 Good afternoon and welcome to today's webinar series brought to you by the boss graduate students of the Department of English and without wasting much time we will dive straight into today's talks which will be centralized around the team defining the purpose the story behind our stories and for today's talks we have a panel of speakers from both the fort and second semesters which will be proceeded by the questionnaire towards the end of the session so if anyone has any questions regarding a particular talk it would be appreciated if you could lay down your doubts maybe in the text section or at the given time and now to start off with our talks I would like to kindly request Ms Chongpineng with her topic gold setting for personal and professional success and Mr Kutozo with his topic overcoming procrastination to kindly take their time one after the other thank you much show hi hi everyone am I audible hello can somebody respond am I audible yes yes you're audible you can thank you thank you very much first of all I I would like to thank our almighty God for sustaining our lives we are in a crucial time in the midst of this pandemic but we are blessed enough to join this session from the comfort of our home so let's give thanks to our almighty God and secondly I thank the faculty or the organizing committee for giving me this opportunity to speak on the topic gold setting for personal and professional success well I am somebody who loves so much to speak to share and to take part in a seminar and other functions and when I do so I used to base my sharing either from the Bible or or some books being written by renowned writers but today I'm not going to do so but rather I would like to base my sharing I want myself to be the practical example of today's sharing as my topic is gold setting for personal and professional success I would like to focus on my own personal experiences well I hope we all have dreams and goals to accomplish at certain age and we worked on it so is me I I came from a very humble family and since childhood I have I have a dream that one day before I hit 25 before I became 25 years old I would like to complete my studies and work and be settled and be an independent woman that's what I dream and I have been working on it and through my journey I would like to share that um my life has been ups and downs a roller coaster like every one of you like yours and when I you know when I was a small kid I used to really admire my Sunday school teacher because she was so kind and she is the teacher to respect others and teaching stories from the Bible and she was molding and shaping our lives so I was like looking my Sunday school teacher I told myself when I grow up I want to be a teacher and I'll be a Sunday school teacher and and I will teach and motivate others I will mold and shape the life of children like my Sunday school teacher is molding mine that's what I said and I really want to be a teacher and as I grow up and I jump into my high school I have made this teacher my English teacher and she was so inspiring and then the way she teach was so very different and I started to like her again and I thought myself okay when I grow up I want to be an English teacher because I like my teacher so much and for a time being my email life was shifted from to become a Sunday school to to be an English teacher and as I grow again in my higher secondary I met a few bunch of friends they were so talented and among them one a good friend of mine was so much into singing and she was the performed and she was a worship leader and singing her I was so inspired and then I realized my heart and then I told her I want to be like you and then I want to sing like you I want to praise God and she said nothing is impossible if you want to be a singer you can be so seeing my friend I was so inspired and I started taking up music class and wanting to be like my friend my friend also told me that whenever there are programs they invite me and then I used to go and perform and I get paid I earned through singing and then I am an independent woman so seeing her I like her so much and it was like taking up music class and singing but then I realized I slowly realized that singing was not my gift I was not meant to be a singer which is why though I took up music class and learned piano I I do sing and perform in the church but I didn't earn like my friend because my friend was her gift her talent was music and my talent was something different and I didn't realize which is why I couldn't succeed and like that my whole life I have been spending admiring people and wanting to do like them and as I am in my verge of graduation I met this an asian man and he was asking what do you want to become so after joining my master's after joining tatsa college seeing my professors the way they teach us the way they they inspire us seeing them I mean I you know I've learned so much from them like dr elica dr anjan rosie kv and all of you inspired us so much that once again I I want to like move back to teaching profession and I told them that I want to be in a teaching profession and he was like you are in mustace and then you would have you know opted something else instead of being in a teaching profession and he also asked me like you want to be in a teaching profession because you are afraid to correct other complete exam or or is it that you will not get other job which is why you're sticking around to the teaching profession and I say no not because I am afraid to to correct another conflict them but seeing my profession my professors I am inspired so much and I want to be like them which is why I will be in teaching professions when I jump once I complete my master's that's what I call him and one day I was sitting back at home and slowly looking back into my life and when I look back I realized that I have been spending my whole life trying to be everybody else and then I did not know what might give I was so frustrated and then I prayed