ENTREPRENUER LEADERSHIP

AND MOTIVATION.
(MAN-307-C)
MENTORSHIP ASSIGNMENT.

Submitted to: Dr. M.A.Shamim.

NAME: TOOBA ABUBAKAR

ID: 20692
SERIAL NO: 24
DUE DATE: 13-03-2018
NAME OF THE MENTOR: MRS.Fahmida Rehman

DESIGNATION: Chief Executive

ORGANISATION: Pakistan Innovative Services (PVT) Ltd.

VISIT 1:

DATE OF VISIT 1: 5th March -2018

Duration of the meeting: 1 hour

I called my mentor and requested her to give me some time for discussion and meeting. I
asked her some questions which were disturbing me since long time. I also wanted to know her
success story.

The first question that I asked her was that, I wanted to start my own venture like her so is it
important to do any job first for obtaining some experience or I should start my business right
after my graduation. She replied after some thought that according to me firstly, you should do
some internship or any job, just for gaining some experience. It will be helpful to you in your
future prospects. In fact I would suggest you to do the job in your relevant field, So that you will
come to know whether this field (that you are choosing) is suitable for you or not.

She then asked me about my future goals that what I am thinking to do in future? I replied that
after my graduation I wanted to open a tourism company. She laughed and asked why a tourism
company? She was really amazed that I had a very different business idea. Then I started
explaining my thoughts. I said, when I visit different countries of the world I always wish to
have a tourist guide which can provide me with plenty of information about their country and its
famous places. And this I can only get through a renowned company as I don’t have enough
contacts in that country to choose anyone on my own to guide me about that place. And most of
the countries I visited do have this facility but when it comes to my own country I found very
limited opportunities for tourists. We are lacking in such places. Moreover I also wanted to serve
my country as best as I can and by starting this venture I will also collaborate with some
government Officials to develop our tourist places which Allah has bestowed our country with.
So it’s the story behind my idea. She was listening to me very carefully and replied, my
daughter I am impressed with your thoughts but the thing is, it’s not always the way you want it
to be. The idea is very good but it will cost you so many years of your life and plus your business
will not flourish or will generate profit as early as you want. See nothing is hidden from you;
people in our country are greedy and will be less tend to help you in your venture so stop
expecting from them. It’s just they may help you or they may not.

Other than that go for some other venture or some other plan too. Make this as your side business
or add it into your later plans.
As its results are not so obvious so according to me, plan this and do this but after some other
thing or maybe you could join with some other entity other than government. It may be
something more influential like media channels, celebrities or some big businesspersons who are
very famous or are more likely to do some social things. Like that owner of bahria town, umm
Malik Riaz.

Then the other thing I told her that there are some other ideas in my mind too. And I discussed it
with my father. He is undoubtedly more experienced and knowledgeable than me but he tends
focus more on those ideas which are related to me and my future but I wanted to do something
for others like my country, the under privileged people etc and when I shared my ideas with him
he advised me to pursue something other than that. So I asked her advice that if any person elder
or more experienced than me suggested me a field keeping in mind my strengths and where I am
good at, but I am not interested in that field. So in that case what should I do?

She replied; see parents are the only people in this world who do or think something better for
you without looking for their own interests. A person always learns from past experiences and
each person gives you the suggestion based on it. But I will recommend that it’s your decision
what to do and how to do. If you are interested in some other thing then pick that and work hard
to achieve your goal. But on the other hand always consult your elders or your parents as they
might have some better option than you have. Learn from their experiences, never ignore that.
And what you can do is, explain your thing or thought to your father. Tell your plans, your goals
and its advantage as well plus make him understand that u will only accomplish what you wanted
to, if you have interest in it.

And this marks the completion of my visit 1.

Then I requested her to give me some other date, for next visit so that I can discuss with her my
strengths and weaknesses and how can I overcome it.

