You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that’s under your control and the other isn’t.

John Wooden

It was in one of the sessions when we were asked to make an Introduction video. I was thinking about how I could do it in an easy way and just get over it as I was finding it a bit difficult. Most of my coursemates were going for the same thing.

But there was this one person who nailed this project work, Hamood ur Rehman. He went out of the way to think more creatively and came out with an introduction that surely was an inspiring one. This made me reflect on myself. I thought about what was missing in my introduction video.

I realized I was too afraid to do something different because of the fear of being wrong. I realized what made Hamood excel was his strong thinking and keen observation of things.

In every session of ours, this person always came up with ideas and things that were unique and inspiring. He is almost the same age as I am. What makes him unique is the clarity of his goals and direction.

I always felt this positive and strong energy from him. From that day onwards I made up my mind to think out of the box. I thought about not letting fear affect my work and not letting it become a hurdle in learning new things and applying new ideas. We can’t be perfect but the least we could do is to try to give our best. As the modern world needs people who are creative and innovative.

I also realized that whenever we are doing something we are influencing people in a certain way that motivates them either to do better or vice versa. We are unconsciously leaving our impression on the minds of those around us, so why not do it in a way that can change our lives and the lives of others for the better.