Short Take: Action pack
It was a short notice invite for a presentation. I couldn’t
say no to it when I looked at the presenter’s name and details of the invitees
he was speaking to.
The audience were a group of students in their final year of
graduation coming from the prestigious French Petroleum university to learn
about the finer aspects of the industry in the region.
The presenter was Sultan Al Hajji, a self-made Oil and Gas
industry senior in the region. Educated in the US and France, he started from a
junior level in the industry and progressed along to one of the senior most
level within our company.
In his presentation he talked eloquently about the industry
aspects and about the UAE and how and where it stands in the technological and
economic forefront of developments happening worldwide.
At the end of the session, while answering the queries of
eager students who were extracting more treasures from him, he came out with a
gem of an action pack for them.
It was about the importance of networking for students as a
means of improving their professional vistas to a greater horizon. He said to
them to work hard as there is no alternate option for success.
At the same time, he told them to identify their primary and
secondary interest levels and start networking with the right choice of
contemporaries, seniors and experts to consistently update them with what is happening
around them.
Sharing knowledge and expertise is the pathway to a
successful career ahead. Identifying right mentors and right network to be in
is essential for students.
Later, at some point of time, whenever these like-minded and
networked contacts catch up with each other, it will prove that they all
carried the same zest for success in life.
Moreover, it will not be a surprise to see that many of them
may be knowing each other, due to their focus and path they opted for their
personal and professional success.
Looking at the students’ expression at the end of the
session, I felt it would be an everlasting action reminder and impression they
would carry along from this visit to their future ahead.
Pearls of wisdom like these are very rare to get these days.
Ramesh Menon, Abu Dhabi
Short Take - Gulf Today
Dt. 25th April 2015
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