REFLECTION ON AMAL TOTKAY
Being a part of Amal Fellowship and working on myself I came across “Amal Totkay”. For me it was a shock to read this word and the first thing that pop up in my mind was “Zubaida Apa k Totkay” (laughter). As a girl, I dreamed beauty products and skin care routine and I exclaimed WoW! Amal Academy is just a love, it is working on my professional growth as well as it is giving me a chance to nourish my skin but it was just a dream because just below this was mentioned that these “totkay” are about developing growth mindset.

Basically, Totka is an Urdu word and mainly used as some typical ways of curing things and it is quite common in Pakistani families as main issues can be solved by the things that are available in our Kitchen.

But here Amal Totkay are all about tips that help us to develope our growth mindset. At Amal we taught about these five totkay:

SELF TALK:

Self talking means revealing one thoughts and ideas to oneself. Mostly they are direct thinking of our mind and help us introduce our inner self. It is not necessary that self talks are only positive they can be negative too. They help us to encourage oneself and change our distress into our motivation.

2.GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE:

Comfort zone can be any place, environment of which we become use too while having our work. Getting out of our comfort zone is the best motivational thing to accept changes and try to give your best in any condition.

3. CREATE NEW HABITS:

Most of us a habitual of our routine and want to do each and everything as per routine but it promotes fix mindset. Coming out of our habits and trying to find new things and re-scheduling our routine help us to think differently and encourages healthy and growth mindset.

4.ASK PEOPLE HELP:

Helping others is quite easy as compare to seeking help from others. It is mostly about our ego. In order to create a bigger picture we should try to share our ideas with other and ask them to help us in fixing them and making them perfect one. Always be open for advices and feedback.

5.FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT:

In order to perform an experiment on oneself one should try to fake things until one can make them. If one can start acting like a leader, it will help him to build confidence as well as chances of making this real increases.

MY TAKEAWAYS:

My takeaways from this activity are that if one can be self-determined, passionate, hard-working and consistent he/she will break the floor one day. One should try to learn at each and every stage and try to add things in his/her life.

TIP I LOVE THE MOST:

“Fake it until make it” is my favorite tip and I implemented it through out my life and believe me it always work.
['Fatima Batool']
['Amal Fellowship', 'Amal Academy', 'Amal Totkay', 'Growth Mindset']