Unfold the True Potential Within....( Based on 7 Habits Of highly Effective People)

Unfold the True Potential Within.........
( Based on 7 Habits Of highly Effective People)

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Syed Shahzad Ali
HR Expert in Pakistan

Seven Reason Why I Love TradeKey............

1) Associates Not Employees:

    In tradekey there are no employees but associates walking hand-in-hand just like friends.

2) Number of Communication Channels( Tradekey Listens ):

    No organization has more channels of assocaites' communication as we have in our tradekey like 

• Open Door Policy (with CEO)
• Tell The CEO Program
• Your HR
• Help desk 313
• Revenue 911
• Suggestion boxes
• I Own Tradekey
• Khuli Kachari (an open Forum)
• Grievance handling mechanism

3) Unique Basket of Benefits:

TradeKey is a leading non-monetory benefits provision organization; more than 1000 benefits availale on TK benefits portal (Unique basket of benefits) for lifestyle improvement.

4) Market Comeptitive Benefits:

Exceptional market competitive perks and benefits including

• PF
• Health & life Takaful
• OPD
• Mobile Sim
• Subsisdized Lunch 
• Loan Facility
• Recreational Room 
• Associates' Libaray
• Late sitting Dinner 
• Sat & Sunday Off ( 5 day Working)
• Laptops, Routers & IPhone
• Company maintained Parkings
• Executive Facilitaion 
• Compny Cars 
• EOBI
• Refferal Policy
• Annual retreats
• Ananul Bonus
• Quarterly Rewards

5) Extra Ordinary Development Opportunities: 

Tradekey is very curious about the professional develoment of it's assocaites i.e. it is mandatory for assocaite to complete their required learning hours prior to promotion. An extra ordinary  provision for  External / Internal Training opportunities.

6) Unconventional PMS System:

Unconventional PMS (Performace Management System), fastest incremental growth pattern in career progression, Grow Unlimited Program (GUP) is an awesome MBO( Management By Objective).program . Associates work relentlessly even when managers not around them.

7) Visionary Leaders:

Last but not least , Visionary Leaders

"SAB SAY PHALAY TRADEKEY"

WE Are Tradekey , We Are The Best

We Have Beaten All , # one is the Next

Triumph Over The Bad Habits

My one of best friend use to be a chained smoker but I always enticed him hard to leave it . Ever time  he told me that "whenever he thinks about leaving the smoking , he feels so much pain associated with it ". So I started working on it as I did with myself , but now Alhamdulliah , I am not a smoker anymore. Yes he is absolutely correct ,it is a matter of pain & pleasure which is associated with over all habits, as long as you will be associated pleasure with your any bad habit , you can’t exonerate it . Habits take a single moment to change but it is up to you whether you are committed with to let off it or not . When you want to start a habit, don’t tell yourself you are doing it for life, tell yourself (your conscious brain) that you are going to try it for 21 days , because habit is a unconscious frequent repetition of behavior. For example if you want to start the habit of Exercise tell your conscious self that you are trying it for 21 days only . Now, when you have completed this for 21 days your conscious mind has the choice of stopping it or carrying on, or so it thinks. Now it’s up to you what sort of order will you give to your brain to do, now your commitment with that habit will emerge and you will be very near to acquire a new habit for another 90 days then it will become a permanent part of your personality or behavior as a Habit after 365 days . There are following stages one has to go through to emerge new habit/ pattern and letting off the old one.

What do u want And why ?

If you want to quit smoking you have to affirm your unconscious that you want to quit smoking& why you want to quit relate some pain with it, you have to correlate the solid reasoning with that otherwise after sometime you will resume your quit habit again . You have to repeat these affirmation whenever you have a free time specially at the bed time or in the morning while brushing or bathing.

Get the leverage yourself

Once you have affirmed your unconscious that what so you want with solid reasoning now get the leverage of yourself & show your control over you . Make a public commitment for quitting smoking , tell everyone you know specially to those who are very hooked up with smoking . Enjoy your leverage by denying the offer to have a Cigarettes.

Interrupt the pattern

Don’t like a bee , who hitting the window pane again and again for escaping, do different things if one thing is not working like don’t go there for a week or couple of weeks where smokers will have been gathered or quit the company of smokers. Just interrupt your past pattern it is just like that you made a lot of scratches on DVD & it not able to play again likewise interrupt your unconscious in that manner , it should not have single thought about the smoking. Associate a great pain with smoking or your any habit which you would like to quit.

Figure out some Alternatives

Associate pleasure with some other alternative which provide you the more pleasure that smoking . it is not meaning that you started chew Tobacco. You have interrupted your pattern so this sort of thought will not be emerged in your mind but do some constructive alternatives , It can be a jogging , mediation , cooking , reading etc.

Repetition of alternatives

Repetition is the mother of Skill , so repeat you new pattern/ alternative and then it will become your habit, then practice it and have pride on your self that you have an extreme control over your behavior.

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By : Syed Shahzad Ali 

HR Expert in Pakistan

Road Map To Realize Your Vision

Raise Your Standards:

For getting your desired success, you have to elevate your standards to a high level and you have to make sure that you will not settle for less than what you deserve. This is the first key towards your success in achieving your goal.

