Define your goals, then put them into action: Fathi Shams Aldeen at TEDxSanaa 2013

Fathi describes how he learned from his journey from Yemen to London and eventually to the BBC that to succeed, one needs to plan properly and strategically and act on those plans. He believes that vision, proper planning, and hard work all need to come together if a person wants to succeed in life. Fathi Shams El-Din: Plan Your Life, Then Take the Steps In his talk, Fathi recounts his experience from Yemen to London, specifically to the BBC, where he went through several stages that taught him the importance of organization, planning, and working diligently and persistently to implement the plan. Through this experience, Fathi wants to show everyone who aspires to success that it cannot be achieved without these fundamental steps. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)