Change or Lose by Abdul Karim Bakkar
Author: Abdul Karim Bakkar
Publisher: Dakwah Corner Bookstore
Year Published: 2014
Language: English
Genre: Motivation
ISBN:Â 9789675699511
Pages: 90
Format: Paperback
Change or Lose is a book simply focusing on ways to change ourselves positively and for betterment in accordance to our reason of existence to worship Allah.
Change is never easy for anyone especially when it involves one getting off a comfort zone. To change requires two things: realising the limits of our potential and capabilities and aiming to achieve within the legal domain and moderate scope.
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"... We cannot confront many of our problems except by changing some of our habits and behaviors."
-Prof Dr Abdul Karim Bakkar
Good morning!🌹
Edited on Oct 3, 2020
ALHamdulillah. Just finished reading the 90-page book, Change or Lose: An Islamic Vision for the Principles & Method for Personal Change written by Prof Dr Abdul Karim Bakkar.
I enjoy reading the book even though it took me few days to finish it. 😄 The writer includes various examples to explain what he has written.
The last section is the section I enjoy the most where the writer discusses about the approaches and tools of change. Most importantly, we need to do self-reflection and check our internal dialogues. We can involve in internal dialogue by feeling grateful to Allah, concentrating on willpower and fold past negative files. Other approaches are:
1. to review the thought framework,
2. to use the imagination,
3. to get rid of excuses,
4. to change for the sake of goals,
5. to emphasize on virtue,
6. to seek support and
7. to change the environment.
These are the approaches suggested by the writer to help us change.
Even though the book is not too thick, it is compacted with the idea to change.
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