Why is adaptability important?
If quantum shifts rather than incremental change are becoming the new normal – we need to master adaptability better and faster.
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Choosing to own your life
DON’T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND LEAD YOURSELF … Choosing OWNERSHIP is a foundation 21st Century Future Skill – it is the mindset that guides you towards success. Next time you find yourself complaining or blaming at work reflect on the position you have chosen and what it means. THE VICTIM’s CHOICE It is hard to put […]
The New Inquisitive Minds EXPLORER
The Explorer is the new Hikmaty Newsletter on Substack.It focuses on Work^Life because they are joined up now, 21st century future skills that increase your options and inspired living because life should be inspiring! And all work with no play is a bit boring!It is for career professionals who want to take ownership of their […]
The Importance of Boldly Coexisting
It requires us to take responsibility and own it, be a discoverer and increase our understanding of the issues, be a player in the arena not a spectator and be a deliverer on our commitments as global and local citizens.
What are you waiting for now?
5 mistakes not to make managing your career at work …
ONE Waiting for the fairy story
Where you get picked/ found or saved – pick yourself, stand out to get noticed and nobody is coming to save you – save yourself!
Taking responsibility for YOU
WELCOME TO THIS WEEKS EXPLORER
In this weeks edition we take an introductory peek into the mindset and skillset that make up that OWNER role – we will explore:
ONE – The obvious INTRODUCTORY BIT to set the scene.
TWO – An OVERVIEW of the role – an outline on what it means to be an OWNER including tips on cultivating the right mindset.
THREE – Why OWNER is important?
FOUR – 3 practical things you can do to start the ball rolling and OWN IT!
FIVE – An EXPLORER update for the month and what we will be covering when on our topic OWNER.
How to get more creative by observing experiences
The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes’ Marcel Proust New eyes in the broadest, most curious sense … questioning, experiencing, experimenting and observing in lots of different ways. What are you missing in how you currently observe? Experiences are hot topics and trending. The business […]
Absolutely owning everything in your life!
FUTURE SKILL ROLE ONE: BE AN OWNER One the best decisions I made early in my career was to always seek to be an Owner i.e. committed and fully responsible for driving my own bus! Whilst often a bit of a bumpy ride, it is my ride. It is mindset I have to work at […]
Ten future skills to help us navigate, adapt and thrive.
Book Review: This was my February deep dive read to learn more – practical, timely and interesting brain food on 21st century issues and the future skills to help us navigate, adapt and thrive.
Setting yourself up to win
The underlying principles that govern nature tell us to focus on what we can control and that means creating the right conditions for the plants to help themselves. These same principles also apply in our lives and working environments as well.
Improve your written presentation skills
I have always described Nancy Duarte as the global ‘Mrs PowerPoint’ and the go to person on visual communication and storytelling. She gets the value of PowerPoint and has mastered it’s use – setting global standards for best practice. Communication has changed However communication has changed – we don’t have time for detailed long form […]
A career story to get you noticed more
‘HELLO WORLD – THIS IS ME! Someone says ‘Tell me about yourself?. What do you say? What do you highlight? What makes you stand out from the crowd? What makes you different or special? Have you invested the time in working through and developing your career story so that you get noticed more? Use this […]
Get in demand future skills
YOUR WORK^LIFE WILL BE TRANSFORMED IN THE NEXT DECADEThe rules of the work^life game have changed and will continue to at a faster pace. Whether 20, 40 or 60 most people still have decades of working life ahead of them and maybe a longer life. Some of the overwhelm and the search for meaning people […]
T People skills stack
This is all about ensuring you have options when you need them. Looking at a T is a simple way to discover more about who you are and what you offer the world …1) DEPTH – The aim is to build a T shaped stack with the PILLAR being your deep core capabilities in one […]
Have you found the leadership style that works for you?
Leadership is constantly evolving into many new roles with a distinct shift from being served to being the catalyst to enable others and serve them… it has never been easy or one role! It is complex mix of many different, often conflicting roles bundled into one that make it so challenging and yet so enticing, […]
Finding the best version of you!
Use Optimize Coach to make 2022 the year you deliver the best version of you!Class V111 is just starting and will be the largest so far – ready for a Heroic year at Optimize. Over 3,500 people from 95 countries around the world have paid $1,000+ to go through Optimize Coach Mastery – that included […]
The day to all count our blessings
…. is TODAY and then every day from now on. Can you be envious in a good way? I find myself looking over the pond to our US friends and asking myself – how come we adopted Halloween but left Thanksgiving behind? I get the Turkey sides aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but those perfectly […]
HIKMATY – a beautiful new something!
This business is devoted to your wisdom (Hikmaty in Arabic) and discovering your potential. Our calling relates to a 21st century business landscape with limited practical support to help people navigate this fast paced, everchanging work terrain. We want to make a difference.
10 Career Success Tips for the new normal
There is a new skillset and mindset that will help your career and to navigate this changing world. There are many challenges over the next few years but there are also many great new opportunities. So be courageous, choose yourself and own your future.
Take the opportunity to finish strong in 2020
Will you wait and see or simply just go for it! You have a choice to make. It has been a challenging year for most people – all around the world – a crazy year of shocks! With loss of life, businesses closing, job insecurities and layoffs, and the financial struggles this has delivered. Then […]
LEARN ABOUT OPTIMAL LIVING – OPTIMIZE.ME Review
The world’s best value in personal development education (Michael Gelb) Jilli at Hikmaty Agrees. I would recommend OPTIMIZE.ME to everyone who wants to seek out the most important and effective personal growth information that is really going to help in their lives. Hikmaty aims to help you unlock your potential by signposting you to great […]
Mind Cafe Edition 1 – Clarity
There is something exciting about first editions – the promise of the new and maybe finding something special. I found Mind Café as a publisher on Medium. Mind Cafe is a fast-growing self-improvement publisher and curator, committed to distributing high-quality personal development content with the help of their partnership with, Medium. It is Mind Cafes […]
Focus on YOUR big rocks first
Stephen Covey of 7 Habits of ‘Highly Effective People popularised this story as part of his ‘Put First Things First’ Habit. The 1989 Classic still sits in bestseller category for all books sold today. Like any classic publication of this calibre there are a lot of timeless gems to learn from. This is my narrative […]
d.school delivers your Design Thinking Toolkit
Go to Stanford d. school to get some great innovation and creativity education (for free!) – they started the design thinking movement and are masters of this skillset. Hikmaty Discovery is all about mastering the core 21C skills of innovation and creativity. The world of 21C work is hungry for innovation and creative people. Employers […]
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