Hi! I am Hasannudin Saidin, Coach at Rubah. Call me Hasan or Coach Hasan.
Setting and achieving goals in work and life (or call it planning and making the plan happen) feels tough! We get overwhelmed with too many goals (or anxious when we don’t know if it’s too many or too few).
We think we are sure about what we really want, then what we initially set out to do gets changed, or dropped, or even forgotten!
We are ablaze with enthusiasm at first, then things happen in life along the year, we get distracted, don’t complete all our plans, so we feel frustrated or unfulfilled. Or we simply lose interest in what we had promised to ourselves.
Year in, year out the cycle repeats…
When I coach you, you will be relieved and confident because you see a crystal clear set of goals for a whole coming period of 12 months. How about I give you a full 12 months’ plan in just one page?
With Coach Hasan, you get ablaze with enthusiasm as you rightly should, but this high spirit and consistency stays with you yearlong, because you and I stick together not just for a limited number of interactions, but an extended period of you progressively mastering yourself to celebrate the results that matter to you for that 12 months’ period.
Hi! I am Coach Hasan. I am a coach, facilitator, trainer and speaker at Rubah Associates, a learning and development company I co-founded.
Specialization
My expertise is in coaching, facilitating and training, bringing with me the requisite experience and skills acquired during the corporate life I came from.
As a coach, I build and maintain a partnership relationship between you (the client) and I, to help enable learning and contribute to the achieving of goals set by you. As a trainer, I facilitate learning by designing, customizing and delivering trainings and follow-through sessions, to create lasting learning experiences for your personal mastery and organizational excellence.
In coaching, facilitating and training you to achieve your goals, I predominantly facilitate a process called Best Year Yet® that is geared towards breaking through barriers, finding what really matters to you, and inspiring you to create the results you want. Using this process, I draw out your own wisdom, values and insight, making your plan and your living of your life meaningful and focused on your most important goals.
Also, Muslim senior leaders will benefit from my coaching that reinforces their spiritual path, enhancing their professional and personal life.
With non-Muslim clients, similarly they receive benefit of reinforcement of universal values that I may not necessarily use Islamic terminology.
Experience
I have more than 40 years working experience, most of them in the corporate world, having held multiple positions in services, business, leadership and management, especially in the fields of ICT, innovation and government.
I had more than 26 years tenure at IBM Malaysia, then was Chief Executive Officer of an innovation consulting startup company under Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang. Upon my return to Kuala Lumpur I served at HeiTech Managed Services before joining Multimedia Development Corporation (now known as Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation) for my final corporate position.
Education and Personal Interest
I hold a Master of Business Administration degree from Cardiff University, UK. My interest in productivity led me to acquire certifications as Getting Things Done® (GTD®) Coach and Trainer and Best Year Yet® Coach and Trainer. I am also a believer in open innovation, having presented the topic in the speaking circuit and written on it in local publications.
I am a former committee member of MAFa (Malaysian Association of Facilitators). My other community positions in the past include Vice President of Malaysia National Computer Federation (MNCC) which is an association for computer and ICT professionals and Treasurer of the National Tech Association of Malaysia (PIKOM) which is an association of companies in the ICT industry.
I live with my wife in Kuala Lumpur. We have two married children who have left the nest, and I can often be seen playing with my four grandchildren. Otherwise look for me outside, cycling, or inside in my home theatre room watching Star Trek series, celebrating the human spirit.
Our executive coaching for individuals brings a partnership relationship between the executive and the coach to facilitate learning and achieving of identified goals set by the executive in the organization.
We create and customize trainings for personal mastery and organizational excellence, suited to client needs. These include follow-through coaching.
1 page is enough to write your 1 year's plan! I'll show you how.
Don't get lazy! I'll give you a system to track yourself and kick yourself in the behind when you slack.
There's an app for everything! I'll throw in the cool resources online to help you get to your goals.
Can over a million people worldwide be wrong? They've been using this system to check in on themselves, decide what matters most to them and chase & get their dreams.
What is Best Year Yet®?
Best Year Yet® (www.bestyearyet.com) is a system that helps people, businesses and organizations get the results they want. I will go through with you 10 simple questions, instead of lecturing you on steps and habits, or telling you what you should do, because I'll prove to you that you know what to do!
