Update for 25/11/2022

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Uploaded three podcasts within the space of about 10 days, mainly because I keep telling the guests "oh the podcast will be up in about a week" then afterwards I am left thinking, "fantastic.." 😂.

Anyway, Two of the episodes were on Muslim masculinity with Ameen Omar and Gabriel Al Romani. The other episode was with Tanim Zaman about his business journey.

Love this hadith:

“How amazing is the case of the believer; there is good for him in everything, and this characteristic is exclusively for him alone. If he experiences something pleasant, he is thankful, and that is good for him; and if he comes across some diversity, he is patient, and that is good for him”. [Muslim]

Perseverance - The Stonecutter's Creedo:

“When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” — Jacob Riis

Wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee-akh type of powerful reminder:

The ship of your lifetime is approaching the coast of the graveyard. What is the matter with you that you are busy inside the ship trying to acquire goods? 

-- Ibn al-Jawzi - The Way of the Spiritual Muslim by Ikram Hawramani

A Good mild negotiation tip

That doesn't feel awkward in situations where people normally don't ask:

"Uttering the phrase Is that the best you can do?" - You will be surprised at the difference this can make.

The four horsemen of relationship decline:

The deadly signs of relationship decline he calls the “four horsemen”: are criticism, defensiveness, stonewalling, and last and worst, contempt.

--- Compelling People by John Neffinger and Matthew Kohut

Inspirational historical Muslim personality to learn about:

ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak The life of a wealthy ascetic: Link to video

Imam Al Ghazali on wasting time:

Not using time properly is an act of ingratitude towards Allah who has gifted one with life. Is death not an end to time in this life? Is wasting time not a kind of death of the wasted months and years? Why, then, does one lament and feel a deep sense of sorrow for the former form of death but not lament or feel a deep sense of sorrow for the latter form?

A question to ask ourselves:

How can I make my environment more conducive to achieving my goals?

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