Causes of low self confidence There are many causes of low self confidence. People are not born with low self-esteem, children by their nature are bright, brave, adventurous, curious and happy. But somewhere down the line, things change and the same bright child becomes a wary frightened youth. Through a series of bad life experiences,…
Discovering Personal Development This is the story about how I discovered Personal Development. It was around the beginning of 2011 that I found myself in a dilemma. I had a really wonderful new job as a TA at the Islamic Online University but was a bit overwhelmed by the workload and found myself dealing with people…
Time Management for bad days You know those happy days when everything is going your way, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping and you are just really energized, excited and able to get things done? Yeah, well this article isn’t about those days. This is as the title says, an article about time…
Q&A About Getting The Barakah Time Management eBook The following questions were asked to Shaykh Ismail Kamdar, author of Getting The Barakah and founder of Islamic Self Help. Q: How do you deal with writer’s block? A: I set a daily time for writing (1 Hour) and force myself to write during that time whether…
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 This is Part 3 of my series on Time Management for Ramadan, click the above link if you haven’t read Part 1 or 2 yet. 8. Avoid Multi-Tasking This is a general time management tip that applies outside Ramadan as well. In my book “Getting the Barakah” I…