As a hospital employee and owner of a writing business, I have respect for self-discipline, but I struggle with it. We all know how important it is to be self-disciplined, avoid distractions and focus on our career goals, but that can be easier said than done. Talent, a college education, and ambition are not enough
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Over the years, I’ve come to believe that each of us is addicted to something (or a number of things) in one way or another. This addiction can be positive or negative; it can be dangerous or completely safe, but it’s an addiction nevertheless. I define addiction as a compulsive feeling that drives you towards
Read Full ArticleTop 6 Tips to Strengthen your Memory
The capacity of memory in the brain to store, process and recall information is truly a wondrous blessing of Allah. We use our memory to gain beneficial knowledge; we also use our memory to recall the mistakes we’ve made in the past and learn from them to become better. For instance, remembering how we may
Read Full ArticleFive Ways to Control Your Tongue
Fasting during Ramadan does not only consist of refraining from food and drink, rather we must also protect ourselves from using bad language, backbiting, lying, and anger. Unfortunately, for many of us, refraining from food also means an increase in anger and irritability, causing us to say some things we probably do not mean to.
Read Full ArticleHow to Fight the Satanic Whispers
Life is full of ups and downs – we have times of joy and times of disappointment, we have our eman increase or decrease, sometimes we feel close to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala, and sadly at other times we turn away. We must identify if it is our nafs or Shaitan that’s deviating us or
Read Full ArticleHow to Stop yourself from Tab-Hopping
You know the drill: Open your e-mail, click on a couple of links, your browser pops up with some interesting articles, you read them, find and click on more links on the side bar, jump to Facebook to let your friends know about this awesome article you came across, jump to twitter to do the
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