Go Get It!

This trophy is actually made of solid gold! Presenting Moving Images segment on the Morning Show.

Photo courtesy Qasim Javed

In addition to the relatively cleaner air and quiet roads of Lahore, interviewing one guest every morning on The Morning Show on Express 24/7 is included in my routine these days.

It takes a minute or so before the guests that appear on the programme have warmed up enough to talk in the chilly studios of the show. Take for example Prof Sajad Razaq-a mind power expert and neurolinguist.

Because I have a friend who is into mind sciences a great deal so I did have a background on the issue. But frankly, the mind sciences funda is quite common sensical! It simply revolves around using one’s brain to the maximum and in the workshops that Prof Sajad and some others like him conduct around the country; they tell you techniques to master that. I mean, you don’t need the IQ of Madonna to practice mind sciences!!

Actually at the heart of all of these techniques is faith. Having faith and confidence in ones own self is the key to self actualization. Overcoming the fear of failure is what helps us achieve our goals. Set realistic targets and then break up the way leading to your goal into small steps. But to start with you must have a goal.

And while you are at it, do not think that you wouldn’t fail because as JK Rowling said in her commencement speech at Harvard

“Some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.”

But remember new life is created by new thoughts. Just keep it positive- after all its all in the head.

Let me practice one mind empowering technique of counting backwards from 50. You can do it, too!!