seek help through patience and prayer
Quran 2:45
Love Yourself
Stay focused on your goals, your peace & your happiness. Don’t waste your time on anything that doesn’t contribute to your growth
Boss Bitch Tips
Things about a PhD nobody told you about by Laura Valadez-Martinez
I accidentally stumbled upon this TED Talk. My colleague was asking me to do a sharing session on PhD oh PhD. Hmmmmm hope to get some good ideas from this video. If you are doing PhD, this TED Talk video is worth watching.
One good tip from the video is to write a research diary. What is a research diary?
Quote of the day
Trust is one of the most important things in a relationship. It won’t work, if you don’t trust each other.
by Your Tango
Quote of the day
Most of your happiness will come from our relationships with others.
Handle them with care.
Brian Tracy
Our relationship with God and people
ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ أَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُوا إِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَحَبْلٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ
They have been put under humiliation [by Allah] wherever they are overtaken, except for a rope [i.e., covenant] from Allah and a rope [i.e., treaty] from the people [i.e., the Muslims]…
Al-Imran: 112
There are two things that can save us ; first our relationship with God and secondly, our relationship with people.
To be critical or to be a gossiper
it is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it
Joseph Joubert
Challenge yourself to speak up, and avoid gossip
Not many people dare to speak up. Is it because of culture, the way of our upbringing? You need four things to avoid watercooler conversations or passive-aggressive texting.
- confidence
- intent
- delivery
- strive to seek a solution
The result will be a happier and more productive workplace that values openness and honesty.
Develop critical thinking via the Socratic Method
I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
Socrates
Developing critical thinking.
While reading a student’s thesis on developing critical reading using a reader response strategy, I was asking myself what is critical thinking and how can we develop students’ critical thinking? This TedTalk by Erick Wilberding on the Socratic Method is really helpful. It explains how Socrates, who was the philosopher, developed his students’ critical thinking by asking a series of questions and most importantly, every answer leads to further problems. It is intriguing and a must watch video.