Great decision-making comes from the ability to create the time and space to think rationally and intelligently about the issue at hand. Decisions made during periods of panic are likely to be the ones we want to forget about. The Productivity Ninja realises this, remains calm in the face of adversity, and equally calm under the
Read articleProductivity Quotes from Singapore Seminar 2013
We just had a great 1-day seminar in Singapore with an amazing audience! Thank you Youth aLIVE Discourse for organizing this awesome event. Here are just a few of the many gems shared by the attendees. Check more out here. 3 ingredients for discipline: 1) Higher purpose in life2) Practice3) Self-Accountability (in this world and
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How to Enjoy a Productive Weekend (Part 1)
For most working people, and even students, the weekend is a time of opportunity. After a week of slogging away at work or in class, you finally enjoy a window of freedom, some breathing space where you can manage your own time. After five days of a packed schedule where at times you can barely squeeze in
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Muslimah’s Guide to Saving Smarter
As a child, I remember my mother keeping a meticulous record of things she bought with the housekeeping money my father gave her. I often wondered why; and when I asked, she’d say she needed to make hisaab, or be accountable for the money she used. Since the money was entrusted to her by my father, she had to
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[Productive Hobbies] Cultivating a Love for Reading
Reading is a means of thinking with another person’s mind; it forces you to stretch your own. -Charles Scribner, Jr. Reading can be defined as a process where the mind passes from understanding less to understanding more. A person is forced to think beyond the obvious. Why should we develop and nurture this habit as productive Muslims
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Maryam Jameelah – Life, legacy and lessons
“In Islam, my quest for absolute values was satisfied. In Islam I found all that was true, good and beautiful and that which gives meaning and direction to human life (and death)… My adherence to the Islamic faith is thus a calm, cool but very intense conviction.” Maryam Jameelah (may Allah have mercy on her, 23 May 1934 – October 31, 2012). Maryam Jameelah, a prolific writer, and named as one of only two women in the book “100 Great Muslim Leaders of the 20th Century” (2005), channeled her passion and conviction into a successful writing career that has had lasting and widespread influence in the Muslim world.
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