to God I literally cried and I kneeled down and I prayed to God Lord I have been spending my whole life trying to be everybody else and I couldn't what is my gift what am I good at it's my gift and I prayed so hard and I prayed and I waited for answer from the Lord yes God did not open up the heaven store and shouted at me that this is your gift you're good at this no it didn't happen it was really frustrating and I keep praying and one day as I slowly you know think about my life and then trying to recall what have I done so slowly I realized that I used to be a paid host and whenever I I host or I do I speak on stage there were some people who used to be like comfort word and telling me that I'm so blessed through your you know sharing through your preachings and I slowly realized maybe I might give this not to be a singer not to be a teacher not to be a Sunday school teacher or maybe I am something different my goal is different my primary concern was shifted to myself and then trying to analyze myself and in that juncture I I am given the opportunity to host a talk show and then I prayed to God Lord is this my talent if this is my gift and please let me know and then please bless me and so after praying I slowly realized that my gift was something different than the people that I followed my whole life and today I'm the first person in England to be the talk show host and my God's grace my channel was monetized and I'm so learning from YouTube so this is my short testimony I'm I know we're running out of time but I request Miss Rosie to present my slide so I want to ask you all do your professional and personal goals complement each other and then are you doing the things that you are doing because others are doing or is it your love too because from my personal experience if you do things just because others are doing then you're not going to be fruitful but when you do things that you love you will seriously successful you will bear fruits and when you do things that you love you won't get tired and in fact your energy will be recharged that is what I've experienced in my life and I want everyone to ask yourself a question that I listed out are you the type of person that others want to follow can you create vision for yourself that others can delete you so are you attending evens to draw inspiration from others because we are human being we're social animals we show the lies and we learn from one another it's why that is why it's really important to attend even learn from others just like we're doing now so I want you guys to ask yourself the questions that I put forward and then realize and I also want to encourage you if you're doing that you don't love if you're doing things just because others are doing then you're not going to succeed you will not success so it is never too late to restart if you think you are not in the right track then do come back and then if you're still confused like me you're just going with the flow like wherever the wind blows just like me spending my whole life and it's very important to ask God to ask God and then what is your gift what are you good at only then you can set your personal and professional goals I'm telling you there are so many people out there may be successful in their professional career but only God knows what they have been through in their personal life because they are spending their life trying to impress others and not doing that they love and I also want to let you all remind that no job is too sophisticated and no job is too small if you're happy with what you're doing I think that matters a lot which is why I think again and then for my fellow classmates and my juniors and whoever attending the session it's very important to ask God and to you know to realize what you're good at and then to work on it otherwise you'll be like me spending your whole life trying to be everybody else so confused with your life and not knowing what to do so I would like to conclude my sharing by encouraging you all that your value doesn't decrease based on someone's inability to see your words if you know your words you can work on it and you'll be successful in your life I am diverting so much for my topic I'm really sorry but um yeah I now give the remaining time to the next speaker I think I'm Aulivo as well as I'm clear yes you can carry on with your talk all right uh I want to start off with a quotation how do you define your use of time are you using it are you wasting it are you spending it or are you killing it it's been said that killing time is not murder but it's a suicide good afternoon everyone respected the moderator Matsu the faculties seniors and all my dear friends I am very privileged to be given this wonderful opportunity to express some of my thoughts and ideas my name is Kuto Zovero from MS against master the topic that I have chosen for my presentation is a very familiar topic called overcoming procrastination overcoming procrastination this topic is not a new topic for all of us and please do notify me if there is a static disturbance in my audio all right so uh I will split this matter concern into concern matter into four segments and the first segment let's take a quick glimpse of procrastination is we would like to look into the meaning of procrastination when I talk about procrastination it's uh one of my favorite word in English out of thousands of words and I'm sure all of us also find this word to be very rich in its meaning Deem Urban who is one of the internet's most admired writer in his TED talks he says that there is literally no one in this world who does not procrastinate and I believe his idea is uh quite acceptable and reasonable and also it is quite applicable in today's context all of us procrastinate in one way or the other and it's inevitable procrastination is uh synonymous for words like delay deterring hesitation styling etc it is a belief to have been derived from the leading word for christina twos which means to defer for tomorrow