Third day of the summit covered the perspectives and understanding of self aware leader. Binna Kandola and Stuart Duff massively explained the fundamental characteristics of self awareness, awareness of people around us and the awareness of what is going around. Then we had a practical exercise on coaching.
My coach was Niken from Indonesia. It was our first time to interact with each other. The exercise was so helpful and fruitful. We had to talk about our goals, the reality and how confident we feel about it, the various options that could be done and what will we do about it. Though I have been thinking about my goal months back, writing, researching, planning and modifying the plan every time, looking for financial resources, coaching was an enormous experience that gave me more ideas and options. In fact Niken and I found out that we have some similar passions and we could somehow work together in the future.
I was happy to be a coach. I think I was able to ask Niken some magic questions in addition to the broad and specific ones. I guess that helped on provoking more positive thinking and relieved the flow of ideas and made them more achievable.
I feel glad to know Niken and to know about her goals as they were more than one. We promised to keep the first goal secret between us provided that I keep on following up her progress. It is realistic and feasible Niken, you just need to raise your confidence about it.
Another exciting part about the third day was related to positive thinking “resilience”. We had the lecture in Katara, The Cultural Village. Resilience is “The ability of bouncing back from a set back”. What a wonderful accomplishment when being resilient. “Do not be your biggest obstacle to your progress” as Binna Kandola said. That is a fact. In most of the cases, we are the main reasons of our failures regardless of the surrounding resources. We should admit
the fact that we all have bias.
The day went on smoothly and we had two more lectures in Katara. Ayesha Al Mudehki, Executive Director of INJAZ Qatar and a lecturer from the British Council (unfortunately I can not recall his name). They both spoke about bringing communities together and the importance to cultural exchange.
Finally we had the chance to visit the first traditional DHOW exhibition in Katara. It was an interesting exhibition in a pleasant weather and wonderful beach. The reflection of the boats’ lights, the waving flags and the shadows of the sky on the sea face gave incredible and unforgettable scene.
My coach was Niken from Indonesia. It was our first time to interact with each other. The exercise was so helpful and fruitful. We had to talk about our goals, the reality and how confident we feel about it, the various options that could be done and what will we do about it. Though I have been thinking about my goal months back, writing, researching, planning and modifying the plan every time, looking for financial resources, coaching was an enormous experience that gave me more ideas and options. In fact Niken and I found out that we have some similar passions and we could somehow work together in the future.I was happy to be a coach. I think I was able to ask Niken some magic questions in addition to the broad and specific ones. I guess that helped on provoking more positive thinking and relieved the flow of ideas and made them more achievable.
I feel glad to know Niken and to know about her goals as they were more than one. We promised to keep the first goal secret between us provided that I keep on following up her progress. It is realistic and feasible Niken, you just need to raise your confidence about it.
Another exciting part about the third day was related to positive thinking “resilience”. We had the lecture in Katara, The Cultural Village. Resilience is “The ability of bouncing back from a set back”. What a wonderful accomplishment when being resilient. “Do not be your biggest obstacle to your progress” as Binna Kandola said. That is a fact. In most of the cases, we are the main reasons of our failures regardless of the surrounding resources. We should admit
the fact that we all have bias.The day went on smoothly and we had two more lectures in Katara. Ayesha Al Mudehki, Executive Director of INJAZ Qatar and a lecturer from the British Council (unfortunately I can not recall his name). They both spoke about bringing communities together and the importance to cultural exchange.
Finally we had the chance to visit the first traditional DHOW exhibition in Katara. It was an interesting exhibition in a pleasant weather and wonderful beach. The reflection of the boats’ lights, the waving flags and the shadows of the sky on the sea face gave incredible and unforgettable scene.
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