My Educational Aspirations in 2011

Actually we had been brainstorming on our educational aspiration for this year since last week. Alhamdulillah with the help of Allah the most gracious we came up with 7 formulas that will be our aspirations this year step by step. Simple but vital to everyone who wants to be a success in whatever field he/she is in  :D

1.    Goals. This year we will be more specific about our goals. For example, say “I am going to get a cgpa of more than 3.50 this semester,” rather than “I would like to try my best to get a decent result.” We’ll create a plan to reach our goals, and stick to it to whatever end.

2.   Action. Goals alone have no meaning. We realised that we need to take action to realise them. InsyaAllah we won’t let our fear of “tough subjects” or “tough lecturers” hold us back. After all it is a great adventure once in a lifetime for us.

3.Courage. Courage to be different. Never fear to be different and innovative, and to generate our own ideas. One lecturer said to us during our diploma studies, “be different, and don’t try to imitate others. Following others is a path of mediocrity”.

4 Focus. Focus our time, money and energy to our goals. We’ll give our focus and energy towards achieving our goals. We won’t let other people or things distract us this year.

5.Consistency. Be persistent and work hard. “Success is a marathon, not a sprint”. From this phrase we realised that to be success in whatever we do must come with a consistent hard work. Keep an eye on the goal, and keep working towards it.

6. Analyze. Learn to analyze details. We’ll get all the facts right this time. No more ‘last minute studies’.  Studying last minute is a favourite among students and we’ll be lying if we say we did not follow this tradition during our studies in the past. However, this type of studying will only disappoint us back. This is because we’ll not be able to know our mistakes early. Always analyze every bit of details in the syllabus whether it is your weakness or advantage. Learn from a mistake is as valuable as learning something new every day.

7.Honest.No need to elaborate more. Without honesty,dependability and responsibility, the other 6 principal don’t add up too much. You just need to be true to yourself in order to realize these 6 formulas for success

Apart from these 7 principals, from Islamic point of view, hard work, pray to Allah and tawakal. These three elements are actually the most important in a Muslim’s life. Allah always gives you accordingly to your efforts. The more efforts you gave in, InsyaAllah the more you’ll get. A simple advice from us, if you don’t get whatever you targeted for, don’t be sad, don’t blame yourself, don’t blame the lecturers and most of all don’t blame Allah. Allah knows what’s best for humankind and there’s always a reason in everything that’s happening to us. Last but not least, let’s understand this phrase;

“Allah sometimes hide the sun, brought thunder and lightning until we cried and wondered where is the light. Apparently Allah gives us a wonderful rainbow”