or to put off for tomorrow and it was first coined by a short in around 700 busy and to make the concept more clear I if if we are if we are delaying something or keeping it for later the things that we can do now uh the shows we are procrastinating it could be a small thing or it could be a big thing it doesn't matter as long as we are we are in completing our talks at the given time we are a procrastinator and we are a thief of time the choice is ours whether we want to be a thief or not anyway so this takes us to the to the next segment of my paper that is why do people procrastinate why do we procrastinate there could be many reasons why people procrastinate and I think it differs from person to person based on their experiences as well when it comes to procrastinating we usually say I still have enough time and considering considering the fact of time we are all into the profession of students and it is very common to keep to keep uh delaying or deferring our works for later or for tomorrow we procrastinate because we think we have enough time but we are not in the sense that that enough time becomes little time little time converts no time and eventually it alters into no time and we usually end up being disappointed I think we are procrastinating because we disrespect the value of time uh we must know that the most important thing one can use to become the thing that we are thinking to become is to respect our time and go along with the flow there is also a tendency uh that we procrastinate because there is paralysis paralysis in our time management we fail to take the perfect decision at the correct time and I think we procrastinate because we are sort of irresponsible we also procrastinate because there is no adrenaline rush uh inside us that bugs us to do so until and unless we are being pressurized by the situation we don't just feel like doing it on time and I think that's something we need to deeply ponder upon it and tackle and tackle it at the earliest uh without stretching much on this segment let's let's look to the next point I have entitled the third segment of my paper as how does it affect us how does procrastination affect us when we talk about the effects of procrastination I'm sure all of us have experienced a lot since we all have procrastinating I'm sure we also know the effects too for the most common metaphor will be doing our assignments and projects we always want to keep it for later for tomorrow or for 11 hour overdose and as a consequence it results in losing marks and also getting lectures from teachers at the same time my mother always reminds me to never keep things pending she would say do what you have to do now because later will bring its own work and everything will get messed up I think we can all agree to to her statement because we all know that time and time waits for none of us the effects of procrastination covers a huge area uh it affects our mental health it affects our spiritual growth it also affects our physical health and as a result we tend to stop progressing forward in our life procrastination drags us backward and we failed to see the success in our life taking into consideration my own account of procrastination experience I am saying that uh I don't procrastinate anymore uh but speaking on the basis of being better than I used to be I would like to share some of the negative impacts that I face when I rest in it when I keep anything pending for tomorrow or for later the things that I have to do now I don't have peace of mind uh peace of mind and the outcome is that I fail to do other works or I fail to perform other works with perfection too things get piled up and my mind is filled with tensions anxiety stress and whatnot and whenever I keep things on clench I am appending more miseries to the already existing miseries and once I commence with this convention of procrastinating it turns out to be more rigid and more stiff to overcome and slowly it affects every domain and realm of my life you know we we never really really display a cavernous thought on it but if if we ponder upon it with more custody I think it's really a monster that is holding us in reverse manner and it'll divert us up like a virus that will leave us being helpless that will leave us being in a miserable condition but we should always note that there is always a way out of our substandard habits and execution and the rewards of it are just wonderful so having faith on ourselves we would like to move to the next point and it'll be the final segment for my paper best in all my experience I would love to assemble some useful mechanisms that I used to overcome procrastination and also to remunerate also the remunerate of it what I personally feel is that strong determination and self-dedication is the key to achieving anything in our life this may sound absurd but every day after the day gets over I always go back to my bed and try to reflect and retrospect on the things that I have standard and also try to construct plans for the following day and we all have different techniques in overcoming hurdles in our own entire game what I usually do is I never try to turn off the alarm when it rings and I think that's a great procurement for me personally speaking and researchers have also said that those who wake up early in the morning has the lower tendency to procrastinate than the others but I'm also sure all of us love to procrastinate all of us love to turn off the alarm and go back to sleep and I think that's where the root of procrastination also begins like I've mentioned earlier we need to start with a habit of completing the given tasks at the right time without letting the situation pressure pressurize us and we all know that this is 21st century and we are in a world where science and technology govern the universe the gadgets that we use are 50% responsible for procrastination so I think it's best to be careful with what we do with the technologies that we possess one thing that we ought