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Young Muslim Psychologist 2009

ameera — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:40:58 +0000

Bismillāh ar-Rahmān ar-Rahīm

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Young Muslim Psychologist is back again! Watch the video below to see pictures from the session from last year held at Masjid Darul Aman.

For those interested in psychology, perhaps this article from The New Yorker might appeal to you. It is about a marshmallow test about self-control and delayed gratification. Here’s how its done:

A researcher will make an offer to the test subject (in this case, young children aged around 4 years): she could either eat one marshmallow right away or, if she was willing to wait while he stepped out for a few minutes, she could have two marshmallows when he returned. He said that if she rang a bell on the desk while he was away he would come running back, and she could eat one marshmallow but would forfeit the second. Then the researcher would leave the room.

This experiment was done in the late 1960s but they’ve found that low delayers, the children who rang the bell quickly, seemed more likely to have behavioral problems, both in school and at home. They got lower S.A.T. scores. They struggled in stressful situations, often had trouble paying attention, and found it difficult to maintain friendships. The child who could wait fifteen minutes had an S.A.T. score that was, on average, two hundred and ten points higher than that of the kid who could wait only thirty seconds.

The researchers came to this conclusion: based on hundreds of hours of observation, the crucial skill was the “strategic allocation of attention.” Instead of getting obsessed with the marshmallow—the “hot stimulus”—the patient children distracted themselves by covering their eyes, pretending to play hide-and-seek underneath the desk, or singing songs from “Sesame Street.” Their desire wasn’t defeated—it was merely forgotten. “If you’re thinking about the marshmallow and how delicious it is, then you’re going to eat it,” Mischel says. “The key is to avoid thinking about it in the first place.”

In adults, this skill is often referred to as metacognition, or thinking about thinking, and it’s what allows people to outsmart their shortcomings. How interesting is that? Does it not remind you of the encouragement the Qur’an gives whenever it says the Afterlife is better than this dunya and that we should just hold out for a while more?

Although Young Muslim Psychologist will not be conducting such experiments on their participants, it would be interesting what they would share and the things that you could possibly learn!

This year, Young Muslim Psychologist will be held at Masjid Khalid on Sunday, 14th June 2009 from 10am to 5pm. It is open to anyone from the ages of 12 – 24. Please check out the event page for more details. You can also check the organiser’s website at www.guidance-excel.com.

Ameera Begum Aslam

ameera@islamicevents.sg

Young Muslims Psychologist

14 June 2009, 10am – 5pm
Venue: Masjid KhalidDetails»
Organiser: Masjid Khalid & Guidance Excel Consultancy

CashFlow Workshop

Fadzuli — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:37:43 +0000

Can a POOR man be RICH? Did you know LAWYERS, DOCTORS, BUSINESS MANAGERs and other Professionals who have high paying Jobs might be POOR PEOPLE?

Financial Guru – Robert T Kiyosaki tells us that the difference between the RICH, the POOR and the Middle Class is in the mindset and the how they manage their money.

If everything that you earn are spent and having no savings or investment/assets regardless of occupation you are considered POOR. Example – A Doctor who earns $10,000 a month and spends $10,000 a month is considered a poor person.

How about learning how a Mat Despatch Rider or a Clerk can learn to manage their finances and break out from this vicious economic cycle which we call the RAT RACE.

Did you know that a Clerk can become Financially FREE faster than a LAWYER? How is that possible?

And learn about the MISCONCEPTIONs of being RICH Fast. The Financial Mentor Abang Abu says, “If you dont understand to be Financially Independent, don’t think about being RICH”. You need to go one step at a time.

So for the 1st time ever, this workshop will be conducted at a MOSQUE in Singapore. Masjid Darul Aman and Nowasia have collaborated to run this workshop to create more Financial awareness for the community.

It’s going to be FUN and you are going to learn interactively with other participants too. So come down and bring your friends along.

This was a game that changed how I think about money and how I vision my future

- Fadzuli
Co – Founder IslamicSG Networks LLP

I’ve learned to look at opportunities more thoroughly and this game helps me understand what is Passive Income more clearly

- Siti Azira

Recently Abang Abu have also agreed to give this workshop for FREE. So make your way down and bring your friends along too.

Details.

Tarikh : Sabtu, 2 Mei 2009
Masa : 1.30 petang 4 petang
Tempat : Masjid Darul Aman

For registrations, please contact Masjid Darul Aman
From 9pagi – 5.30petang @ 67445544.

You can also fill in the form below to register.

Cashflow & Financial Literacy Workshop @ Darul Aman Mosque

2 May 2009, 1.30pm hingga 4 petang
Venue: Darul Aman MosqueDetails»
Organiser: Darul Aman Mosque

Online registration system… A call to opportunity

Luqman — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:52:00 +0000

Assalamu’alaikum dear readers,

Masjid Darul Aman was the first Masjid to try out the online registration system in IslamicEvents.sg to great success (alhamdulillah) – about half of its participants were registered through the simple online registration located on its events page, and “Young Psychologist Muslim” went great.

Hence we call upon Masjids and Muslim organisations to take advantage of this system for your classes or events.

The benefits of using on line registration on IslamicEvents.sg portal:

1. Outreach – Take advantage of the number of visitors visiting IslamicEvents.sg of 14,000 visits/month (350 visits/day) and increasing. Your event will be outreached and read by these numbers!

2. Convenience – All you have to do is send your events to us thru email (info@islamicevents.sg) and request to have a online registration form for it. And that’s it!

3. Targeted group – The people who visits IslamiceEvents.sg cares about attending various events organised by Muslims and are hungry for more Islamic knowledge. This is where you step in to organise your event/classes for them and let them register at their convenience.

4. Reminders to subscribers - Our widely-read online newsletters are delivered by email to our subscribers, which are constantly growing, every week. Your events will appear on these newsletters with reminders of its online registration form.

5. Premium placing for Events which require Registration. Your events will be placed on the main page till the end of the event. This will ensure that our readers get to read your events and register online.

6. Never lose your data again. Well usually this will happen when you write it down manually. What if you can have your data saved and stored on a secure server? Furthermore it will auto-save for you when you update it online. There’s no worry of this database to be lost. If you happen to lose the data in your computer due to crashes or so on, no fret the data will be available online.

7. Updates via email. Receive updates whenever someone registers online.

8. Transfer it ONLINE. Staff can also use this online form to register people. The data will be stored in an Excel File and I’m sure most of you out there are familiar with this.

8. We from IslamicSG Networks will train you or your staff on how to use this online system. Training is FREE.

9. And lastly, it comes at no cost to you till end August this year. To see how the form and other features are integrated, do click here.

So do take this opportunity to list your events with us and take advantage of this system (plus the additional features already in IslamicEvents.sg). The ones who stand to benefit are everyone insyallah.

Written by: Luqman Hakim

Occupation: Full Time Student @ NUS

Founder of IslamicSG Networks