Today’s Recipe for Success tackles one crucial element of success that is earning the love and respect of people whom you deal with. Islam tradition offers insightful guidance on the matter. Check out Recipe 45 for Success… One influential channel through which you can get people join, and by extension support, your pursuit of success,…
The present is where you need to be present, as focused as you can, as productive as you can, and as vibrant as you should be. Too much thinking of the past shall bring you no good, but a few regrets, either for bad happenings that took place in the past, or for good moments you…
Make every action you do in life, regardless of how simple, a step taking you closer to your intended goals. A wise pursuer of success lives his dream everyday, and revives it whenever it starts to fade or slip from his hands, and when his chances get narrow. Best and most advisable way to fulfill your…
Still browsing through the wealth of recipes for success the Islamic Tradition clarifies through the Quran and Sunnah, and today I shall focus on one crucial element contributing to your success in your life, regardless of your goals- it is maintaining a healthy physical, spiritual, and mental being… Know that your body, heart and mind…
Your heart, as long as pure and well-maintained, is capable of directing you toward what’s good for you- and this shouldn’t object with the need to think and think a lot. The wisdom of the heart has been laid emphasis upon in so many instances in Islamic tradition, which asserts the importance of its consent…
It’s a well- known fact that the straight line is the shortest route towards one’s target destination, that’s why it’s largely acknowledged as the most preferable path one should tread.- Check out Recipe 47 In your pursuit of success, follow the same, tread the straight path, with all that involves of clarity, truthfulness and honesty-…
Be watchful of where you place your personal capacity, partially or fully, and what you busy yourself with. It’s one single capacity, either wisely employed or ignorantly wasted. Every individual has one limited capacity of mental, spiritual, physical, emotional and time capacities, which, unless harnessed wisely for good purposes, can be aimlessly wasted, causing much…
Too much sleep makes you in need of more sleep, and sets you to the “Lazy mood” for the rest of the day, whereas sleeping moderately helps you wake up fresh, alert, and energetic. And guess what, It’s also part of our Deen. Dear Brothers and sisters, how are your plans for success keeping? Ok,…
Wise management of one’s free time is not less important than the way one manages his/her working hours, if not far more instrumental- This is our Recipe 51 for Success… Your spare time is an additional chance which, if employed, and harnessed wisely, can fill in gaps of your inefficiency, whether personal or professional, and…
Do not stretch yourself thin in fulfilling any kind of deeds, let them worldly, by which you seek success, or related to worship, through which you seek the eternal paradise of Allah… Almighty Allah says; “Ta Ha. We did not send down the Qur’an to you to make you miserable,” – {Quran: 20:1} And in…
“Veiling one’s own faults and or others is definitely a virtuous matter, in terms of piety and fulfilling religious duties, we all know that. But have you ever thought of the matter in light of your pursuit of success?” Some people brag about their mistakes, or even sins, out of erroneous belief that this renders…
Listen what Imam Abu Hamed al- Ghazali once said, addressing one of his students, in his set of universal outsanding set of advices: “Dear Beloved Son”… Sound reliance on Allah (SWT) does not and should not be mistaken for ignoring the bliss of wise and rational thinking- dealing by logic, and analyzing situations, thoroughly. Listen…
Hard work and dedication is part and parcel of success, for any pursuit, and in any field- also whether it’s a religious pursuit or a worldly one. Devotion or if you wish to call it in our modern age most commonly used term- dedication- links up the heart (soul), mind and body of each individual…
There’s no doubt the power of a group surpasses that of an individual. Similarly the capacity of a number of people should be more encompassing than that of a single person… Bearing this in mind, teaming up with others and involving them in your planning, even if not in the initial phase of your plans,…
One should stand up for his rights and fight ferociously to claim them, yet disputing as an attitude should be avoided as much as possible. It’s a waste of time, energy and human relations. It’s a detrimental weapon jeopardizing your success. It’s a guaranteed detrimental weapon jeopardizing your pursuit for success- So be ware. Disputing…