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Welcome to The Samita Lab.

This is a 12 month mastermind to lay the foundation for and get your goals for 2022. We ask the important question "Who do you need to become?"

NOVEMBER 10TH MEET

Theme: How to Lead

Duration: 2 hours 5:00-7:00PM

Location: Saksworks at Convene, 250 Vesey St Suite 201, Brookfield Place


Video on how to get there:

From the Chambers Street Subway A, C line subway
https://vimeo.com/767442077

From the street level (Vesey Street) to the front entrance
https://vimeo.com/767443286

 

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Who is attending and food picks:

  • Divya:  Cheesy Cauliflower with Pesto Side and 2. Brown Rice Side
  • Melanie: Fall Harvest
  • Soniya: Avocado and Lentils
  • Zeena: Custom  
    • Half Farro, Half Greens, Chili Crisp Brussels, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Grilled Tofu, Pesto, Habanada Vinaigrette, Hot Honey
  • Nidhi: Custom
    • Farm Greens with Mint, Tomatoes, Cucumber, Fall Orchard, Charred Chicken, Sriracha and Lemon Wedge
  • Joya: Fall Harvest

Digg Inn Menu here


5:00-5:15PM WINS SINCE WE LAST MET

HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH WHAT YOU COMMITTED TO MEASURING?

Zeena Gupta

  • She has proactively proposed the family traditions she plans to do with her kids when home for Thanksgiving break. Kids are receptive, but do not want to be surprised.
  • "Net worth" exercise from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker. Explanation on how to do this below. 
  • BONUS: Daily affirmations recorded in your own voice on the app THINK UP.  Listen to them when you first wake up and as you drift off to sleep. This is when your subconscious mind is most malleable. When your brain is entering 'theta' wave state.See suggestions of affirmations to record attached in "Millionnaire Mind Declarations"
  • Exit strategy Osteostrong. In touch witTricia Taitt. I will follow up with her as well. She's committing to a depth of knowledge (enough to not be bullshitted by the bullshitter)

Divya Tandon

Her top priorities are 

  • Fund
  • Deal
  • Health
  • Commitment: Get Deck Ready, Get ready to pitch herself to investors
  • Inner work: As a result of the shadow work and subsequent discussion, we discovered that Divya feels "Unqualified" to be in a room of investors and fund managers. Its a script that has its roots in her childhood. She had high achieving sisters and was often discounted as not being 'smart' enough. 
  • Action item: To work with a therapist. Made introduction to Nathilee Caldeira from "Talking for Wellness"
  • Daily affirmations recorded in your own voice on the app THINK UP.  Listen to them when you first wake up and as you drift off to sleep. This is when your subconscious mind is most malleable. When your brain is entering 'theta' wave state. Suggestions available in this video
  • Re-upping for the Samita Lab Mastermind 2023. Interested in more workshops on focus and environmental design
Soniya Ozarkar
  • HEALTH Be intentional about self-care
  • LIFESTYLE Plan for living between 2 homes
  • FUTURE INVESTMENTS Family values evaluation before investing in a business/franchise. 
    • In an email, I attached Shreya Mehta's  FAMILY FORUM questions to determine values, mission statements, purpose

Melanie Curtis

  • Has laid down her "Asks" for participating in the Skydiving record event and is pleased with setting expectations
  • Is okay if the team moves forward without her
  • She feels more called to writing a book about her work with psychedelics and the healing modality in 2023. 
  • Considering the Samita Lab Mastermind for 2023

5:15-5:45

SHADOW WORK  

Who are you as a leader?

What is the ultimate marker of success? YouTuber Casey Neistat said, “For me, it’s not how much time you spend doing what you love. It’s how little time you spend doing what you hate.”

 

Each of the following  questions were designed to help you become more self-aware as a leader. The simple act of writing down your true, unfiltered thoughts and reactions to these questions means you’ve achieved that goal. But what you do next with all of this information depends on your personal goal.

Some are happy to leave shadow work in their journal and use it as a trusty tool to rediscover themselves after periods of confusion or overwhelm.

Others like to dig deeper and implement changes (both big and small) into their lives as a result of what they discovered during their journaling sessions. Either approach is valid. 

The key to making changes as as a leader is a result of shadow work lies in your ability to analyze your answer to figure out the core theme or emotion lurking underneath. Answer a few of the following questions and come ready to share your answers.

