Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Count your Blessings: What Are You Grateful for About 2020?

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  Boy, what a year has it been, huh?  There seems to be no shortage of negative remarks on how "terrible" or a “disaster” this yea...
Monday, December 28, 2020

Efforts versus Results: How should we be evaluated in Performance Reviews? #YearEndReview #EPM #PPA #PerformanceAppraisal

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Efforts versus Results: How should we be evaluated in Performance Reviews? #YearEndReview #EPM #PPA #PerformanceAppraisal (note: Long Po...
Friday, December 25, 2020

The Driving Force Behind Da’wah: Compassion towards others to save them, beyond "just delivering the message" – A Lesson from Surah Al-Kahf

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  Although the primary function of Muhammad ﷺ was to serve as a Messenger (Rasul) to deliver the message of Allah’s Final Revelation on Eart...
Thursday, December 24, 2020

Spencer Glendon: the Inspiring Story of Triumph in Adversity by #1: Embracing who we are, #2 Doing one small habit at a time over time, and #3: Having meaningful relationships

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“Build one habit at a time. Success is sequential, not simultaneous. No one actually has the discipline to acquire more than one powerful ne...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020

“Just make du’aa for me” – Response to Gratitude

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When our fellow Muslims thank or express gratitude to a person, or perhaps when they say something like "I don't know how to repay ...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

How Important is “Visibility” in employee performance?

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  One of my bosses used to say, “When it comes to performance appraisal, this is not a beauty pageant. You will not be judged based on how ...
Wednesday, December 09, 2020

A few words can change the trajectory of another’s life

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  Have you ever contemplated upon how deeply our words can affect others? Around the 100th year after hijrah (around the early 8th century, ...
Tuesday, December 08, 2020

With Typos Like These… 🐸 Bad Attitude, or Hyper-intelligence? 💡🤔

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  I used to get really annoyed when I encounter glaring typos on official documents and presentations. Presentations with wrong dates, cont...
Sunday, December 06, 2020

"How do we develop the Love for Qur'an in our children?"

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How do we make our children love Allah? Love the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ? The Prophets? The sahabah (radhiAllahu anhum)? The scholars? The Righte...
Friday, December 04, 2020

Cause and Effect of Hidayah (Guidance): A Lesson from Surah Al-Kahf

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  "Still waiting for hidayah, bro", “I have not been guided yet”, “Belum sampai seru”, etcetera. These are common excuses people...
Wednesday, December 02, 2020

What is the secret behind excellence and being “Best in class”?

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  Is it hard work? Talent? Secret training methods? Cutting edge gadgets and tools? In his 1989 research paper titled “the Mundanity of Exce...
Tuesday, December 01, 2020

Looking good for our spouses #WorkFromHome

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Abdullah ibn Abbas said, إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ أَنْ أَتَزَيَّنَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ كَمَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَزَيَّنَ لِي لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُ...
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...