I always hated to read.. i always wondered how do people manage to read books and enjoy doing that... Even at that time i was in college and i had to read books in order to pass my exams, i was always trying to read in a smart way by trying to skip pages and read mainly the most important things that i thought would probably be in the exams...and despite the fact that i was always getting A's in most of my exams and papers.. i was not totally satisifed about my reading attitude simply because i consider it a problem. Why?
Ok here is why i always thought that i need to learn to become a reader. since i was a kid, i have always enjoyed writing. I can write and write for hours without feeling tired or bored, i tried writing poetry,short stories.. even my emails to most of my friends are always long. I love to write but i always hated to read. isnt that weird?
Wait a minute, in order for a writer to be , he or she need to be a reader first, simply because the more you read the better your writing can become. This is what my teachers in high school used to tell me.
I tried to solve my reading problem by taking the following steps:
1- Register with a local library
2- Buy a book every month
3- Read at least 2 pages of a book every night before i go to bed
4- Link my reading to my writing in order to be more enjoyable
It was not an easy task for me and i was always trying to find excuses to not read and cover behind my busy schedule at the time i was working and training.
One day, i was taking my hot choclate at a coffee shop in Santa Monica, and one lady was sitting across from me enjoying her coffee and reading a book. the way that lady was reading her book fascinated me. A big smile was on her face and she was really so focused on the book to the extent that she was not paying attention to the fact that i was gazing at her...
After few minutes, i took a glance at the cover of the book that has a beautiful woman on. I tried to copy the title as well which was " powerful inspirations" Eight lessons that will change your life. By Kathy Ireland and Laura Morton.
I left the coffee shop and i went directly to my library to look for the book and guess what? i found it. I checked out the book and i went back home. While checking the book , i told myslef that i will not even finish the 1st chapter.. however, i was able to read 2 chapters on the same day i took the book, which is a big achievement for someone like me. At that partciular moment, i realized the reason why that woman has that big smile on her face, simply beacuse when you read the book, you will feel that the writer is adressing every single women on this planet regardless of her age, color, religion, social background. The whole idea behind the book was to enable Women and to empower them. It shared so many truths about the writer herself that can be applied to change most of our lives as women.
Believe it or not, I was able to finish that book in 3 days. And that was my first step into developing my love towards Reading.
This was basically my story with Reading. Please feel free to share any book titles with me. your experience with Reading, and any other comments that woul be relevant to this post.
Best,
Houssna Jabir
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
My Life transition: Mooving to the United States!
I know that i have been away from connecting with you through my blog for quite sometimes due to some professional and personal reasons that unfortuantely did not provide me with the opportunity to sit down and write on my blog. But here i am again, putting my blog as one of the top items on my to do list... Kind of funny right? So before i pour you again with my writings about human relationships topics, i want to put you in the picture of where i am right now in terms of my location, profesional life, goals, in a nutshel, give you some gossip about me :)
As Some of you know, i have mooved to the United States in February 2010. I am now living in Los Angeles California. A wonderful state to be in. I love it down here so much.. it is not my first time being in here though...But... there is always a but.. "i know nobody in the city"... and i am still "jobless". Yeah kind of frustrating to moove from a place where you had a job that you loved. (i used to work as a program coordinator for the Women in Technology Program), a family and a thousands of friends, to a place where you know mostly one or two people.
I tried to adjust to the situation. It was not an easy task tough despite all my endless efforts to find means to get out of my isolation. My daily job ( i mean 24/24) was sitting in front of the computer looking for social groups to join on meet up.com, looking for jobs ( craiglist, idealist,carrerbuilder, linkedin,...) and looking for networking events to attend. For me this was the way to start making new connections and getting to know more people. It was an easy task to do, but rather very challenging.
Why challenging? well simply because, among all the job applications that i have been sending out on a daily basis , i get basiclly no responses. I doubted my resume, i doubted my cover letter and i seeked professional help for a well written resume and a cover letter. Yet, no responses!!! I did not loose hope and i kept knocking on the doors as we say. I tried online applications, random applications and physical applications. I registered with employment agencies... and i am still jobless, but i did not loose hope. So wish me luck!
On the social level, i managed to join some groups on meet up.com and one of them is the LA Arabic club where i met some wonderful people.