And it requires a lot of courage & effort. Raise in standards without change in your previous practices cannot be achieved, if you will be repeating your previous behavior continuously. It is just like a Fly confined in a closed room & hitting its head again & again on the window where it would be finding its way to flee from room but it is not trying to search a new place to flee.

Not only we have to raise our standards by bringing continuous Improvements in our behavior and practices, but keep on constantly trying to find new ways of doing the same. .

Firm Belief on Your Set Standards:

If you and I will not have a firm belief in our raised standards then we can’t raise our standards as we want. Self belief is the firewood for getting your set standards. Once you set & raise your standards then you must not even think about settling on less. You must have a belief that you must meet your raised standards at all costs. There should not be a second thought that haunts your mind.

Every belief has some reference, for understanding just take the believe as a table which requires four supporting legs to stand on, even if one of the leg will be not equalize other in terms of support, the other three will be shaken up and whenever anybody will give pressure to empty weaken side the table will plunge hard to ground, it is like our Belief.

A sales person has raised his standards and he might have has a belief that now he will not settle for less than Sales Manager – to make that table unshaken,. He has to build four firm references or legs to make his table (his belief) remain standup firmly, First of all that he is Good at sales, Sales is his aptitude, he is passionate about sales AND he can achieve any assigned target. He has all competencies & KSA (Knowledge, skills, abilities) to take up charge as Manager Sales and manage sales.

Developed A Strategy & Right Approach:

You have raised your standards and developed a firm belief, but now you have to develop a strategy that how one can be a Manger Sales. For this he has to adopt the “CANI approach -Constant and Never Ending Improvement”. You have to add value or bring improvement on daily basis to achieve your goal like read professional Sales book, Attend seminars & training sessions on self financed basis because it is for your own development. Until & unless you will get the pain of investment in short term, you will not get pleasure of achieving your goal (Sales Manager) in long term. You should document your strategy with start & end date to be a Sales Manager & on daily basis keep an eye on that what value you add or bring improvement and what efforts you have made for your Goal.

Harness The Power Of Decision Making Within Yourself

Last week one of my colleagues resigned from the job.

But prior to submission & even after tendering his resignation, he seemed quite perplexed and ultimately on the pressure by his Manager, he had taken back his decision & now again he is in search of a new opportunity. Though I had been through him this period but it kept bothering me that Why we are not committed to our decisions or don’t we possess the power of decision making?

I have been thinking on these grounds & after dedicating a good number of hours to this, I have summed up the following points;

Use the power of decision.

We have the ultimate power within ourselves i.e. power of decision making.  We make lot of decisions in our daily life by choosing that which clothes we are going to wear for the party or to the office to what we will have in dinner. There is a need to use this power in the right & effective manner.

Whatever you do or can’t do, you are right. Henry ford.

Acquire the hardest step towards achieving your goal i.e. true commitment or true decision.

It is the most difficult task to build an honest & true commitment with your goal. Commitment is like a fuel to any decision, once you will develop a true commitment then decision making would have been ease down. Without having a firm commitment you can’t take any decisions because decisions firstly are affirmed by our commitment in our brain, then we roll out it into action.

Take Frequent Decisions.

Decision making is a prime skill which is inherent in one person. Like we do exercise to build our muscles similarly we have to harness the power of decision making by taking frequent decisions. Repetition is the mother of skill, so take quick & frequent decisions. Initially it might be that you may take some immature decisions but just believe that they are not wrong decisions because decision making is an art and art could not be wrong but it might be immature. Recurrence of decisions will make you perfect in that skill.

Learn from Decision.

It is your decisions not your conditions, which drive your destiny. So every time when you make a mature or immature decision, sometimes it gives you a feeling of an achievement & sometimes it learning experience or lesson. Whether there is an achievement or experience, you must evaluate your lesson, you got from your decision .Success truly is the result of good Judgment. Good Judgment comes from experiences and experiences are often the result of bad judgment.

 

Stays committed to your decisions & stay flexible to your approach.

Studies shows mostly successful people make frequent decisions & remain flexible in their approach to get their goal. Conversely unsuccessful people make rare decisions  but they frequently change their goal i.e. lack of persistency .Successful people focus on long term outcomes where as unsuccessful people focuses on short term results. It is like that we have goal to reach on some destination & we have planned route as well on map but don’t have a plan B in case our original plan will not work, so we must have an alternate route to reach our destination but we should not change our destination.

Enjoy your decisions

Share the outcome of your decisions with others & enjoy your decisions, what you have taken in any situation. When you will enjoy your all decisions, it will enhance your commitment & self confidence as well .Whether you had got achievement or  it was a learning experience , we should equally enjoy our decisions .Never be influenced by anyone in your decision, whatever decision you have made just stick to it  & enjoy it , Because it is your own decision.

And finally, my advice and slogan would be “Practice, Practice & Practice until you master this art of decision making perfectly.

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Syed Shahzad Ali 

HR Expert in Pakistan

Unlock the True Success Through Success Attitude

 Following are key findings which will help to develop Success attitude for longer lasting success;

Expect the best :

What does happen ? when you receive any unexpected call at mid night from your boss’s number or office number , we usually thought “ Allah Khair Karay” , negative things come first rather positive one , So always expect for best in order to build success attitude. Whether you are going for giving an interview or to open the letter or email expect the best results. When you will expecting the best for everything believe me best will happen with you. It will become your habit and habit strongly determine our attitude.

