039: Overcoming Mistakes, Failures and Regrets

We all have life experiences that we aren't proud of. Failures, mistakes, a dark sinful past, perhaps even traumatic life experiences which have profound long term impacts in our lives and they can be very difficult.

Because of these “negative experiences”, sometimes we live a life paralyzed by fear, we stick in our comfort zones, afraid to take action or refuse to reach out, or live a bitter and resentful life of regrets, or one that is constantly reminiscing wishful thinking of "What if I had done this?" or “oh I wish I could have done that instead”

All of these have a severely damaging impact on our lives, not only as Muslims but could also affect our productivity and become a huge barrier against achieving success.

So in this episode of The Barakah Effect podcast, we share some principles and ideas about how we, as Muslims, should approach mistakes, failures and regrets.

In this episode, we discuss about isikharah, taubah, the role of regret, the Islamic perspectives in the belief in qadar. And how, with these principles, we can embrace our mistakes and "failures" as stepping stones towards achieving success.

We also share some stories from our professional experiences - and the common dilemma: should we apologize for our mistakes, especially in the professional environment?