036: Does it Matter Who Gets the Credit?

Does it matter who gets the credit?

It's often a thought that plague us in our day to day matters, especially in the setting of the professional working environment.

On one hand, we might say, "we should uphold the quality of sincerity, don't be so calculative about our contributions, just be grateful and patient on whatever the outcome is”. This is an exemplary attitude, but how can we address the aspect of adequate compensation to those who put in the work to go the extra mile?

On the other end, when we put an overemphasis on giving credit to individual contributions, it might inadvertently create a culture of selfishness, lack of teamwork and trust, and unethical practices such as backstabbing each other to get ahead.

In this episode, we discuss about balancing out the aspects of “professionalism” and justice in adequate compensation, including the Islamic attitudes such as ikhlas, qadr of Allah, patience, tawakkul (trust in Allah), justice, even the characteristics of Muslims such as humility and having high aspirations - how all of these come together holistically in this challenge about managing who deserves the credit

Note: we recorded this episode even before we launched the podcast so please do excuse us on the quality aspects :)