcomings as a trusted financial planner….
and I seek forgiveness for my shortcomings as a humbled human being…
Ya Allah…….In the upcoming days to come, I will have very big tasks that I need to undertake….I will travel the most uncommon routes that most have yet to uncover….I will carry the deed that I deemed impossible,just a few years back…..and I will lead the significance with utmost glory.
……but yet, deep down in my heart, I am scared. I am afraid and I am doubtful.
I feel small….I feel minute with the insurmountable tasks ahead.
I felt like an insignificant being, trying to make significance out of sheer dust….and here I am God….I need your help….
Ya Allah…..I pray for your ultimate blessings to make me a stronger person to heed the challenges ahead, partnered me with the best in the industry in the world and instill confidence in me to challenge the norm to make the world a better place to live in….
In the upcoming year to come, I seek your utmost blessings in guiding me to fulfil all the goals, the aspirations that I have set for myself…..
Make me strong….Make me tough….and make my will to persevere, contagious that people, from all walks of life, just come…to support me in facing the giant tasks, that has been anticipated ahead……
I know….I know….It is not going to be an easy effort…..yet I know….I know….It is going to be an effort, that is worth pursuing….
That is why God….I am moving ahead, with all the remnants of willpower, I have….moving…. moving….and moving ahead…..
Make 2010, a historic, memorable year for me Ya Allah…..Amin….Ya Rabbal’alamin…..
by Helmi Hakim | Dec 12, 2009 | Motivation
I am sure many of you have read about the infidelities of Tiger Wood in the papers.
His so many good stories seems to be wash out by this unwanted saga.
Well….Today, I will not talk about his bad stories….but I am going to share with you, just ONE POWERFUL SECRET, that makes him the No 1 in golf.
Since he was 6 years old, his father, Earl bought Tiger a tape with POWERFUL SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES.
He get Tiger to listen to the tape, every day till the tape worn out, till the messages imbued deep in Tiger’s heart and soul.
These are the messages…..
I will my own destiny.
I believe in me.
I smile at obstacles.
I am firm in my resolve.
I fulfil my resolutions powerfully.
My strength is great.
I stick to it, easily, naturally.
My will moves mountains.
I focus and give it my all.
My decisions are strong.
I do it with my heart.
Use it on yourself, and soon, you will be as confident as Tiger in whatever you do!!! 🙂
by Helmi Hakim | Nov 6, 2009 | Miscellaneous, Motivation
How many of you have watched this movie, “This Is It”? 🙂
If you have watched it, you will concur with what I am about to elucidate on my sharing, “Emulating Michael Jackson’s Rehearsal Strategies To Improve Your Own Presentation Shills”.
My review is not going to be a superficial one where, one admires his style and coolness. I am going deep and drill in what makes up the essence of Michael Jackson rehearsal’s techniques and how you can apply it on yourself.
If you watch the movie, you will notice on how competent and confident, he is….Yet, how competent and confident, he is, he patiently carried out the laborious process of rehearsing and rehearsing till perfection.
We have understood from my previous post that you need 10,000 hours of practice…, to be a MASTER IN ANYTHING.
Micheal Jackson is a MASTER of singing beautiful songs and spicing it up with his slicky, thriller dance moves. (he had practice it since he was a kid!)
Yet…even after being a MASTER, you need to rehearse to perform at your peak performance during your actual play.
This is what you can learn from Michael Jackson’s way of rehearsing. 🙂 🙂 🙂
You can use this method to rehearse for your upcoming presentation, rehearse it for your upcoming sports game you will play…YOU CAN PRACTICALLY DO IT IN to rehearse for ANY SITUATION.
You see, when you rehearse, you have to rehearse 3 key things.
1) Your Words
2) Your facial expression
3) Your tonality of your voice
Most people, when they rehearse for their presentation, they memorise the words…They “thought” the words are the most important element of all.
Come to actual presentation, they fumble, forget their words and fail….or worst, monotanously rattle what they have memorised earlier, incomprehensibly driving the audience to sleep.
Like Michael Jackson, when you rehearse, you not only have to have the rough idea on what you have to say (or sing), but also you have to rehearse your facial expression and your tonality of your voice.
