AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
AU PHU 113 Syllabus Day
‫‪AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day‬‬
‫?‪Who said the following verses‬‬
‫وم َّـد ِج ٍج َكـ ِرَه ال ُكماةُ نَِزالَ ُـه‬
‫ُ‬
‫ت يداي لهُ بِ ِ‬
‫عاج ِل طَ ْعن ٍـة‬
‫ـاد ْ‬
‫َج َ‬
‫الُمُْعـ ٍن َه َـرابً وال ُم ْستَ ْسلِ ِـم‬
‫فَطع ْنـتُـهُ ِاب ُّلرْم ِـح ثُ َّـم َعلَ ْبَُـهُ‬
‫ِِبَُهنَّ ٍـد ِ‬
‫صاِ اَحَدي َد ِة ِِْـ َذِِ‬
‫ٍ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ص ْد ِِ ال ُكعُ ِ‬
‫َّ‬
‫بِ ُم َق َّـبِِ‬
‫ـف‬
‫ق‬
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‫ث‬
‫ِب‬
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‫ـس ال َكرميُ على ال َقنا ِِبُ َح َّـرِِ‬
‫ي‬
‫ل‬
‫ـه‬
‫ياب‬
‫ث‬
‫م‬
‫ص‬
‫أل‬
‫ا‬
‫ح‬
‫م‬
‫لر‬
‫اب‬
‫ِ‬
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‫فَ َ‬
‫ش َك ْك ُ‬
‫َ َُ‬
‫ـت ْ‬
‫َ‬
‫نانه واِمِ‬
‫ضمـن ُسن ب ِ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ِ‬
‫َ ِـم‬
‫ع‬
‫ق‬
‫ـ‬
‫ي‬
‫ـه‬
‫ن‬
‫ش‬
‫ن‬
‫ـ‬
‫ي‬
‫ـاع‬
‫ب‬
‫الس‬
‫ِ‬
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‫فتَـرْكتُهُ َج َزَر َ َ َ َ ُ‬
‫ْ َ‬
‫َ َْ ُ ََْ‬
‫ِ‬
‫أَبْـ َدى نَ ِ‬
‫ِ‬
‫س ِم‬
‫ب‬
‫ـ‬
‫َ‬
‫ر‬
‫ـ‬
‫ي‬
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‫باجـ َذهُ ل َ َ ُّ‬
‫ل َّـما َر ِآِن قَـ ْد نَـ َزل ُ‬
‫ـت أُريـ ُدهُ‬
‫يدعبن عـنرتة والرمـاح كـأهنا‬
‫أشـطان بئـر ِ لبان األدهم‬
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
A legendary rise from
slavery to one of the
most famous
personalities in
Arabic history
Antar’s Legacy:
1. The Mu’alaqa of Antar: a jewel of Arabic poetry
2. The Sirat of Antar Ibn Shaddad : more than 4000 pages legend
which was read by story tellers all over the Islamic world for
centuries
3. Credited for founding the rules of knighthood and chivalry
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
To reach his greatness, Antar was gifted with:
1. great physical strength
2. intelligence
3. reckless courage
4. And he had a special sword and a very special horse
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
An “Antar” from our time:
Bill Gates founder of
Microsoft
A computer genius
who due to his special
talents, dropped out of
Harvard and was able
to start the most
successful computer
company in the world.
His legacy is not the money he made, but the profound
positive change he affected, and continues, to make on
the lives of billions of people on Earth.
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
Outliers
The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell 2008
# 1 national best seller
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
There is a question that engaged
psychologists for a very long time:
Is there such a thing as innate talent?
The obvious answer is yes, not every child becomes “a
brain surgeon” or a “rocket scientist.”
Achievement is talent plus preparation
The correct answer, however, is not so simple: the more
the psychologists look at the career of the gifted, the
smaller the role innate talent seems to play, and the
bigger the rule preparation seems to play.
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
The violinists study: psychologist K. Anders Ericson
on the violinists at Berlin’s elite Academy of Music.
Divided the violinists into three groups
1- World class and stars:
10,000 hours of practice
2- Good violinists:
8000 hours of practice
3- “Unlikely to play professionally” :
4000 hours of practice
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
The ten thousand hour rule:
Studies in all fields show that ten thousand
hours of practice are required to achieve
the level of mastery associated with being
a world class expert (Deniel Levitin,
neurologist)
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
In study after study, of composers, basketball players, fiction
writers, ice skaters, concert pianists, chess players, master
criminals, and what have you, this number comes by again and
again.
Of course, this doesn’t address why some people get more out
of their practice session than others do.
But no one has yet found a case in which true world class
expertise was accomplished in less time. It seems that it takes
the brain this long to assimilate all that it needs to know to
achieve true masters.
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
Christopher Langan the
smartest man alive
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
Lewis Terman Termites:
Identified 1470 children with IQ ranged
from 140 to 200
Followed their progress in life in
minuscule detail
None reached the status of a world class
expert, or had any vast influence on
humanity.
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
The relationship between success and IQ
works only up to a point. Once someone
has reached an IQ somewhere around
120, having additional IQ points doesn’t
seem to translate into any measureable
real world advantage
Nobel prize winners are a proof of this
principle.
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
Difference between Robert Oppenheimer and Chris Langan:
Oppenheimer:
Convinced his advisor to forgive him for attempting to kill him
Negotiated becoming the chief scientist for the American
Nuclear program during WWII
Lagan:
Could not talk to his calculus teacher about his ideas on teaching
calculus
Could not change his class time from the morning to the evening
after he lost his car
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
Prerequisites for success:
• 10,000 hours of practice and hard
work
• Opportunity
• Social skills, discipline and civility
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
Return to Antar and Bill Gates:
He was medium built, without any real physical
advantage
He had the opportunity when he was allowed to
care for the tribe’s horses
He trained himself (while grazing the horses)
vigorously- it is said that he fell from his horse
1000 times before becoming a master rider
His horse and sword were within what is average
‫‪AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day‬‬
‫قيل لعنترة‪ :‬أأنت أشجع العرب وأشدها؟ فقال‪ :‬ال‪ .‬فقيل‪ .‬فبماذا‬
‫شاع لك هذا في الناس؟ قال‪ :‬كنت أقدم إذا رأيت اإلقدام عز ًما‪،‬‬
‫وأحجم إذا رأيت اإلحجام حز ًما‪ ،‬وال أدخل إال موضعًا أرى‬
‫لي منه مخر ًجا‪ ،‬وكنت أعتمد الضعيف الجبان فأضربه‬
‫الضربة الهائلة التي يطير لها قلب الشجاع فأثني عليه فأقتله‪.‬‬
‫دريد بن الصمة‪ :‬فزعم بنو سليم أن ربيعة لما ضربه فوقع‬
‫تكشف‪ ،‬فإذا عجانه وبطون فخذيه‪ ،‬مثل القرطاس من ركوب‬
‫الخيل أعراء‬
AU PHU 113 Lecture 1: Syllabus Day
At Alfaisal we believe in you. You have been admitted,
which means you have the right ‘hardware”
You have a unique opportunity: family support, a
government pouring resources for education, and a
historic opportunity to become the leaders of the
Islamic world
We want help you find your passion for the field of
knowledge best suited to you, and to teach you
discipline , hard work, and social intelligence