Hey everyone, welcome again to Self Work Academy! I'm excited to have you all here and ready to dive into the real work. This community is built specifically for people who are serious about transforming how they communicate and show up in the world. We're not here to post motivational quotes and disappear. We're here to do the actual work that transforms how you communicate and show up in real life. Over the next few weeks, I'm going to be dropping frameworks, challenges, and systems that have personally changed my communication and confidence along with dozens of people I've worked with. Some of this stuff you won't find anywhere else. But right now, let me drop something fundamental for you when it comes to communication. CONSIDER THIS YOUR LESSON #1. Lesson 1: The Power of Strategic Pausing Most people think good communication is about having perfect words ready or talking faster to keep up. That's completely wrong. The best communicators understand that silence is a tool. When you pause before responding, three things happen: 1. You give yourself time to think instead of just reacting 2. You show the other person you're actually listening 3. You create weight behind your words when you do speak That’s the ACTUAL power of silence in your communication and body language. Now it’s nothing crazy, you could easily implement this in your conversations. But to make sure you take action… Here's what I want you to practice this week... Your Task: In every conversation you have, pause for 2-3 seconds before responding. Let the other person finish completely, WAIT, and then speak. Do this in at least 5 conversations this week. Could be with friends, family, coworkers, doesn't matter. After your conversations, come back here and comment: "Conversation [1/2/3/4/5] - Done" I want to see who's really committed to improving versus who's just here to watch from the sidelines.

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته My name is Subhaan. I’m 22 and graduated last year with a degree in economics. I recently completed a 5 week Data and IT skills course, and I’m currently looking for entry level roles in the IT field. My current challenges are a long-term bad habit of procrastination and communication skills which can definitely be improved. I aim to become diligent and proactive with the permission of Allah ﷻ through this community, and I want to improve my ability to communicate with others in both professional and personal settings. Thank you to brother Dino for providing the opportunity, may Allah ﷻ help us to take advantage!

what i want to learn is how i can calculate the future cost of my current decisions. Learning to take the best out of me, I want to become the best version of me.