Make an habit for positivity:

For developing a success attitude ,you should make the it your habit that you will see the positive side of picture and remain positive. If you want to test that whether it has been became your habit then you have to go to any speedy Road & drive your car with normal speed. when somebody starting continuous horn at your car from back side ,though there would be a lot of space for one to take over your car from other lane but still one is persisting you to give a way , at that moment if you don’t mind it and let him go at your track without any grudges or silent abuse then understand that you have developed the success attitude.

Repetition of positive affirmations:

It is one of the most vital thing in order to develop a success attitude, whenever you have got free time or at bed before sleep or in the morning in the front of mirror just repeat the positive affirmations , these affirmations belong to your objective , Goal and weaknesses. You can put you objective or goal as your PC password as well like “ I am reducing my weight”, “ I am wealthy”,” I speak English Fluently”, “I am …….so on. When your brain accept your positive affirmations through repetition then it will become your attitude

Do Smile:

Every part of body has its own exercises and Smile is the best exercise for our face. When we smile maximum number of muscles works than frowning and it is fact smile diminish the wrinkles & frowning make it permanent at our face. It is necessary for having success attitude that you must have victorious smile at your face. Not only it will reduce down your tension & normalize the blood pressure but also it will compliment your sense of humor , all successful people carried the great sense of humor with themselves.

Do not burden the others:

It is saying that share the worry , it will halve and share the joy, it will double. So we must share our worries & tension with our partners, spouse and friends but do not burden them due to our worries. Figure out the solutions for every challenge at your own it will strengthen your success attitude because if you will start burden them then for your challenges then gradually you brain will start look for others to have a comfort zone in any challenging situation.

Do one thing positive in a day:

Try to do one thing positive every day , it may include give the right way to any stranger, help children and senior citizens in crossing roads, give lifts to those who are seeking for it, do charity etc. Any positive deed after that you feel good for yourself.

Avoid negative thoughts:

Your brain is like a empty box now it’s up to you whether you will fill it garbage to make it Dustbin or with flower to turn it out into garden. We should keep away from violent news programs, Horror films or any stuff which will emerge negative thoughts. I still remember those times when initially we had PTV news bulletin only before having cables at home, but now “News bulletin” turn into “Bad News Bulletin”. Avoid all negative thoughts & replace by positive one.

Be honest:

Honest people not only having an high self image & attitude but also they have a immense say in their social circles, always be honest in every case. Old saying “ Honesty is the Best Policy”. Never compromise on your honesty because it determines your integrity & trustworthiness.

Remain Enthusiastic:

Keep Enthusiastic and passionate about your deeds & goals , somebody is naturally enthusiastic but it can be attain by practice as well by effective use of Body language & Proper tone frequency . Enthusiasm is work as fuel for developing & retaining the success attitude in oneself. It keeps motivated the person to get one Goals.

“Challenge” not “Problem”

Torn out the word “ Problem” from your life’s dictionary ,because when Problem word use then brain make the image of poor, Perplexed, Bechara Person’s Picture. So for having a successful attitude we must use word challenge in place of Problem when we use word challenge then our brain make the image of Soldier and fighter. Now we don’t have a problems in our life anymore but there are challenges and we must get Success by overcoming the challenges .

An Ultimate Success By Developing A Strong Self-Image

  A simple definition of a person's self-image is their answer to this question - "What do you believe people think about you?".There are chronic tips to get an ultimate success by developing a strong self image .

No More Excuses :

Stop furnish excuses for failures , blame others & Bad Luck etc. Well there is no failure or success but results are there . For unsatisfactory results we get experiences & from satisfactory / expected results we get  Achievements. We usually figure out reasons from unsatisfactory results for the outer world in the shape of lame excuses but it really  hurts our self image badly. There are result no failure or success , this is we who interpret results as Success or  Failure.

Pride in Yourself:

Self pride is the sense of your worth & value as a person in your own eyes. It is about how much do you like  yourself? Because until & Unless you will not have pride in yourself then nobody will have proud on you . Value yourself as much high much you can . You should have a pride at your family , on your school , College  university , Organization because if you will not value your institution or organization then nobody else will value it , develop an extreme  pride for yourself  .

Take care of your Appearance :

Especial care should be given to you appearance & wardrobe . You should  adopt your appearance as you would like to be as a Successful Person i.e. visualize your attire what you will put on once you will achieve your goal and become successful  , there is saying that you should wear clothes at your current job which is requirement of your next job – dressed yourself for next job or role .

Keep Yourself in Good Shape:

You must do some physical exercises to keep yourself in a good shape & remain physically fit , because if you will be doing physical exercises then  your brain will be getting more oxygen & blood circulation . You will not only enjoy your  dressing  but also you will feel good about yourself & feel more confident , which will ultimately emerge a positive self image which is a key for success.

