Ramadan’s Inbuilt Time Management System Despite the plethora of time management systems, methods, organizers and techniques, the best have been often the simplest. Being able to schedule all your activities is actually the most efficient way of utilizing our time. That’s why schools, colleges, universities, businesses and countless other institutions do it. When you have a set programme to follow, you get things
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[Ramadan Series] Changing Habits in Ramadan
The manager of Productive Muslim – who also happens to be in my Habits for Allah GoogleGroup – asked me recently to write an article regarding changing habits in Ramadan. Since Ramadan is an excellent time to form habits, I agreed to share some key principles.I shall discuss the key ahadith about habit forming, the method
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Productive Ramadan Daily Planner
Download Productive Ramadan Daily Planner By now you’ve seen the Productive Ramadan Taskinator and, hopefully, jotted down your schedule for the month. Now let’s get down to the nitty-gritty view of each day. This is where the Productive Ramadan Daily Planner comes in. How to use Productive Ramadan Daily Planner ? Using this worksheet, your salah gets top priority on
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[Ramadan Series] Rethinking Time Management this Ramadan: Part 1
The Time Management Imperative Before we begin, it’s worth reminding ourselves why Ramadan has a time management imperative. David Allen, creator of the world famous GTD system, has explained that when we want to do anything at any given moment, there are four criteria which should determine our choices: context, time available, energy and priority. If you think carefully, all
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ProductiveRamadan Busy Mom’s Worksheet
Download The Busy Mom’s Worksheet | (click here to tweet ) The Productive Muslim 2012 survey [1] affirms the well-known fact that parents face an uphill battle in striving to maintain their spiritual, physical and social productivity activities on any given day. When it comes to Ramadan, mothers especially, tend to panic about how they are going to reap the benefits of this
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[Ramadan Series] 10 Tips to Help Moms Make Ramadan Fun for Kids
This summer is already showing us some of its hottest signs and sizzles and as hot as it is right now, the month of July 2012 has been predicted (and only Allah knows best) to have longer days and shorter nights. In this same July, Ramadhan 1433 will be upon all Muslims around the world.
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