Report: Thinkers' Club Session 7

Session # 7
Date: 21st September, 2014
Attended by: 16 participants
Report Written by: Azka Javeria

On the 21st of September, in the first session of Thinkers' Club, we started off with yet another round of names and brief introductions about ourselves. Ma'shallah more people are joining our group day by day.

After the round of names and a recap of the last two sessions of our club, we had a talk on Negative Self Talk and Positive Self Talk. (The first step to understanding this topic is to understand what Negative and Positive self talking. Positive Self talking-thinking and saying positive things to yourself about others or even your own self. Negative Self Talk- thinking and saying negative things to yourself about others or your own self.

What we read, watch or listen to, effects our brain and our thoughts greatly. We should avoid depressing novels, dramas, movies and audio stuff. Secondly be careful of what you say to yourself when you are alone or talking to yourself or even thinking about yourself. Because whatever you say when you are in isolation echoes inside your head again and again and has an effect on you whether it's yourself who you are talking about or others).

Later on Abiha Salman   shared some information about Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistan's National Poet. Zainab Salman also came up to tell something about our mind and the nervous system. Next Manzar Imaam Sahab told us about Aesop and his fables (Aesop's fables are very popular even these days though he lived almost 3000 years ago. Plus they always have a moral). Manzar Imaam Sahab told us two short Aesop's fables, and another story (not by Aesop) on how, what people say can effect us.

Then we returned to the Positive and Negative thinking topic we learnt that Positivity= Thinking Negativity=Taking Stress. We were also told that there are three types of people:

1.People who tell others "you can't do it"

2. People who tell themselves "you/I can't do it"

3. People who are easily degraded when somebody tells them "You can't do it"

What type of a person are you?


Note: We are planning a field trip, so if you have any suggestions on where we can go, please answer in the form of comments.

Thank you