Select what you  allow to go into your brain:  

You have a most precious asset with you “The Brain” ; use it in  proper manner & positive manner for that you have to set filter over the things i.e. only positive things should be allowed to go into your brain. What happen, when you throw garbage in a empty box ,eventually  it will become a trash box  and only rubbish & nonsense things would be coming out of it. Same is the case with Brain if negative & cynical things would be placing into brain , it will depict on yourself image and it is an impossible thing to get an ultimate success with negative self-image.  

Believe in yourself – you Can:

You can do anything but not everything , you must have a definitive confidence on yourself that you can do anything. If you will be hesitated or if you will not believe in yourself  then believe me you can’t accomplished your desire task as you want . Have you ever observed the Horse who jumps over the Obstacles very easily . How does he Jump ? actually he builds  a telepathic relationship with rider’s  brain & heart,  due to the self believe of rider ,he catches the signal of can do attitude, if rider will hesitate & doubtful  , horse will never going to  jump over the obstacle ,. It is necessary to have a firm believe in yourself & can do attitude to get an ultimate success.

No fear to Mistake :

The person who does nothing  , he does not make mistakes and eventually does not get success. We should not have any sort of fear about mistake and errors , we just keep on working towards our goal of success. Research shows when its been asked to successful entrepreneurs that “what is a Key to success? Nearly all replied in a same manner , they just keep forward & taking steps towards their destiny , most of the time they made lot of faults and mistakes but the credence of right step supersede the all effects of such mistakes . Just keep moving ahead , mistake is nothing its a experience and another way of doing the right thing


Positive Statements:

It is very vital for emerging a positive & strong self image that you must be making positive statements and using it in your daily life . There are some definite tips hat say to yourself “ you can do” , “ Do it now” , “ I am master of this thing” , I have all the potential to get success” before starting any task . “I am the most confident & successful person on the universe” paste it on your car’s dash board , on your motor bike speed meter , in your wash room where you usually brush your teeth & wash your face. Daily in the morning & in night when you go to bed for sleep , just repeat those words which is your weakness i.e. “I am good at English” or “I can face the audience very easily” etc. It will boost your confidence & you can overcome your weaknesses.



Check your Environment:

There is very famous saying that “ the person is been knowing by his friends’ company” , if you want to build your positive self image then you must join the company of those people who would be full of enthusiasm , Positivity , energy , Zeal. Check your environment before joining any company and avoid negative & pessimistic environment .



Do Some Charity Work:

It is very necessary for emerging a positive self image, self respect & self esteem that you must do some sort of charity work . Help others to accomplished their tasks . It will emerge the sense of achievement which will reflect on yourself image .


Compile a Success Record:

Maintain a file or scrap book to compile success record it may include you school report cards , certification of achievement , your first offer letter , appointment letter , confirmation letter, Snaps , anything which you value most include it . Go though it periodically & get the sense of success & achievement , share it with your family members , friends & colleagues etc.

Craft of Delegation

One of my friends is working on a managerial position with a team of 4 people who are reporting to him. But I have never found him free, calm or in leadership role. He always seems to be occupied with messy desk, working at different tasks. He is not doing a job from 9 am – 5 pm but rather 9 am – 9 pm. 

When I asked him “why don’t you delegate some tasks to your team & then you could be free to dedicate some time to your personal development as well”; he replied “they will not do it as good as I do” and I don’t have time to train people and then to check the whole task again. So I rather prefer to do it myself to save time.

Replying to his rather shoddy answer, “yes initially it will be time consuming but as the time will pass on, maturity will emerge in the subordinates to whom you have delegated.

Actually, delegation is the best possible use of time & talent of the employees - matching the right talent with the right job to accomplish the mutual organization objective and being a delegator, we add value. One thing is very vital that what tasks are being delegated, before delegation of task here are some questions which should be answered;

• Can this task be done by some other person?

• Can I contribute towards some other strategic and worthwhile objectives?

• What value will I add once the delegated task will be completed?

Delegation enhances empowerment and synergy among the employees which results in higher motivation, professional growth , successor grooming, Trust Building , Effective Span of Control & reduce the bureaucracy in terms of approvals & minor decision making. 

One manager by delegating his routine operational task to his / her subordinates can stay more focused towards strategic and worthwhile objectives. S/He can add value in delegated task on completion. It flourishes the abundance mentality – there is lot more for others and every one get the pie of cake equally. Effective delegation is a crucial tool for effective succession, it is a two way process in the real sense. It is the craft of delegation that it is Effective for Successor & Manager too. The main task of the Manager to grow his/ her subordinates and once people grow, the organization grow. When organization grows everybody moves on higher positions and when it fails to happen the succession and progression becomes dependent on bringing in new people from outside. Individual success will derive the team success & ultimately team success will drive the Organization’s success. 

Delegation is not happen for freeing up the boss’s time from his task or from worthwhile objects but it is an effective management tool to make one more responsible for his/ her delegated tasks.

Following are the Steps for Effective delegation;

Win/ win Agreement : It is the most important phase of delegation , first we have to seek the willingness of recipient - to whom we are about to delegate any task or responsibility and create the win/win situation because it is a two way process ,it will lose its effectiveness if we impose it to any one without getting others agreement. Mostly delegated task fails due to win / lose situation and to make it effective we have to create a win/ win agreement. Delegation should be done with the purpose to merely delegate the task but it should be done for matching the right talent for delegated task.

