Yousuf Raza – Lets Grow Intro

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The host of Let's Let's Grow with "time" introduces the show and discusses the reasons behind growth and negative influences. They outline the five features of the show, including Q&A, meeting experts, message from the Muslim audience, and Q admits daily. The host emphasizes the importance of sharing feedback and liking the show for future growth.

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			Hey there, everybody.
		
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			As-salamu alaykum.
		
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			Hello, and welcome to Let's Grow with Yusuf
		
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			Reza.
		
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			Yes, this show is all about growth, and
		
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			that's all we're going to be covering, talking
		
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			about looking to achieve your personal growth, you
		
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			becoming the best version of yourself.
		
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			Two sets of obstacles that I've been able
		
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			to identify that impede growth, that stop us
		
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			from becoming that best version of ourselves.
		
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			The first has to do with negativity, and
		
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			the second has to do with false concepts.
		
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			The negativity can be internal or external.
		
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			The toxic environment that you're part of, the
		
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			spewing of discouraging comments that come from people
		
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			around you, or those negative emotions that come
		
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			from within that don't let you do what
		
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			you know you have to do.
		
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			And then those false concepts can also be
		
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			either external or internal.
		
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			The external ones, I call them cultural pathologies.
		
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			Ideas that have become popular, beliefs that people
		
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			have just internalized without there being any basis
		
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			to them, except that they impede growth.
		
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			And then internally, they take the form of
		
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			rationalizations or excuses and justifications that you and
		
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			I come up with when we don't do
		
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			what we know we should be doing.
		
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			Right?
		
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			So what are we going to do?
		
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			We're going to address that negativity by bringing
		
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			in as much positivity as we possibly can
		
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			in this show, bringing in the inspiration that
		
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			is necessary to inspire the positivity to come
		
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			from within you.
		
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			And then the false concepts, we're going to
		
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			foremost identify them for what they are, talk
		
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			about what's wrong with them and why they're
		
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			wrong, and then replace them with the true
		
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			concepts that are necessary for our growth, which
		
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			are going to be scientifically informed, philosophically grounded,
		
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			and scripturally guided.
		
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			And my background in psychiatry, psychology, and logotherapy,
		
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			plus my teaching of the Quran at a
		
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			public level, places me uniquely to be able
		
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			to address it from all of these multiple
		
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			dimensions.
		
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			I hope you're able to benefit from this
		
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			show, which looks to not only contribute to
		
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			individual growth, but how that individual growth will
		
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			then lead to the development of a true
		
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			community.
		
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			And this is our share, our part that
		
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			we're playing towards that end.
		
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			There's five features that I've come up with
		
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			as to how I can do that using
		
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			this show.
		
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			First of them is Q&A.
		
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			You ask me the questions, I give you
		
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			the answers as best as I possibly can.
		
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			Number two, inspirations from around the world.
		
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			People who've been there, done that, we bring
		
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			them in, we talk to them and learn
		
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			the lessons that their experiences have to offer
		
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			us.
		
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			Number three, meet the expert.
		
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			People who really excelled in their field become
		
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			specialized in any area of expertise.
		
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			We talk to them as to what their
		
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			field, what their understanding has to offer us
		
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			as educated laypeople to contribute to our growth.
		
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			Number four, message from the East.
		
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			This particularly focuses on the poetry of one
		
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			person, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the South Asian poet
		
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			and philosopher, one of the founding fathers of
		
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			Pakistan, as to how his poetry is capable
		
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			of galvanizing individuals no matter where we may
		
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			be.
		
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			So we're going to be focusing on that.
		
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			The fifth and final feature is going to
		
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			be Qur'an daily.
		
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			Yes, this is going to be us talking
		
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			about lessons from the Qur'an from cover
		
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			to cover, from the beginning to end, that
		
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			can help us develop to the better people
		
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			that we need to become.
		
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			Yes, this final feature is primarily focused towards
		
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			a Muslim audience, but it should serve to
		
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			be educational for a non-Muslim audience as
		
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			well.
		
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			Right, so that's what we have to offer.
		
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			I look forward to developing these themes with
		
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			you, these features with you.
		
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			I require your feedback, I require your participation,
		
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			your liking, sharing as much as possible, and
		
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			that will help me develop this further and
		
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			further.
		
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			Thank you very much for watching.
		
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			I will see you in all of the
		
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			other features with all of these ideas that
		
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			we've developed.
		
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			Thank you very much once again.
		
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			Bye-bye!