Imagine two security cameras propped up in the corner of two different offices, each recording the goings-on in the office in HD. Assuming that the cameras only record images and not sounds, imagine you now see – in both offices – the CEO of the respective companies walking into the office and handing over a
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In an earlier article The Ramadan Guilt Trip we learnt that 65% of Muslims interviewed for a report felt they could do better during Ramadan, and ⅕ were “very disappointed” with what little they managed to achieve! Like the majority of the Muslims interviewed, if you have had that sinking feeling in your stomach at
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The Ramadan Guilt Trip I’ll let you in on a little secret: Last year’s Ramadan left me feeling guilty when Eid arrived. I had intended to complete many things during Ramadan — memorise some surahs from the Qur’an, complete several readings of the entire Qur’an, and to pray taraweeh in congregation daily, just to name
Read article[App Review] Top Five Apps for The Productive Student
As students juggling assignments, presentations, projects and other co-curricular activities, more often than not many of us feel like our time has been stretched too thin. The solution to this would be to learn how to manage our time properly, but there is another solution that some might have overlooked: Utilizing tools that enable us to work more
Read article[Better Habit-Making – Part 2] A Scientific Perspective
In Part 1 of this series, I explained how in the Islamic worldview the success of forming a new habit depends on the state of the heart. By keeping the heart clean from vices and full of remembrance of Allah , it is in man’s nature to change his actions for the better. In this part, I
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Are you having a hard time sticking to your new year resolutions? Perhaps you’ve been frustrated and disappointed over and over again seeing your grand plans of change fall apart?
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