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    The Five Top Qualities of Inspirational People

    by Beeworker on February 1, 2012

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    Posted on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 in Articles

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    If I asked you who and what inspires you in life today I’m sure the average reader would name a number of celebrities and well known figures like Richard Branson or Bill Gates. Perhaps the average Muslim reader (yes you!) will think of our beloved Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them all) as well as the numerous scholars of our contemporary era. As Muslims in the West, we have to appreciate the outstanding Muslim role models who are striving to be an inspiration for the rest of us to achieve a legacy for our world and our Ummah at large.The Five Top Qualities of Inspirational People

    The past couple of years have taken me on a journey through meeting and learning from inspiring people, and here the word ‘inspiring’ shouldn’t be taken as a vague temporal feeling of imaan rush which, following that short period of time, leaves you no less better in actions than before (that’s just something that came into your ear and went out of the other side!). There’s no doubt the Muslim community is in dire need of leadership and guiding figures to make us reach our full potential. Whilst we complain there are few leaders – there’s no shortage of amazing people and events which have taken place in the history of Islamic civilisation.

    Here I draw on the lessons I’ve learnt from travelling to global settings, meeting and working with some of these Muslims and even non-Muslims that continue to inspire me in my day to day work, whilst not forgetting the best of our examples can come from the Seerah and our pious predecessors. I hope some of this inspiration rubs off on you to do something great for the Ummah too..

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    I Want to Convince You

    by Muhammad Alshareef on January 31, 2012

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    Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 in Articles

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    I want to convince you. ‘Convince me to BELIEVE what?’ Convince you that you can do and be more than the trajectory you may now be on. I look around the Muslim community and there are so many people, so many. But how few the chiefs are amongst them, how few. And not just chiefs missing, but chiefs with complimentary visions strategically lifting the Ummah with proverbial inflatable buoys from opposing sides of the boat, how few.

    I want to convince you. ‘Convince me to DO what?’ Firstly to convince you of what NOT to do. To NOT follow the distractions dangling in your face, and instead follow your heart’s passion. To NOT follow society’s empty formula for success, formulas that go against Islam – and you know deep down that Allah would not put success in something he forbade. To convince you to NOT copy others, but to creatively blaze your own trail for others to follow.

    I want to convince you. Really? Actually, no not really. I really don’t care about you, I care about what it is that you do. Isn’t it our actions that make us who we are? If you step up, you have my attention, but who cares about that really. Really, it’s Allah’s attention that you seek, that we all seek, and it’s amazing how when Allah is pleased with you everyone seems to find out and benefit from the tree you grew, that Allah allowed you to grow. Really.

    How about you? Is there anyone you want to convince. Why? Do you want to convince them with your words, or do you want to convince them with your actions? Too soon we as humans want to jump off the ‘take action’ train and sit on the bench of consulting others. There will be time for that, fret not. Right now, you need to get back on the train, settle down for a long haul of production, of sleepless nights, and hey, who knew that so many on-board passengers would seek your consul.

    When you were born, you had a potential unrealized. As you grew older, the possibility of whether or not you’d realize your potential waned and swelled with the mid-term choices you made. And now, here you are, and here I am, deciding in this moment if we will step away from the chatter of Internet surfing today, and instead step up and take the first step towards the end of your greatest life.

    I hope I’ve convinced you. Who knew? :)

    To register for a life changing experience register at: NicheHeroLeadership.com happening in London February 13-18 2012

    About the Author:

    Muhammad Alshareef, founder of AlMaghrib Institute, is an activist for continual personal development. His latest project, NicheHero, is a 6 day Islamic business seminar teaching the blueprints of all the business structure, experience, and success and failures he has learned over the last decade, reaching tens of thousands of Muslims. To register for his upcoming and final NicheHero London seminar happening February 13-18, 2012, visit NicheHeroLeadership.com

    Raising Productive Children: 10 Steps to Leading by Example

    by Ameera Rahim on January 30, 2012

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    Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 in Articles

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    There is a beautiful hadith, Narrated Ibn Umar: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings upon Him) said: ”All of you are shepherds and each of you is responsible for his flock. A man is the shepherd of the people of his house and he is responsible. A woman is the shepherd of the house for her husband and children, thus she is responsible.

    Alhamdulillah, Allah entrusted us with our beautiful children and we are to strive and be the best examples we can be. The best example is our beloved Prophet (peace and blessings be upon Him) we look at his life for the best ways on how to live and interact with others.

