Hi, and welcome back to a new How Did You Make
It? I'm Yosra, your host, and today we have a
bonus episode. As you can imagine, I'm consistently
reflecting on the content I'm sharing with you,
what makes sense, and how to make those conversations
as clear as possible for you to keep on finding
them useful, insightful. So, what about making
this episode? For the one who are trying to empower,
and for the one who need to feel empowered. And
if this is your first time joining the pod, first,
thank you so much for being here. And secondly,
let me introduce you the ambition of the podcast.
This podcast wants to empower you from your early
teenage year to the moment where you feel like
you finally made it to where you want to be.
Essentially, you get to learn what others have
done, how they made it. But what exactly? how
they made it through difficult moments how they
made it through the self -doubts the external
challenges how they made it through confusing
moments and how they find what makes sense for
them so here you go on one side you'll get to
discover their path and get to learn what opportunities
exist out there but also and most importantly
what it takes to reach it through advice they
wish they received or they did receive advise
they have themselves for you from their own learnings
and as well as brilliant tools. So for you, younger
human, let me share five steps for you to follow
when listening to each episode. Okay, so let's
start with you, younger human. Let me share five
steps for you to follow when listening to the
podcast. Okay, step one. Prepare yourself. Set
a goal. Determine why you're listening to this
episode today. What do you want to learn today?
Which leads me to the second step. Put away all
the potential distractions. Even if you decide
to listen to 10, 15 minutes, just part of the
episode, put the distractions away. And listen
actively. There are higher chances for you to
remember what the guests are sharing with you
if you're actively listening to them. And to
do that, you can do three things. Or maybe more.
But here are your options. First, you can pause
when you think that something is kind of hitting
you. The second thing, and I probably said it
a lot of times, is replay. Replay the parts which
were interesting or you think we spoke too fast
to understand what was shared and said. The third
thing is also something I've been consistently
sharing is Write down the elements. Write down
the things that are being asked. The things that
are being shared. The things that resonate with
you. And my favorite part would be the third
step. The reflection piece. What can you do?
What are you learning? And that you can apply
for your own life. We are bringing you information.
But the only person who's able to tailor it.
It's either someone very, very, very close to
you and yourself. So you can ask yourself some
questions like, what behavior can I adopt? What
did I learn that I didn't know before? Where
can I start? And a concrete example would be,
most of the guests have had habits or passions
or activities outside of school, for instance.
Some have played basketball, football. or took
theater classes and for each of them it has brought
them something very different bringing them peace
of mind bringing them an opportunity to fight
their shyness or simply to just have fun so following
this what kind of activity can you do and if
you don't know what can you try and if it doesn't
work that's fine move to the next thing but i'm
sure you understand now there's just something
They share why they did it or simply the impact
it had at the time and how it helped them at
any capacity. And this takes us to the fourth
step, taking action. You have the knowledge,
as I said, you reflect it. Now it's time for
action on both your personal side and the academic
professional side, right? The thing is, you don't
need to start everything at the same time. Actually,
it will be better if you start small and you
remain consistent. You need to make it very specific
though. I don't want to influence you, but I
will still share examples to make it very concrete.
On the academic side, it can be the guests shared
their love for math, their love for science,
and they could not stop talking about it, which
was quite inspiring. But in my situation now,
Not only those classes were very difficult, but
also teachers have not been helpful. So the one
action I'm going to take, because they inspired
me, is for the next few weeks I will be watching
YouTube videos teaching me more about those specific
classes. Or if watching video is not my thing,
I will be doing more research at the library.
On the personal activities side, For the next
few weeks, I will be looking into what's available
in the location I am now. Anything sporty, anything
artistic, anything that works for me. To clearly
understand what are my options. And the fifth
and best step is the experiment. You're going
for it. You're testing. If you're trying it and
you're loving it, you keep going. And if you
don't like it, you find something else. And during
that process, you've been reflecting. What you
tried, what you liked, what you disliked. Was
it something which was in your control, outside
of your control? Let me give you an example.
You signed up for a sport activity. A month in,
you feel like it's not for you. Why do you think
that? What is bothering you now? Is it the activity
itself? Is it your level in comparison to other
people who are there? Are you willing to give
it more time? Ask yourself as many questions
to make sure that you're not rushing into a decision.
So now you're ready. You need to prepare to actively
listen, to reflect, to take action, and then
to review and revisit and test as much as possible.
I really hope that helps. And if you have any
questions, please do send them my way. On socials,
on the comment section of the episode anywhere
and for the one who wants to empower i got you
we are starting with the same foundations so
the step one is also preparing followed by actively
listening those two first steps are going to
help you reflect on the takeaways the things
that you are perceiving that could help the person
you want to empower So you can ask yourself the
following questions. How did the guest made it
through each chapter of his or her life? What
helped them grow? What behaviors, what actions
changed their lives? What suggestions can I share
to the person I want to empower based on what
I've learned, what I've heard? This third step
will allow you to tailor the next step. This
fourth step is not necessarily applicable to
anyone who wants to empower. But the idea of
the fourth step would be to inspire through actions.
What do I mean by that? Actions speak louder
than words. To show them. To show the person
you're trying to empower what a healthy behavior
looks like. Because it's through episodes you've
decided that discipline is definitely something
that the person you want to empower need to adopt?
Are they able to see it through you? Are you
behaving as a disciplined human? Because then
the fifth step is going to be smoother for you
to have conversations about those elements. I
chose discipline because I think discipline looks
different for everyone. As long as you have an
example, as long as they can witness that example,
it will help you empower them. It will then allow
you to ask this question. What do you think?
What's one step you can take? Or what's one step
we can take together to try something new, something
different? And from there, you'll be able to
do three things. Discussing it, testing something
new, and revisiting if it didn't work. But essentially,
taking action together. Well... Thank you so
much for joining. You know what you have to do
now. Go back to those previous episodes and I'll
see you next week with a brand new one where
you can already use all those strategies and
get to learn more about someone else and yourself.
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