Basic Personal Skills

Positive Intelligence, Time Management, and Team Building

Mohammad Tawfik

Sonna3 2el 7ayahSonna3 2el‐7ayah15th February 2013

Your Speaker!Your Speaker!

Your SpeakerYour Speaker

• Mohammad TawfikMohammad Tawfik• Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering,

Cairo UniversityCa o U e s y• BSc., Aerospace Engineering, Cairo University• Diploma Computer Science Cairo UniversityDiploma, Computer Science, Cairo University• MSc., Aerospce Engineering, Old Dominion U.• Meng Mechanical Engineering U Maryland• Meng, Mechanical Engineering, U. Maryland• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, U. Maryland


• National Encouragement Award 2008National Encouragement Award 2008, Egypt, awarded June 2009.

• Who’s Who in the World 2010• Who s Who in the World, 2010.• Outstanding Lecturer Award, German

U i it i C i O t b 2006University in Cairo, October 2006.


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If you do not know whereIf you do not know where you are going any roadyou are going, any road will take you there!will take you there!

What will makeWhat will make YOU h ?YOU happy?

Managing your brain!Managing your brain!

Smile!Smile!


Positive IntelligencePositive Intelligence

Shirzad Chamine

Weaken your Saboteurs!Weaken your Saboteurs!


The sticklerThe stickler


The Hyper‐vigilantThe Hyper vigilant


The restlessThe restless


The Hyper‐achieverThe Hyper achiever


The VictimThe Victim


The PleaserThe Pleaser


The ControllerThe Controller


The AvoiderThe Avoider


The Hyper‐RationalThe Hyper Rational


Taking control!Taking control!

The “Three Gifts” techniquesThe Three Gifts techniques


Activate the 5 powersActivate the 5 powers


Strengthen your PQ brainStrengthen your PQ brain


Your brain gets tired VERY easily!Your brain gets tired VERY easily!

Prioritize Prioritizing!Prioritize Prioritizing!

David Rock, “Your Brain at Work”Work

The Prefrontal CortexThe Prefrontal Cortex


That is where you do …That is where you do …

Planning

Prefrontal Cortex

CreativityDeciding


Multi‐tasking decreases performance dramatically

Take it easy on yourself!

Write down ideas to clear your mind!Write down ideas to clear your mind!


We think about what is easy to think about not about what is important!

Your brain needs a good level of stress d l k land alertness to work properly


Dopamine is a chemical that help your b kbrain to work …


it is generated by good expectations or drewards


Humor and positive expectations dgenerate dopamine


Fear produces adrenaline which also help attention, but it might havehelp attention, but it might have

negative effects as well


Over alertness reduces your capability to concentrate!!!


To get out of over alertness try to activate other parts of your brain …activate other parts of your brain …

take a walk or have a shower


Activate your directorActivate your director


Meta‐cognitionMeta cognition


Think about your thinkingThink about your thinking


The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Life and Time Management

Hyrum Smith

Managing Your TimeManaging Your Time

Law 1: You control your life by llcontrolling your time


Law 2: Your governing values are the f d f l f lf lfoundation of personal fulfilment


Law 3: When your daily activities reflect your governing values, youreflect your governing values, you

experience inner peace


Law 4: To reach any significant goal, l fyou must leave your comfort zone


Law 5: Daily planning leverages time h h d fthrough increased focus


Managing Your TimeManaging Your Time


Managing your LifeManaging your Life

Law 6: Your behaviour is a reflection of h l b lwhat you truly believe


Law 7: You satisfy needs when your b l f l h lbeliefs are in line with reality


Law 8: Negative behaviours are overcome by changing incorrectovercome by changing incorrect

beliefs


Law 9: Your self‐esteem must l l f hultimately come from within


Law 10: Give more and you’ll have more


Managing Your LifeManaging Your Life


Building team‐based workingBuilding team based working


AdvantagesAdvantages

Diversity of mindsDiversity of minds


SpecializationSpecialization


Checking on each others workChecking on each others work


It's fun to work with peopleIt s fun to work with people


DisadvantagesDisadvantages

Strength of the team is set to the k bweakest member


Lazy team membersLazy team members


Personalities are not the samePersonalities are not the same


Building the TeamBuilding the Team

Common VisionCommon Vision


The hard workerThe hard worker


The KnowledgeableThe Knowledgeable


The CreativeThe Creative


A Team Member Should BeA Team Member Should Be …

ResponsibleResponsible


Attentive in meetingsAttentive in meetings


Avoiding chit‐chattingAvoiding chit chatting


Listener not talkerListener not talker


Thank you!Thank you!


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