to keep in mind is that gadgets are created for us to monitor them and not to be monitored by them being inclusive we we all have become as left to the gadgets and I think the foremost tool that is distracting us and taking our life apart is the technologies that we get access to and the possibility of overcoming procrastination largely depends on it if I have to share best on my own personal experience as a procrastinator we need to have the discerning ability to plan for what is good and what is not for for ourselves and the most important thing is to love what we do if we don't respect and love our work I think we don't we will never be content with the outcome whatever we do we must do it with our full heart and care so in the dissolution in the end I would say that overcoming procrastination is one of the greatest achievement that one can be rewarded with the willpower to do away with procrastination should reach out from within within us and no one will apprise you or potent you to do so so the decision is completely based on our own the thing that we we have to retain in mind is that once we do away with procrastination or procrastinating we become more responsible and our vision to grasp decision becomes more vivid and I believe that the journey of success has taken its route I want to challenge all of us with with one quotation by Abraham Lincoln as I close my speech it says like this you cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today I want to repeat that for us you cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today thank you everyone for bearing and listening to my thoughts and ideas amidst your business channel stay safe and I hope we all meet in person and interact with one under once the situation is under control over to you thank you miss strong pinning and mr. good also for sharing your wonderful insights taken from your own experiences next up we have mr. lentemong with his topic self-reliance and teamwork so I would like to request him to kindly take his time good afternoon everyone I hope everyone is doing okay and I want to thank the college and the teachers of English department for organizing today's event and also giving us a privilege to speak on today's webinar so today my topic is self-reliance and teamwork and I'll be speaking more on self-reliance and at the conclusion I will speak on how self-reliance is important and how it is and how it can be applied in the teamwork so yeah okay please to let me know if there's a lag in my audio and then I'll be turning off my camera because my neck is running at a very low mp so I hope everyone of you can understand thank you so as we talk about self-reliance when we talk about self-reliance it can be simply understood as the ability to do things and also to take decisions by oneself by counting and trusting on your on our own instincts and our own ideas but it does not mean that we cannot work our trust with others because self-reliance doesn't mean that everything have to be done by ourselves it is also not about financially being independent or also shouldering every hardship all by our individual it could be all about being able to identify the problems and also solving them by finding solution to solve this what we need is that most of us many times we try to stay in the same place by knowing what to do or not knowing what the solutions and what the outcome would be so the most thing that the self-reliance is that we need to understand and we need to solve this by being self-reliance in knowledge wisdom understanding by being patient and also by putting our efforts in everything we do or say there's a saying that which causes we are responsible for getting caught in the rent because by deciding not to carry an umbrella leads to getting trench by being prepared to make the choices of getting caught in some of the life's unpleasant circumstances which can be like failures failures in economics it can also be a failures in relationship it can also be our own personal losses but by being self by being prepared during human crisis your chances of succeeding or seizing an opportunity that comes your way so for when we take for example when we take an example of self-reliance in students life it is very prominent and it's present everywhere in and I hope every student can understand this because when we talk about exams and assignments we are supposed to be we're not supposed to be panicking or wondering how or how we should take a look or how the exams can be passed without studying or without putting our efforts so this is most of the things that we students tend to struggle and instead of wondering how and why is all this happening we need to put our efforts and try to reach out to the teachers for help for example we need to understand that we all need someone to rely on and it's okay to reach out for help this is important because most of the time student we tend to shy away and most of the time we we're not able to face the teachers and we we most of the times when the question is being asked to us we are not able to answer and we just stay there as a stature so the most important thing is that we need to come out of the of our own comfort zone and then we need to reach out to the teachers we need to ask the teachers what is going on in the class and then what is important for us and all that because the teachers are everybody but the most important thing that the student leg is that self-reliance the students are find the self-reliance and most of the time they struggle and then most of the problems they are being faced by their own self and then most of the time especially in exams we tend to get a lot of problems so self-reliance is very important for the students and we need to understand that as well and also is very important especially during this pandemic and lockdown being in both we student think why many assignments are being given out and why many online classes why every day there is a class and most of the time we tend