Ramadan is the time where the busiest of Muslims become busier. This blessed month brings new commitments to juggle including work, family, fasting night prayers, early suhoor – not to mention trying to catch adequate hours of sleep in between! It can sometimes feel like we are working a second job! No wonder so many
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How to Beat Procrastination Before Ramadan
Procrastination is the big daddy of productivity busters and seems to spare no one from its deadly clutches. It is something that we as humans fall for subconsciously at one time or the other. As a child, I was always told by my beloved mother not to delay what is to be done to a
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How to Overcome Pre-Ramadan Information Overload!
There seems to be a surge of Ramadan preparation resources – courses, notes, videos, webinars, books – and you may begin to feel a little overwhelmed. That is understandable, so how do you manage this information overload without feeling like it’ll freeze you from taking any action at all? Firstly, know that all the brothers
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Top 9 Tips to Be Your BEST at Work
Cultivating your professional success can be difficult at first because the working world will throw you in situations you’ve never experienced before, and put you under pressure that you may not have expected. It could be internal politics, feeling inadequate, or being pressured to compromise your own values. These situations can leave you with a
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How to Stop Anger from Damaging Your Career, Family Life and Spiritual Health
I remember sitting in my office thinking about my coworker who had just gotten fired. He was someone with seniority, good education and impressive experience in his field. He was also a father and a husband… Sadly, one day this great person was headed home to tell his family that he lost his job… because
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7 Surprising Tips about Leadership from the First Revelation of the Qur’an
“I don’t think I’m ready for an executive leadership role,” the 42-year-old coaching client said to me on the phone. Have you ever been in a position where you’ve been asked to lead a team, an organization, or a company, and your instinctive reaction is that you’re not ready for it? If you have, then
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