– You can DIY/make your 2017 plan online and track your progress throughout the year: http://bit.ly/2hwd8JT
– You can make your 2017 plan and its follow-through system in a 1-day workshop on 24 January 2017: http://bit.ly/2hXX3lj
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ALL OF THE ABOVE AT THIS FREE PREVIEW CALLED “CREATE YOUR BEST YEAR YET IN 2017!” Best Year Yet® (www.bestyearyet.com) is a method and system to make and track your next 12 months’ goals. It takes you through to set and achieve goals using courage, heart and discipline. It leads you to live life at a higher purpose and energy.
Best Year Yet® is a program to find breakthroughs in goal setting, but more than that, the follow-through system in the subsequent months ensures accountability to achieve your best year yet.
This Preview will be done by Hasannudin Saidin, Best Year Yet® Coach: http://bit.ly/2hBBBCH
Note: Light Refreshments will be provided
Date of Preview: 14 January 2017 (Saturday) Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm Venue: RA8 RejuvenA8 Address: 36A 1st Floor, Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur
“Very interesting to get to know you ….. a real family orientated person. Your ways and ideologies are new and open. You should write to guide others and how it change you and your family strength. Super great ideas ….. for a content and happy life.” — Susithra Karan +++++*
“So compelling! I am so drawn to your stories. The family and couple plan is revolutionary. I also love the idea of making your house a centre of gathering for the extended family.” — Gina Phan
“Very insightful view on family support. Thank you for sharing how you sought and secured family support for decisions that you made and the adjustments based on their feedback. It’s not easy especially in our culture.” — Zainal Ahmad
“Excuses” fool self (“alasan” menipu diri), according to Samsul. He tells his story of realizing that things said by people (and by him) to him(self) are just excuses, so now he says to himself, POUNCE (TERJAH)!
More information on presenter available upon request by emailing me at hasan@rubah.my or calling/messaging me at +60122003251.
Mention is made of two coaches: running coach and me, “life coach” (highlighted in yellow below):
PROOF OF CONSISTENCY MIRACLE
Five years of running and I have been playful in my trainings, missing here and there, giving myself discounts in distances, running harder than I should on easy days, etc. No more.
Since 8 weeks ago, I have decided to be consistent. This is also because coach drilled me to be consistent and I saw two running buddies’ one year data (*cough* John *cough* Ping) and was very at awe with their constant improvement.
Coach said, the miracle of improvement will happen even if someone just run easy runs for six months, as long as they’re consistent. I have 8 weeks of consistent training under my belt right now, and, the proof is below.
8 weeks ago I did a 27km long run, with Patihe Suip pacing me from km11 to km23. I faltered when he left and ended up run/walk with pace of above 8mins and heart rate at 90% max.
Yesterday, at km22, a good buddy Shahrul Adly ran with me till I finished, and amazingly I kept a good pace of below 6:40, heart rate about 86% Max, and we were actually engaged in a long conversation. My first time ever doing 27km with average pace below 7mins.
If that magic happened in just 8 weeks consistent training, imagine the next 8 weeks. Imagine the next one year.
The challenge? Making time. But I have had a long discussion with a life coach Hasannudin Saidin that I can definitely make time. Create time. Conjure time. To make things happen.
Not blowing my own horn here. I hope this post motivates others in their pursuit for targeted improvements.
My comment to the post:
Name of testimonial author available upon request by emailing me at hasan@rubah.my or calling/messaging me at +60122003251.
(Original testimonial in Malay language follows below)
My scribblings on coaching sessions with Coach Hasan
The coaching process with him was a wonderful journey albeit with twists and turns, in knowing myself, what my potentials are and what I want all this while, also the pits of shortcomings that were successfully unraveled to make me more focused in everything I do, as well as giving a clear picture of what I want all along.
The power of the paradigm that was shaped with his guidance gave me a tight slap. It was like a battery charger giving new power within me. Whereas up till now I had been sighing, and the expecting of returns for all efforts I expended had oftentimes ticked my inner self, now with the manifestation of the paradigm statement, all these I have scraped from my inner being. I am now more spirited and focused in everything that I undertake. Tasks and challenges given I now accept with an open heart because I know that the job of a caliph is indeed fraught with obstacles and challenges. I am also confident that in all difficulties there lies sweetness yet.
Coach Hasan has given significant enlightenment and emphasis on the principle of BE, DO and HAVE. Prior to this I had been in the category of DO, indifferent to the importance of the BE principle. The consequence had been me being tired out, not steadfast (istiqomah) in all matters and probably can be regarded as having been futile.
My goals are now clearer with the guidance of Coach Hasan. I am more and more gung ho to achieve the life goals that I have set. Thank you, Coach Hasan for the coaching and knowledge that have been imparted to and shared with me all this while. The person I now am is not like before because I AM A CALIPH AND A KEY TOWARDS SUCCESS.
