On the surface many Westerners may read this book and see it as a Leadership 101 Seminar. It's much more than that. Written by The Ruler of Dubai and VP / Prime Minister of the UAE- you will understand why his constituents are proud of him. He is a true Champion of not only who he immediately reigns over in Dubai and his country in general- but of all Arabs. On a particular note: his philosophies on the efficiency and effectiveness on the Public Sector vs Private Sector and how they strengthen each other is something every Western Leader could learn from. His philosophy on the importance of Women Leadership and Entrepreneurship is inspiring and not surpassed by any successful Western (or Eastern) Country. On a personal note: his Chapter on the importance of horses, yes I said horses, was beautifully written with wonderful Arabian History. The Arab World should be very proud of this Man. A true Leader with a true Vision. I've visited Dubai recently and have seen the proof and success of this Man's Vision.
I am a big fan of motivational books as I tend to be a person who wants more from life rather than an ordinary existence. I can say that this book has succeeded to produce some change, to motivate me, to dream higher,to put a touch of excellence in everything I do. I knew that His Highness is a successful leader but I never thought he could be so cultivated. He makes a lot of history connections, remembering the famous city of Cordoba ( Andalusia), quoting from Quran and Sunnah, describing the Arab heritage, the German excellence and mentioning lots of historical Arab personalities and so on.
I bought this book not having much expectation, but wanted to know how the Dubai Sheikh thought. It was a good read since he comes straight to the point, and not beating about the bush. Over the years I have developed a distaste for management books because most of them is anyway old wine in a new bottle, and in this book you will get an insight on to the 'social learning' of Arabs. A refreshing book if you want to read from a person who has actually 'done' it - it would be a far cry from mgmt books, since those are written by thinkers and teacher.....this is a 'doer's' book.
As Ronald Reagan once said 鈥淭he greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things鈥�. The leaders of the UAE forged a strong economic place making the country a pioneer in many elements. The book 鈥淢y Vision, Challenges in the Race for Excellence鈥� by Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum highlights the importance of leadership to form a strong community on many aspects. 鈥淢y Vision鈥� focuses on the most important steps for a revolutionary and unique approach towards development to set a creative example for the Arab world to follow.
The story of the 鈥淐hallenges in the Race for Excellence鈥� scrutinizes the different aspects of the United Arab Emirate鈥檚 sole growth experience and path to its success. Seeing how this newly formed country was able to make its way into the leading nations is extremely remarkable. Furthermore, the strong rulers it has had and its effort into making it an international hub could explain its triumph. Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum emphasizes the importance of leadership through his words and actions, giving a great example to rulers around the world. Besides, the book seems to blame the stigma of the division in the Arab world but believes that the poor state of affairs, 鈥渓ike a lonely cloud crossing a clear sky, will soon disappear鈥� (Al Maktoum 6). He believes that the division is unusual and that the trivia and the negative concerns revolving around it are overwhelming the positive. This statement principally points out the heedless conflicts in the Arab world stopping it from being a strong empire. The crisis rather than being an economic one is justified to be one of perennial egotism, organization, and guidance caused by a lust for control. Good leadership is defined by the capability of the UAE to have formed a stable community with its people鈥檚 interest put first, rather than that of only a specific group. Consequently, this book praises the development goals of the UAE鈥檚 and the effort furnished to thrive.
The unprecedented rate at which the United Arab Emirates has prospered into is outstanding and still seems to race for greater accomplishments. Since the United Arab Emirates鈥� establishment in 1971 it has excelled in numerous variety of areas and overthrows the world in a number of trail-blazing projects. For instance, Dubai has the world鈥檚 tallest building, the Burj Khalifa and has built the artificial islands, Palm Islands. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum describes life as a number of opportunities and a ruler鈥檚 role is to grasp them to benefit his people. 鈥淲ith each new day in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion or perish. At the same time, a lion stir and stretches, knowing he must outrun the fastest gazelle or starve. It is no different for the human race. Whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you simply have to run faster than others to survive鈥� (Al Maktoum 12). Despite the UAE鈥檚 numerous achievement they are not yet satisfied to rest on their laurels and the key to this triumph is that failure in not an option to them. In order to embrace this rapid change, the nation鈥檚 government and its people must be able to respond quickly to new conditions and adapt gradually but also to commit and dedicate hard work to form a modern infrastructure. Therefore, this story shows how it is important to be proactive to make history and not to rely on the past but also to set benchmarks for future leaders to follow to always progress in time.
