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Eid Mubarak

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Hello to my lovely blogger community. I wish you all a very happy Eid! Today was the last day of fasting and the entire Muslim community celebrates Eid tomorrow! The month of Ramadan was a very good month for me. It was my first month at my new job and it went smooth. I managed to control my overthinking and was able to kick ass at work left, right and center!!! Spiritually as well I seemed to...

Is happiness good for business?

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The world is increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more? How do you sell an anti-ageing moisturiser? You make someone worry about ageing. How do you get people to vote for a political party? You make them worry about immigration. How do you get them to buy insurance? By making them worry about...

Self Therapy Session 9

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Hello everyone and welcome to another session of Self Therapy. This post usually goes live on Thursday and it is where I do a self reflection of my week. For a quick view on last week’s session click here: So let’s start off with my job which in my opinion is the most important thing that needs an update. I have been kicking ass at work left, right and center and I mean it ...

Be very aware of your words

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Your words have the power to make or break someone. So be very selective with your word choice and think thoroughly how they may impact another person. You cannot take back your words once they have been delivered out so ask yourself this question before speaking: is this what I really want to communicate? Remember, everyone is fighting their own battles so the least you can do is be kind. Also...

Inconveniences in past

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I came across a very angry customer last week who was escalated beyond measure. After listening to her plight I said, “I cannot go back in time and fix the inconvenience caused to you. However please allow me to fix things and make it easy for you hereon.” It had kind of a magical effect on the customer and she calmed down. Last night in my stream of thoughts at night I said maybe...

Toxic positivity

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“Excess of anything is bad”- Unknown I firmly believe and stand by this quote. At times we need to accept our failures, we need to admit that after doing everything that we could, things did not work out like we planned. And that is completely okay. As long as you do not let it take a toll on you. By toxic positivity I mean being so positive that you do not acknowledge where you went...