Kevin abdulrahman interview transcript
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Kevin Abdulrahman is a motivational speaker from the Middle East who inspires millions. He discusses how witnessing successful people live fully everyday further inspires him to be his best and bring out the best in others. He overcame adversity after losing everything in a crisis but chose to remain hungry and penniless to pursue his desire of making a lasting difference in society. Abdulrahman found his calling in motivational speaking and loves what he does, saying he is "all in" with his work.
Kevin abdulrahman interview transcript
- 1. My World- Kevin Abdulrahman ‘The Man Inspiring Millions- Best Motivational Speaker Middle East Your Job is to Inspire people, to get them Excited about their Passions and help them Unlock their Potential- but What Inspires You? I’m blessed and fortunate to rub shoulders with Successful and Amazing People from many walks of life. Witnessing these people make the most of their life, living it fully everyday, all whilst wearing a smile further Inspires me to be The Best that I can be. In doing so, it helps me in my quest to Bring Out the Best in Others. What did you want to become as a child? I remember as early as four years of age, my parents wanted me to be a doctor. But I had other plans. I want to be a Super Hero. Not a Celebrity, but a Super Hero. That was as real for me at four as it still is Today. Would you say that Facing Adversity in life, you can become a Stronger and Better person? Absolutely! Adversities Stretch You. Adversities are great because it helps Remind you of what you might have forgotten when things are going good. It gives you time to Reflect, and it makes you ask the important questions you would normally fail to ask yourself because you’re comfortable. I have had my fair share of adversities, as have many others. In fact everyone experiences adversities in different shapes and forms. No one is immune to them. What Differentiates Successful People from Everyone else is in how They Choose To Look at the adverse events. I sincerely believe that you have been Given the Power to Deal with the adversities you face in your life. Adversity in life can break you or Make you. You Hold the Choice of what the outcome will be. What was the Best Piece of Advice anyone ever gave you? Find out what you are Passionate about and are Good at (or can be good at), then Put your Whole Heart and Soul into it. Thankfully I didn’t pick singing as a career; otherwise I would have made for good laugh stock on American idol. Today I am who I am because of my choice to live that Timeless Winning Truth.
- 2. Who has been the biggest influence in your life? I have many Idols and Role Models, ranging from a two year old kid to a friend in his nineties. However, the biggest influence in my life has been a lady. The lady of my life, the person who Motivates the Motivator, the one who always searched to find and point out the Best in me when I couldn’t do it on my own- My Mother. If you have one motto in life, what would it be? You can laugh at your past failures, but you can’t laugh at your past regrets. This is one of my own personal quotes that came from a realisation many years ago after speaking with a successful friend. Living this motto has allowed me to be Fearless in what I have Chosen to do in Life. What Qualities are Common in Successful people and how do you go about Cultivating these qualities in yourself and others? Well, I have written a few books on this and am regularly asked to Speak and Train many groups on Cultivating Winning Qualities to create Breakthrough Results. In my talks, I always say that you can spot a successful person amongst a group of individuals by simply hearing the Way they Speak and their Perspective on Things. You can Pick them with Absolute Ease, without them having to “Show Off” but more so from their Way of Thinking What you will find common amongst all Successful people is the Quality of their Mind. It may seem that they live in a different world. And indeed they do. They are in a different world Mentally. They View events differently, Ask different questions, have Winning Beliefs, make Decisions and Dedicate themselves to their Cause, have the Courage to Take Action, and much more. However it all Starts with the Quality of their Mind. Your Mind is the gold mine, your most Valuable Asset. The Quality of your Results is a Reflection of the Quality of your Mind. In order to continually Create Breakthrough Results, you need to Actively and Constantly Nourish your Mind. In doing so, you develop the fertile soil for your plants to grow and the bear the fruit you desire.
- 3. What would you do if you knew you wouldn’t fail? Ahh, the famous quote by Robert Schuller. I love it- one of my favourite quotes that I challenge my audience to think about. In some of my trainings and workshops, I do a few exercises that revolve around this concept. Many come to realise the potential they are leaving on the table due to their Limiting Beliefs and Fear of Failure. If I knew I couldn’t fail, I would say that, “I have a Vision of helping 1 Billion people Get Inspired, Get Informed and Get Going”. For those that know me already, they know that this is exactly the vision I have put in place and made public, to Reach and Inspire over 1 billion people through my Talks, Books, Training Programs, Coaching Sessions and Media Appearances. Here’s the reality- many shy away from failure, but it’s a Must. I’ve had to fail time and time again to get to where I am today, and understand that I have many more failures to face in order to keep growing to new heights. It’s in the failures that all winners succeed. In the eyes of a winner, someone with a Winning Mind, failure doesn’t constitute the meaning most people have associated with it. There are a vast amount of personalities in the ever-growing field of ‘self help’ that make huge amounts of money in the name of altruism, they claim personal fulfilment for helping improve the lives of others. But do you think there are charlatans in the industry. Could the lucrative incomes of these personalities cast doubt on the integrity of their motives? Indeed Public Speaking (including the self help category) is known to be one of the highest paying professions. Everyone needs to make a living. Whether we like it or not money plays a significant role in the world. Charity starts at home. Money is not the be all or end all, but I can tell you that I have lived life with money, and also without a penny. Let’s just say that you can deal with problems a lot easier with money. It’s a vehicle- one with which you can also do great things depending on your Values and Vision. Like any industry, there are people who are in this profession for a variety of reasons; it’s not my place to comment on anyone’s motives. My belief is that, what’s important is you obtain the value you seek and everything is conducted from a place of High Integrity. No intention is stronger than the Intention of the Heart- that of giving back and making a difference. I’m a firm believer that as an individual, when you listen to a person speak or read their books, you know if their words are coming from the heart or if it’s staged.
- 4. I have been gifted with the ability to Inspire others. To Inspire is to breathe life into another, to stimulate to action. It gives me great energy to be a recipient of so many emails and calls for so many people around the world telling me how a talk I did to their group helped increase Leadership from Within, and therefore their overall Productivity. Others contact us to say that they got my Books as a Corporate Gift from their organisation and it Woke them up to realise how much more then can do, how much more they can be, and how much more they can give to their lives both personally and professionally. I don’t have the need to say that, I do what I do from the heart. In your work as a motivational speaker, do you think you have found your calling? I love what I do and had to make some tough calls to be true to myself. We Lost Everything in the crisis. At that point, the easiest option would have been for me to take a great job offer with remarkable salary package working for a private company doing something completely different. But I was clear that it wasn’t in line with where I wanted to go and what I wanted to do. So I chose to remain Hungry, Homeless and Penniless to Pursue my Desire of making a lasting difference in Society and be True to my Vision. Some of my friends quizzed me if it was a tough decision to make, considering our family had lost everything (and I mean Everything). In reality the decision wasn’t difficult. In life, I have always been an All or Nothing guy. I said, “I’m All In” and that’s exactly where I am today with what I do - “All In”. I made a Decision and Backed it with my Dedication as any winner would. I teach this Winning principle in my workshops- that of Deciding and Dedicating. I love what I do, and am good at it. It is the sweet spot that Brings out the Best in me to help Bring Out the Best in Others. Which three people, alive or dead, real or fictional, would you like to invite for a dinner party? My Ideal Dinner Party would be a list of a few hundred people. But the first three that come to mind in no particular order are Barack Obama, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Will Smith.