+ Mind Traps at Work – Doha
A Workshop That Made People Laugh, Think, and Admit Their Own Bullsh*t
In collaboration with Mihail Kitanovski, I co-led a workshop at Doha Oasis called:
“Mind Traps at Work – and How to Outsmart Them.”
It wasn’t your typical lecture. It was more like a live intervention — with role plays, honest conversations, and a lot of uncomfortable laughter.
Instead of slides, we used live role-playing to act out these thought patterns. I’d throw a trap, Mihail would react, and the audience would see themselves in the mess — and laugh about it.
It worked.
The Setup
In Doha, Qatar — hosted at Doha Oasis — Mihail Kitanovski and I ran a live workshop called:
Mind Traps at Work — and How to Outsmart Them
We didn’t come with slides.
We came with theatre.
For 60 minutes, we acted out the inner drama of your work brain — the part that:
Takes things personally
Makes wild assumptions
Falls into guilt, fear, overthinking, and paralysis
Tells you stories that aren’t true — and then acts on them
The Format: Strategy Meets Theatre
It went like this:
I would propose a classic mind trap.
Mihail would react live:
Sometimes he pushed back.
Sometimes he agreed too fast.
Sometimes he got caught in the trap himself.
It was hilarious. It was raw. And it was weirdly accurate.
Each example exposed how common these internal narratives are — and more importantly, how to train your brain to escape them.
The Reaction
The audience didn’t just laugh.
They saw themselves.
Midway through, people were nodding, pointing at each other, whispering “that’s literally me.”
By the end, several admitted:
“I fall into at least three of those traps… every single day.”
It wasn’t therapy. It wasn’t a corporate speech.
It was live mental debugging.
The Outcome
The team at Doha Oasis said it was one of their most engaging and fun internal workshops
They invited us to host another session soon
Participants walked away with practical tools and a new lens on their own behavior
More importantly: they laughed while learning — which means they’ll remember it
Why It Worked
Because we didn’t talk down.
We made it human.
We made it awkward.
And we made it impossible to ignore your own nonsense.
And let’s be real:
The only way to beat mind traps…
…is to admit you’re in one.
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© Hamza Najjar 2025