  1. I am easily influenced or swayed by the opinions and beliefs of others. I find it hard to assert my own voice and figure out what is them versus me’. Explore this statement.
  2. ‘I regularly downplay how I feel or what I’m really thinking for the sake of others’. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
  3. Why do you let people who don’t acknowledge your feelings stay in your life? Do you have a desire to keep their company? Or, do you know that there’s something you could be doing too to make the relationship better?
  4. Do I value myself and what I bring to the table?
  5. Have you ever done something just to make someone else feel proud of you? If so, who was it and why?
  6. Do you fully celebrate your achievements? Or, is there a disconnect between your achievements and who you are as a person? Which one resonates more?
  7. Do you feel you’re only as ‘good as your last achievement’? If yes, why? If no, why not?
  8. What do you think are your most undesirable traits and characteristics? (This is NOT an opportunity to put yourself down but rather a chance to unearth what you believe to be true about yourself. This doesn’t mean what you write is an accurate reflection of yourself).
  9. What image do you think other people carry about you?
  10. How would you like others to describe you? Is there a difference between your answer to this question and the previous one? How does that make you feel?
  11. ‘If I could be anything in the world, I would be …..’ fill in the blank.
  12. Why aren’t you already doing the thing you mentioned in the above question? What’s stopping you?
  13. What is my definition of perfection? Is it attainable?
  14. Do I hold myself to a higher standard than others? If so, why?
  15. In what areas of my life do I feel inferior to others?
  16. What narrative or stories do I tell myself surrounding ‘wanting more’?
  17. Are you authentically yourself around others? Do you wear a persona or even separate masks depending on who you are around? 

5:45-6:00

REFLECTION ON 2022 

"Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough." - Alain de Botton. 

Review the goals you came in with

 

You're not the same person you were in January 2022.
You have done a ton of inner work
 
  • Zeena
  • Nidhi
  • Soniya
  • Divya 
Questions:
  • What surprised you?
  • What delighted you?
  • If you were to tell someone about your experience, what would you say?
  • How have you changed in the last year? How have you grown and evolved?
  • In what ways are you different from your former self?
  • Is there an experience you can reframe as, "This happened for me?"

6:00-6:55 WORKSHOPPING CHALLENGES

  • Zeena
  • Nidhi
  • Soniya
  • Divya
  • Melanie

6:55-7:00

COMMITMENTS 

 


HOUSE KEEPING

  • December 6th Helicopter ride over New York City with Stephen Hatzistefandis (Soniya, Zeena) 
    • 11am-12:30pm  Linden Airport, Hangar 400, 1101 W Edgar Rd, Linden, NJ 07036 
  • December 8th Final Zoom?

 

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HOMEWORK

According to productivity expert, Eben Pagan, the next evolution of goal-setting is going to move away from focusing on willpower and outcomes. Instead, the focus will shift on creating conditions that make it impossible for you not to achieve your goals.

Pagan calls this concept “Inevitability Thinking,”  Thinking is thinking and acting as if what you are doing is a foregone conclusion because you set up the conditions for it to happen.”


  • Most of you are continuing on to the Mastermind in 2023. As part of future casting, make a list of the 100 things you want to transpire in the next 12 months. Details, experiences.
  • How do I get to 100? Think details and of everything connected with your desires, connected to the larger goals.
  • Why 100?  Goals can come true at the most unexpected moments and in surprising ways. The more goals you have, the richer your life experience will be. When you reach a goal, its power disappears. You no longer have a driving force, and the universe no longer has anything to work with. So the more goals you have, the better.
  • The fewer goals you have, the less you will achieve. The more you set, the more you get. 
  • Next to each goal, write down "Why you want it?"
    • Example: I want a town house in the West Village on Bank Street. Why? So I can host 8 Woman Mastermind dinners in my own home with chef Carol Galanty and never worry about competing with ambient restaurant noise again.
  • Create a journal with images of these 100 things. Spend some time looking at it each day and in 'gratitude' and write down things that come up. Record important thoughts. Feelings. Ideas Inspiration. Dreams. Problems you encounter. Suffering is an error in thinking. Writing down your suffering helps you evaluate it clearly and understand what those errors are.
  • What is one thing you can do now, one step you can take right now to move you closer to that goal.
    • Example: I'm going to the opening night of the Palermo Opera House in January. I made a board of outfits to wear, given that the temperature high will be 59 degrees, low of 44. I need a wool coat that is walking length for both touring around and for dinners. I identified the coat from Reiss online, but its expensive. Yesterday, I went to the store and physically tried it on to have the experience of wearing it to the Opera. 
  • For more on this, recommended reading: A Happy Pocket Full of Money by David Cameron Gikandi

 

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