We started off today’s session with a brief rundown of what week 2 entails. We looked at the many ways our patterns formed. In my case, school and general interactions played a huge part in me becoming a shrinker due to constantly replaying certain moments in my head. We then moved onto the roleplay aspect of today’s call which focussed on how we act under pressure and there was no better way to do this than a Cold call pitch. We started off pitching for a productivity app (Anti Brainrot) and this was done in 2 ways. The first way was for the prospect to agree with our pitch and make it smooth sailing for the pitcher. This was to see how we communicate in general. The second way was for the prospect to give the pitcher a bit of a hard time through hesitation, blankness and disagreement to see how we can improvise in pressured situations. This was extremely helpful for me as I now know what to improve on, For example, for the first way, Dino noticed that I started grouping my sentences together and speaking fast which would have led to the caller feeling completely lost and or overwhelmed and I sadly repeated this on the second one. Nonetheless, this gave me good insight on what to improve on for future interactions and situations in which I may encounter this. If you want to improve on the ways you communicate or struggle to know what your commumication flaws are, I’d highly recommend you join these calls as not only to they provide great practice, but they also allow you to know what you could improve. Little reminder, communication is like anything else practice makes perfect (There’s always room for improvement).

I was only able to attend the call for the last ten minutes I was lucky to catch dino in my breakout room , it was nice to have a catch up and be given advice that the problems I’m facing while yes are challenging it is fixable , I hope my journey gets easier overtime as everyone else’s too .

Assalamu Alaikum Everyone, In today’s weekly session Dino briefly touched upon the types of patterns that some of us may fall into and how each of those affect us in social interactions and the potential consequences that may arise from acting on them. Dino then moved onto the topic of word retrieval. Specifically, trying to find the right words to say when our mind goes blank. This is a flaw which commonly appears when I communicate with others and may be a common flaw amongst others aswell. Dino explained what occurs internally when we experience this and that processing load has an impact on the extent our word retreival. To test ourselves, Dino gave us a task where we generate a random word and attempt to name as many synonyms we can find for that word. This proved beneficial as it allowed me to understand more about how fast I can think when put on the spot which allowed me to identify that this is now something that requires work. Overall, this session was very helpful and I look forward to attending more and reflecting on them. If you are interested in joining these sessions, I’d highly recommend you do as it provides a space to put any skills learned into practice which is in my opinion the best way to improve (Practice Makes Perfect).

Hello im Ayman I’m 22 and trying to get my life back in control after a cancer diagnosis at 17. The hardest part that gets neglected is the recovery after the initial treatment. I’ve been listening to the podcasts and trying to better my health despite the setbacks but I feel like my life is at a pause currently due to the fact of how abruptly it happened and having to drop out of school. I’m kind of just playing the cards Allah has dealt me currently.

Salem Alikom brother, I pray that you are safe given the current situation. Inshallah we will get an update from you soon 🤲