    10 Steps to Lead our Children in Productivity:

    1. Renew intentions

    Subhan’Allah this is important, when we do things for the pleasure of Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala) than our intentions are in a good place. With our children we should intend for them to be good Muslims, productive, good, kind and God fearing. When our intentions are wrong, then we must ask Allah to make true and sincere our intentions. Some parents have done good to their children only to boast and show off their children, subhan’Allah, we must ask Allah to protect us and our children from this and keep focused on the real and true intention.

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    Increase Your Energy with Energy-Rich Foods

    by Nasmira Firdous on January 27, 2012

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    Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 in Articles

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    Do you constantly feel lazy and worn out at work or at home? If this occurs even after you consume your daily meals and have adequate sleep, then it may simply mean your diet is lacking in energy rich foods.Increase Your Energy with Energy-Rich Foods

    Energy foods as the name suggests are specialists that give your body and brain a constant dose of calories throughout the day, helping you stay focused and energetic on your work. This automatically improves your work output, in turn boosting your productivity in personal and professional lives.

    What Happens When You Do Not Have Energy Foods?

    Although you may be eating regularly, if you still feel weak and tired, it means you are not eating the “right type” of foods. High-energy foods will give your body energy by releasing glucose molecules throughout the day.

    Saturated foods, refined foods and junk foods on the other hand will provide instant glucose molecules, making you feel energized but unfortunately, this feeling will last only a few minutes or hours. A decrease in glucose molecules will automatically shut your brain slowly, making your feel sleepy because your brain cells do not have enough fuel (glucose molecules) to run for the day.

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    What it Takes To Build A Productive Ummah?

    by Azim Kidwai on January 25, 2012

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    Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 in Articles

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    Allah created many males, but very few men. At this point today there are over 750 million males who testify to la ilaha ilAllah, but how many are true men? How many are men of purpose that live lives that will leave behind legacies for others to emulate? How many will be the most productive creatures of their time?

    Is it a true man who walks with his trousers half way down his buttocks, has a big car and big house, yet sleeps through Fajr? Is it a true man that has 50 employees, a Ferrari and a wife, two even, yet when Allah calls him to pray 5 times a day, he cannot hear him? Is it Manhood to have the world and to forget who created it?

    He, Subhanahu, said;

    Men who are not distracted from the remembrance of Allah by trade and commerce and buying and selling, who stand by their devotional obligations and pay Zakah, who fear the day when hearts and eyes would flutter in trepidation.(24:37)

    Allah makes it very clear who true men are here. Chromosomes make males and it is obedience to Allah that makes men of males! And this has always been the case; from the men around the messenger to the most productive men of our time.

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    Prioritising for Productivity

    by Amal Stapley on January 23, 2012

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    Posted on Monday, January 23, 2012 in Articles

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    Do you have a massive To-Do List that keeps getting longer and longer, and, although you run around like crazy, ticking things off it, you never feel as if you’re achieving anything productive?

    There is a solution, alhamdulillah, and you’ve probably heard it before, you need to prioritize! But how do you do Prioritising for Productivitythat? To work out your priorities, you’ll need to have a system. This will require you taking some time out of your busy routine just to sit down and work out, but insha’Allah, the end result will be worth it.

    Allah’s Priority List

    What better model to use than one that is in alignment with the model given by our Creator? We all know that when Allah created us, he did so giving us a specific mission in life:

    “And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone).” (al-Dhariyaat, 51:56)

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    Could It Be Productive Procrastination?

    by Abu Productive on January 20, 2012

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    Posted on Friday, January 20, 2012 in Articles

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    There’s a sneaky type of procrastination that’s especially common among productive people, I call it: Productive Procrastination!

    This is where productive people would engage in productive pursuits in order not to tackle their very important tasks for the day. For example, you may have an important assignment to complete, but instead of focusing on that important assignment, you start doing lots of other ‘productive’ tasks instead, e.g. Answering e-mails, setting up meetings, organizing your house, going to the gym, reading important reports..etc (Sound familiar?).

    It’s quite easy to fall into productive procrastination mode, because you feel less guilty about not doing your important task since you’re engaged in supposedly productive tasks (even though deep inside you know that you’re only simply procrastinating on the BIG task ahead).

    So how do you tackle productive procrastination mode?

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