Translator: Abdulatif Mahgoub Reviewer: Mualla Salah
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Greetings
and hi everyone.
First of all
I would like to say that all the speakers that have spoken before me were amazing.
As a result of my applauding and screaming, my voice is now gone.
But they really deserve applause.
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We all find statements that affect us.
We like them and, they stick in our minds.
Whether because we've liked them or because they've affected us,
or simply because they made us think.
There is a one statement, I came across before.
I liked it and it has affected me.
It made me think.
The statement says:
"Every Improvement is Looking for Perfection"
Any development is a result of searching for perfection.
The word I focused on while reading the sentence,
"Perfection".
Where is perfection in our lives?
Before I ask about perfection in our lives --
What does perfection mean?
What is our understanding of perfection?
Where is perfection?
I simply say,
a human is born looking for distinguish, excellence and to be the best and the first.
But there is another concept that contradicts with this concept
"none is perfect but only God".
When you mentioned the word perfection to someone,
he will say "none is perfect but only God".
Today, I'm going to end this argument.
by creating a new concept of a relative perfection,
normative perfection,
as determined by our facilities and abilities.
Guys, all of you are perfection seekers.
I just need to give you three simple points.
Three simple things that you should know.
Firstly, you should put yourself in a position of striving for perfection.
Secondly, you should use the simple facilities that are available for you.
And don't let the facilities stop you.
Thirdly, don't make it in a way like to be or not to be.
Either I must do it, or I should never try.
You might fail once, twice, and thee times.
But think, what will you earn?
And think you can still succeed after that.
In my high school I had a teacher,
her class was my biggest joy in the week.
It was Geography.
She used to come in and say: "Today we are going to this certain country,
pack your bags", then we used to move our seats, put our bags on the desks and we leave.
We go to any country she chooses, or as what's written in the book.
She starts talking about mountains, terrain, rivers and valleys.
She gives us all the information we need in the lesson.
This teacher, from my point of view was a seeker for perfection.
I'll tell you why.
Because simply she made her self striving to be better and to conduct the classes in a better way.
She has used very few resources,
and these resources were her ability to tell a story,
and our imagination as high school students.
We were not so young girls.
If someone told you something to imagine, you wont be able to imagine it that easily,
but we were able to imagine with her, because her class was fun
The third point that it wasn't to be or not to be thing for her.
Either she does it using a projector or posters, or things that are paid from the school's budget,
or, she doesn't give us the information we need.
Guys, here in Sudan we have a lot of problems.
Health and health care issues.
Traffic problems, to get stuck in traffic everyday.
Problems of bad school environment that my colleague Hoori talked about earlier.
But folks, from my point of view
we should go back to the origin of the problem.
Go back to explore the things we don't see.
In my opinion there is a big problem
I came to talk about tonight.
The problem of time and our commitment to dates.
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We all surely know the saying:
"Time is money".
For sure there is someone in this audience
who went out and took a microphone and said: "Today's proverb:
Time is money".
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And in this manner exactly.
But do we apply this in our own lives?
People, we need to commit to our dates.
We don't see the influence of us being late 1,2, or 5 minutes.
We see it as a normal thing. What will happen if I'm late?
But focus with me, you college student.
When you are late, one of 3 things will happen.
Either the teacher stops you when you enter and says: "You are not allowed in"
or you get in but you missed a lot of information
and can't catch up fast enough
or finally, you disturb the rest of the class.
So in all situations, you either hurt yourself or people around you.
And let me tell you something else.
As an employee
if we have employees here.
You arrive late, and you make others late and they make other people late
and they also make other people late.
And we have an empty circle of late people
and focus with me, when you are late,
your employer might cut off from your salary
and if there is a raise or a promotion he denies it for you
because you're not a hard worker in his point of view.
And also you will lose the respect of people around you.
People, we really need to commit more to our dates
and to respect the value of time.
Because when you respect a date with someone
you respect him.
People --
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I want to say simply
we need the three things I've told you.
We need to be punctual.
We need to use the small resources that we have.
I'll tell you something, set you alarm --
You have cellphones, don't you?
Xperia and Galaxy and you like them --
Set it as an alarm, and benefit from it.
Another thing, make a backup plan
that you will take a certain amount of time in transportation.
You will take a certain amount of time dressing.
You will eat in a certain amount of time
until you reach the point where you wake up
and know the time you should wake up in.
The idea is not to arrive early or not.
The idea is to try to
and that is the meaning of my third point.
Don't make it to be or not to be situation.
If you're late in transportation, and said I'm already late it won't hurt to stop for a bite.
No.
The first one wasn't in your hands.
But the other was.
Simply, we need to change little things in our lives
like the time issue.
I'll tell you something.
Be the change.
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Before I conclude
I want to tell you something.
Do you know if you seek perfection
in small things in your lives --
small things, that you might not even see --
you will move forward.
You might not get where you want to be --
The biggest thing you want --
But you will move a step forward
and someone will carry on from where you stopped.
And thank you.
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