YOUR COMMUNICATION is made up of
1) Words 3%
2) Tonality and Facial Expression 97%
You see, if you rehearse your words, without rehearsing your tonality and your facial expression while, rehearsing for your upcoming presentation, you are missing out a lot on the essence of communication.
Your communication will not be as effective as if you have rehearse, the tonality of your voice and your facial expression.
Of course, for Michael, on the extreme case, he has to gauge his pitch (notice he mentioned he has to save his voice for the later part), his dramatic dance moves etc2……which make up 97% of COMMUNICATION to his audiences that is definitely integral to success.
So….Ladies and gentlemen, REMEMBER….when you want to rehearse for any mass presentation, sales presentation for a big client, you have to rehearse not only the words you are going to use, you have to rehearse your tonality of your voice and facial expression! 🙂
by Helmi Hakim | Nov 1, 2009 | Miscellaneous, Motivation
I am now working extremely hard, converting my cases and meeting more people these days all because I am fighting my way to get a seat, for Beijing 2010.
(Take a moment and pray for my goal)
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Okay…In this post, I am going to share with you a secret that I stumbled upon a book, I am currently reading, called “Outliers”…
The author, Malcolm Gladwell conducted his own research on why some people just happened to succeed in their daily pursuit.
He research on Bill Gates, on Steve Jobs, on the famous Beatles…..on many successful people….
Why are these people so…successful? ….so good in what they are doing?
Why do Jews make up such good lawyers?
Is this something in born in them or….there’s a secret to it?
These questions seems intriguing to me for the fact, since young I am always impressed that why some people are just more intelligent than me.
Why do some people seems to know so much and rather competent in it…?
Do they have better brain or WHAT?
Are you ready to hear the “secret” to BECOME A MASTER IN ANYTHING YOU DREAM OF?
The answer is 10,000 hours.
Yes…It is simple but profound….You have to practice 10,000 hours.
You can only be a master in ANYTHING if you have devoted your blood, sweat, tears and time for 10,000 hours. Period.
Some people are just plain lucky, because the days when they are young, their environment preconditioned them to attain that 10,000 hours of training, and that is why they become so successful, so GOOD IN WHAT THEY ARE DOING!
If you are not that privilege to have such an environment, YOU CAN CREATE ONE! I aim to be a master of financial planning. Master of running a successful business.
I have been in this business for over 2 years. I work 6 days a week, but a matter of fact, I do think about my business everyday. From the moment, my eyes blinked in the morning, till the night when I sleep.
I eat, breath and sleep my business every day. Put there, I think about my business 12 hours a day. In one year, there is about 360 days. In one year, I clocked 4320 hours. In 2 years, I clocked 8640 hours.
I dont mind working hard, to be a master in something, I am deeply passionate about…..So, if you are passionate in something, and will like to be a master in it….
MY recommendation: Devote 10,000 hours in your field as fast as possible, and you will soon realise that you are going to be one of THE BEST IN YOUR FIELD!! 🙂
by Helmi Hakim | Oct 9, 2009 | Miscellaneous, Motivation
I have been quite lukewarm in my postings these few months because I feel, it’s better for me to focus full fledged on my sales rather than post half hearted postings in my blog (excuses)….
There is a Malay proverb, saying, “alang,alang menyeluk pekesam, biar sampai ke pangkal lengan”….in its hip language, ‘wanna do something, do it all the way!!’……..(and I add,if not, don’t do at all) 😛
Yet, abandoning in my blog also serves no justice as, many of my faithful blog readers have been anticipating more posts and more posts from me….(sad face) Kinda deprived right? lolz….joking! 🙂
Thus,I have come with an idea on what I will do with this blog.
Instead of just sharing financial tips and motivational anecdotes, I will use this platform also as a journal, for me to share my daily life and my learning experiences from it.
It is not going to be a normal journal, where I share EVERYTHING about my daily life and a full stop to it. No….
It is going to be an EXTRAORDINARY journal, where I share my ups and downs and at the same time, frame it in a very objective manner. It can be like a case study type.
The format will be like this.
1) I will write my story
2) Look and interpret the experiences from an objective point of view
3) Ask myself questions
– What were some of the strengths that this gave me?
– What could I have done differently?
– What are some of the biggest moment in my life?
What do you think? Share your thoughts…….. 🙂 🙂 🙂
