I’m here to talk to you about power of friends this is a subject which is very
friends this is a subject which is very
friends this is a subject which is very close to all of you because everybody
close to all of you because everybody
close to all of you because everybody man I’m going to take you through again
man I’m going to take you through again
man I’m going to take you through again well i’ma show what can you do with your
well i’ma show what can you do with your
well i’ma show what can you do with your friends together I had good luck to work
friends together I had good luck to work
friends together I had good luck to work with some of my friends and create a
with some of my friends and create a
with some of my friends and create a charitable organization which is
charitable organization which is
charitable organization which is changing thousands and thousands of
changing thousands and thousands of
changing thousands and thousands of lives the context is Pakistan Pakistan
lives the context is Pakistan Pakistan
lives the context is Pakistan Pakistan is a country with varying landscape the
is a country with varying landscape the
is a country with varying landscape the tallest of the mountains and the deepest
tallest of the mountains and the deepest
tallest of the mountains and the deepest of the balance
of the balance
of the balance roaring rivers and quite desert it’s a
roaring rivers and quite desert it’s a
roaring rivers and quite desert it’s a country where 57% literacy rate but in
country where 57% literacy rate but in
country where 57% literacy rate but in cities you can get up to 90 percent 95
cities you can get up to 90 percent 95
cities you can get up to 90 percent 95 percent in village some villages and
percent in village some villages and
percent in village some villages and tribal areas is only like 20% it’s a
tribal areas is only like 20% it’s a
tribal areas is only like 20% it’s a country which is equal to learn which is
country which is equal to learn which is
country which is equal to learn which is equal to grow I was lucky that I grew up
equal to grow I was lucky that I grew up
equal to grow I was lucky that I grew up in that country I did my engineering
in that country I did my engineering
in that country I did my engineering from Pakistan and then started to work
from Pakistan and then started to work
from Pakistan and then started to work with one of the largest corporations in
with one of the largest corporations in
with one of the largest corporations in the world who was leader in consumer
the world who was leader in consumer
the world who was leader in consumer electronics industry and I had 33 years
electronics industry and I had 33 years
electronics industry and I had 33 years two years spanning over three continents
two years spanning over three continents
two years spanning over three continents I worked in Asia
I worked in Asia
I worked in Asia I will go to Europe and I work in the
I will go to Europe and I work in the
I will go to Europe and I work in the United States
and by the turn of century I was in
and by the turn of century I was in Silicon Valley in California where I
Silicon Valley in California where I
Silicon Valley in California where I smelled the fragrance of innovation and
smelled the fragrance of innovation and
smelled the fragrance of innovation and optimism it was year 2000 the market was
optimism it was year 2000 the market was
optimism it was year 2000 the market was booming everything was going good for us
booming everything was going good for us
booming everything was going good for us my family was happy I was happy I went
my family was happy I was happy I went
my family was happy I was happy I went to my mentor excited and I told it told
to my mentor excited and I told it told
to my mentor excited and I told it told him hey things are going extremely well
him hey things are going extremely well
him hey things are going extremely well for me
for me
for me thank you for mentoring Mirabal this
thank you for mentoring Mirabal this
thank you for mentoring Mirabal this period and I cannot forget what he said
period and I cannot forget what he said
period and I cannot forget what he said to me he said some get ready charge up
to me he said some get ready charge up
to me he said some get ready charge up your batteries and he was so damn right
your batteries and he was so damn right
your batteries and he was so damn right next year in 2001 the internet bubble
next year in 2001 the internet bubble
next year in 2001 the internet bubble burst the market came crashing down lot
burst the market came crashing down lot
burst the market came crashing down lot of economic problems for all the
of economic problems for all the
of economic problems for all the companies hmm what happens next in
companies hmm what happens next in
companies hmm what happens next in November 2002 I decided to take it early
November 2002 I decided to take it early
November 2002 I decided to take it early retirement a very respectful word the
retirement a very respectful word the
retirement a very respectful word the reality was I was laid out
but I kind of like this world early
but I kind of like this world early retirement
retirement
retirement I even began to thanks her oh I’m going
I even began to thanks her oh I’m going
I even began to thanks her oh I’m going to help great life now so I told my