On the networking side, i was able to locate some conferences , workshops, classes,.. i attended some and missed others. But one of the brilliant and outstanding conference that i believe i wont regret having attended is the 4th Annual West Hollywood Women's Leadership conference organised by the West Hollywood city council and entitled: Unlimited Opportunities, Fierce& Fabulous!
Stay tuned for more information about this amazing conference
HJ
As Some of you know, i have mooved to the United States in February 2010. I am now living in Los Angeles California. A wonderful state to be in. I love it down here so much.. it is not my first time being in here though...But... there is always a but.. "i know nobody in the city"... and i am still "jobless". Yeah kind of frustrating to moove from a place where you had a job that you loved. (i used to work as a program coordinator for the Women in Technology Program), a family and a thousands of friends, to a place where you know mostly one or two people.
I tried to adjust to the situation. It was not an easy task tough despite all my endless efforts to find means to get out of my isolation. My daily job ( i mean 24/24) was sitting in front of the computer looking for social groups to join on meet up.com, looking for jobs ( craiglist, idealist,carrerbuilder, linkedin,...) and looking for networking events to attend. For me this was the way to start making new connections and getting to know more people. It was an easy task to do, but rather very challenging.
Why challenging? well simply because, among all the job applications that i have been sending out on a daily basis , i get basiclly no responses. I doubted my resume, i doubted my cover letter and i seeked professional help for a well written resume and a cover letter. Yet, no responses!!! I did not loose hope and i kept knocking on the doors as we say. I tried online applications, random applications and physical applications. I registered with employment agencies... and i am still jobless, but i did not loose hope. So wish me luck!
On the social level, i managed to join some groups on meet up.com and one of them is the LA Arabic club where i met some wonderful people.
On the networking side, i was able to locate some conferences , workshops, classes,.. i attended some and missed others. But one of the brilliant and outstanding conference that i believe i wont regret having attended is the 4th Annual West Hollywood Women's Leadership conference organised by the West Hollywood city council and entitled: Unlimited Opportunities, Fierce& Fabulous!
Stay tuned for more information about this amazing conference
HJ
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
World's oldest blogger María Amelia López Soliño dies
Spanish grandmother Maria Amelia Lopez logged off for the last time on Wednesday morning, her family has announced
The world's oldest blogger – a 97-year-old Spanish grandmother introduced to the internet by her grandchildren two years ago – has died.
Maria Amelia Lopez’s posts touched on many aspects of her long life, from political memories of the Franco era to intimate musings on her increasingly fragile state of health.
Mrs Lopez blogged from the seaside town of Muxia, where she was born in 1911, or from the farmhouse in Galicia belonging to her grandson, Daniel.
She wrote: "On December 23rd 2006, my grandson gave me a present, this blog when I was 95 years old ... and my life changed ... now, I can communicate and interact with the world."
Maria Amelia Lopez’s posts touched on many aspects of her long life, from political memories of the Franco era to intimate musings on her increasingly fragile state of health.
Mrs Lopez blogged from the seaside town of Muxia, where she was born in 1911, or from the farmhouse in Galicia belonging to her grandson, Daniel.
She wrote: "On December 23rd 2006, my grandson gave me a present, this blog when I was 95 years old ... and my life changed ... now, I can communicate and interact with the world."
Her blog, at amis95.blogspot.com, became a global hit, notching up more than 1.5 million visits. As her fame spread, Mrs Lopez became an unlikely campaigner for digital rights for older people, and even took tea with the Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the Spanish Prime Minister.
She wrote frequently of the benefits of the online community she had created.
In one of her last posts, in February this year, she wrote: "When I'm on the internet, I forget about my illness. The distraction is good for you – being able to communicate with people. It wakes up the brain, and gives you great strength."
Mrs Lopez became the world's oldest blogger on the death of 108-year-old Australian Oliver Riley in June 2008. The new holder of this unoffical title is unknown, although the actor Kirk Douglas, 92, who blogs regularly on his MySpace page, could be in the running.
Twitter's oldest microblogger is the 104-year-old Briton Ivy Bean, who keeps her 14,600 followers entertained at twitter.com/ivybean104.
She wrote frequently of the benefits of the online community she had created.
In one of her last posts, in February this year, she wrote: "When I'm on the internet, I forget about my illness. The distraction is good for you – being able to communicate with people. It wakes up the brain, and gives you great strength."
