CHANGE BEGINS AT THE END OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE

S Zaidi
4 min readJun 10, 2021

Before joining the Amal Academy, I was a fallen tree in a dark forest, who lost all the hopes and felt sad too.

A fallen tree

At the start of this journey, I was a bit confused that what was all about because I didn’t really know about this course, I haven’t learned it before.

The above picture reminds me of the emotion I felt in the starting two weeks of the Amal Academy fellowship and that is confusion because when you look at the picture you felt like there is an ocean behind this. But that is not true. The blue part in a picture is actually my rooftop and the white part is the sky and the hole is about 2cm in length.

I took the admission on the last date and trying to keep myself busy. The things they asked in the first two weeks were like writing about our own smart goals and making superheroes doesn’t make sense but in the end. It’s all worth it.

It was a bit dark but still I can see the light at the end of the road.

I learned many things in the first two weeks. They asked for the video in the first session which was very difficult to share on the Facebook group then afterwards, they asked about goals, smart goals then some creative sites too. I showed my core values through pebble art. We clean up our beds, gave a thank you letter to a friend and much more. Every week there was a lot to discuss and learn too. I learned that I have to unmute my mic or else I would be caught up in a cold call, I realized that speaking is a part of your class. Whatever thoughts you have, you have to share them with everyone.

I started learnings new things every day.

The experience was really great. I am glad that I took this opportunity and be a part of Amal academy. Before joining that academy I wanted to complete this course so that I can have a job but now, after completing it, I am happy that I choose something good for me, I can see my future now. There’s not a single path they gave me but I have multiple paths which are right and good for me.

Multiple paths

The basics to advanced level, they taught us everything related to a career in just three months. It’s the best online course I ever had. The people I met, the facilitators, sessions, activities, I loved all of it. They increase our strengths and demolish our weaknesses. I emerge as a new person in just a few days. I was shocked that why nobody else told me about this academy before. I cried while doing passenger series like some things were so basic but I didn’t know about them, nobody told me. But now, I think past is over and now is my time to shine bright.

Past is over and now it is the right time to shine bright.

I discovered many things in myself. The first thing I would like to mention is that I start believing in myself that what field I will be choosing, I will accomplish it and I can choose the right thing, or take the right decision as well. Also, the positivity I gained in myself told to my inner me that success lies in your core values, not on your job. I can do leadership without authority, I didn’t know this term earlier but I always wanted to do something being a common man. The last point which I have discovered in myself is that I am on the right path, all I need was to kick start my career. And that’s how Amal academy lead me towards the runway and now I am ready for takeoff.

Ready for takeoff

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