Whatever you think Think the opposite

Prepared & delivered by:

Mohammed Abbas

It’s the wrong way to think, but the right way to win

Hah….!!!

• This presentation explains the

benefits of Making bad

decisions.

• It shows how risk is your

security in life.

• Why unreason is better than

reason.

• It’s about having the

confidence to roll the dice.

A flop

A flop

• Until 1968 the Olympic record for

the high jump was 5,8 ft.

• With different thinking in new

jumping style he made a new

record of high jump with 7,4 ft.

• He jumped higher than anyone

else by thinking the opposite.

• Dick fosbury proves that the

opposite technique in thinking

became a technique for jumping,

turning a flop into success

Photographing a flower

• How many thousands of beautiful photos you have seen before for pretty flower pictures?

• How you can make the picture memorable for others?

• In 1930s Andre kertesz took a picture for a wilted Tulip, it was impossible to forget.

• The famous photographer in England Adrian have a popular photo by showing the vase, not the flower

They are all the wrong way to answer the brief,

and they are all a beautiful solution to the problem

When it’s Right, It Just Clicks

• In 1881 George Eastman, was a

junior clerk left his safe job in a

local bank to start a

photographer company.

• 7yrs later he changed the

name to (Kodak),it was weird

but he took the risk.

• His reasons for the name was

short & mispronunciation.

• Entrepreneurs only who can do

that.

Braille

Don’t Touch

This is a painting with braille embossed the braille reads

(Don’t touch),

yet the only way to know that is by touching it ,

really a great example of thinking the opposite.

Trapped

Trapped

• It’s not because you are

making the wrong decisions.

• It’s because you are making

the right ones.

• We try to make sensible

decisions based on the facts

in front of us.

• The problem with making

sensible decisions is that so is

everyone else do.

I wish

• I wish means:

wouldn’t be nice if ..

“you always make the right decisions, the safe ones, the one

most people make,

“you will be the same as everyone else”

Always wishing life to be different.

I want • I want means:

if I want it enough I will get it.

• Getting what you want means making

the decisions you need to make to get what you want.

• Making the safe decisions is very

predictable and leads nowhere new.

• The unsafe decisions causes you to think

and respond in a way you hadn’t thought of.

• That thought will lead you to other

thoughts which will help you achieve

what you want.

• Start taking bad decision, will take you to a place others only dream of being.

Regret

Regret

• It’s better to regret what you

have done, than what you

haven’t.

(Keep trying)

• People reach 40yrs old and

they feel that they are missing

their life, they had everything

going for them ,

And when the challenge tossed in

their way they lacked the courage

to pick it up.

Find a way

• You can’t afford the house of your dreams, that's why it is the house of your dreams.

• So either find a way of getting it( BTW,you’ll find the suitable

means),

or be satisfied with dissatisfaction.

Decisions

Decisions

• When you look back, there will

be things you will regret for.

• Maybe you made the wrong

decision wrong.

• Maybe you made the right

decision .

• Life is about decisions.

• So whatever decision you make

,you are only one you could

make.

• Otherwise you would make a

different one.

• Everything we do ,we choose.

• You are the person you choose

to be.

The raw material of you

• This Baby can make his/r body anything s/he wants it to be.

• What this baby wants, s/he will get.

• But s/he has to want it enough to go about getting it.

• Dreaming and talking about it won't achieve anything.

• There is only one person who can determine the shape of your life.

Is (you)

Who are you going to be ?

Think Different (Saatchi & Saatchi)

Over the Top

Over the top

by think Different

• When the Berlin wall was due to come down, a junior executive of a certain advertising agency came with an idea for pasting a poster on the other side of the wall,

• He did it, and it made worldwide news.

• Only the best ones do.

Every body needs one of these

If you want to know how your

life is going to turn out,

you just have to know where you are heading ,

so set your goals first

Reach for the stars

If this is the level of your ambition,

Try aiming higher.

Do it, then fix it…as you go

• Too many people spent too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it.

• Instead of waiting for perfection run with what you have got, and fix it as you go

A slap

Ask for a slap in the face

• If you show somebody a piece of your work and you ask them “what do you think? "probably they will say

it’s ok.

• Next time instead of that , ask them “what’s wrong?”

• They may not say what you want to hear but the chances are they will give you a truthful criticism are much bigger.

• Truth some times hurts, but in the long run it’s better than a pat on the back

Take Charge

Take charge

• Be your own worst critic.

• When things goes wrong it’s tempting to shift the blame to some one else ,

please don’t.

• Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you

will find out what you are capable of.

Be

Interesting Be

interested

Listen Carefully

• In work environment or an interview with others ,it’s better to listen carefully for the other part’ speech than to put on a show of your own brilliance.

• That way they will be interested in you without saying a word.

What’s Your Point of view ?

What’s your point of view

• Most people are other people.

• Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions.

• There is a conventional point of view, there is a personal point of view.

• There is a large point of view and there is a small one.

• But there is no right or wrong one.

• It depends from which pole you are looked at.

• Advances in any field are built upon people with the small or personal point of view.

Idea …..

Raise your idea up

• Ideas are a matter of taste.

• What is a good idea for some can be

bad or boring to others.

• If an idea is not taken up as a solution to solve a problem it has no value.

• Lying in drawers is useless.

• Ides have to be applied before be

considered as a good one or not.

• Even bad idea executed is better than a

good idea undone.

• The longer is used, the better idea is considered to be.

• That’s why the wheel is considered as the

best idea ever.

Steal

• Steal from anywhere to resonates

with inspiration or fuels your

imagination.

• Films,music,books,stars,clouds,trees

,street signs,websites,light and

shadows.

• Steal only things that are speak

directly to your soul.

• Authenticity is invaluable.

• Originality is non-existent.

The famous scientific :

Jun loc Godard said

“ it’s not where you take things from,

it's where you take things to”

Don’t stay too Much in one job

(Resign) • If people constantly reject your

ideas or what you have to offer

a lot, resign.

• You can’t keep fighting and

losing, that makes you a

problem to others.

• If you are good an they want

you, your resignation will not be

accepted.

• If they accept that means you

were in the wrong job, and it’s

better to move for another one

when you have the chance to

do that.

• It takes courage but it’s the right

move

Don’t stay too Much in one job

(fired)

• If you got fired one day, since you

had no other choice but to

accept it, you might look at it as a

good thing.

• You will have to arrange your life

differently.

• You hated your situation anyway.

• You must begin again.

• It’s a wonderful opportunity for

you.

Number 2

• Churchill said that when you are at the top you only have to think about policies.

• When you are number two you have to think about what your boss thinking.

• So start your own company, then you can have control of your own destiny, it makes you number one from the start.

Turn Up

Turn Up

• If you don’t have the degrees or fees

to go to the university, just turn up.

• If you want to be in a job where they

won’t accept you, just turn up.

• Go to all the lectures, make yourself

useful let people get to know you.

• Eventually they will accept you,

because you are a part of their

community.

• It may take time, but you will be in

not out.

• When asked the secret of success,

Einstein said “turn up”

The CV Tip

• To Get the very best company in your chosen field into your resume.

• Be a runner.

• Work for free, if necessary.

Your future employers will be impressed.

To be

more creative

think

about Money

Final Thoughts

The world is not what you think of it, all the time

Think it differently, and your life will change

Lead your change

Dedication

Special dedication for my

Family ,

and whoever else inspired to

steal these thoughts for my

presentation

Mohammed Abbas

Prepared & Delivered By:

Mohammed Abbas Head of Learning & development

ADIB Bank-Egypt

m.abbas.79@hotmail.com

+201005561414