After traveling the world and exploring academia and politics, prof. Kamel tells us from his experience how he created 1 credo to follow to have a better way of living, a way that could lead you to become the first big achiever in your field. Kamel is a Jordanian landscape architect, professor, author, and artist. He was the Chief Commissioner of Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) and was a Jordanian senator at The House of Senate. However, he is now a full-time professor at the college of Architecture and Design at the American University of Madaba in Jordan. Kamel uses his extraordinary gift for drawing to communicate design concepts that capture the spirit of his nation. After earning his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in the U.S., he returned to his homeland to found the first landscape architecture firm in Jordan. Among his many leadership positions, he was the chair the University of Jordan architecture department, the coordinator of the Aga Khan Unit for Islamic Studies 1994, and he was a consultant to the Hashemite Royal Court. In October 2017, Kamel was the first Arab to be awarded the ASLA American Society of Landscape Architects Fellowship. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.