The Readers Club | Pakistan’s first Online Book Rental Service

Call me at night and you might go to a voice mail. Call me in the early morning and you will again go to voice mail. Not because I am the president or rude but because I might be reading. Reading, yes the only thing that keeps me going, that drives my nerves. Reading is a habit which I inducted from my father. He used to bring books for me when I was a child. And now this habit transformed into an obsession. As Robin Sharma said “Cut down your expenses on clothes, cut them on your food but never cut down on your books.” I literally took this advice to the heart. Reading for me is an obsession. When I can afford I usually buy books from Liberty books but sometimes I buy second hand books too which are equally beneficial. Now this all was I came across thereadersclub.com. Now the dynamics really changed. Started by Usman Siddiqui and Jawad Yousuf this website is like my dream come true.

 

How to achieve your goals

Now days when I ask people how are you doing? I often get the same reply with a dull tone “Yes, we are good”. But deep down inside I can really feel that they are not living their lives fully. They are struggling for their goals without loving what they do. They have goals but fail to achieve them. On your deathbed you won’t regret the things you did; you will only regret the chances you missed.

One thing I learned from Life is we won’t get what we dream for rather what we deserve for. The thing about Life is it gives you what you ask for. Do dream wisely and Visualize your goals daily.

Protect your Dreams

 

Breaking News… Is it!!

Last night after finishing my dinner as I tuned my tv to get news for the day. Switching channels with a cup of Coffee in my hand I stopped when red color flashed on the screen claiming “Breaking News“. I increased the volume to hear the “Breaking News”. Reporter started by stating “Just now we came across the news that ‘Reema Khan‘s (famous Pakistani actress) dog got injured and is taken to the hospital’ “. Instantly I regained my senses and saved the cup of Coffee which was about to fell on the floor after hearing this pathetic news.

This really made me think. Is this a thing to worry about? Now days it’s a fashion to butter up things and portray them on media. Which really don’t affect the lives of people. As Wikipedia quotes “Breaking news, also known as a special report or news bulletin, is a current event that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming and/or current news in order to report its detail”

 

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Increase Power of Awareness by Sonia Choquette

How many times you step out of your house and forget your car keys in the house. You enter a room and forgot why you are here. Having a conversation with someone and you just can’t fully remember events from your past. These are general experiences which we face in our daily lives. In order to overcome these and boost-up our awareness Sonia Choquettes ( A world-renowned vibrational alchemist, intuitive consultant, and powerful spirited teacher) in her book Your Psychic Pathway suggested two simple techniques which can help a lot.

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11 Characteristics of Highly Influential Blogs

Bloggers are the most loved and the most hated group on social media. People love them for their valuable information, while companies (some uncool one’s obviously!) look at them with raised eye brows. However, bloggers are the most powerful community out there that can make or break a product.

Techipedia just came up with 11 characteristics of all highly influential blogs that will build your blog and its followers if you adopt them.

1. Consistency: As Aaron Pogue in its article Be Consistent to Write Better says that “Consistency in your blog appeals to readers, and it can be an extraordinarily effective tool in your writing, too.” Be consistent with your style and with your content.

2. Eloquence: If you want to influence more people, learn from influential people and use it in your blog. Gradual improvement on daily bases will get you on top.

3. Uniqueness: You are born unique so don’t write as a copy. Show the world what you want to say. Express your thoughts rather than following others.

 

Is GOD Happy With Me

As a human being one thing that distinguishes us from animals is the power given by GOD to choose from right or wrong. Every deed brings us closer to or away from GOD but how do we know that we are getting close to GOD. Is it that GOD blesses those more that are close and bless less to those who are away? In this blog I will try to convey a message based upon my understandings.

Problem with human beings is that they try to find logic in everything and based upon those logic conclude results. In order to analyze yourself there are certain signs which can help us to know that “Is GOD happy with me.”

 

Life Beyond Degree

Our parents set limited goals for us. This is the mind set. My son / daughter will complete his / her education, get a degree and finally job. This is the overall goal set by our parents for us. But Life is Beyond Degree.

Degree will help you to face problems in your life; degree will open the first door in your practical life. Your talent will open the second but it’s your attitude that will open rest of the doors. Now there is a difference between talent and attitude. Talent is your inborn ability while attitude is what you do with your talent. Let me elaborate with an example. Saeed Anwar (famous Pakistani cricketer) was born talented but as “Practice makes man perfect”. He practiced hard. 55 days of consistent practice. He practice for 2 hours, play a game, practice for 2 hours then play a game. Now this is consistency towards your goal. If you have a goal in life you have to make gradual increments on daily basics to achieve your goal.

Problems will be there but “Don’t bring your problems to the marketplace bring your skills”. One of my favorite lines from the movie Rocky Balboa in which Sylvester Stallone to his son “Life is a very mean and nasty place, it will throw you down to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it but it’s not how hard you get hit; it’s how hard you can take and keep moving forward”.

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Was It AM or PM

As a human being it’s natural to express emotions based upon the events in our day to day life. It’s normal to feel depressed when a loved one departs from us. Just yesterday I felt some similar doze of emotion when my uncle (who was with us for last 2 weeks on vacation) went back to Riyadh but hey there is a twist in the story which made all this memorable and forced me to write a blog on it.

 

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In The Name of Allah… The Most Gracious… the Most Merciful

Managing your day-to-day life is not an easy job to do. There are so many things to concern for – home, office, shopping and what about cousin’s birthday you always forget or important phone numbers? Undoubtedly your working place is covered with dusty yellow (or blue, or pink) sticky notes. If so – PNotes is right for you. Throw the physical stickies away and replace them with virtual ones on your desktop.