Think Big Dream High,E45 -Thorough Preparation Towards Achieving A Think Big Dream High Vision, Mental Strength-Part 2

Knowledge Based Society

1.During Hang Tuah’s era, physical strength is given a priority. As human civilization progresses, mental strength became more relevant. We are in the ICT era . Knowledge expanded fast at too quick a rate.  

2.Now, information can be obtained online via the social media such as twitter, fb  on our mobile. We will be left far behind if we are slow  in responding to the latest information. Slow in responding result in countless losses in time and money and these cannot be recouped easily.  We need to build up our mental strength so that we are at par with those who are successful.

Reality in Life     

1.The Chinese civilization started more than 5000 years ago, Egyptian civilization more than 4500 years, the Jewish civilization more than 4000 years, Western civilization more than 2000 years, Islamic civilization  i.e. followers of  Prophet Muhammad SAW’s more than 1400 years and Malay civilization about 600 years.

2. In general, the older or aged the human civilization, the more matured and excellent the race. This implied that the Malay civilization which started around 600 years ago can be assumed to be the youngest civilization. This does not imply that the Malay community is way behind the other world major communities in terms of progress. We can catch up with them in quantum leaps approaches and there’s no necessity to wait 1000 or 2000 more years to be at par with the other communities. How can this be done?

3. As soon as we realize all this, we should work hard and start to build up all of our strengths so that we are not left far behind. As the world revolves and developed, we are confronted with bigger and new challenges. In this competitive world, we need to be strong mentally. In the ICT and  borderless world era, what is required is mental resilience, sharpness, readiness and alertness.   

      

Tips

1.Mental strength is our ability or capability to overcome all kinds of barriers such as laziness, slowness, lifeless, clueless, lacking in ideas ,unimaginative, not energetic, day dreaming, passive, inferiority complex, sleepy and listless, in achieving our goals in a conscious and proper manner. We are conscious of all these disturbances but all we want to do is to get rid of them. It is in a way influencing our decisions and actions.

2.We need to struggle hard mentally to overcome all barriers and disturbances to our success. We need to be active all the time. Don’t be too comfortable, don’t waste time on things not worthy of your attention, make lots of references such as reading, discussion or meetings, watching TV, observing and appreciating the beauty of Allah SWT’s  creations, memorizing verses of Al Quran, doa, perform solat, zikir and sleeping for at least 5 hours a day. All these activities are important  to strengthen our mental capability on a continuous basis. We need to discipline ourselves to practice them at all times.

3.At youth our neuron cells count is about 100 billion. As we aged the cells count gradually decreased to about 50 billion when we reach our 50s, and further reduced to about 20 billion when we reach eighties. The size of our brain also shrunk accordingly. We need to avoid the mental illnesses like forgetfulness,senile and  Alzheimer.This done by slowing down the death rate  of the neuron cells and maintaining the cell count and size of our brains. Through exercises and proper diet with sufficient multivitamins and multiminerals, we can maintain and extend the youthfulness age  of our brains into the nineties or even hundreds.

4.As discussed previously, by exercising our body and brains we can maintain  our mental strengths. We need to maintain the freshness of our brains. We must ensure that our brain neuron cells are not destroyed and eliminated at  too fast a rate. In order to maintain the youthfulness of our brains we need to ensure that it is supplied with adequate oxygen and water. With sufficient intake of multivitamins and multiminerals, we can increase and retain water and oxygen in our body system especially in the brain. The water and oxygen will protect the neuron cells from being destroyed by free radicals in a speedier and multifold manner.

5. Having a good  mental strength has its advantages.  We will be ever ready, alert, sharp, active, creative, innovative, knowledgeable and full of ideas. This together  with the right attitude, maturity, decisions and actions will lead us to confidently think big dream high and have a strong heart. We will be able to face any situations and to accept any kinds of challenges to portray our wisdom and intelligence to compete and grab opportunities in this competitive world.