When Emirati Dina Al Mansouri gave up her dream of studying medicine in America for the circumstances of her father's death and the need to support her mother, she did not expect her study of IT at the Technical College to lead her to open wide horizons for her ambition. After graduating, , And from that place which she considers her second home as she put it started the idea of her personal project «Fortido», which left the job and worked for its success supported by specialized studies.
Al-Mansouri said in an interview with Emirates Today that she described her project as "National," adding that her experience at work led her to find herself part of the training of young cadres ready to interact with different working environments. Walking and meditation as an essential part of enhancing the confidence of those enrolled in her project, stressing that «every individual UAE is always a mirror of his homeland, so it must be as much as this country».
the beginning
"If dreams do not come true, it is not the end, it is the beginning to search for a new path," says Mansouri, who has been officially dubbed Life Coach. "I dreamed of becoming a doctor and I worked hard to get the rate that would qualify me to achieve this dream. , But it is fate ». "This time, it came in the form of my father's death and his departure from our lives. This departure was an important reason to change our lives as a family, and since I am the eldest, it was difficult to leave my mother and my brothers, so I decided to change the course of my dreams. Fruit. " "Since I was eight years old, I have nursed my father, especially during his illness, and this care brought me closer to him, and with him I understood the value of life and found in reading a sanctuary to nourish the soul. "All this has accumulated in me and since my youth has been able to touch the suffering, grief and fears of people, but I did not understand the meaning of my ability to help until I graduated and joined the work."
practical life
"After graduating from university and my experience, I joined the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. I discovered the working life, and discovered that many of our expatriate colleagues do not know much about the customs and traditions of our society and have a constant reluctance to act on their nature," she added. , Which prompted Al-Mansouri to provide a project related to the training of colleagues on how to deal with the other, and the project involves primarily the habits and traditions of the UAE community, and answer the many questions that come to the mind of the expatriate, specifically Western, and says that «most of their questions were personal Her on "Al-Mansouri added," I realized that these personal questions are the ones that determine the relationships between people and even develop them. The reader may be surprised, but if they look at their dimensions, they are part of the Breaking barriers between cultures, building an area of trust and creating an environment suitable for all. "
«Fortido»
Mansouri says that after her experience with her late father and the most comprehensive experience of her work, she began to think about her own project, which depends on training future job seekers or employees on how to adapt to work environments. To become officially the name of the trainer, which feel Mansouri burden, explaining, "Given the spread of this title to many people who claim that their ability to train young people through guidance, psychology and energy are far from it, I feel that this description (trained ) Burden on n But we have no alternative. The basis is that we challenge who we already have the experience and study of who claims this science, and I insist that it is as important as the rest of science, but the means of social communication have given room to those who unfortunately have confidence not only from individuals but From institutions working to host and support ».
"I was sitting in many places, watching the faces and reactions in people, and I feel their stories without telling them. Even my company name came from my sharing of name options with people who were sitting in the cafe where I was sitting, We got that name. "
Training Method
Mansouri is trained in three stages: the first is the individual meeting, during which a paper presents a variety of questions. Based on the answer, it is decided whether the individual needs individual training or integration with the group. The second stage is an open meeting with a group where the talk takes place. Free of all fears that control the employee, and work on the presentation of personal experiences, in addition to suggestions and exercises directly, and the third phase is dealing with nature, and this happens in walking tours, walking - according to Mansouri - makes man unique ideas, I noticed that "girls are more daring in T. Dade youth compared to their concerns, and more challenges here is how to deal with the opposite sex ».
3 stages
Dina Al Mansouri is trained in three stages:
1 - Individual meeting, through which the trainee to provide a paper a variety of questions, and based on the answer decides whether the person in need of individual training or integration in the group.
2. The second phase is based on an open meeting with a group where all the concerns that dominate the employee are discussed freely, and personal experiences are presented, in addition to direct suggestions and training.
3 - The third stage goes to the option of dealing with nature, and this happens in walking tours, which makes the individual unique ideas and revised and filtered.
"I found fellow expatriates who did not know much about our habits, and they had a reluctance to act on their nature, which led me to launch my project."
Personal questions determine and even develop relationships between people. They are part of breaking the barriers between cultures.