Boosting your memory is highly commended and surely needed- it can save you at times. And there are many mental exercises to develop sharp memory… But why risk it? And why burden your memory?   Yet, I wouldn’t really advise you to depend solely on you memory, for It May Trick You at times, particularly when you’re pressured to do so many things, most, if not all are critical and urgent. “Write It Down”- This my Recipe for Success this time. It’s even advisable in the Quran. In the popular and primarily the longest verse in the Quran, Allah, the Exalted says; “O you who have believed, when you contract a debt for a specified term, write it down. And let a scribe write [it] between you in justice. Let no scribe refuse to write as Allah has taught him. So let him write and let the one who has the obligation dictate. And let him fear Allah , his Lord, and not leave anything out of it. But if the one who has the obligation is of limited understanding or weak or unable to dictate himself, then let his guardian dictate in justice. And bring to witness two witnesses from among your men. And if there are not two men [available], then a man and two women from those whom you accept as witnesses – so that if one of the women errs, then the other can remind her. And let not the witnesses refuse when they are called upon. And do not be [too] weary to write it, whether it is small or large, for its [specified] term. That is more just in the sight of Allah and stronger as evidence and more likely to prevent doubt between you, except when it is an immediate transaction which you conduct among yourselves. For [then] there is no blame upon you if you do not write it. And take witnesses when you conclude a contract. Let no scribe be harmed or any witness. For if you do so, indeed, it is [grave] disobedience in you. And fear Allah . And Allah teaches you. And Allah is Knowing of all things.”- – Quran (2:282) The verse of course is stressing an additional, equally significant reason for writing down a debt, that is safeguarding people’s rights by documenting them in what may stand as an evidence of their existence, lest people’s soul have evil inclinations, deviate, or minds turn forgetful. And with the communication boom we’re living through, you have all the organizing tools you may wish for; on smart phones, pcs, tablet computers and the like. So you have no reason to risk the complete dependence on your memory, or even bombard it with too many things. So make sure you write down, document, and take notes of whatever that may seem significant to your life, it will save you a lot of needless headache.. May Allah inspire you tread the right path that will help you best achieve your optimum goals in life and climb the ladder of success “smoothly”- He is over all things Powerful. By: Maha Youssuf Posted on: June 10, 2012 Additional Recipes Shall be Fully Uploaded Shortly.