to help great life now so I told my
to help great life now so I told my friends and they were all excited and
friends and they were all excited and
friends and they were all excited and they welcomed me into their world of
they welcomed me into their world of
they welcomed me into their world of relaxation and all but with my wife I
relaxation and all but with my wife I
relaxation and all but with my wife I had another discussion now she has a
had another discussion now she has a
had another discussion now she has a tremendous capability of summarizing the
tremendous capability of summarizing the
tremendous capability of summarizing the most complex of the concepts into two
most complex of the concepts into two
most complex of the concepts into two said not two sentences two words so when
said not two sentences two words so when
said not two sentences two words so when I explained to her the scenario she said
I explained to her the scenario she said
I explained to her the scenario she said oh you mean double the husband average I
oh you mean double the husband average I
oh you mean double the husband average I remember that we had been married by
remember that we had been married by
remember that we had been married by then about 25 years no idea more than 40
then about 25 years no idea more than 40
then about 25 years no idea more than 40 and I know that she knows me better than
and I know that she knows me better than
and I know that she knows me better than I do myself and she told me come on
I do myself and she told me come on
I do myself and she told me come on at the age of 56 I think if you retire
at the age of 56 I think if you retire
at the age of 56 I think if you retire you’ll be unhappy think about something
you’ll be unhappy think about something
you’ll be unhappy think about something new do something different and she was
new do something different and she was
new do something different and she was terrified but we’ve moved together
I started a consultancy in high tech
I started a consultancy in high tech which meant reasonably well now being
which meant reasonably well now being
which meant reasonably well now being your own boss is a fantastic thing and
that gave me a little time to think what
that gave me a little time to think what did I achieve what did I miss in life
did I achieve what did I miss in life
did I achieve what did I miss in life and how to spend the next years and as I
and how to spend the next years and as I
and how to spend the next years and as I was working this
was working this
was working this through two things came up very clear on
through two things came up very clear on
through two things came up very clear on the table first one was that my becoming
the table first one was that my becoming
the table first one was that my becoming an engineer back in 1968 basically
an engineer back in 1968 basically
an engineer back in 1968 basically assured my financial success I really
assured my financial success I really
assured my financial success I really believe that if I would not have been
believe that if I would not have been
believe that if I would not have been become an engineer at that time I would
become an engineer at that time I would
become an engineer at that time I would not have been standing here as a
not have been standing here as a
not have been standing here as a successful executive the next thing was
successful executive the next thing was
successful executive the next thing was I started to get the feeling that I was
I started to get the feeling that I was
I started to get the feeling that I was something to somebody now when I really
something to somebody now when I really
something to somebody now when I really searched and searched I found it for my
searched and searched I found it for my
searched and searched I found it for my honker but what can I do I had very
honker but what can I do I had very
honker but what can I do I had very limited resources but anytime I decided
limited resources but anytime I decided
limited resources but anytime I decided to go to Pakistan and do some research
to go to Pakistan and do some research
to go to Pakistan and do some research I’ve been to some universities
I’ve been to some universities
I’ve been to some universities I went to some towns villages and what I
I went to some towns villages and what I
I went to some towns villages and what I found in Pakistan was something very
found in Pakistan was something very
found in Pakistan was something very unique
unique
unique I found that brilliance was fighting
I found that brilliance was fighting
I found that brilliance was fighting with poverty
hence hand-to-hand fight day to day
hence hand-to-hand fight day to day fight there were students whose life you
fight there were students whose life you
fight there were students whose life you cannot imagine the children would walk
cannot imagine the children would walk
cannot imagine the children would walk five miles to get to school three square
five miles to get to school three square
five miles to get to school three square meals is a dream but the beauty was that
meals is a dream but the beauty was that
meals is a dream but the beauty was that the choices these children and the
the choices these children and the
the choices these children and the parents make in life in this situation
this is their life
this is their life choice
I had these beautiful friends there are
