For the Listening Heart

"Verily, therein is indeed a Reminder for him who has a Heart or gives ear while he is heedful" (Qur'an, Surah Qaf 50:37)

Friday, November 27, 2020

Birds of a Feather Flock Together: A Lesson from Surah Al-Kahf

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  The first story from the Surah Al-Kahf (in ayat 9 to 25) narrates about a group of young men who chose to disassociate themselves from the...
Thursday, November 26, 2020

You are the Sum of your Best Friends

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  The Terman study followed over a thousand people from youth until death. Here’s what the researchers had to say about whom to hang out wit...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020

The "Sorry" habit in online meetings

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I don’t get it… Why do we keep saying “sorry” when we unmute our Mic and speak up during online meetings – even if we are positively contrib...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

Abu Mihjan Ath-Thaqafi: The Inspiring Story of the Companion who struggled with alcoholism

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Abu Mihjan was one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ (radhiAllahu anhum), who was suffering from an addiction to drinking wine. He was brou...
Saturday, November 21, 2020

“Copy Paste Doa” vs “Berdoa”

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Bila kita lihat orang berkongsi khabar berita di WhatsApp atau media sosial tentang kejadian yang disunnahkan untuk kita berdoa – seperti pe...
Thursday, November 19, 2020

The Performance Appraisal writeup dilemma: As a Muslim, how do we balance between “showcasing our contributions” versus “showing off” (riyaa/kibr)?

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  A recent discussion that was triggered between a few group of friends: when it comes to year end performance:  How do we do our writeups i...
Saturday, November 14, 2020

“Go ask your mum” – Dodgy parenting techniques

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Any of you guilty of doing this?  Child: “Abah, nak (insert unfavorable request here)?” Dad: “Go ask Ibu” It’s a sneaky little trick that ma...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

"Afflictions that struck Earlier Nations": Reflections and Wisdoms, with respect to Current Times #COVID19 #TakdeAirKatSelangorLagi

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Ponder the following: How has our attitude been in facing these calamities?  What will be our state when – or rather, if – things to back to...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Freeletics Level 100 ✨🎖️💪🏼

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  Alhamdulillah, recently achieved Level 100 in the bodyweight app, Freeletics. So, this is what online gamers must feel when they reached t...
Thursday, November 05, 2020

Positive Discipline Tools: Summary

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1. Win children over, instead of using your power to win over children. 2. Provide opportunities for children to develop and practice the Si...
Tuesday, November 03, 2020

Level 5 Leadership

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  What do you think is the #1 characteristic of great leaders with a proven track record of sustainable success? #Level5Leadership #GoodToG...
Friday, October 30, 2020

Admitting our Past Faults, Mistakes and Shortcomings

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  In the recent Community of Practice (COP) session between Process Engineers, I shared some lessons learnt of one of our major engineering ...
Thursday, October 29, 2020

Who Was Muhammad ﷺ? #LoveForTheProphet #CintaRasul #SpreadTheLove

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  In his magazine “Noor Al-Islam”, the late Professor Hasan Ali said that a Brahmin (non-Muslim) colleague of his once told him: “I recogni...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Attaining Protection from Allah #COVID-19 #AllahJagaKita

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With the recent spike of #COVID19 cases in our country – reaching an all-time high at a 4-digits in recent days, may Allah protect us – it’s...
Sunday, October 25, 2020

“Alhamdulillah, this is awesome” – Reframing challenges into achievements

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Convincing this little man to take a bath isn’t easy 😅. It has been a daily challenge of negotiation, battle of wits through a lot of chee...
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