Power of Thought by Nuruddin Abjani

Lockdown: How To Win When This Is Over?

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 18:13:15 +0000

How to spend your time during the lockdown??
(How to succeed when all of this is over)

Set of Choices… A

1. Enjoy this time to the fullest. Chill. Relax. Sleep.
2. Devour/watch your social media feed every minute to know what’s happening around.
3. Keep a tab on the number of positive COVID-19 cases, casualties. Every hour. Everywhere.
4. Watch plays, shows and movies all day. Netflix, Prime Video, HBO galore…
5. Watch TV (news) all day.
6. All day Whatsapp? (do I need to say anything further?)
7. Worry about tomorrow (ab kya hoga). What if this is never over. What will happen to my job? Business? Family?

Set of Choices… B

1. Help someone in need.
2. Pray. Meditate. Think deeply.
3. Be grateful for what you still have that others can only dream of.
4. Trust God. He will take care of us.
5. Develop yourself. Learn a new skill. There are numerous online courses.
6. To broaden your mind, read books, ebooks, blogs. Listen to podcasts. Watch inspirational videos. TEDTalks.
7. Give the family & relatives your precious time – on phone. Connect with friends all over the world.
8. Do something you always wanted to but never had the time.
9. Keep yourself healthy. Exercise. Walk daily. Have a daily routine. Sleep well. Move around and eat mindfully.
10. Work on your business, instead of in the business & make it better, agile and lean.
11. Pick up a new hobby.
12. Work on that startup that you always wanted to begin but never had the time.
13. Do your best to make the most of this situation. What matters is how you think about this.
14. This too shall pass.
15. Connect to more people on LinkedIn.
16. Help or mentor someone. Let people learn from your experience.

What else would you like to do? Please write in the comments section below.

When all of this is over, the size of the pie will get smaller. The person who survives the new world will be the person with a better mindset & maximum number of useful skills.

Are you that person?

There can be hundreds of excuses, but remember, the choice will always be yours!

Inshallah, we will all pass through this pandemic unscathed – or with minimum losses.

Apni ‘Qismat’ Kaisey Badli Jaye? (Circumstances or Possibilities?)

admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:00:00 +0000

I love this quote from Oprah Winfrey:
“You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.”

It is the ‘victim mentality’ that keeps us at the same level. It all starts from a thought.

“Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But sooner or later the person who wins
Is the one who thinks he can!”
Walter D. Wintle

Kya Hum Doosron Ko Jaldi Judge Karletey Hain? (Paradigm Shift – Stephen Covey, Seven Habits)

admin — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:50:00 +0000

Stephen Covey wrote this story in his famous book, “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”.
This shows us how we create opinions about others without realising what they must be going through. And when we face the truth, we face a paradigm shift.
Interesting short story for anyone who wants to improve themselves.

Kya Aap Apni Income Badha Saktey Hain? Can you increase your income? (Sharpening the saw)

admin — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 19:37:00 +0000

If we don’t improve ourselves, we will fall behind.
Fall behind our peers, colleagues, competitors…. No matter what type of work we do, improving oneself if the key to continued success.
Improving ourselves also gives us financial benefits in the long run, but usually most of us don’t want to wait for that long…
Listen to this short video highlighting the benefits of improving one’s self, or as per Stephen Covey’s words – sharpening the saw.

Aik ‘Ting’ Ne Kiya Mujhe Pareshan! (Do Cellphone Notifications Ruin Our Productivity?)

admin — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:42:00 +0000

The notifications on our cell phones are usually responsible for killing our focus, and in turn, ruining our productivity – and sometimes – our relationships. If we reduce the amount of sound or ‘show on locked screen’ notifications, we can easily improve our focus on the task at hand and hence our increasing our overall Continue Reading

Apni Movie Ya Doosron Ka Trailer? (Why Others Seem to be Happier than Us?)

admin — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 22:35:00 +0000

We compare what others are sharing on their social media and get FOMO (Fear of Missing Out!). Not realising that the post is only a part of their lives. The real life is what they live the whole day, week, month etc. Like you do.
However, we compare their posts with our whole day or week. Hence, actually comparing other people’s movie trailer with our whole movie.
Thinking consciously about this may help us remain happy in whatever we already have instead of what we don’t.

Careem Captain aur Main (Why Do We Judge People?)

admin — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:54:52 +0000

Every day we meet many people, some we already know and some we don’t know at all.
But yet, we are very swift in judging people. Especially judging them wrongly. Instead of giving them the benefit of the doubt, we decide ourselves as to what type of the person he or she is.
The above is one of my many incidents where I judged someone wrongly.
Hope we all can remember to at least think once before judging anyone. Give them one chance to prove themselves – right.

Kamyabi Ke Liye Degree Kitni Zuroori Hai?

admin — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 09:00:54 +0000

Bill Gates did’t have a degree when he started Microsoft in 1975. He was already the richest person in the world when Harvard conferred upon him an honorary degree. We keep pushing ourselves to get a degree by hook or crook. Is that the right path? Watch this short video by Nuruddin Abjani & maybe Continue Reading

Watch Asher Hasan’s message of peace from Pakistan | Video on TED.com

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:37:09 +0000

Since Nadeem Chawhan of Navitus told me about www.TED.com a couple of months back at one of the TRG Sessions, I have been an ardent follower – though I miss a lot of videos due to time constraints… And then some angel, this time Abid Naseem, sends me a link to it and I suddenly realize what TED.com has been able to achieve.

I have posted other brilliant videos from TED.com earlier, check them out as well.

About this video: One of many Pakistanis who came to TEDIndia despite security hassles entering the country, TED Fellow Asher Hasan shows photos of ordinary Pakistanis that drive home a profound message for citizens of all nations: look beyond disputes, and see the humanity we share.

Asher Hassan is a social entrepreneur, click here to read more about him.

Hoped you enjoyed the video.

To watch more outstanding achievement videos from people who matter in Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) visit www.TED.com

Have a great life!

Keep shining…

Keep dreaming…

Pakistan Zindabad!

Nuruddin Abjani
www.powerofthought.org

A-Z of New Year Resolutions for 2010

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:35:14 +0000

Photo courtesy: Nir Tober on Flickr

All of us want to have New Years Resolutions…And some of us do have them, I mean properly written down.

Its always good to put things down on a piece of paper, or better, a journal where you record all your ideas and stuff that comes in your mind, especially New Years Resolutions!

I came across this beautiful piece by Rajesh Setty where he gives us the A-Z of New Years Resolutions.

I found these very relevant and logical,and hope you will be able to get a lot out of these while planning for 2010:

A-Z of New Year Resolutions for 2010 | Life Beyond Code

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Have a great year and life ahead!

Keep shining.

Dare to dream!

Nuruddin Abjani
www.powerofthought.org