I had these beautiful friends there are very successful people they are CEOs of
very successful people they are CEOs of
very successful people they are CEOs of corporations or basically businessman so
corporations or basically businessman so
corporations or basically businessman so I went to them and I discussed these
I went to them and I discussed these
I went to them and I discussed these things that you know there is so many
things that you know there is so many
things that you know there is so many brilliant students who are the risk of
brilliant students who are the risk of
brilliant students who are the risk of losing their dreams we can’t leave them
losing their dreams we can’t leave them
losing their dreams we can’t leave them here can be to something and I was so
here can be to something and I was so
here can be to something and I was so glad to see that actually that feeling
glad to see that actually that feeling
glad to see that actually that feeling of death was present in each one of my
of death was present in each one of my
of death was present in each one of my friends they would actually be much
friends they would actually be much
friends they would actually be much healthy they were all really doing
healthy they were all really doing
healthy they were all really doing something with medication but they’d
something with medication but they’d
something with medication but they’d like the idea that I had been kind of
like the idea that I had been kind of
like the idea that I had been kind of formulating they contributed to the
formulating they contributed to the
formulating they contributed to the discussion and they all said yes we will
discussion and they all said yes we will
discussion and they all said yes we will do it and my god
do it and my god
do it and my god that day I felt rich I felt not the
that day I felt rich I felt not the
that day I felt rich I felt not the limited resources that I had back three
limited resources that I had back three
limited resources that I had back three months ago and I considered myself very
months ago and I considered myself very
months ago and I considered myself very lucky I wrote to my children that I am
lucky I wrote to my children that I am
lucky I wrote to my children that I am so lucky to have friends like this I
so lucky to have friends like this I
so lucky to have friends like this I hope you would be so do we put a stake
hope you would be so do we put a stake
hope you would be so do we put a stake in the gun we said that we would launch
professional Education Foundation a
professional Education Foundation a charitable trust in Gaza and what would
charitable trust in Gaza and what would
charitable trust in Gaza and what would it do simple poverty alleviation because
it do simple poverty alleviation because
it do simple poverty alleviation because we believe that poverty is because of
we believe that poverty is because of
we believe that poverty is because of audience how we will do it professional
audience how we will do it professional
audience how we will do it professional education
because professional education has
because professional education has changed my life
changed my life
changed my life and I thought that it would change also
and I thought that it would change also
and I thought that it would change also a lot of people who are in a situation
a lot of people who are in a situation
a lot of people who are in a situation where they are entitled but they cannot
where they are entitled but they cannot
where they are entitled but they cannot afford what do we do we pick up the most
afford what do we do we pick up the most
afford what do we do we pick up the most able and the most poorest of the
able and the most poorest of the
able and the most poorest of the students what we do is the aim of the
students what we do is the aim of the
students what we do is the aim of the next five years or four years of full
next five years or four years of full
next five years or four years of full education cost and in some cases also
education cost and in some cases also
education cost and in some cases also they’re voting in lying now you must
they’re voting in lying now you must
they’re voting in lying now you must understand that I’ll tell you the
understand that I’ll tell you the
understand that I’ll tell you the numbers later on but all the students
numbers later on but all the students
numbers later on but all the students that we fund almost work in style the
that we fund almost work in style the
that we fund almost work in style the urn and study despite the fact that he
urn and study despite the fact that he
urn and study despite the fact that he can pay for their hundred percent of the
can pay for their hundred percent of the
can pay for their hundred percent of the education cost because you know they
education cost because you know they
education cost because you know they have to pay for that voting a body we
have to pay for that voting a body we
have to pay for that voting a body we initially focused on undergrad degree
initially focused on undergrad degree
initially focused on undergrad degree engineering medicine II IT and Business
engineering medicine II IT and Business
engineering medicine II IT and Business Administration
we provided interest-free loans and we
we provided interest-free loans and we provided all kind scholarships