Visit 2:

Date of second visit: 9th-march-2018

Duration of second visit: approximately 1.25 hour

After getting the forms filled, I took them to my mentor in order to evaluate the divergence in
the strength and weaknesses by others as compared to what I have mentioned. And the process
through which I can evaluate them.
My mentor read all the strengths and weaknesses forms. Since she knows me for quiet sometime
now, so she said; she’d partially agree with the points in the form. But before moving forward to
our discussion I wanted to tell you that ‘‘make a role model’’ and see what are his strengths and
his weaknesses, what you like and dislike in him or her and how he/she overcome his/her
weaknesses. Try to do that. The other thing I would suggest you is that make a habit of reading
biographies or books of influential people, their life stories and how they overcome their
weaknesses and make their strengths more strengthen. Learn from it. It will definitely help you
to be a strong person. But keep in mind that, do whatever you do for yourself not for others.
Don’t ever try to make every person happy or do not ever think of changing habits because some
other person doesn’t like it. Do whatever you think is right according to your morals and values.

Now let us discuss your weakness and how we can overcome it.

1. Being emotional:
I told her that I wanted to overcome this. This is my weakness according to me and on the
basis of forms 2 people have written the same thing, the other one wrote sensitive that is
more likely a same thing. So it’s actually my weakness.

My mentor replied; being sensitive is not being weak. It is the part of being human that
allows you to be in tune to your soul. I really don’t have a solution for this but I would
suggest you to stop taking things to your heart of every person. Take a note or take things
seriously only when it is said to you by some reliable person whose advices, thoughts or
views you consider important. And I will suggest you whenever you are encountered with
such situations take a deep breath and leave whatever you are doing and think of all
positive things you can do or you have done. This will help you overcome your emotional
stress easily and may be quickly.
2. Bossy
This is again something I will say I do when working with people. According to me being
bossy is important but at some instances.

My mentor said; see it’s not very likely that each and every person you work with likes
your this attitude. Maybe they dislike it and due to this they show you their anger in terms
of not doing their work. It’s good to be bossy but to some extent, not every time. And
from your forms most of the people have written this characteristic. You cannot do
everything in your own way. Everybody has some opinion so I recommend you to stop
doing this, apply it only when it is required.
3. Over thinking
My mentor said it is a very bad habit and you should start focusing on it as early as
possible because it will lead to so many problems when you step into your practical life.
It may also affect your creativity. Being calculated not always lead to success.
 Always try to think of positive side of every situation. Don’t think what wrong can
happen. Think of what can go right. And as I mentioned earlier stop thinking what people
will think of you and stop changing your thoughts due to people. See what maximum can
happen is that you may lose that situation but later on you are going to learn from it. So
think of positive side even if there are more chances of wrong things happening.
4. Easily trust people
My mentor immediately said this world is not a trust worthy place. People are really
manipulating and you should not trust anyone until and unless you know that person very
well. Always first see if that person is loyal and what he has done for you under what
circumstances. Evaluate every person or every situation before getting into it and try not
to share each and every thing of yours with others because it may be the case that the
person is not reliable or that person makes you double minded.
5. Stubborn
A few people may think I am stubborn but I disagree with this opinion as I have my own
opinion and I am adhered to it. Yes I may offer a resistance to change that is inflicted on
me. But If I am, then how I can overcome it?

My mentor replied; to overcome stubbornness the most important thing for you is to
listen to the other side of the story because it gives you a chance to hear things you
haven’t heard before, and helps you decide and reach an agreement. Keeping in mind that
stubbornness could be good in some cases.

Evaluation of strengths:

 Organized
 Confident
 Disciplined
 A good team worker
 Determined
She evaluated that these are the common areas which are my strong points according to
the forms that were filled by my friends and family. She further added you are
hardworking and cooperative and you have good communication skills but you should
also try to listen to others. Always be motivated and positive in whatever you do and be
confident for the work you do. She said always learn from your past experiences and
never consider any option the last option, always consider it as your first try.
She further added never be over confident of anything thing or any characteristic that you
posses and always work for maximum potential.

These advices mark the end of my 2nd visit.

Things I learned from these meetings:
My experience was really good meeting with my mentor. I wish to meet her again. She
gave me really good advices and also shared some of her life experiences with me (which
I couldn’t mention in this). She also told me that there is nothing we can change, so try to
overcome your weaknesses and work on your strengths to make them stronger.
It became easy for me and my mentor to evaluate my strengths and weaknesses as all the
forms more or less have the same thing written. There was very less divergence.