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- #3-9: Final Episode for Season 3 w/ hosts: Maheen & Mifrah
Welcome to the final episode of season three. In this episode, we take a break from our usual interviews and talk about things we've learned, achievements and more.
Please leave your comments on this episode over at
http://www.muslimlifehackers.com/3-9
16 min - #3-3: Feeling Like a Fraud & The Imposter Syndrome w/ Haleh Banani"Comparing to others is actually a form of violence against yourself… it doesn’t do any good… The best thing we can do is to compare and compete against yourself. I want to my best. I want to be better than who I was last year. It’s not about competing with others and outdoing others, it's about competing with myself and making sure that I am constantly in that process of self development, self improvement, excelling and achieving." - Haleh Banani*
Today we will be speaking to sister Haleh Banani. She has a masters degree in clinical psychology, a featured expert on a variety of platforms and also hosted her own TV show for Al-Fajr TV called ‘with Haleh’ which combined principles of psychology and Islam to help people reach their full potential.
In this interview, we talk about the impostor syndrome, feeling like a fraud, tackling perfectionism and handling negative self talk.
Questions Asked:- What is the impostor syndrome all about?
- What causes a person to feel this way? Is it a result of low self esteem or a mix of issues?
- If someone has been given the opportunity to take on a big role/project and still feels like they don't belong there (despite having the capability). What advice would you give them in terms of overcoming this internal conflict and doing their job well?
- How does one tackle perfectionism?
- How do you internalise your accomplishments?
- How can we make sure that we are giving our best effort instead of getting caught up in aiming for unattainable perfectionism?
- Do other people really do sit and think about our mess ups?
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*quote contains minor edits for the sake of readability.
34 min - #2-14: Season 2 Finale, Highlights & Listener Questions [M&Ms]
Mifrah and Maheen, in an M&Ms episode, talk about the season 2 finale of the podcast as well answer listener questions about productivity, life, business and the upcoming season.
Highlights from the show:
-Upcoming Muslim Life Hackers projects
- Zara: “What top five things will make me a highly effective person?”
- Omar: “Can you start a online entrepreneur business with nil money?”
- Melanie: “What have been your personal development struggles and how did you overcome them?”
- Binetou: “Do you have productivity tips for creative minds?”
- Adil: “What misconceptions about Islam frustrate you the most?”
- Bilal: “When does season 3 start and why can’t it start sooner?”
-Season 2 highlights
References:
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21 min - #2-11: Are These 3 Excuses Holding You Back? [M&M]
Maheen and Mifrah have a conversation about the 3 biggest excuses people make in their lives and how to move past them.
Highlights from the show:
- What are excusists? [2:06 – Mifrah]
- “The first kind of excusist is the health excusist, kind of using it as a way of preventing yourself from taking action”[2:49 – Maheen]
- The story of the two diabetics [4-15 – Maheen]
- “Most people on the hospital bed have EII – emotionally induced illness” [11:05 – Mifrah]
- “Intelligence excusists say they are just not smart enough to that...but it is not about your intelligence but the thinking that guides it” [11:43 – Mifrah]
- “Are you going to use your mind to make history or to record history” [13:59 – Mifrah]
- “You hear a lot of people saying they are passed the learning age?” [19:02 – Maheen]
- “When you think about negative things more, the more the thinking, the stronger association and quicker it is retrieved” [23:50 – Maheen]
References:
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33 min - #2-07: Building Online Businesses and Leaving Legacies w/ Aaqib Ahmed [Interview]
Maheen talks to Aaqib Ahmed about building online businesses using Facebook and what it means to be legacy focused in life.