to blame the college and the teachers as well but we don't understand most of the times we students we don't understand that it is important for the completion of the semesters and it is for our own self and it is important for our future as well but student most of the time we try to blame the teachers we try to we try to blame the college and then we try to like in our own life this is because we like self-reliance if we are if we know what is self-reliance if we try to understand the ability to do things and take decisions by ourselves by trusting and counting on our ideas by working hard by putting our efforts then obviously this I know it's hard but then life is hard but then we can all able to overcome this and then also when it comes to individuality we take the example we can take the example of any one of us suppose both lawyers and then they want me to follow their footsteps however I spend every spare minute writing poetry I want to contribute and make a difference to the world and touch people by writing poetry this is where I find my happiness and decides to pursue a career and as a point instead of lawyer it is because of self-reliance that you are able to find who you are and what you want to do in life you get your own freedom on becoming what you want to be you get to decide on your career and not others so this is also another thing which is very much prevalent and present in our especially in the students life because most of the time we are latest ray and then we try to please other we try to walk in the ideas and footsteps of other not knowing our own abilities not knowing our own instincts not trusting our own ideas but then when we try to put and when we try to pursue what is good for us what is the ability what our ability can do and then what are the things that we can achieve and not depending on what others have achieved then only we can be contented and happy in life because when you try to walk in the footsteps of other you will all of us we would be contented we would be happy even though we may be successful in life but most of the but life will be miserable for us even though we are successful if we don't follow what our heart says if we don't focus on self-reliance so that is the thing and then many of us till today we try to live a life based on opinions of other if you are a student your parents get to decide what you should study or what your job should what job you should pursue many workers like self-reliance and we need to understand the importance of it we should be responsible for our own life and what we need in our life instead of letting someone else to decide because we will never find happiness through contentment in it because here why I'm mentioning many Nagas left self-confidence is that there are many students there are many graduates MA students BA graduate there are many students but then why many students are jobless why many students are going outside of the state for a job to work in a private company is it's because we are not being self-confident we're like self-reliance and then we are not being able to know the abilities that we can do and we're we're not trying to contribute to the society as well so if we if the students of the Nagas if we try to understand what self-reliance is what understanding is then many of us I think and it is my opinion that we can be able to contribute because if we are being brave if we are being confident enough then instead of going outside of the state we can able to stay back in our own state try to do a little work entrepreneurship can be the first thing that we can carry on and then we can also able to encourage our friends we can also able to encourage this society and we can also live our life not being based on others and in that way we can able to contribute because being an educated being a student we are being told of what we should be in life and what the happen is in life can be so these are the things that we need to understand to be self-reliant also we need to believe in something that holds merit and there should be nothing holding us back from voicing it with confidence when it comes to academic every student should realize we should realize our own self-reliance we should discover our talents our values our educational activities and also strive to be a better student because many many many times we students try to like our own values we try we don't understand what talent is we don't understand what educational activities is we don't know how to strive for a better man most of the time like our brother have said we try to progress in it every time and then we don't want to work on our own self we don't want to we don't want to be a better person and most of the time we try to blame the other people we try to blame our parents we try to blame our families we try to blame the college so all the things this is all because we don't understand what the self-reliance we don't understand oh or we don't value or we don't try to understand what things are good for us so we should be able to know in what areas or when it comes to academic understanding and knowing your areas of subject in what way or in what subjects you're good or bad it is very important to understand this because most of the time we don't most of the times our subjects have been equally it is equal but then there are some subjects which are easier but then we students tend to take it very lightly and in that way we score very low marks so in that way we should work more harder on the weekly subjects by reaching out to the teachers and try to understand the text and also understanding by reading and analyzing the text as well so that's the end of I'll be speaking that on self-reliance and then now I'll be I'll be speaking on how self-reliance is important in teamwork by being confident in your abilities you are able to support your team in the areas of your strength which can be creating strong relationship by communicating well with each other supporting