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‘Patient’ is not a title. It is an attitude
My father said that he thanked the examiner and told me that it was the most valuable lesson that he had ever learned. “Your first task is to comfort the patient so that he feels he has been understood.”
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Stand up if you are alive
Remember, in the end, your choices define your brand-value and character. Choose wisely because that is how you will be remembered.
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Advice to College Seniors
And today, at age 70, I am recreating my career as a Confidential Advisor to Boards and Founders, bringing to bear and leveraging over 40 years of global experience in leadership development, Succession planning, and Family Business transformation across three continents. This, in addition to wildlife photography, and writing; my two passions. You ask, ‘What…
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Ageing Gracefully
To grow old is a blessing that not everyone is granted. To age gracefully is a choice that not everyone makes. But it is a choice that you can make at any time. Since I am 70 this year, 2025, and so have entered the Last Lap Club, I thought I would share some reflections…
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We thank You
By a future that looks dark, promising a dawn very bright, By our values, our compassion, our courage, by Islam, By those who lift us when we fall and fight for us when we can’t, By knowing You, loving You, thanking You and worshipping only You, We know You O! Allahﷻ by Your Bounties, uncounted.
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Rasoolullahﷺ the best role model for today
He conquered his enemies not by killing them but by killing enmity. That is the biggest lesson for all humanity today which is mired in misery and suffering thanks to mutual hatred. Forgive and start afresh, a society based on mutual respect and acceptance. That is the message of Prophet Muhammad (May he be blessed).…
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Hope Forum
The Hope Forum is a place that the injured from Twitter, Facebook and other social media can come, to detox and cure themselves from the negativity of the world. There’s much good happening in the world that gets no lift. Bad news sells. So we’ll give each other good news for free. And you’ll be…
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Winning means staying in the race
The first thing to learn therefore is to listen to some hard talk without flinching. In the ring, the one who wins is not the one who can hit hardest but the one who can take a hard hit and remain standing. That is life. The race doesn’t end when you fall but when you…
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Marriage Advice – Quick Recap
Keep confidence. What’s between you two must remain between the two of you only. Nobody else. She’s your Best Friend and you are hers. Respect that relationship and your marriage will be a source of great blessing. Let anyone else into that relationship, mother, father, sibling, anyone, and it’s doomed. It’s as simple as that.…
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Teaching to Transform
Education is not the responsibility of schools and teachers alone but must be a partnership in parenting between parents, teachers, and children. All three are stakeholders and must have a say in what happens. Parenting can’t be outsourced. You can’t pay someone to raise your children just like you can’t pay someone to diet on…