Final Episode for Season 3 w/ hosts: Maheen & Mifrah In this episode, we take a break from our usual interviews and talk about things we’ve learned, achievements and more. January 25, 2016

Joining us on the show today is Sheikh Musleh Khan. Sheikh Musleh serves as one of North America’s youngest Imams at the Islamic Institute of Toronto and does a wide range of work including relationship and marriage counseling. In this interview, we tackle the million dollar question – how to get married along with related topics such as readiness for marriage, what to look for, managing pressures associated with this search and more.

In this interview we talk to brother Omar Taha. Omar is the founder of Startup Muslim (startupmuslim.com), a global platform connecting experienced minds with startups to create successful ventures, businesses and network. We get into topics such as: where to start when it comes to business, mindset, mentorship, how to pick a field and much more. If you’ve always wanted to get started with your very own business, this is a perfect place to start.

Joining us on the show today is Abu Muawiyah Ismail Kamdar. He is the head tutorial assistant at Islamic Online University, radio presenter at Radio Al Ansar, creator of the online space islamicselfhelp.com as well as a published writer of multiple books including the one we will be discussing in our interview called “Getting the Barakah: an Islamic Guide to Time Management”. In this episode we get into a ton of things regarding managing our time and productivity. We also get into how to...

Joining us on the show this week is brother Omar Usman, the co founder of Muslim Matters, Qalam Institute and Debt Free Muslims and one of the instructors of the Khateeb and Sisters Public Speaking workshop by the Qalam Institute. In this episode, we speak all about public speaking, including how to deliver a powerful speech regardless of your personality type, the art of speech writing and ways to receive honest feedback.

Today we speak to sister Nadia Yunus. She is a spiritual, creative and personal peak performance coach. In this episode, we talk about our finding our unique purposes in our lives, giving ourselves permission to embrace it and how to tackle all the obstacles that come in pursuit of it.

"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...

“A wise man once said, a candle illuminates but light focused is a laser and a laser cuts through steel…. This is what the vision does, it focuses us. It tells us who we are, it tells us who we are not, it tells us why we do what we do, why we do not…  Having vision is very addiction. Once you get it, you will hate to live a day without it. This is what makes a visionary different to a person who doesn’t” - Sheikh Sajid. Sheikh Sajid Umar joins us on the show to talk about person visions. He...

“… now we think to be humble we have to think low of yourself so guess what? If you think that you are stupid, if you think that are dumb, if you think that you can’t do anything then you are not going to do anything with your life. The entire ummah is thinking like that, the entire world is going to do nothing and when we look around the world today, the Muslims are not leading in any fields. It’s because we don’t have the confidence to lead, we are killing each others confidence.” – Abu...

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...

Mifrah and Maheen speaks to Belal Khan from Leechon Films on the Art of Dawah. Highlights from the show: * Belal’s journey in dawah * Pros & Cons: Fee Sabillah Vs Free Sabillah * Raising the standard of dawah - what does it mean? * Why a positive narrative is important for Islam and Muslim * Why following your passions is dumb advice * How to find your super powers (strengths) * How to leverage them in a dawah context * The game being played in media today ...

Maheen talks to Haroon Qureshi the CEO of The Muslim Entrepreneur Group about how to break free from the 9 to 5 lifestyle. Highlights from the show: - How to go from failing to being on the top in any area of your life. - How to learn from other peoples mistakes - The benefits of being financially free and being able to focus your time on whatever you want. - What does Haroon say to people who believe that success can only come from the traditional path of school, degree, work and...

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] *...

Mifrah speaks to Chris Abdurrahman Blauvelt, the co-founder of the crowdfunding platform LaunchGood on bringing ideas to life through crowdfunding. Topics Covered: * What is Crowdfunding? * How LaunchGood plays a part in supporting Muslim causes and ideas. * The early days of Launch Good and challenges experienced * The importance of mentors and how to find them * How to make sure your business grows steadily and not fizzle away. * How long to spend time in a startup...

Mifrah speaks with positive psychologist, coach & entrepreneur: Saiyyidah Zaidi on happiness, high performance & wealth. * "You had an aim to become a chief executive but priorities changed and you were true to that which is a very brave step to take especially since sometimes when we are set on a goal, its as though we get to married to it or something - there's no flexibility if things change in life" [3:40 - Mifrah] * "... Honestly if you were to ask me, I would say...

Maheen talks to lyricist and vocalist Khalil Ismail about the work he does with the homeless and victims of domestic violence as well as his creative process and thoughts on self awareness and personal development. Highlights from the show: -“Could you tell us a bit about what has inspired you to do what you do” (4:47 – Maheen) - “It is always important to have a plan and then know that it is being disrupted...the problem when you just go without a plan is that often times you forget...

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...

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...

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 –...

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?  

Mifrah speaks to Sr Farhia Yahya on the Quran memorisation journey and addresses issues such as finding the motivation to start, mindsets to overcome and practical tips to help you fit it into a busy schedule. This episode is the second part of a two part interview. --- This episode is brought to you by Visionaire Online. Check out visionaire online by going to http://www.muslimlifehackers.com/visionaire

Mifrah speaks to Sr Farhia Yahya on the Quran memorisation journey and addresses issues such as finding the motivation to start, mindsets to overcome and practical tips to help you fit it into a busy schedule. This episode is the first part of a two part interview. --- This episode is brought to you by Visionaire Online. Check out visionaire online by going to http://www.muslimlifehackers.com/visionaire

Maheen interviews Mohammed Faris (aka Abu Productive) on the back story of Productive Muslim, how it all got started, challenges faced along the way and advice on how others can make their own projects happen. Highlights from the Show * "Take us back in time and set the scene for us, where did Productive Muslim all start?" (3:11 - Maheen) * "The true launch of the website happened...became like a dream...it It is not just about teaching people how to become productive, it...