provided all kind scholarships
provided all kind scholarships it’s very interesting that many students
it’s very interesting that many students
it’s very interesting that many students refused outright scholarship when they
refused outright scholarship when they
refused outright scholarship when they say that we would be happy with industry
say that we would be happy with industry
say that we would be happy with industry looks that is there a typical values
looks that is there a typical values
looks that is there a typical values coming from such a background to me I
coming from such a background to me I
coming from such a background to me I mean first of all look at their academic
mean first of all look at their academic
mean first of all look at their academic profile only 5% of these students who
profile only 5% of these students who
profile only 5% of these students who apply in a professional college the back
apply in a professional college the back
apply in a professional college the back span typically would get an education
span typically would get an education
span typically would get an education and one of the conditions that we have
and one of the conditions that we have
and one of the conditions that we have laid down that the student has to get an
laid down that the student has to get an
laid down that the student has to get an admission on its own merit that means
admission on its own merit that means
admission on its own merit that means that they are we’re talking about 5% top
that they are we’re talking about 5% top
that they are we’re talking about 5% top talent but their financial situation is
talent but their financial situation is
talent but their financial situation is what is best
we have gotten any indication they are
we have gotten any indication they are actually reading because they can see
actually reading because they can see
actually reading because they can see how they can forget their parents faces
how they can forget their parents faces
how they can forget their parents faces have dropped now my son my daughter has
have dropped now my son my daughter has
have dropped now my son my daughter has gone and gotten an admission in a
gone and gotten an admission in a
gone and gotten an admission in a medical college he or she is just four
medical college he or she is just four
medical college he or she is just four or five years from bit away from
or five years from bit away from
or five years from bit away from outright success but how do I think
look at these statistics U is per capita
look at these statistics U is per capita income is $41,000 beer box and is
income is $41,000 beer box and is
income is $41,000 beer box and is something like 1200 to 1300 dollars we
something like 1200 to 1300 dollars we
something like 1200 to 1300 dollars we are talking of students from the family
are talking of students from the family
are talking of students from the family the per capita income is just 360
the per capita income is just 360
the per capita income is just 360 dollars it’s like $30 a month
now look at the nether aspect my friends
now look at the nether aspect my friends who over are all for it they’re all
who over are all for it they’re all
who over are all for it they’re all businessman they’re looking for
businessman they’re looking for
businessman they’re looking for determine investment not themselves but
determine investment not themselves but
determine investment not themselves but to the society and for us a lot of
to the society and for us a lot of
to the society and for us a lot of people of why do you do professionally
people of why do you do professionally
people of why do you do professionally why did you choose professional
why did you choose professional
why did you choose professional education and the answer was simple
because it is the most fastest furniture
because it is the most fastest furniture it is demonstrable emotional and it is
it is demonstrable emotional and it is
it is demonstrable emotional and it is immeasurable look at the cost of
immeasurable look at the cost of
immeasurable look at the cost of education it takes two thousand four
education it takes two thousand four
education it takes two thousand four hundred dollars to educate an engineer
hundred dollars to educate an engineer
hundred dollars to educate an engineer in a public university it takes three
in a public university it takes three
in a public university it takes three thousand dollars educator dr. you might
thousand dollars educator dr. you might
thousand dollars educator dr. you might say that this isn’t just looks any cheap
say that this isn’t just looks any cheap
say that this isn’t just looks any cheap right just imagine thirty dollars a
right just imagine thirty dollars a
right just imagine thirty dollars a month for a catheter these families have
month for a catheter these families have
month for a catheter these families have never seen that kind of money it’s
never seen that kind of money it’s
never seen that kind of money it’s marginal but look at the result just
marginal but look at the result just
marginal but look at the result just four or five years later when they come
four or five years later when they come
four or five years later when they come to the market and then we get their
to the market and then we get their
to the market and then we get their first job David earn the entire body in