and motivating each other and working cooperatively it is said that teamwork makes a dream work I repeat teamwork makes a dream work and it is also widely accepted that teamwork is good and then here what is teamwork teamwork can be understood as a group of individuals coming together to achieve a better goals and dreams and also it makes things work efficiently because you are able to split the difficult task into simpler ones then work to complete them faster it also helps you to develop a specialized skill among the team so that the best person for each task can do it better and faster there are common solutions for any task or problems when a self-reliant team or individual psychology problem the project benefits from multiple perspective skill sets and experiences and all it wants so what we learn is that when teammate works together we learn each other's strength and correct each other mistake that way everyone will improve so that's the end of my presentation and why is it important to improve our abilities to understand self-reliance in a teamwork in academic social development and individual is because if you don't understand all the things life will be life will be hard for us and then it's very important to especially for the students those who are presently students we need to understand our self-reliance we need to to work with the team we need to do what is important in academics for example studying doing assignments putting our efforts and social development by contributing to the society by being working and being a better person in that way we can be able to be a better person and also self-reliance and teamwork is a very important for us so I want to encourage and tell to all my friends and everyone present out here in today's webinar talk please try to understand what self-reliance is and then if you understand what self-reliance is in every field where everything will be there will be always be a fruitful purpose for every one of us so thank you everyone thank you mr. Lim's mom for your enlightening talk sitting on we have miss Kulu with her title coping during uncertain times which will be followed by miss Sneha with her title positive outlook for personal growth if you could kindly take a time in succession am I audible yes you can tell me okay okay thank you a very good afternoon I'll just keep my video off because my network the network in my area is really bad and a very good afternoon to you all my name is Kula Venu of MA second semester I and I thank the English department for organizing this program and given me a chance to speak I will be speaking on a topic coping during hard coping during uncertain times we get to see that the world is an uncertain place things can change fast and it is difficult to see what's coming next so we have to learn to be comfortable with our uncertainty and the six strategies of coping during uncertain times are one is face the fear fear is a natural reaction but we cannot let it rule us don't ask what if we have to ask what will I do if none how things will react react if things go badly and do is focus on what you can control feeling out of control can be scary so instead of fretting about the things we cannot escape focus on the things and work out on things that we can do and do it then you will probably feel better for knowing you are doing something useful three is mitigate risk it is good to plan for various possibilities not just the outcome you think is most likely built in contingencies so that whatever happens you are in a solid position to deal with whatever comes next and be agile and be alert being agile and being alert means you are able to respond to things quickly to different needs or adapt to changing circumstances think about developing new skills which will not only make you valuable but give you new career options too and all the same all the same time be alert stay on top of changes that could affect you and your business the sooner you know the sooner you know about something something the quicker you react and we have to remember to look after ourselves uncertainty can cause anxiety and stress which can damage our health and get us stuck in a vicious circle exercise helps clear stress hormones from our body while meditation and mindfulness can help us relax and reduce anxiety talking to someone we trust also helps us find perspective and a problem shared is a problem helped manage your expectations one of the greatest causes of unhappiness and stress in uncertain times can be comparing comparing how we think things should be with how they are but ask yourself according to whom after the after the answer if nobody it is always good to have goals but make them our aspirations and not our expectations don't resist there is no doubt we are living through challenging times but resisting this current reality won't help us recover learn go or feel better ironically resistance prolong prolongs our pain and difficulty by amplifying the challenging emotions we are feeling there there is a real truth to the aphorism that what we resist persist and we have to invest in ourselves the best resource that you have right now for making a contribution to the world is you when that resource is depleted you your most valuable asset is damaged in other words when we under invest in our bodies minds our spirits we destroy our most essential tools for leading our best lives we humans don't do well when we differ maintenance on ourselves we need to sustain the relationship that brings us connection and meaning we must get enough sleep and rest when we are tired and we need to spend time having fun and playing just for the joy of it and dealing with fear and anxiety during the during these uncertain times many of us are experience experiencing fear and anxiety around how we will finish our semester our summer or future job prospects our finances and of course the health and those around us here are some techniques that might help the first is name it to tame it research