Mastering your time and habits with Tushar Imdad

The Muslim CEO Show

Thank you for giving me your life!

Your time is your life and you just gave me some of it

Every second you spend on something is you giving a part of your life to it

That's why it's so important for us to use our time wisely. In this episode of The Muslim CEO Show, we discuss mastering your time and habits with Tushar Imdad.

This is a MUST watch if you're struggling with your time and priorities. Enjoy!

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The books mentioned by Tushar in this episode were:

1. '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' - Stephen Covy

2. Any of Cal Newport's three recent books: So Good They Can't Ignore You Deep Work Digital Minimalism

3. 'I Know How She Does It' - Laura Vanderkam

4. 'Healthy at 100' - John Robbins

5. 'Toxic Childhood' - Sue Palmer

6. 'Eight Dates' - John Gottman

7. 'Value of Time' - Shaykh Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah (Awakening Publications)

Show Notes

2:35-6 Childhood influences on my time management - especially having a Tiger Dad!

6:15 - The turning point in my life at 6th form when I got bullied for growing my beard

9:30 - Activism at college and my uni Isoc

11:00 - How my early experiences led to entrepreneurship

11:50-16:50 - How I grew in confidence despite being one of the only Asians and Muslims growing up

16:50-20:00 - Why I left a career in Law to instead become a qualified English teacher

20:00 - My experience in teaching, managing and leading Muslim schools

28:00 - Why I took a year out to study Arabic and Islamic sciences

32:00 - How I transitioned from teaching to tutoring to digital course creation

35:00 - Why I’m passionate about educating ADULTS

36:00 - The hilariously bad business workshop that led me to start my time management consultancy!

38:30 - How I started my first workshop based on a book I didn’t even own

40:00 - Power of the encouragement from my shaykh

46:00 - What’s the balance between fast action, slow quality & procrastination?

50:20 - A different definition of Leadership & a leader who inspired me

52:50 - Circle of influence v. Circle of concern

55:00 - Two leaders (and scholars) who have really influenced and impressed me

57:39 - Why time management is important

1:00:50 - What is Islamic Time Management?

1:02:46 - Two types of Muslims & the Practising Muslim

1:04 - Where do you start with time management? 7 Amazing Tips

1:14 - How do you get rid of bad habits? 1:19 - How do you socialize effectively?

1:25 - 7 recommended books for time management - with brief overviews

1:34:30 - Having FUN with your spouse

1:36 - What courses I offer and how to work with me