Photo by CARL HAHN/LIFE staff Azim Jamal fans out a collection of his best-seller books and other products that tell about his approach to finding happiness and balance in life. By CARL HAHN LIFE editor Now here s a life philosophy you can live with: procrastinate. That doesn t encompass the entire view of motivational speaker Azim Jamal, but it was surprising and refreshing to hear his approval of what many would consider a bad habit. Jamal is a specialist in life balance, and bills himself as being one of the top 10 speakers in Canada. He was in Red Deer last week speaking to a provincial conference for accountants. Although Jamal doesn t have a PhD or MD behind his name, he s trying to ride his common-sense approach to life to become Canada s answer to Tony Robbins. His knowledge comes from his experience as an immigrant who studied at the school of hard knocks, from his volunteer work, and from being an accountant who has rubbed shoulders with multimillionaires. Including his days of volunteer speaking, the Vancouver man has given presentations to more than a million people in 14 different countries, he says. And the three books coming out this year will bring his total of self-published works to eight. Collectively they ve sold more than 25,000 copies, and his first title, Seven Steps to Lasting Happiness, is a Canadian bestseller. An endorsement of that book from the controversial yet widely followed author Deepak Chopra now graces the cover of all of Jamal s other books. And he did this by procrastinating? Actually, he did it more by focusing and balancing. But procrastination is part of that. It s one of the simple tips he offers people on how to make small changes in their lives toward improvement. "People do too many things," he says. "Pick what is most important in your life and say no to everything else." Of course, some things refuse to be told no. Those can be delegated. But if they can t be delegated, then set them aside without feeling guilty. "If it s not important, procrastinate; it doesn t matter," he says. "If you have too many priorities you have no priorities." He also recommends an Hour of Power, every day. Since he grew closer during his youth to his religion, Ismaili Muslim, he has meditated regularly, about five days a week. The Hour of Power is best in the morning, he recommends. It consists of 20 minutes of meditation, 20 minutes of physical exercise and 20 minutes of inspirational reading. But all his quick tips lead back to the seven steps: discover yourself; maintain positive attitudes; hone your life skills; build healthy relationships; let ethics and values be your guide; awaken your spirituality; enjoy the ride. His theory isn t that complex, and certainly much of it has been said before. But he found as a volunteer life skills teacher within his spiritual community that many people still needed to hear it. Jamal says in the past two decades he has averaged 15 to 20 hours a week doing volunteer work, and a healthy portion of that was chairing the social work board for the Ismaili community council from 1993 to 1997.
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