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The key learning objectives of the
workshop
1. Introduction to the Meaningful Life Framework
2. Importance of leadership as a key component of a
meaningful life
3. The definition of Leadership and its three components:
sharing, inspiring and facilitation
4. Understanding of character as the key operational
characteristic of inspiration
5. How is the relevant character traits identified for our
vision?
6. What is character and how is it developed?
7. Understanding of Discretionary Mental Routines (DMRs),
the building blocks of behavior and character.
8. How to identify incorrect character traits and how to
rectify them?
9. Exercise: Developing a strategy to develop character traits
matching a vision in one of your roles in life.
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Training Norms and Guidelines for the
Participants
¬ Timings
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¬ Reference manual vs. textbook
¬ Quizzes
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General instructions
¬ Pre-workshop questionnaire
¬ Names for certificates
¬ Blank sheets
¬ Name on the manual
¬ Valuables
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Framework

A set of beliefs, ideas and rules that is used as the

basis for making judgments, decisions etc.

- Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

A Meaningful
Life
1. If you were to look back at your life now, would you like to say that you have
tried to create a meaning in your life?

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A Meaningful Life
2. If you were to look back at your life at the time of your death, would you like
to say at that time that you have tried to create a meaning in your life?

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A Meaningful Life
2. If you were to look back at your life at the time of your death, would you like
to say at that time that you have tried to create a meaning in your life?

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Meaningful Life

Strategic
Vision

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Strategic Vision
A vision which is independent of time and correct.

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 Meaningful Life

Strategic
Vision

Strategic
Time
Management

Azm
Prioritization
(Determination)

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Strategic Time Management
The ability to prioritize our day according to a strategic
vision and then to accomplish these prioritizations through
Azm (determination).

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 Meaningful Life

Strategic
Vision

Strategic
Time Leadership
Management

Azm
Prioritization
(Determination)

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Leadership
Leadership is defined as the ability to share our vision with
others and to inspire and facilitate others in pursuing the
shared vision. The key element behind the ability to inspire
others to pursue the shared vision is a character worthy of
the vision.

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 Meaningful Life

Strategic
Vision

Strategic
Time Leadership
Management

Azm Share Inspire Facilitate

Prioritization
(Determination)

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 Meaningful Life

Strategic
Vision

Strategic Additional
Time Leadership Required
Management Competencies

Azm Share Inspire Facilitate

Prioritization
(Determination)

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Additional Required Competence
The competencies that are required in addition to Strategic
Time Management and Leadership for the success of the vision.
Competence is knowledge, skills and abilities. For example, our
vision of scaling Mount Everest will also require mountaineering
skills.

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Metaphor: You are Destinatio
n
driving a bus filled
with people going to
a destination. Driver + You
Driving + Vision
Skills
+ Competence
Telling everyone in the bus that
+ Inspire
the destination that you want to
go to is the best for them. + Now
Map + Direction
Reading the
map + Share

+ Prioritization
Character of a
+ Azm
driver (Determination)
The Road
+ Life

+ A meaningful
Driving along this life
Fuel road

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Present
 Character:

The aggregate of features and traits that for

m the individual
nature of some person or thing
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 Behavior:

Manner of behaving or acting

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 Competence:

The quality of being competent; adequacy;

possession of required skill, knowledge,
qualification, or capacity.

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 Competent:

Having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge,

experience,
etc., for some purpose; properly qualified
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DMR’s
DMR’s (Discretionary Mental
Routines)
Conscious
Level

Unconscio Sub-
us Level conscious
Level

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 Multi- Multi-
Sub-conscious tasking processing

 
Level

 
Conscious
Level

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Slicing / Time
Sharing 2 1

1 2

2 1

1 2

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Slicing / Time Sharing

Advantage Disadvantage
s s

1. Saves Time 1. Lack of concentration

2. Loss of quality
3. Loss of resources due
to changing context

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Multi-tasking without multi-
processing through
DMRs(Discretionary Mental Routines)
Conscious
Level


DMR Sub-
Trigge conscious
r Level

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Types of DMR
1. Instinct DMRs
- Sucking Milk
- Blinking of eyes
- Breathing