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum tries to spread the message that if a society sets herself a goal it can easily excel like the UAE did. Also, the idea of unity is very important in this book as it always refers to finding an agreement with the whole Arab world. If all societies consent to excel in all fields, different races, religions, and cultures can cohabit without any divergence. For the government to achieve its targets it is crucial to serve the community by 鈥渁ssuring our people economic growth, education, health, security, stability, comfort, leisure opportunities, and freedom of movement鈥� (Al Maktoum 13). The UAE鈥檚 race for excellence is fundamental to them to keep on the same level. If they fail, in this fast paced world they will quickly be left behind and another country, perhaps less capable, might as well rapidly take the place. That is why the UAE鈥檚 philosophy is to always look ahead and always find ways to develop. Furthermore, globalization is also considered as a way to development in which international interactions will determine the future by taking its source in advanced technology, economy, efficiency, and infrastructures. Looking back at the Muslim鈥檚 past, Islam鈥檚 message is universal. Adopting globalization in science, finances, and trade brought many benefits for Arabs and Muslims in the past. Refusing to embrace globalization would be to remain in the dark. Therefore, a society yearning for success should always imagine bigger and accept globalization.
In conclusion, in order for any society to succeed it should have a progressive and pioneering approach towards success. The race for development described throughout this whole book had been supported by the many achievements the UAE has had. The most important secret to development is to always grasp any opportunity and furnish effort to succeed. Today, many countries struggle to provide its people balance and different types of services, which results in crisis and in many other problems. Finally, the most important message to retain is to always reach out for the best no matter the effort needed and look into improvement no matter how successful one gets.
I think this is really nice book,will written by His highness sheik Mohammed Bin Rashed al muktoom.He talked a lot in the beginning about his fathers birth, qualities , features and achievements ,then he talked about himself and his achievements,beside that he told us some private situation that he gone throw with his father .So its really nice and worth reading it.
A masterpiece of development, clearly outline his step-by-step to excellence and his desire to see the Arab world reach higher limits and in a bid to see Dubai become a pioneering leader in all fronts. Who thought Dubai would be where it is? HH. Sheikh explains it, tackling the challenges at hand and how he's managed to overcome. Excellence is in team work, train and target the best talent while training new generation and crop of leaders who will take up the challenge once the current leadership has exited the stage.
in this book you will explore dubai's experience in raising their way up. it contains a lot of theories and skills that the leader Mohammad used. it concentrates on the leadership skills and the vision that a leader should have, and a lot of live evidences from his privet and his work-life. he used tittles and sub tittles as the style of the book which makes it easier to follow, he's almost always straight to the point, and uses a lot of statistic to prove his points, yet repetition of some parts of the book is boring! if you are a person who is looking for improving your leadership skills, this is NOT the book you are looking for, it was not personal at all, the audience of this book was the community as a whole , or the people who are on the top of the ladder, and not just a regular person who is trying to improve.
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Dubai looks Land of unbelievably creation until we really experience it. It's not just "build it and they will come" strategy we will realized it when we read this incredible journey of His Highness Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum sir vision. : Challenges in the Race for Excellence. This is holy book for me ever since I read a Last cover page detail of the book in book store. Intellection start from "gazelle and the lion" reality to vision, leadership, management, resolution, team work, Industry development, exploration in the minds, politicians and politics, THE GREAT positive energy and negative energy, excellence in development, Made in Dubai, the institutionalization of privilege, The Road to the Future, Race of nations and peoples, all these thought process could happens only in mind of the great person whom GOD chose to become as The Leader. and His Highness proved it by making Dubai as LAND OF OPPORTUNITY ! Inshallah, all world learn something from this Excellent thought-provoking incredible journey. - a proud Voyager Gaurang Kamani - India. kamanig@gmail.com
The United Arab Emirates has achieved unprecedented economic growth since it's inception in 1971 and to read of the visionaries behind such, was indeed awe-inspiring. I finished this with a renewed sense of what can be achieved through determination, dedication, and smart work (I'm not a proponent of hard work; been there/done that). A highly recommended read.
