Mohd Faiz bin Ibrahim was
born on 8 December 1984 in
Hospital Besar Melaka, grew
up in Alor Gajah, Melaka. He
shows early interest in educa-
tion since his childhood al-
though had difficulties in pov-
erty. Finishing schools from
Sekolah Menengah Kebang-
saan Dato Dol Said on 2001
and graduating in Diploma
Communication And Media
Studies in 2004 from Univer-
sity Technology Mara. After
finished study in diploma,
he got an offer from Jabatan
Pertahanan Awam Malaysia Married with Nor Ainni
as Penolong Pegawai Tad- Binti Adam and got 2 Kids
bir. After 8 years of services, Hadirah Safiya Binti Mohd
he continued their career at Faiz and Muhammad Harraz
Jabatan Pendaftaran Pertu- Bin Mohd Faiz. His char-
buhan for 1 year. In 2014, he acteristics are an easy go-
got promoted as Penolong ing person and matured in
Pegawai Tadbir Kanan and thinking. In free time Faiz
transferred to Jabatan Kese- is like to watch movies with
lamatan Jalan Raya until now.
the family. His favorite food
is Yong Tu Foo and favor-
ite drink is Nescafe ‘o. For
Faiz, even though he once
lived in poverty, he always
feels grateful for his achieve-
ment. Difficulties and bar-
rier just make him stron-
ger and positive. Today, he
tries to act as a benchmark
in education for his kids.
‘Never Give Up’ and
‘Better Late Than Nev-
er’ was his motto. Dream
to get a higher education
level make him grab the
opportunities to further
his study on the degree.
In 2018, his dream comes
true. He got further his
study at degree level. Make
it more meaningful, he got
a full scholarship from
Jabatan Perkhidmatan
Awam Malaysia. He also
got study leave with full
salary. On 1 September
2018, he started his new
journey as a degree stu-
dent at Universiti Teknolo-
gi Mara (UiTM) in De-
gree on Human Resource.
Faiz Goals MEASURABLE ATTAINABLE
(S.M.A.R.T) How can Faiz goals be Is Faiz goal attainable?
measured?
Right now, this goal
SPECIFIC Faiz Goal can be mea- is acceptable. He can
sured when he got de- manage this setup by ef-
What exactly Faiz want gree scroll 3 years from fort, time and cost. He
to achieve? now. He expecting to get got time because he got
a higher education level study leave in 3 years, he
Faiz goals are to get a can bear his education
degree in 3 years from fees with scholarship
now. He aims to get a and personal salary, and
degree from UiTM in he can manage his effort
Human Resource. with a positive minded
and supportive family.
REALISTIC
TIMELY
Is reaching his goal is
relevant to Faiz? How much time did
Faiz plan to achieve his
Graduate as degree goals?
holder is relevant for
Faiz. He knows bene- Faiz time frame to
ficial he will get if he achieve his goals in 3
achieving this goal. years started from Sep-
Maybe after this, he will tember 2018. He ex-
get better opportunities pecting to grade on time
in career development (GOT).
beside can be a mentor
1. STATE THE 3. IDENTIFY THE
7 Steps GOAL OBSTACLES
Main obstacles for Faiz
Faiz goal is to get a
Of degree in Human Re- is
a) Money – using
sources at UiTM Kam-
pus Bandaraya Melaka for further his study
Goal in 3 years from now. b) Times – he al-
ready has much com-
mitment especially
Setting 2. SET A DEAD- responsible for his
family
LINE c) Effort – differen-
tiate with age already
(Zig Faiz started his degree make him nervous. It
in September 2019 and
makes it unmotivated
planning to finish it on
and afraid of keep-
Ziglar) September 2021 ing himself between
younger generation
students
4. IDENTIFY THE 5. DETERMINE 6. DEVELOP A
PEOPLE, GROUPS, WHAT YOU NEED PLAN
AND ORGANIZA- TO KNOW Faiz plan in these 3
TION THAT CAN Faiz stronger Point: years is to maximize us-
ASSIST a) Maturity thinking ing all the support and
To achieve his goals, b) Connection with assistant that he has.
Faiz must be connected the outside organiza- He will try to construct
to this group of peoples tion himself to compete
: c) Smart solutions with the younger gen-
a) Family – Support- d) Material (money, eration. So far his plan
ive transport, and so on) was going well and on
b) Lecturers – to get Motivational point for track. Right now what
help in the subject Faiz : he must maintain is his
c) Classmates – to a) Promotion when motivation. Hopeful-
get along with group back in work later ly, he will successful-
assignment b) A good bench- ly achieve his goal on
d) Jabatan Perkh- mark for his kids
idmatan Awam – Get c) Opportunities for
support with scholar- going to other fields of 7. YOU SUCCESS
ship works When the time he
e) Jabatan Kesela- d) A rise in current aimed is to arrive, he
matan Jalan Raya – Get salary will evaluate all the
support with study achievements in those
leave 3 years. Finally, even
the goal is achieved, he
will get more benefit
than what he expected.
The beautiful this about
learning is that no one
can take it away from
you.