Time Management Training Bahrain | asif osman training |

A short transcript of a live time-management training session by Asif Osman emphasizing practical common-sense approaches. The speaker opens with a moralizing anecdote about a lawyer and a farmer, links Islamic prayer times (Salah) to time-management principles, introduces a four-box time-management matrix (urgent/important), and runs a brief quiz and classroom exercise encouraging participants to analyze and reprioritize activities.
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Bismillahirrahmannamin. Let me start with a little story, okay? There was this big shot lawyer. You know what a lawyer is, right? He went to the farmland and he wanted to shoot ducks. You know, in some countries they allow shooting animals. So he wanted to hunt for ducks. So he went to the farm area and he went to the area where there are lots of ducks. And he shot one down. And the duck fell into the. And what happened is it actually fell into a farmland that was fenced. So he knew this was for the evil, okay? So he knew that this is an area where it belonged to someone else. Okay? So he crossed the fence. He was about to retrieve his duck. And what happened? The farmer comes. The farmer is a very old man, looking tired, looking very old. So this lawyer says, that's my duck. I shot it down. The farmer says, what's on my land is mine, sir. That duck belongs to me. So the lawyer says, look, I'm a big time lawyer. I will not only get my duck, I will take you to court and take your farm also. So you better be careful. So the farmer says, look, you are in the village and over here we solve things the simp simple way. No need to go to court and all this stuff. Let's solve things the way we do it over here. Lawyer asks, what is this about? So Mohammad says, I kick you three times. You kick me three times, okay? The one who says, please stop, he's the loser. So he gets the duck, the other guy gets the duck, the winner. So farmer says, since I'm an old man, let me go first. So the lawyer says, old guy, he can barely lift his legs. Let him kick. Why go to court and all this? I'll solve this easily. So the farmer takes a nice good look and tells him, look the other way, bend over and gives a nice big kick. And this guy, he falls down flat, goes right and it is paining so much. He says, okay, two more, two more. Then the farmer kicks him one more time. This time his lunch came out. Then he says, one more, one more. I have to endure. Then the farmer says, nice big aim, kicks him very hard. He flies and falls into cow dung. Then he gets up and he says, okay, finish my turn. Farmer says, no problem. You take the duck and go. What's the moral of the story? Never judge. You can say many morals of the story. The moral of the story is, don't make big issues of small issues and always allow common sense to prevail. Who wakes up for Salat al Fajr? Here, Alhamdulillah. Okay, so those who say I didn't wake up for Salat al Fajar today, what are we going to talk about? Time management. Time management. Does Islam teach about time management? You know the Salah is five times a day at specific times of the day. Right? Now, if you didn't understand that this is about time management, then you haven't understood one part of Salah. Muhammad Basit has got it right. Mubarak collaborated. It's in the book. I can see it. You can see it. Very good. Very good. Okay. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. The objective is not to win and get a result. The objective is for you to find out something very important. The objective is to find out that when you think of different solutions, in the end you will get the right solution. Okay? We're talking about a time management matrix. Okay? So you got your paper. You draw a rectangle, Okay? You draw a rectangle and then you split it into four boxes. Four boxes. You know what I'm going to do? No, this is totally different. Okay? This is a thinking of a different way. You're going to have to think about your life. You write over here, urgent top. And you write over here, not urgent. Yeah. It's not a game that you play. It's not a game. Okay? And you write over here, important imp. I'm writing over here. But you can write important. The third box or the first box. No, not inside the box. Just like I have written over here. Okay? And then over here you write not important. Okay, because we need to go a little faster. I'm going to see how we can finish. Give me one point each. Okay, you first. One point. Now, when we reach the last box. Did I say that this is the easiest to fill? Problem with most people's lives. This is the important part of this exercise, is this box is filled the most. Whenever we do this exercise, whenever I've done this session, this box gets filled the most and the fastest. Why is that? Because it's not important and not urgent. Because most people have not figured out how to cut this. Why you have to cut this, why it's taking your time. Turn to your right. Opportunity for revenge. Yusuf in the spotlight. Okay? Now give a nice massage to Yusuf. Don't kill the poor guy. He'll not come for any more. Discover Islam program. Ten questions, okay? Not very difficult questions, but what I'm going to do is I'm going to make the rules very clear. Everybody can see me, okay? If you know the answer Put up your hand. If you know the answer, you didn't put up your hand and you say the answer minus one point. Okay? All right. That's a group work or no individual. Individual. No partnership, no company. All of you on your own. Remember, there's going to be a prize at the end. So you want to try to win that prize, right? So at the end, the one who has the maximum points is going to win. Okay, first question. If I get the prize, can I give it to somebody? That's your wish. Your prerogative. Okay. Very generous guy. Because when he found out that prize is an online learning program, he decided to give the prize in advance. You can have the whole 20 years for this course. There's no time limit, and the maximum that you need is four or five hours. So it's not like a big course. Okay. Why are these courses important? Because what do they ask for when you go and look for a job? Certificates. It's going to give you a certificate, right? I'll tell you later. Okay, I'm going to give three options, depending on who wins. I'm going to take down his or her email, and I'm going to email the three options and he or she has to choose that three. This is the one I want. And then I will give them the link. Okay? It's got a monetary value on it, but you're going to get it free. Okay, first question is, which is the largest country in the world? Okay. That corner. Put up his hand first. Russia. Russia. What is your name? I'll go front. Just for the heck of it. Anybody know another one? Uruguay. But no prize for that. Okay, like I said, just for the heck of it. Uruguay did. Uruguay. Another just for the heck of it. Did Uruguay ever win World Cup? Yes. Yes. Very good. The first country. The girls are getting angry. All football questions, but no prizes for that, huh? Don't worry. Okay, Another one. This is a bit tougher. Tell me a neighbor of Kazakhstan. What's that? Okay. Who's the CEO of Microsoft? Oh, no. He told us the last time and I didn't pay attention. How many verses in the Quran? Verses? Okay, I'll give you guys a break. You don't have to say like, 1, 2, 3, 4. Even if you tell me it's around 3,000, around 4,000, around 5,000, around 6,000, around 7,000. Whatever it is, if you say in that way, I'll accept. Okay, so jazz, jazz. And go front on two points each. It's 6,000, 236. All right, GoFran and judge two winners. So I need your email addresses. I'm going to email you and I'm going to give you. I'm going to give you. I'll email you today and I'll give you three days to respond. Gentlemen and ladies, thank you very much for one more session. I hope you enjoyed yourself. I have one message that I want to leave you with. Today when you go home, do this. Take this paper and do this. Today you did only four points, right? Go home and finish many more points, especially in this box and think for yourself, how do I manage my time better by going as per this diagram, this matrix. Alright?
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