Desire Results: Once you get the Win/ win agreement on delegated task, then specify them the desire result / outcome – why the task has been delegated to them /someone? In this phase we should focus/ discuss on desire results and outcome rather than the method/ process for accomplishing a task.

Set Goals & time lines: After producing a win/win agreement & intimation of the desired results, we should ask recipient about his plan, goals & time lines – Start & finished dates. Kick of meeting should be done after having a win/win agreement on desire results .It is the responsibility of the delegator that he has to track the set goals & time line periodically & mentor him if recipient of task is being deviating from his agreed track.

Utilization of Available resources: It is not limited to the human resources utilization only - match the right talent with the right job, but also about the utilization of finances, environment, opportunities etc. we should provide all the available resources to the recipient to make him successful because best utilization of available resources is the key to success in delegated task.

Authority: Balanced authority is a must for the success of the delegated task. This means that the person whom you have delegated a task must have corresponding authority to the task, so that he/she does not refer back to you on petty matters and can make decisions on the spot, if required. This will boost the level of confidence for taking up even higher responsibilities next time by the individual and save so much time.

Accountability : Time to time updates on delegated task make the recipient accountable , we should not intervene in the method/ process of work which is being followed by the recipient rather effectiveness of desire outcome and results, otherwise recipient’s ownership will be hurt. Delegator should communicate him clearly; what is expected from him? And what is his actual performance against the delegated task?

“Supervision” the way you receive and agree to do delegated tasks is one of the central skills of 'Managing upwards'. Therefore while this page is written from the manager's standpoint, the principles are just as useful for people being managed.

Break the Chain … to explore the true potential of Pakistan.

My uncle who is an NRP (Non Resident Pakistani) used to be in Canada for last 14 years, came to Pakistan last week and told me & my brother that “why you guys do not apply for Canadian Immigration although both of you fall in the category of fast track?”… It seems good to me but how can I miss the opportunity to live in a Country, where I can grow 1000 times faster than any other country in this world. I am not backing it due to my affection & affiliation towards my beloved Country Pakistan but I am validating it on the basis of potential & natural resources available in my beloved Country. Enemies of Pakistan don’t want to let us know and explore these facts; my uncle was right in his point of view – the point of view & image of Pakistan which have been created synthetically by our enemies. – They are portraying Pakistan as they want to, not as it is in an actual.

Unfortunately we are doing & perceiving the things as our enemies want. And to a great extent even our media is either portraying or becoming a tool to spread negative things all the time. Yes, it is their responsibility to raise the flag against any wrong doing but again they must flourish the positive image of our beloved Home land Pakistan in the world as well. Let me give you an example, Three months ago – the accident of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Park (Rangers official who shot the young man) or just recall the Akhrotabad Incident (where 5 foreigners including women were encountered brutally), What happens as these incidents occurred, Media hype has been created & they become Lawyer & we become judge, whole day literally and the whole day they repeated the same incidents again & again without going into the details. I will not go into the depth as now things have been cleared; you can easily search out on internet for true story of these incidents.

There is a need to break the chains to come out with pride & honor; we should focus on the brighter and hidden potential of Pakistan. Once I had been to Circus, where I saw a Giant Elephant – his one leg was tied up by an Iron chain. When I saw this, I thought why the Giant Elephant was not breaking the chain though he has all the strength to break that chain. When I asked this to his trainer that, what if the elephant breaks the chain … The Trainer told me that there is an interesting technique that elephants are trained with, when the baby elephant is born, his leg is tied to a small chain to keep him under control. Baby tries to break the chain to run around but he cannot break it. In this process, the baby Elephant learns to be helpless and stops exerting pressure and decides to live with the reality. With this ‘Cultured Helplessness & Can’t -Do Attitude’, he lives his entire life believing that he cannot break the chains.

Same is the case with our nation, especially Youth of Pakistan. We have been living our life without realizing the real potential of doing wonders. Now I am giving you the reasons to “Break the Chains” - is meant to awaken and unleash the giant potential we are born with. Let the world know we are Pakistani and we have broken our chains that were fixed by enemies when we the Nation were born on 14th August 1947.

Human Resource (one of the greatest strength of Pakistan):
Following are the distribution of population of Pakistan
Total population = 17.5 million (approx.)
Under 14 (years) = 6.5 million (37%)
15-64 = 1 million (57%)

While Japan has 19% people above 65 years of age, look at those 57% figure, our youth is storming for opportunities to do wonders. Why Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA and UK are giving immigrations to our youth? There is a need to Educate, Train and Guide them and then invest this Asset in the right direction.

Energy (Electricity):

Does Pakistan has so much energy (electricity) that can be stored?
YES!

Our demand ranges from 15,055MW To 20,584 MW.
While Energy (electricity) can be produced from
COAL                      = 100,000 MW
HYDRO POWER   = 40,000 MW
SOLAR ENERGY  = 100,000 MW
WIND POWER      = 50,000 MW
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Total Energy (electricity) = 300,000 MW (Approx.)


Natural Resources:
Natural Resources     Reserves(approx)
OIL                           6 trillion barrels
GAS                          32.8 trillion cubic ft explored
                                  28 trillion cubic ft un explored
COAL                       175 billion tons
COPPER                   12.3 million tons
GOLD                        20.9 million ounce

Metallic ores need exploration:
• Tungsten
• Titanium
• Iron ores
• Gold
• Silver
• Platinum
• Lithium

Natural resources depend upon the geographical position of country.