has shown that simple egg of labeling and emotion can decrease its intensity in the emotional centers of your brain naming these emotions fear uncertainty anxiety can help separate the passing experience of emotions from the self so you don't have to identify with those temporary temporary states of being and when you do encounter a negative emotion notice it most people do not like being uncomfortable however negative emotional experience says show you important information about yourself there are few things that connect you deeper to yourself than emotions such as fear anger and grief if only you can stop in them and listen and we have to face our mortality if there is one thing that COVID-19 has taught humanity it is that we are very well vulnerable to things outside of us right now we might be feeling a sense of uneasiness and fear for ourselves and our loved ones this is awakening to us what it means to be alive we are always facing that some of us are are some of us sooner than others but the destination is the same for all we will we will all face that and that makes it important for us to consider how we want to live what we want to do to contribute in the time we have it may be it may be the time for those of us with a spiritual or religious tradition to link into those teachings also dealing with isolation or making connections as university students are college students daily lives are normally full of other people our classmates your roommates for those of you who stays in the hostel our teammates or bands or club connections our friends so staying at home at home and socially distancing can be particularly difficult we sympathize try reframing social distancing social distancing is a term applied by public health officials to describe group behaviors that can slow down spread of a virus however the term is not entirely accurate and may be creating a negative impact on some of us the term social distancing implies that you wouldn't get your social needs met or that you are cut from your community which can activate the amitalia or fear center in your brain so try re re labeling this behavior as a special distancing which is a better way to understand it and people are being called to stay at least six feet away from other people to reduce the like likelihood of transmission thankfully we live in a time where we can still be social even when we are miles or even continents apart the world is incredibly connected now and simply calling a friend is an act of social process speak with intention about the situation and encourage those around you to do the same explore isolation options uh you are you're afraid of sitting in your house all day of being still with yourself take a pause a reality check may be in order here consider how difficult it is to go to school or work every day or to form healthy relationships or to put food on the table and care for your loved ones sitting in your own silence may be hard simply because you have never done it can you be curious about this experience rather than just resisting it can you find new ways to and new things to do what will you choose to take from this experience okay so let me give a tip here uh for my personal personal experiences uh what about having a family time together and discuss things okay my family follows a habit of having a time together before or after dinner and share on any topics we want to sometimes we'd go on discussing about things for ours approximately we share we share any topic that we want like just say for instance like like political issues to general knowledge and whatever we want to and I know that discussion is this this discussion is definitely going to help me in the future and we have to we have to learn to create healthy habits in a new world as we adjust the new ways of learning working and living we must find a way we must we may find that many of our former behaviors no longer save us uh please bear with us for a few minutes as we as we have some issues hello I'm so sorry we have to learn to create healthy habits in a new world as we adjust to new ways of learning working and living we may find that many of our former behaviors no longer save us change begets change this is a great opportunity to introduce healthier habits into your days be mindful of the news you consume it is important to get the information that you need from trusted sources but do do it with intention once you get the updates that are important to you anything more is excess curate what you allow into your life now is the chance to set limits for the sake of your mental health and we have to realize the power of habits your life right now is the mostly the sum of your habits take this time to create the daily habits that increase your well-being consider a gratitude journal and meditation practice or even just turning your phone off for an hour before going to bed or start small and start small and know that enduring habits are the result of many small acts and will power performed over time and it is perfectly normal to be stressed anxious or be upset during a pandemic you you may also be curious motivated or excited for the changes that this will bring whatever mix of emotions you you are feeling know that it is never a bedtime to ask or seek for help and we have to learn to accept the uncertainty for what it is prepare for yourselves for various outcomes address your worries ahead and manage your personal stress levels interestingly we interestingly human beings cope much better during uncertain times and hopefully put ourselves in a stronger position and whatever comes our way so i'll end here thank you i give the time to miss now i'm audible can i yes you can get on yes yes you can get on with your talk good noon everybody today i shall be sharing a few words with you all on positive outlook for personal growth well many people know about the significance of positive outlook but a very few people realize its word so today let me quickly take you all into