This is a great book for visionary thinkers and leaders. it shares the very thoughts ideas and ideals behind the building of the great projects and the phenomenal civilization in Dubai.
This is a book every Leader both in Private and Public Sector should read, model and apply to projects and vision mapping,casting and implementation.
This book is really great by Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid. You can read it in Arabic and English. The book contains many motivating words. I really recommend you to read this book.
This book is very well written and is a biography, history lesson and a manifesto. If you鈥檝e visited the UAE or are planning to do so, this book helps inform the scene.
This book made me question how we all are copying the same idea of democracy all around the world and how dubai is building its own meaning of democracy.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum: 鈥濵y Vision. Challanges in the Race for Excellence鈥�, Dubai 2012 Im Zuge einer Studienreise kaufte ich mir dieses Buch in Dubai. Also jenem Ort, an dem es geschrieben wurde. Dubai ist eine fantastische Stadt. Ihr Leader schreibt jetzt 眉ber Vision. Das muss man gelesen haben. Es ist aber der Text eines Politikers, wie er irgendwo auf der Welt in irgendeinem anderen Land leben k枚nnte. In einem unterscheidet sich aber Dubai. Die Stadt ist gelebte Globalisierung mit internationalem Handel. War es eine Stadt die zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts noch von Perlenfischern lebte, so brach dieses Gesch盲ft durch japanische Zuchtperlen ein. Man suchte nach Alternativen. Der Versuch 脰l zu finden scheiterte noch in den 30er Jahren. Man baute auf Goldhandel. Erst in den 60er Jahren stie脽 man auf 脰l. Inzwischen hat man sich aber auf den internationalen Handel festgelegt und positioniert. Der Autor und Premierminister erz盲hlt auch von der Vergangenheit der Araber. Dass Arabisch die 鈥濴ingua Franka鈥� war; dass Arabien f眉hrend in der Medizin und Mathematik war und wir westlichen Kulturen noch heute ihre Ziffern, die arabischen Ziffern verwenden. Al Maktoum verwendet das Wort 鈥濸ionier鈥� f眉r eine gesicherte Zukunft. In Internetzeiten 鈥� so meint er 鈥� verbreiten sich Ideen noch schneller (in Lichtgeschwindigkeit) und man muss noch schneller sein als fr眉her. Er bringt den Vergleich zwischen einer Gazelle und einem L枚wen: 鈥濿ith each new day in Africa, a gazelle wackes up knowing he must outrun the fastes lion or perish. At the same time, a lion stirs and stretches, knowing he must outrun the fastes gazelle or starve. It is no different fort he human race. Whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you simply have to run faster than others to survive.鈥� (Seite 12) Unverst盲ndlich ist mir aber, warum er dem Frieden ein eigenes Kapitel widmet (Peace, Seite 188) und dann gegen die Nachbarstaaten einen Zaun mit Stacheldraht aufstellt. F眉r den Autor ist nichts unm枚glich: 鈥濷vercoming the impossible鈥� (Seite 164). Pers枚nlich meint er 鈥濱f a man can smile to himself, it will be easy for him to smile at others.鈥� (Seite 147) Die Vision wird auch in Targets, in Ziele umgesetzt: 鈥� Steigerung des Bruttonationalprodukts um 100% 鈥� 100% mehr individuelles Einkommen der emiratischen Einwohner 鈥� 70% mehr Produktion 鈥� Steigerung des Flugverkehrs von 24,7 Millionen Passagieren auf 70 Millionen. (Der neue Flughafen soll 120 Millionen Passagiere handeln k枚nnen.) Nicht klar geht aber hervor in welchem Zeitraum das passieren soll. Auf alle F盲lle ein Buch eines Leaders, der sein Land liebt, auch wenn es sehr propagandistisch und popul盲rwissenschaftliche geschrieben ist.