first job David earn the entire body in
first job David earn the entire body in one year what we would have invested in
one year what we would have invested in
one year what we would have invested in them even more
we started with seventy-five students in
we started with seventy-five students in 2010 last year we did 1200 students
all of them earn in study this is where
all of them earn in study this is where they came from
they came from
they came from most of them this is where they are
most of them this is where they are
most of them this is where they are today she’s a doctor this gentleman on
today she’s a doctor this gentleman on
today she’s a doctor this gentleman on the left hand side is an engineer he
the left hand side is an engineer he
the left hand side is an engineer he just told me that he had are in just in
just told me that he had are in just in
just told me that he had are in just in two years seven times salary seven times
two years seven times salary seven times
two years seven times salary seven times the investment on his education in the
the investment on his education in the
the investment on his education in the four years
this is a story of dreamers believers
this is a story of dreamers believers and achievers
and achievers
and achievers it is a motivating story it gives me a
it is a motivating story it gives me a
it is a motivating story it gives me a tremendous amount of motivation when I
tremendous amount of motivation when I
tremendous amount of motivation when I talk to this now death is about learning
talk to this now death is about learning
talk to this now death is about learning I guess so I’m going to summarize this
I guess so I’m going to summarize this
I guess so I’m going to summarize this thought by saying what what are the five
thought by saying what what are the five
thought by saying what what are the five things that I have learned and maybe you
things that I have learned and maybe you
things that I have learned and maybe you can get some benefit out of it
can get some benefit out of it
can get some benefit out of it first thing is you don’t have to be a
first thing is you don’t have to be a
first thing is you don’t have to be a multi-millionaire to start thinking
multi-millionaire to start thinking
multi-millionaire to start thinking about the charitable operation the
about the charitable operation the
about the charitable operation the second very important thing is that you
second very important thing is that you
second very important thing is that you must have a very clear and
must have a very clear and
must have a very clear and differentiated value proposition we
differentiated value proposition we
differentiated value proposition we focused on professional education when
focused on professional education when
focused on professional education when nobody else was there are tons of
nobody else was there are tons of
nobody else was there are tons of charities were working on high high
charities were working on high high
charities were working on high high school and lower school systems
you but you’ve got to be passionate
you but you’ve got to be passionate you’ve got to be passionate in order to
you’ve got to be passionate in order to
you’ve got to be passionate in order to inspire other another very important
inspire other another very important
inspire other another very important learning for me was that if you have 25
learning for me was that if you have 25
learning for me was that if you have 25 percent of the story in your head going
percent of the story in your head going
percent of the story in your head going or just taken together if stake in the
or just taken together if stake in the
or just taken together if stake in the Quran has its own dynamics we didn’t
Quran has its own dynamics we didn’t
Quran has its own dynamics we didn’t know much about how are we going to do
know much about how are we going to do
know much about how are we going to do that when you were just a starter but it
that when you were just a starter but it
that when you were just a starter but it started it gave us the impedance of
started it gave us the impedance of
started it gave us the impedance of thinking how to do what to do
thinking how to do what to do
thinking how to do what to do lastly but not released accuse reference
lastly but not released accuse reference
lastly but not released accuse reference in a positive way reconnected and there
in a positive way reconnected and there
in a positive way reconnected and there is an enormous amount of energy with
is an enormous amount of energy with
is an enormous amount of energy with that I was initially excited by the idea
that I was initially excited by the idea
that I was initially excited by the idea of just laying off the gender you know
of just laying off the gender you know
of just laying off the gender you know but I can tell you this is what I enjoy
but I can tell you this is what I enjoy
but I can tell you this is what I enjoy is enough these are my friends and we’re
is enough these are my friends and we’re
is enough these are my friends and we’re lucky to have them I’m sure that you
lucky to have them I’m sure that you
lucky to have them I’m sure that you would often have such good friends and I
would often have such good friends and I
would often have such good friends and I wish you best of friends
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