NATION 06
MUSCAT DAILY
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2009
Omani adventurer to release documentary
A MuscAt DAily cOluMNist
MIND NUTRITION Kevin Abdulrahman
‘Nabs’ will launch a film on his trek to the North Pole at the Dubai International Film Festival Kevin Abdulrahman is an in-demand leadership development and performance acceleration speaker and trainer
let me start off by giving you a personal example of being rejected. i must have approached over 100 publishers for my first book Winning the Game Of life. i had enjoyed an array of rejections. there were folks who never replied, some who kindly rejected it and then there were those who weren’t so kind about it. But being a person with a Winning Mind, i would rather fail moving forward than fail by simply standing still. so i kept on pushing past all the rejections until my book got to the hands of a much known publicist in the states who said, “Hang on a second, you’ve got something here”, and within days we had a publishing deal on the table. As i travel the world training individuals and organisations, i come across some immensely talented people in different fields. their talent is however buried under the pile of rejections they have received and sadly they have taken it personally. in every challenging situation where rejections are offered left, right and centre, the first exit door that appears is the one that reads, “Give up now. save yourself further headaches and heart burn”. the difference between those succeeding and the ones who give up is one: their ability to deal with rejection. the majority of people take rejection personally whilst winners know that rejection is part of the process. Just because a few people don’t share your views about something, doesn’t mean that your idea has no value. All it takes is for one person to see it, and that person is you. there are countless examples of people who started off being the only ones who visualised the power of the skills, abilities, products or services they had. it took them several rejections before they
had a breakthrough. Here is the key though, they persevered past all the rejection and kept pushing forward without taking it to heart. if we were all to take rejection to heart then we wouldn’t have the pleasure of having a computer on every desk, we would still be riding horses instead of cars, we wouldn’t have the pleasure of emails, the Harry Potter franchise wouldn’t be around, Will smith wouldn’t be one of the highest paying actors of his time, and certainly we wouldn’t have many of the things we take for granted that were initially laughed at and blatantly rejected in their infancy. Always remember that what is being rejected is your idea or your offering, not you. Rejection stems from other people’s limitations, beliefs, fears and different perspective on things. think of a time when you are in a plane and the steward or stewardess do their rounds offering tea or coffee. We have all at some stage declined their offer and it would be fair to say that they face numerous rejections. However i don’t believe that they take it personally. they understand that their offer of tea and coffee is what is being rejected, nothing more. those with A Winning Mind always weigh up the pain and ask themselves, “What would feel worst, knowing they never gave it their best because they got affected by rejection? Or doing whatever, however long it takes to reach their goal?’ For A Winning Mind, there is only one answer. Don’t take rejection to heart and follow your dreams. Have a Winning Week.
DEALING WITH REJECTION
You can mail him on kevin.abdulrahman@apexstuff.com
A visitor views a photograph at the exhibition Our Correspondent Muscat
film will then be screened in Oman. “A VIP screening event
Omani adventurer Nabil 'Nabs' al Busaidi will be releasing a documentary of his walk to the magnetic North Pole. This was announced at a photo exhibition of his adventure at the Muscat City Centre, which began yesterday. “A film documentary funded by Sabco will be coming out in December,” said Nabs. It will be launched at the Dubai International Film Festival, which will be held from December 9-16. The
for ministers will be held and I hope to later have screenings
for school students,” he added. It is hoped that the photo exhibition, followed by the documentary, is hoped to inspire people. It will also help people understand the difficulty of completing such a trek. “The weather conditions were -80 Celsius, and it was not easy for us to accept him doing it, as his family, but we still supported him. At that time of year, a lot of polar bears were coming out of hibernation. There was also a risk of getting wet and stepping on thin ice, as they were crossing terrain close to the sea. It is extremely difficult to
warm up in those weather conditions,” said Riyadh al Busaidi, Nabs' father. Nabs explained that most of the coverage to date had been in English, and they hoped to reach a bigger audience by putting the commentary on the photographs in Arabic as well as in English. He plans to make trips to schools within Oman with the pictures to inspire students to aim higher. “He's the first Arab to reach the North Pole and in fact the first Omani, so this is very important,” said Ross Cormack, CEO of Nawras.
Air India gets Airbus A319
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The competition in the skies is heating up with Air India introducing Airbus A319 aircraft on the Muscat-Mumbai–Ahmedabad sector after Oman Air's much hyped fleet expansion. The Airbus A319 is equipped
with various amenities, which will enhance comfort and passenger convenience, said Mohit Sarin, country manager – Oman, Air India. The plane has a capacity of 122 seats in a two class configuration of eight executive and 114 economy class seats.
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