Highlights from the show:
- “Give us the low down, what do you do?” [2:15 – Maheen]
- “To face over 200 rejects is taking it to a totally new level, and I really liked how you mentioned you wanted to break the status quo, you know not typical Pakistani style...go be an entrepreneur” [3:50 – Maheen]
- “It is all about making your work your life mission, so that you know in society you are not worshiping the status quo” [4:16 – Aaqib]
- “The one question that shaped everything that I am doing – If on The Day of Judgement when Allah asks me “Ya Aaqib what have you done with your time?” and I can’t say you know I have really given it my best shot, I haven’t been sitting on the fence, that regret would be too much to take” [4:35 – Aaqib]
- “Tell us more about your vision of building a legacy focused Ummah” [5:33 – Maheen]
- “You need to step up, you have to compete with the best out there. You want to contribute and the only way to do that is to challenge yourself, push yourself 100 percent” [9:34 – Aaqib]
- “Raise your minimum standard to excellence” [10:04 – Aaqib]
- “Why should people use Facebook for building their online businesses?” [17:08 – Maheen]
- “I have an imbalance, where I am spending too much time at work and not enough with my family. But it is all about balance...but it is like the 80-20 rule, do that 20 percent that gives you 80 percent of the result” [21:58 – Aaqib]
For all the refernceces mentioned in the show plus more on previous interviews and episoded head over to: muslimlifehackers.com
34 min - #2-06: Working In Community Projects w/ Adel Mohammed [Interview]
Maheen talks to Br Adel Mohammed from Tanzeel and online Quran memorisation platform and discusses what it is like to work in community projects.
Highlights from the show:
- “Tell us about yourself Adel and what you do” [2:05 – Maheen]
- “For a period of about 2 years we were still thinking, and we hadn’t given up on the idea but something just wasn’t gelling for us” [3:42 – Adel]
- “What is unique about Tanzeel?” [4:45 – Maheen]
- “How did you connect with these teachers that were from all these remote villages around Cairo... how did you bring them together ?” [6:30 – Maheen]
- “My biggest dua that I am making now is that Allah brings us the right people” [8:02 - Adel ]
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15 min - #2-05: Turning Ideas Into Brands w/ Peter Gould [Interview]
Mifrah and Maheen interview Br Peter Gould on the creative process and how to turn ideas into brands.
We take a look at Peter’s latest projects, how he manages his time and his vision of connecting people all around the Ummah.
Highlights from the show:
- “What are some of the latest projects that you have been working on?” [5:25 – Mifrah]
- “I really want to use creative thinking and design thinking to solve some of the problems that we have in the Ummah at the moment” [6:28 – Peter]
- “ How did you take your ideas and turn it into a reality?” [10:12 – Maheen]
- “The best reason to start up a start up... when you can’t not do it” [14:40 – Peter]
- The importance of a live working concept [19:12 – Peter]
- What were the challenges that you faced when you were launching Creative Ummah? [21:31 – Maheen]
- “I needed to step away from the project...as an individual and approach it as something much bigger, and it is so much more when you find the right people” [ 23:25 – Peter]
- “How are you juggling all these multiple projects?” [23:54 – Maheen]
You can find all the links and references from the show over at http://muslimlifehackers.com/2-05
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32 min - #2-04: Should You Pay For Personal Development? [M&Ms]
In this new segment of the Muslim Life Hackers Podcast, Mifrah and Maheen ask the question: Should you pay for personal development?
Highlights from the show:
· Is there a difference between cheap and expensive personal development content?
· What part does perceived value play?
· Why should developers price personal development
· Can you buy back time?
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20 min - #19: The BEST Investment
Maheen talks about why education is the BEST investment and why it is important for YOU to take time in investing the growth of your mind through this vital tool.
In This Episode, you will learn:
- - What makes education and learning the best investment you can make?
- - How learning impacts the world that we live in reasons why You should spend time on nourishing your mind!
All links and resources from this episode can be found at : muslimlifehackers.com/19
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18 min - #15: 3 Life Lessons from Ice Skating
Mifrah discusses 3 profound life lessons she took when she went ice skating… yes, that’s right, Ice Skating! Check it out.
All links and resources from this episode can be found at http://www.muslimlifehackers.com/15
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