When people aim to become successful role models in their societies, they should be aware about the various elements that have the potential to lead them to success and superiority. The elements that can make our dreams come true include: strong well, hard work and positive thinking. Elements such as seminars that empower entrepreneurs.
An event with the title: “New Beginnings: Kick Off 2015 with a Bang!” took place on Tuesday at Al Mamoura auditorium under the patronage of Fatima bint Hazza Cultural Foundation, and was supported by Aldar and AmCham Abu Dhabi.
Tamakkan, a knowledge-sharing platform established by BrandMoxie offered the opportunity for businessmen and businesswomen to meet with successful people who have motivational and inspirational stories about their achievements.
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Randa El Zein, the empowerment coach and the founder of Be You International Educational Consultancy opened the event with the presentation named “Resolutions Don’t Work, Commitments to Yourself Do!” Randa emphasized the importance of goal setting in order to reach the planned accomplishments. Moreover, she highlighted the significance of achieving resolutions and establishing priorities for 2015.
Jules Lewis, the founder of Mountain High presented her speech which was about “The Four Keys to Peak Performance How to THINK, EAT, MOVE, and SLEEP like a Winner”.
She provided an Introduction to the A.U.D.R.E.Y © mastermind principle along with some simple practical strategies to incorporate into people’s daily life that will positively change the way they think, eat, move and sleep. Jules explained the AUDREY principles that help people to avoid the mental and emotional overload. The A.U.D.R.E.Y is an abbreviation for Awareness, Understanding, Disassociation, Reprogramme/ Respect, Emotionally Charged and YES respectively. Furthermore, she advised people to have commitment to small steps and to manage their personal energy so that would make huge differences in their lives.
Every month Tamakkan hosts seminars for the entrepreneurs where these seminars talk about different business topics such as Finance, Marketing, product development and other business issues that provide instructions to a successful international business.
“Each January Tamakkan always focuses on kicking-off the year to a terrific start, and getting excited entrepreneurs focused on goal-setting, innovating and also on achieving a healthy balance between work and family,” said Sana Bagersh, Founder of Tamakkan, and CEO of BrandMoxie.
Maysoon Barber, Business Director at Fatima bint Hazza Cultural Foundation, added, “At the foundation, we believe that spiritual and personal well-being go hand-in-hand with sustained entrepreneurial performance and commercial success. Entrepreneurs thrive in a community such as Tamakkan that not only covers business matters, but also acknowledges fears, hopes and aspirations.”
In addition, Tamakkan shares success and inspiring stories that motivate people to do their best and to think positively in order to achieve their goals without facing too many obstacles. Most importantly, these stories show how these successful people stopped the negative thinking in and always believed in their dreams which led them to achieve their goals effectively.
The first speaker for the success story launch was Jody Ballard, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Certified Wellness Coach and Motivational Speaker and Strategic Wellness Systems. She involved getting 44 women to cross the desert from Al Ain to Abu Dhabi for six days and to celebrate heritage and women’s achievements.
Jody mentioned that we are social people and we need other people that would encourage us to do our best. She listed the challenges that they faced in their walk from Al Ain to Abu Dhabi and she also mentioned that the reason of this walk is to bring women together.
The second speaker was Dorian “PAUL D” Rogers, Award Winning Poet, and Founder of Rooftop Rhythms. He introduced “The Abu Dhabi International Poetry Festival”, an event organized by his Rooftop Rhythms poetry platform together with BrandMoxie.
He started his speech with a poem which was followed by a brief story about his life. He told the audience that he succeeded in America because of the poetry shows and then he moved to Abu Dhabi in March 2012 to teach the government schools. Three years later they averaged 250 people per month for each poetry show. He mentioned how to build effective relationships with other people by correctly understanding and applying the concept of collaboration.
The third speaker is Omar Al Busaidy, Unit Head of Abu Dhabi Experience Development, ADTCA. He spoke about the launch of his book “Just Read It,” which is a collection of insights about emotional and social intelligence.
He studied in the American University in Dubai and he used to work in different fields and study throughout his entire time while he was doing the BA degree. He also had different businesses during that time which unfortunately weren’t really successful such as an adverting agency, a wedding dress shop and the Connection Middle East Company. However, he partnered with his friend, Wael Al Haj, and ran a salon in Jumairah, Dubai called W Gents.
When asked about what people could learn from his book “Just Read It”, he said that he does not expect his readers to learn from the book, because it is all about things that they already know. So they either learned about these things from school or learned them at home. However, he ‘Omarized’ it – that word meaning he just said it in different way based on his point of view and his past experiences in life.
The night ended after the speakers shared their success and motivational stories that inspired people to set their goals, achieve resolutions and to establish their priorities that will lead them to achieve their aims for 2015.
By Kinda Al Azem