2. Motor DMRs
- Changing the gears of a car
- Cycling
- Swimming

3. Thought DMRs

- Instant thought DMRs

- Remembering the face of a person
- Repetitive thought DMRs
- Arithmetic
- Fighting Arrogance/ Kibr
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Behavior =
Conscious
Thoughts
+
Instinct DMRs
+
Motor DMRs
+
Thought DMRs

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“Our behavior is a prisoner of
our DMRs.”
Watch your thoughts, they will become
your words
Watch your words, they will become
your actions
Watch your actions, they will become
your habits
Watch your habits, they will become
your character

Watch your character, it will become

your DESTINY
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Classes of
DMRs
Class A DMRs
o Motor DMRs
o Repetitive thought DMRs

Class B DMRs
o Instant thought DMRs
Psycholo Transactio Isla
gy nal m
(Freud) Psychology
Child
Id (Desires) (Emotional
Self)
‫نفس‬
‫امارة‬
Adult
Ego (Self) (Reasoning
Self) ‫نفس‬
‫لوامة‬
Superego Parent
(Virtue) (Dogmatic)
‫نفس‬
‫مطمئنة‬

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Reference Books

Fundamentals of Leadership

1.Al Raheeq al Makhtoom by Shaikh

Mubarakpuri
2.The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
3.The autobiography of Malcolm X
4.Tareekh-e-Dawat-o-Azeemat by Maulana Ali
Hasan Ali Nadwi
5.Bang-e-Dara by Dr. Mohammed Iqbal
6.The Embattled Innocence by Suleman
Ahmer

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Reference Books

Character

1.Tableegh-e-Deen by Imam Ghazali

2.I am OK, you are OK by Dr. Thomas Harris
3.Games people play by Dr. Eric Berne

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Reference Books

Sharing

1.Crucial conversations by Kerry Patterson

2.Getting to Yes by William Ury
3.Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
4.Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
5.The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen Covey
6.Strategic Negotiations Skills by Suleman
Ahmer

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Reference Books

Facilitation

1.Principled Centered Leadership by Stephen

Covey
2.Strategic Time Management by Suleman
Ahmer
3.Strategic Visions by Suleman Ahmer
4.Any good book on Project Management

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Answers- Quiz on ground
rules
1. True
2. C
3. C
4. False
5. D
6. False
7. True
8. False
9. True
10.False
Answers- Quiz A on Effective Leadership
through Character
1.
2. c
3. True
4. True
5. True
6. False
7. False
8. True
9. (i)Multitasking (ii) Multiprocessing
10. Multiplexing
11. Motor DMRs & Conscious thoughts
12. C or D
13. False
14. Communist
15. Basheer
Answers- Quiz on Central Asian Stories
Quiz # 1

1. c
2. b
3. d
4. c
5. c
6. c
7. b
8. a
9. c
10. a
Answers- Quiz on Central Asian Stories
Quiz # 2

1. a
2. b
3. a
4. b
5. a
6. b
7. b
8. b
9. b
10. a
Character Traits
1. Honesty 22. Discipline
2. Courage 23. Upright
3. Pious 24. Selfless
4. Truthfulness 25. Sympathetic
5. Obedience 26. Tactful
6. Loyalty 27. Empathy
7. Integrity 28. Emotionally stable
8. Trustworthiness 29. Charismatic
9. Commitment 30. Reasonable
10. Justice 31. Responsible
11. Fairness 32. Clever
12. Determination 33. Nobility
13. Caring 34. Loftiness
14. Ideological 35. Divinity
15. Practical 36. Correctness
16. Pragmatic 37. Submission of will
17. Brotherhood 38. Sincerity
18. Tolerance
19. Sharing
20. Patriotism
21. God fearing
 Worksheet: Case studies

Vision:

Matching Character Traits

 Worksheet: Matching character
traits with vision
Role/ Department:

__________________________________________________
Vision:

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5 matching character traits:
 Worksheet: Strategy for
developing character traits

Character Applicable
Practitioners Masters
Trait Areas

1.

2.