How would you approach Personal Development in Islam? What’s the first thing you would do if you realized that you were deficient in some area of personal development? For example, what would you do if you realized you need to be a better parent, or a better spouse, or a better manager, or a better
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Announcing: The ProductiveMuslim® Retreat, Sri Lanka, November 2016
When was the last time you paused to reflect on where you’re heading in life? We live in a busy world where we’re bombarded with so many things to do; there are so many competing priorities that make us feel like we’re constantly running after a mirage. We barely have time to pause, reflect and
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Let’s Restore the Dignity of “In-sha-Allah” by Learning How to Say ‘No’
The popular phrase “in sha Allah”, God willing, became headline news a few months ago when a young man was removed from a plane for saying it loudly while talking to his uncle over the phone, and it was perceived as ‘potentially threatening’. What followed was huge interest in the phrase “in-sha-Allah”, that led to
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Professional Barakah: How Qur’an Teaches Us to Hire Top Talent
Download our 21 Sources of Barakah Resource Sheet + Infographic! Human Resources is pivotal for the success of any company. It is what keeps the business running or drowning. We are advised to hire people for education and experience, judgement and taste, attitude and aptitude. Even after sorting that huge pile of resumes and establishing
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The Ramadan Debate: Spirituality vs. Productivity
There is a heated debate among Muslim professionals that take place every year regarding Ramadan. The debate is divided between the “Spiritual camp” and the “Pragmatic camp” and it goes as follows: The spiritual camp argues that Ramadan is the month of spirituality, and we should focus our efforts on acts of worship such
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Mastering Work-Life Balance: 3 Eye-opening Lessons from Prophet Muhammad [saw]
To many people, work-life balance is at best a good idea, or at worst a terrible modern day joke that doesn’t make anyone laugh anymore. In the words of Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams, who wrote in a March 2014 Harvard Business Review article: “Work/life” balance is at best an elusive ideal and at worst
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