the flight of knowing positive outlook and let us lend together into the airport of realizing positive outlook well i think everyone of you will agree with me when i say the power of positive thinking is remarkable but before i get into that let me quickly ask you a question can you guess what does the most successful and happy people think about all day long the answer is quite simple happy people think about what they want and how to get it most of the time because when you actually think about what you want and how to get it you'll feel happier and in greater control of your life because when you actually think about something that makes you happy your brain your brain releases endorphins which gives you a generalized feeling of well-being as a result of which you develop a positive attitude to relate things better i would like to explain it with an example so taking the example of the animal kingdom the lion the lion is the king of the animal kingdom the lion is not the tallest animal in the jungle the lion is not the smartest animal in the jungle the lion is not the heaviest animal in the jungle still lion is the king of the jungle not the tallest neither the smartest nor the heaviest still still the lion is the king of the jungle. It has a very simple meaning. For you, to become successful in life, you don't need to be the tallest, you don't need to be the smartest, you don't need to be the heaviest because lion doesn't have all these qualities. Still lion is the king of the jungle. Lion is not as tall as giraffe. Lion is not heavier than an elephant, not clever than a fox. Still, still lion is the king of the jungle and we'll have to understand it why it's like that. Because, because the lion has an attitude, it has a different attitude. Come, I'll explain. This lion has a different kind of attitude that makes every other animal in the jungle afraid of the lion. The monkey regards the lion, the fox regards the lion. What makes a massive animal like the elephant regards such a small cat? Because in front of this elephant, this lion is nothing, it's just a small cat. Regardless of anything, every other animal in the jungle, they regard the lion because lion has a different attitude. So, let me quickly narrate to you all what do I mean by the word different attitude. The moment, the moment the elephant sees the lion, the one and the only thing that strikes into the elephant's head is that eater. This lion is the eater of my flesh. It has come to eat and kill me. When in reality, the lion is way more less empowered than the elephant, less heavier than the elephant. A simple punch of the elephant could actually kill the lion. Whereas, the lion, the moment the lion sees the elephant, the one and the only image that strikes into the lion's head is that lunch. This elephant is my lunch. I'm going to kill this and eat this. When in reality, he is less powerful, less heavier, less stronger than the elephant. What happens is that the elephant had already arrested its mind to think beyond. The lion is the king because of his belief system. This different attitude, it's nothing. It's the belief system of the lion. However talented you may be, you might have the bestest things with you. You have all the facilities with you. You will fail if your belief system is weak. So this example shows us that there are two ways of looking into the world. Some people only see the things that they want in their life. Whereas some people only see the things that prevents them from getting the things that they want in their life. I repeat, some people see the things, only see the things that they want in their life. Whereas some people only see the things that prevents them from getting the things that they want in their life. With this, I conclude. Thank you all. Thank you, Ms. Kulu and Ms. Sneha for your sessions and for sharing your understanding and perception on the mentioned topics. Today's talk session was taken in relation to what we all go through in our lives. The challenges we face and the way we choose to deal with them. Who we have become today is the consequences of the actions of our past. And today's talks was just a refresher to that and also examples of the way some of our fellow students dealt with them. And at the same time, it's an example for how we can learn from each other and grow in the coming days. Before we conclude with the session for today, I would like to request our dear viewers to raise any concerns or questions that you might have relating to a particular talk or talks to which you can either unmute your microphones or send a text whichever is to your convenience. And let me kick things off by asking a question from Sir Anjan in regards to Mr. Kutozo's talk. And that is, do you think a certain amount of procrastination is necessary to balance out work and complete task on a healthy pace? I repeat, do you think a certain amount of procrastination is necessary to balance out work and complete task on a healthy pace? I give the time to Mr. Kutozo. That's a very good question for the question. I think sometimes it's necessary because it's like what matters is our priority. And then, for example, we may have to work in the other one is more important or if we have to give more priority to this, then I think we have to procrastinate the other when there is time that we can come. So I think sometimes procrastination also becomes a miniature. Thank you, Mr. Kutozo. I hope that clarifies the question. I hope that clarifies the answer to the question. And if anyone else has any more queries or questions regarding any of the talks, I would give you the time now. Okay, if there is no more question, and if that is all, then we have come to the end of our session. And I would like to thank our dear participants, organizers, and each and every one present here for availing your time from your busy schedules. And I hope that we have all taken away something new and refreshing through today's sessions. Thank you and take care.