Just finished our seminar in Cairo, and Masha Allah, the event was just awesome! A special thanks to IAY for organizing it. Some gems that the attendees were tweeting during the event: Live from #cairo #ProMcairo jediknightfola’s photo instagr.am/p/MvTR7ZqTpg/ — ProductiveMuslim (@AbuProductive) July 6, 2012 “The day you don’t feel like doing something (a good
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Project: Eid Awareness
Do you live in a country where the schools – whether public, charter, or private –celebrate religious holidays in a special way? Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the like, get special recognition: decorations are put up, and there are often celebrations for kids to partake in. Living in the U.S., I have seen schools bring in
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Does a Productive Muslim Need to Consume Less?
There is a chance that people might assume that all those who are productive will be efficient as well. But the fact is productivity and efficiency are 2 different concepts. We all know that productivity is about quantity of things produced in a certain amount of time. But efficiency is the ability to produce utilizing the minimum resources possible. It could
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Workshop Review: Timelenders Strategic Vision Workshop
“If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery” These were the words inscribed on the cover folder of Timelenders’ “Strategic Vision” Workshop that I attended in
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30 Nuggets of Inspiration (Islamic Inspirational Quotes) to Get You Moving
We all need nuggets of inspiration (Islamic Inspirational Quotes) to keep us going and what better place to reach for this inspiration than Islam? While the well of knowledge in Islam is infinite, here we’ve collected some of the inspirational words that we love at our ProductiveMuslim virtual headquarters. Some of these treasures are from
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ProductiveMuslim’s Tips to Survive a 12+ Hour Flight
Ever since our popular ProductiveMuslim Commuting article few years back, we haven’t visited the topic of “productive commuting” again. Here’s a different take to the topic with a focus on how to survive a 12+ hour flight. Flying time, especially if it’s more than a few hours, can be extremely boring since you’re disconnected from
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