• PAKISTAN has 5th largest Gold mine in the world.

• PAKISTAN’s coal reserves are equivalent to 618 billion barrels of Oil which is twice of the oil reserves of SAUDI ARABIA.

• PAKISTAN is the 6th largest Natural Gas producing in ASIA PACIFIC.

• PAKISTAN is 5th Cheapest Country in the world & Karachi is 3rd Cheapest Metropolitan city of the world.

• PAKISTAN is 27th Biggest economy in terms of Purchasing Power and 45th largest Economy in absolute dollar terms in the world

Agricultural Achievements :

Pakistan is basically an agricultural country. Only those countries can have enormous agricultural products which have large cultivated area. Pakistan also has this blessing but we are using only 47% of fertile land. As Pakistan is agricultural country so its economy mainly depends upon this. Pakistan has one of the largest and oldest (Almost 180 years) canal systems in world.

Pakistan is one of the world's largest producers and suppliers of the following according to the 2005 Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations (FAOSTAT ) given here with ranking:

• Chickpea (1st)
• Apricot (4th)
• Cotton (4th)
• Sugarcane (4th)
• Milk (5th)
• Onion (5th)
• Date Palm (6th)
• Mango (7th)
• Tangerines, mandarin oranges, Clementine (8th)
• Rice (8th)
• Wheat (9th)
• Oranges (10th)
Pakistan ranks third (3rd ) in Asia Pacific, fifth (5th) in the Muslim world out of 53 Countries and twentieth (20th) worldwide in farm output out of 196 Countries.

WOW, we should have pride on our beloved country, on these achievements that even without using the new technology rather using the old conventional procedures; we have been simply great in farm output.

Our beloved Country is going to celebrate its 64th Independence (MashaAllah), Our country is bestowed by natural resources (including energy resources) which can be used for the development of the country and prosperity to its people, while superb man power with energetic vision is also present.

Let me reiterate here that we are not going to drown but we are ready to take off.But the only thing we are missing to enlighten, Unity and Leadership.If we have a dedicated leadership, we will grow and our county Pakistan will be glowing on the map of world. (Insha’Allah).

Pak Sarzameen Zindabad!!!

Long Live Pakistan …

Defeat your Mattress & Appetite

Yesterday my junior colleague came late & on my enquiry, he told me that "last night he could not have deep sleep that’s why he had been late…."

Can we not defeat our mattress ? if our day starts with defeat on mattress by sleep, then our whole day will be through in the same manner. We will be gulping up in hurry the breakfast – it may harm our digestive system; we will be speeding up in driving to reach at our destiny – it may lead us towards road accidents etc, we will be getting defeated everywhere and the most harmful thing is that we will be crushing our self esteem & self respect as well with all these defeats .

Imagine what if , we start our day with a victory on our sleep & mattress, we will feel proud on our self , it will boost or self confidence & commitment , It will increase our trust on others – Remember trust is the name of character & competence , if one element will be missing then we will not remain trust worthy any more . When we sign our appointment/ contract letter , we make a promise with our employer that we will come on time and through this we create our trust on our employer , if we fail to do so then we lose our trust-worthiness first then our trust .

I remember those days when my brother was dong his PhD. & Alhamdulillah at last he got it and why he shouldn’t get it? He is a master of his will ,he has a extreme command over his mattress.

He used to sleep 5 hours a day because his sleep or mattress was his subordinate rather he would become his mattress prison. In my entire 7 years of professional career , my salary has never been deducted on account t of late comings.

Mattress reformatory is not limited to sleep only but there are some other ways as well where we defeated by our mattress. One of my Uncle has been a mattress prisoned for long time , it is his daily routine that when he comes back from office he does nothing except lying on a comfortable mattress watching Programmes like “ Aaj Kamran Khan Kay Sath where the ( Langra , Loola , Doobta , Girta Pakistan )” is always the focus, HUH how very constructive and full of enthusiasm program about Pakistan for Pakistanis. Definitely the level of motivation can be ascertained when you watch such types of programmmes.

Some time People limit themselves to their mattresses for no reason ( aenwey ) .

Triumph over mattress means you have attained a self victory . Until & unless you don’t have a self victory's attitude, you cannot get victory on others , you can’t make any positive influence on others. So start your day victorious - as a champion, get extensive self control to get the things done. And if you don’t put yourself in pain – the pain of not having long sleeps .

Getting up early in the morning, offering the morning prayer , going for exercise & having fresh air- a person can achieve any mile stone if he has committed himself and has command over his mattress & appetite.

Patient: The problem is that obesity runs in my family.

Doctor: No, the problem is that no one runs in your family.

I saw people die not due to hunger but due to over eating. They are subordinate to their appetites . We should have limited healthy food AND we should eat for living rather living for eating .

If we can’t resist against our favirite but  high cholesterol & junk food, so how can we possibly resist against any wrong doing .

Make the mattress & appetitesubordinate to you ,instead of you becoming subordinate to them.

Every Body Is Perfect ..............

