CAIRO - He asked me to write down my name and then write it again with my other hand, just to show me the difference between the two forms of my handwriting. The difference is explained as being between something you have been used to doing for years and another thing that you are just starting to practise. This was Hussein H. Rangwala's way of answering me when I asked him for his opinion on the recent Egyptian revolution and the critical phase Egypt is currently passing through. “Change is very difficult but it is also necessary and positive, and it brings other opportunities,” Rangwala explained, in an interview with the Egyptian Gazette during his recent visit to Cairo. Hussein H. Rangwala is the founder and director of AIM Worldwide institute, an educational, training and consulting organisation specialising in leadership, personality and attitudinal development training workshops providing training services to individuals and companies in human resources development (HRD). Rangwala is a recognised expert in HRD training, specialising in leadership, career and performance development and is internationally acclaimed as a ‘Success Coach' and a counselor, listed in the International Who's Who of Professionals published in the USA and the Business Who's Who published in the UAE. Rangwala conducts training seminars, workshops and special programmes for individuals and organisations in 16 countries of the world. Recently, he came to Egypt on a one-week visit to give some of these development seminars to working people, school and college students and even children. The main subjects that Rangwala deals with in his training programmes are: personal-human skills training & development; organisational and personal goal setting; attitude change; development; communication skills; time management; interpersonal relations; stress management; assertiveness training; memory and concentration improvement and personal and work effectiveness. Training workshops are designed to meet personal specific needs motivating participants to overcome self-imposed limitations building the attitude ‘I can' from ‘Can I?”. “If you say ‘Can I?' you won't, but if you say ‘I Can' you will. If you don't try, you'll never know,” Rangwala explains. He confirms the importance of work effectiveness, mentioning that most people achieve 20 per cent results while exerting 80 per cent effort, however successful people put in only 20 per cent effort to achieve 80 per cent results. This is known as ‘the 80/20 rule' and ‘Dr Pareto's Principle' researched and developed by Dr Pareto. “In this modern technologically advanced world, it is not important how hard you work, but it is very important how sharp you work is to get the desired results,” he said. In ‘The plus factor training programme' which is highly participative, participants are enabled to think more clearly, act more decisively and feel calm and in control no matter what are the business and personal challenges. “It is a tool to motivate and make important changes that are needed to have business and personal success,”the experienced human psychologist, said. “It shows how to let go the habitual patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour that prevent a person from achieving and enjoying goals. It frees people to have a more productive and enjoyable life.” he added. According to Rangwala, many people think, act and behave as if they are going to be staying in this world on a permanent basis. Hoewver, this, of course, is not true! We all have to leave this world one day, and we all have a very limited finite time to achieve what we need to do. “The ‘Suces Training System' help ypu to know what are time westers and how can you best utilise your time to achieve the desired results.” Rangwala encouraged young people who fear to fail by imparting to them the importance of failure sometimes to know the way to success. “To succeed is to make mistakes. To succeed is to realise these mistakes are not failures,” he said , adding “To succeed is to accept these mistakes as guidance to improve oneself.” Rangwala confirmed that the programme many Egyptians need the most is the ‘Time management programme' as he believes that Egyptians are wasting their time in so many forms instead of investing in it. Rangwala welcomes any question and gives advice by email: [email protected] or [email protected].
