021: Nurturing a Growth Mindset | Part 1

THIS is what The Barakah Effect podcast is all about: Nurturing a Growth Mindset. The constant discovery of how we can take small steps to continuously improve our lives in every way possible, to achieve success in dunia and akhirah.

The “Growth Mindset” is to essentially have that fundamental belief and attitude that skills and capabilities CAN be developed through efforts, strategies, and by learning from others, no matter how “gifted” or how old you are.

This is the attitude we should have as Muslims: To have that optimism KNOWING that Allah has Created us with the capacity to develop ANY skill or capability that we want, if we put in the consistent effort and remain steadfast in that pursuit, bi idznillah.

In the first part of this Episode of The Barakah Effect podcast, we discuss why this topic is so significant to us, what is the Growth Mindset about, and some techniques on How we can adopt and nurture the Growth Mindset in all spheres of our lives - our careers, capabilities, our relationships, and most importantly, as Muslims and our worship of Allah.

00:00:00 Introduction

00:04:30 Human beings' amazing capacity of growth

00:08:02 As we age, we evolve into the Fixed Mindset

00:09:25 Syahmi's perspective of the Growth Mindset

00:17:44 Why the Growth Mindset plays such a huge role in Faisal's life

00:28:16 Amir's ever-expanding cooking & cutlery skills

00:31:58 Aziz's "weight problem" & doubts in starting a podcast

00:35:47 Reeza initial thoughts about MC & podcasting - "never in a million years!"

44:11 What exactly is the growth mindset?

49:56 Allah gave us an innate capability to continually learn

00:54:45 A hadith that teaches us that we can change! No matter what!

01:01:46 Find the sweetness in the process

01:07:20 How to develop a growth mindset?

01:14:02 Outro