“Reading Leads to Creativity” is a seminar organized by the Community College in Al-Kharj
The Community Service Unit at the Community College in Al-Kharj conducted an online initiative titled "Reading Leads to Creativity" on Tuesday 4/07/1442H presented by Dr. Magdy Meliji Abdel Hakim, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration at the College. This initiative reflects the continuous interest of the Community College in Al-Kharj in promoting a reading culture among students in all fields in order to enhance their skills and refine their experiences in a way that qualifies them to join and compete in the labor market.
The seminar has discussed one of the distinguished books titled “Finish What You Start” by Peter Hollins, published in 2018, translated by Dr. Abdulrahman Basahal.
The author has presented reasons for not finishing and continuing tasks once started. Such reasons may be due to tactical issues related to poor time management and indulging in temptations and distractions. Other reasons are due to psychological issues such as laziness, lack of discipline, fear of others’ judgment in case of rejection or failure, looking for perfection, and lack of self-awareness.
The author also has given some recommendations that may help a person finish the work they started, the most important of which are:
- Maintain mental stimulus during work by answering the following questions:
- What are the negative consequences which may affect one’s life and those around (family members) in the case of not finishing tasks? And vice versa?
- How would those around benefit if work is completed? What is the nature of these positive feelings experienced once that task is achieved?
- What will the project look like after its completion? Try drawing a clear picture in mind while including all senses if possible ( looks - sounds - smells).
- Connect yourself to the work and finish it by informing one or more people of the nature of the task or project.
- Make yourself accountable for your progress.
- Write your own rules in a statement such as: assigning three main tasks per day as a maximum, differentiating between important and urgent tasks and not wasting time, setting daily restrictions and requirements for yourself to stay within the limits of what you want to do, and practice looking into the future in specific daily minutes or hours.
- Maintain important beliefs such as: hard work improves my knowledge and abilities, I have the capabilities to do the task or finish the project, what I do is related to my goals. Any work needs more effort and less comfort as well as avoiding stress and anxiety because it will strain your mind and affect your progress.
- Break down work into smaller chunks: Do not view your task or project as a huge rock that you have to do once. Write a series of small steps and tasks.
- Create a daily routine: Create a set of actions that you do daily to simplify work and reach the goal.
At the end of the book review, the students expressed gratitude and appreciation to the college administration for adopting such initiatives that aim to build students’ minds in all aspects of life and contribute positively to building their personality so that they can compete in the labor market.
The Dean of the Community College in Al-Kharj, Prof. Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Qumaisi said that the college is interested in student activities and programs that develop various talents and skills of the students. The most important of which is the skill of reading, for its effective role in developing various aspects of the student’s personality.