We all must heard the saying that “ Nobody is Perfect” and we validate it whenever we made flaws , errors and mistakes . But I am strong believer of “ Everybody is Perfect” .

One breakthrough thinking came to my mind that can we create something which would be imperfect , not up to the required standards?, surely not ............

If it would have been happened then whether will it be deliberated effort for any creator with his creation ?, certainly not.

Now question arises that how we can say that Almighty God’s creation is imperfect ? and specially Human Being (Ashraf-ul – Makhlooqat , The Greatest among the all creations).Look at the Title which have been given us by Almighty Allah that we are so unique & perfect that nobody is identical among the billions of world population who having a 100 % resemblance with us , our DNA are not identical finger Prints are different ,furthermore, our own hands finger prints are different from other fingers. WOW, what a perfect creation has been done by Almigthy Allah .

We are creation of GOD & he made us perfect, there is need to explore ourselves to be perfect . Ask questions to yourself to be a perfect and start search for where you can be a # 1 , if your inner soul replies you to be #1 Swimmer then go for swimming , to be a #1 HR Icon then go for HR whether you have engineering degree because it is your inner soul who will make you a perfect & guide you to be a perfectionist( Number one ). So you must restrain all those negative thoughts which deviates you from your success and destiny and you considered yourself imperfect . No one is under or over privileged God has created everyone with the same competence ,we are responsible for our success and failure , It is our own responsibility to work on our Attitude , Skills and knowledge for getting success . No one can blame God for his bad fate or any failure. These are merely lame excuses for our incompetency .

At the age of 24, "I was a Bus Conductor" - Rajnikanth....

"I didn't even complete my University Education" - Bill Gates....

"I was the one who served in Hotels" - Oberoi....

"At my childhood days, I Stitched Shoes" - Abraham Lincoln....

"I worked in a Petrol Pump" - Dhirubhai Ambani....

"I Failed in the 10th Standard" - Sachin Tendulkar....

"Education Drop-Out & initially a Keyboard Player" - A. R. Rahman....

"I used to serve Tea at a Shop to support my Football Training" - Lionel Messi....

Life is not about what u couldn't do so far, it’s about WHAT YOU STILL CAN !!

“Strive Forward in the Right Direction…

Because Everybody Is Perfect”

Are you a Water or Coke ???

Yesterday when I returned home late but with a big smile, which is my usual habit, after having a very hectic training session at office.

On the face, I usually do not show any negative sign of unhappiness or tiredness, no matter how tired I am Or what time have I reached home.

When I passed smile to wife, she just started abusing the KESC for their extensive load shedding because I had asked her that“ Why the UPS is not working”. 

On my wife’s reaction which actually I didn’t like but immediately one striking phrase came to my mind from the book “Seven Habits of Highly Effective Leader by Stephen Covey” that “ No one can hurt you until & unless you will not let them to do so” i.e. One can abuse us, It is in one’s control but the response against it what we give, is in our control. Likewise weather , Natural disasters or some one’s behavior , KESC is not in our control but the choice of response is.

To understand this, let me tell you a short story,

Once upon a time , a man was polishing his new dream car; his 4 year old daughter picked up a stone and scratched on the side of the car. In anger, the furious Man took his child’s hand & hit it many times, not realizing he was using a wrench. At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures.

When the child saw his father, with painful eyes he asked ‘Dad when will my fingers grow back?’ The man was so hurt and speechless. He went back to the car and kicked it many times. Devastated by his own actions, sitting in front of the car, he looked at the scratches, His daughter had written ‘LOVE YOU DAD’. Whatever the situation, we should try to hold our nerves and keep intact in a positive manner. 

So what to do, let may say it, in a different way here that “Be Water and not a Coke”. 

What do I mean by this, well let me explain,

What does happen when we shake a coke bottle ? .. its blast , but when we shake the water bottle it remains calm though it may make some ripples.

It is our choice and response against a particular event which differentiates us whether we are water or a coke . Water is beneficial for the person’s health as well, think twice before taken any action or decision whether you are responding or reacting. Wise people respond whereas fools react. When you respond you have a lot of choices but when we react we don’t have choice except regrets , sorrow , unhappiness & troubles .

Because when we react its urgent & abrupt , it’s not planned at all and this can lead to big mishaps at times.

Be a Water Not A Coke…..!!!!!!!!!!

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Employee Engagement Activities for Managing High Performance

Research shows that Employee Engagement is directly proportional to the Organizational growth i.e. the maximum an employee will be engaged with the organization the more that Organization will grow.

Employee engagement is more than satisfaction & motivation but once engagement will bring in , satisfaction & motivation will emerge automatically by itself, in fact , these two will be a bi-product of employee engagement. Effusive Engaged employees work for the success & vision of the organization . It is all about development of Disciplined people, Disciplined Thought & Disciplined action by the inception of employee engagement activities. Because once you have disciplined People ,you don’t need “Hierarchies” ; when You have Disciplined thought in your engaged employees , you don’t need “Bureaucracy” and when you have a disciplined action people , you don’t need “Excessive Controls” on the engaged employees.

Employee engagement can’t be developed with money factor for that reason employer has to cover an extra mile & develop empathy not only with the employee but also with their families as well . Followings are some innovative & effective employee engagement activities for managing high performances .