Name of author available upon request by emailing me at hasan@rubah.my or calling/messaging me at +60122003251.
Original testimonial in Malay language:
Coretan diriku terhadap sesi coaching bersama Coach Hasan
Proses coaching bersama beliau merupakan satu perjalanan yang indah namun berliku iaitu dalam mengenal siapa aku, apa potensi diri aku dan apa yang aku mahukan selama ini serta pelbagai lagi lubuk-lubuk kekurangan yang berjaya dibongkar dalam menjadikan aku lebih fokus dalam setiap apa yang aku lakukan serta memberi gambaran yang jelas terhadap apa yang aku mahukan selama ini.
Kuasa paradigma yang dibentuk dengan bimbingan beliau amat memberi tamparan yang hebat pada diri aku. Dimana, ianya umpama alat pengecas bateri yang memberi kuasa baru dalam diri aku ini. Jika selama ini rasa mengeluh dan mengharapkan balasan di atas setiap usaha yang telah aku lakukan kerap terdetik dalam diri ini tapi kini dengan wujudnya kalimah paradigma ini semua itu telah aku kikis keluar dari diri aku ini. Aku kini lebih bersemangat dan fokus dalam setiap apa yang aku lakukan. Tugasan dan cabaran yang diberi kini aku terima dengan hati terbuka kerana aku tahu bahawa tugas sebagai khalifah itu memang akan penuh dengan rintangan dan cabaran. Aku juga yakin bahawa di setiap kepayahan itu pasti akan hadir kemanisannya nanti.
Coach Hasan banyak memberi penerangan dan penekanan terhadap prinsip “BE,” “DO” dan “HAVE” agar aku mengerti dengan jelas. Sebelum ini aku tergolong dalam golongan “DO” tanpa ambil tahu akan penting prinsip “BE.” Kesannya aku penat dan tidak istiqomah dalam segala perkara dan mungkin boleh dianggap sebagai sia-sia sahaja.
Matlamat aku kini lebih jelas dengan bimbingan Coach Hasan. Aku semakin ghairah untuk mencapai matlamat hidup aku yang telah aku tetapkan. Terima kasih, Coach Hasan atas bimbingan dan ilmu yang telah dicurahkan dan dikongsikan kepada aku selama ini. Aku yang kini bukanlah aku yang dulu kerana AKU SEORANG KHALIFAH DAN SEBAGAI KUNCI KE ARAH KEJAYAAN.
I shot these 12 photos on 19 December 2016 at Rumah Kebun Hulu Langat. neOOne hosted a retreat there for a few days where neOOne and associates did our reflecting of 2016 and planning for 2017.
Entering 2016, I was following what I quoted in that article, "Thinking about goals and the things you want to get out of life is always gonna be better than the essentially 93% negative self-talk most people do: 'Wow, life’s hard, I’ll never get there…' So anything you can do that keeps your mind focused on more positive stuff, those stuff you want to have, is going to be highly useful to you."
I first approached 2016 with dozens of goals, which I narrowed down to my top 10 goals, then made sure I planned and tracked my monthly goals for these annual goals. I achieved 2 of the 10 by mid-year, and now am about to complete the year as my best year in my lifetime yet.
I also quoted a year ago, "…keep focusing on them and re-set. We almost never achieve our goals." True, I will not achieve exactly all the remaining 8 goals word for word as what I composed as sentences of goals at the start of 2016, yet I have grown tremendously, acquired a new set of rich resources and relationships, and made great differences in many people’s lives.
The initial planning consisted of a process of a breakthrough acknowledging of the power of me, then clear owning of my roles in my life, committing to one major focus and creating specific goals for all the roles. After that, throughout 2016 was all implementing, tracking and "mastering me," in other words, keeping myself accountable.
My major focus is "Coach," a role and profession I only started in the second half of the previous year. I am ending 2016 already having completed or still in progress coaching more than 10 clients, making a difference in each of their lives. This has extended to the group sessions I have facilitated, touching more than 40 other people in 2016. I am not only living out the process of arriving at my best year yet, I have been spreading it to other people.
Every year is a learning year. I acquired my 2016 learnings by going to numerous resources, people and lands. The highlight was meeting Jinny Ditzler, founder of Best Year Yet®.
2017 will even be greater for me, with the planning commenced now, with more impactful outcomes to create, with more lives to touch. The process is the same, the contents refreshed. Bring it on!
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