Mrs Lopez became the world's oldest blogger on the death of 108-year-old Australian Oliver Riley in June 2008. The new holder of this unoffical title is unknown, although the actor Kirk Douglas, 92, who blogs regularly on his MySpace page, could be in the running.
Twitter's oldest microblogger is the 104-year-old Briton Ivy Bean, who keeps her 14,600 followers entertained at twitter.com/ivybean104.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Is Human Contact a Cultural thing??
Does culture play a role in making some of us in this world more into human contact than others, or is it a personal character determined?
A question that needs to be answered by you.....
Please leave your opinion........
Many Thanks,
A question that needs to be answered by you.....
Please leave your opinion........
Many Thanks,
Thursday, May 14, 2009
WIT Program: A great example of Human Relationship Building
A team spirit enviornement
A source of experience exchange.
A yardstick for professional
developement.
A place for personal evolvement.
A model of networking spirit.
Simply an example of Human relationship building
Graduation Ceremony-May 2006
Graduation Ceremony-Montana State University, Bozeman- May 2006Wonderful people- Amazing Journey-and Honor Roll :)
Simply PLUS STUDENTS
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
How Happy will your goal make you??
How Happy is your goal? a simple statement that contains a valuable asset of information within it, why?
Well first of all, lets go back to our first step : " Defining a goal" and lets all agree that Knowing your goal will make it easier for you to achieve it, simply because " When people set goals, they will not choose to do anything which is not conducive to the achievement of that goal.
So now that each one of us has already defined his /her goal when it comes to streghtening Human relations, we need to study that goal. We need to see its horizons. We need to define its possibility of making us Happy.
Remember that Goals are thoughts and that Good thoughts achieve good results and Bad thoughts achieve bad results and none of us want to achive bad resutls, that is why we need to be sure of the goal that we want to achieve and how happy it will make us.
A friend of mine is always reminding me that Life should not always be focused on making other people happy, but it needs to focus on making you happy as well. However, i have always been stating that in every aspect of our life, we need people. We need them arround us to make us feel social, we need people arround us to make us feel loved, We need people arround us to encourage us to reach our goals, and we need people arround us to help us strenghten our human relationships. So basically, there is nothing bad in sacrificing part of your life, week, or a day in making people smile, happy, and feel good about themslves. That is of course without forgetting the major happiness that needs to be present and that is " Your Happiness".
Therefore, the second step in building a good human relations in today's world, after defining your goal is to make sure that your goal will make you happy. If not, then that goal is not based on a healthy thought and will result in an unhelathy goal and therefore a total unhappiness.
So lets build our human relationships on a Happy goal :)
Well first of all, lets go back to our first step : " Defining a goal" and lets all agree that Knowing your goal will make it easier for you to achieve it, simply because " When people set goals, they will not choose to do anything which is not conducive to the achievement of that goal.
So now that each one of us has already defined his /her goal when it comes to streghtening Human relations, we need to study that goal. We need to see its horizons. We need to define its possibility of making us Happy.
Remember that Goals are thoughts and that Good thoughts achieve good results and Bad thoughts achieve bad results and none of us want to achive bad resutls, that is why we need to be sure of the goal that we want to achieve and how happy it will make us.
A friend of mine is always reminding me that Life should not always be focused on making other people happy, but it needs to focus on making you happy as well. However, i have always been stating that in every aspect of our life, we need people. We need them arround us to make us feel social, we need people arround us to make us feel loved, We need people arround us to encourage us to reach our goals, and we need people arround us to help us strenghten our human relationships. So basically, there is nothing bad in sacrificing part of your life, week, or a day in making people smile, happy, and feel good about themslves. That is of course without forgetting the major happiness that needs to be present and that is " Your Happiness".
Therefore, the second step in building a good human relations in today's world, after defining your goal is to make sure that your goal will make you happy. If not, then that goal is not based on a healthy thought and will result in an unhelathy goal and therefore a total unhappiness.
So lets build our human relationships on a Happy goal :)
Monday, April 27, 2009
Section: BOOKS
Habit 1: Be Proactive: Principles of Personal Choice
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind: Principles of Personal Vision
Habit 3: Put First Things First: Principles of Integrity & Execution
Habit 4: Think Win/Win: Principles of Mutual Benefit
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood: Principles of Mutual Understanding
Habit 6: Synergize: Principles of Creative Cooperation
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw: Principles of Balanced Self-Renewal
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