• Appreciation Letter/ shield for Mother / Family Members for employee High performance.

• Birthday Cake & Gift on employee & his dependants.

• Half day on employee Marriage Anniversary with Dinner vouchers.

• Specified Fund for Team Dinner Dept Wise.

• Extra Holiday on Eid by company other than Gazette Holidays

• HR Manager / HOD visit on Child Birth at Home.

• Movie of the Month .

• Professional Trainings without any bond .

• Family Get –to- Gather .

• Ramzan Gift Packs .

• Flexi Hours inception.

• Indulge domestic benefits like Monthly Water Supply.

• Lunch with CEO .

• In-house recreational Activities like Swimming Pool, Table Tennis, Snooker ETC

• Parents Health Coverage.

As a result of the above innovative & effective employee engagement activities, the growth of the Organization will be self apparent and no will have to pin point the success that the organization will enjoy as a combined unit.

Have A Courage to Come True Your VISION ????

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows . It is pretty much obvious that our success and future growth found in our vision of life . When I asked to the son of Bakery owner near to my home ( 19 Years Old ) about his future planning & vision then he replied me very enthusiastically that when I will be at my papa’s age then I will broaden the Bakery & will acquire adjacent shop. At that time I think for a moment that nobody stop him to think big or vast his vision that “we must have a world renown bakery all over the globe with thousands of branches spread out all over the world & my sitting office will be in Switzerland “ . 

It is all about courage to think big , very few people have this sort of audacity in their goals of life. Because everything develop twice in this world first it develop in mind then we figure out it onto reality . No engineer can develop an engine drawing until and unless it would have been developed in one’s mind . Believe me what you will dream to get , you must got it . One must have a firm believe on his capabilities & efforts that he / She is well versed that he can achieve his vision & come true his dream . One thing is common , in fact it is key to success that all visionary successful icons have been taken concrete steps towards their ideas without knowing the result but they have taken steps because might be 90% you will not get success in your initiatives but rest 10 % success will engulf your all 90% failure. It is not a person who is big but his vision make him big & different from rest.

“ While one person hesitate because he feels inferior and the other busy in making mistakes and become Superior”  Henry C. Link

Following are the steps that how one can come true his Vision.

Visualization

It is the technique of using one's imagination to visualize specific behaviors or events occurring in one's life. It is a detailed illustration of what one desires and then visualizing it over and over again with all of the senses (i.e., what do you see? what do you feel? what do you hear? what does it smell like?). For example, to be a CEO is your vision then first of all you have to visualize that how will you Feel when you will be dressed in branded Suiting , Your sitting office will be at your dream place , People will be giving you desired protocol, Secretaries will be around you to facilitate , You will be big wig etc. You have to do it every day , every night when ever get free just visualize yourself in that manner then your gestures & posters will be changing around like a CEO. Because things created twice in this world once in our mind then our mind produce it into reality.

Networking & Blogging

Once you have been visualizing then start networking with CEOs It might be done through referral , Trainings , Professional Social gatherings , Social Media Sites etc . It will not be uphill task ,there are lot of forums where you can find desired audience very easily . It’s the law of attraction at work, surround yourself with people who share a similar ambition, and have the drive to make themselves successful and together, you all move forward as a group. It’s one of those things, when everyone is engaged the magic starts to happen. Your vision should be your passion.

Maintaining High Self Esteem

You should have a proud on yourself because if you will not value you high then others won’t give you due importance .Once Female conceives a sperm of male , there are about 10 Millions cells released from the sperm of male & every cells can be converted in to a potential baby but when this race begins ,only one cell win the race and rest 9.99 Million lost their way . So we have been in a tough competition before our birth in this world , we have born with basic instinct of winner and we should have a firm believe on our self that we must Win. When we have defeated millions so can’t we defeat billions ?. Praise yourself as high as much you can it will be a basic key to get you vision in set time lines.

Acquire Mentoring

Mentoring in general is a relationship between someone more experienced and knowledgeable (known as Mentor) with someone less experienced and less knowledgeable in their area of common interest. Mentoring is a power free, two-way mutually beneficial learning situation where the mentor provides advice, shares knowledge and experiences for realization of mentees career aspirations and advancement. Follow foot print of your mentor to come true your vision .

Information Congregation

If your vision is to get your dream Car , Then start gathering the information about the that car . Rush to show room for test drive & asking the prices for your dream car , get the information from different banks for leasing & loans, paste the picture of your dream car or personality in front your Washroom mirror where you usually brush your teeth , placed it on your desktop , get the info about its specifications , search all the info available at any where .

Daily Progress & Set The Time Lines

Maintain a dairy or log book where you will jot down each & every step ,what you have taken in a single day to realize your Vision . You have to make sure that on each single day you must entered something in your log book and show serious concerns when you did not do anything .For instance , if you looking for your Dream house then on daily basis make sure you did something to realized your dream house in reality like go to real estate agent , search for newspaper in classifieds etc then logged it in your daily log book. Review your daily log book on monthly basis and set the dates line for vision accomplishment.

This is not because our vision is difficult that we don’t dare,

It is because we don’t dare that it seems difficult……..

By : Syed Shahzad Ali 

HR Expert in Pakistan