Asim & Tamreez

Last night I got myself involved in something crazy, at least it seems that way at the moment. It doesn’t scare me but something inside me is still resisting. I enrolled myself into a 6 month leadership programme offered by an organisation known for its work in bringing transformation in the lives of many people all over the world. What’s crazy is the schedule and the level of commitment. I’m committed to the course for more than 10 hours every single week and 4 full weekends (Sat, Sun, 9am-11pm!) over the course of the next 6 months. It has hit my calendar really hard. I guess being able to fit in the schedule in my calendar, which is already packed with work, travel and social commitments, will be a breakthrough on its own.

I love Personal Development literature and this is not the first such course I am doing. What’s different this time is the intensity, its duration and impact on my day to day routine. Despite all that, there is also something inside me that is really excited about the next few rollercoaster months. I really believe that we human beings every now and then need that extra push or a reminder to realise our own potential. We all have an inherent ability to do the extraordinary but very few recognise that potential.

In the realm of Personal Development literature, the Quran has always been my first source of inspiration and I love delving deep into it. My beliefs about life have evolved over the years. I do not believe in the word impossible anymore. While reading books by people like Stephen Covey and Anthony Robins who have transformed the lives of many all over the world, I have found many parallels with theories I learnt from the Quran. They have helped me understand the Quran more.

One of the many promises my training programme proudly boasts is a “future of extraordinary accomplishment”. What it means, even I am not sure about at the moment but it sound like something I really want :). I have huge ambitions in life and some of them would require extraordinary accomplishments. I believe that no course or training can make you transform yourself and your community unless you want it to. I’ll get what I want to get out it. So, I start this course with a resolution that I’ll make it into one hell of a transformation for myself and people around me and that includes all of YOU. Lets see how it goes!