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My Boss Takes All Credits for the Work I Do

Yet I can’t seem to break away from this toxic cycle — My fingers ran through the edges of the envelope for the umpteenth time that day. My legs pushed my body to take another turn on my chair, and the empty office came into my view. Apart from my cubicle, everything else was clean, spotless, and silent. For once, no telephones…

Mwc Work

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My Boss Takes All Credits for the Work I Do
My Boss Takes All Credits for the Work I Do
Mwc Work

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About Me — Fareeha Arshad

I write to save lives…or perhaps just mine. — I don’t remember when exactly I realized that I had a writer in me. But I remember that I knew how to tell stories — funny, colourful, and unheard stories. When I was six, my younger sister, who was two at that time, was victim to most of my make-believe…

About Me

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About Me — Fareeha Arshad
About Me — Fareeha Arshad
About Me

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Published in Better Humans

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How I Stopped Over-Snacking in 3 Weeks Without Giving up on Snacks

A complete, self-tested guide to habit change for smart snacking — When the pandemic hit last year and the sudden changes in the kind of life we started living, most people’s mental health was affected. Like everybody else, I was affected too. However, I found my solace in snacks. Tired? I snacked. Happy? I snacked. Sad? I snacked. Bored? I snacked…

Self

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How I Stopped Over-Snacking in 3 Weeks Without Giving up on Snacks
How I Stopped Over-Snacking in 3 Weeks Without Giving up on Snacks
Self

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Can Somebody’s Higher Expectations of You Affect Your Results?

The Pygmalion effect and how it affects our mindset — “The visions we offer our children shape the future. It matters what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are maps.” — Carl Sagan, American scientist and writer I always loved listening to stories — big or small, happy or sad, realistic or fairytales — as long as…

Self Improvement

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Can Somebody’s Higher Expectations of You Affect Your Results?
Can Somebody’s Higher Expectations of You Affect Your Results?
Self Improvement

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Published in Lessons from History

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3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Roman Vestal Virgins

They were surely more than ‘just virgins’ — The ancient Romans were superpowers of the world once. There are many reasons behind their dominance — they fought well, provided well, and ruled well. Despite that, they held beliefs and practices that wouldn’t make much sense now. One of the many such insane beliefs was that in Vestal Virgins. …

History

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3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Roman Vestal Virgins
3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Roman Vestal Virgins
History

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Published in Lessons from History

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3 Traitors in History Who Didn’t Hesitate To Betray Their Own

#1 Anthony Johnson — The slave who became the slave trader — If there is anybody to be blamed for the gruesome history we know today, then we can all agree on one word: traitors. Throughout the past and across cultures, some people were hypocrites of the worst kind. They never felt uncomfortable selling out their people in exchange for money and…

History

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3 Traitors in History Who Didn’t Hesitate To Betray Their Own
3 Traitors in History Who Didn’t Hesitate To Betray Their Own
History

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Mar 24

3 Unheard Facts About the Mongol King Who Conquered Half the World

Even centuries later, Genghis Khan does not cease to surprise us — Without any doubt, Genghis Khan was a barbaric conqueror. He had an equally brutal army. With his army, not only did he rule more than half the world, he killed over forty million people to reach his goal and come out as the ultimate victor. The Mongol empire made the…

History

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3 Unheard Facts About the Mongol King Who Conquered Half the World
3 Unheard Facts About the Mongol King Who Conquered Half the World
History

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Mar 20

3 Facts That Made Alexander Truly ‘The Great’

Perks that Alexander had and nobody else did — Alexander the Great was only thirty-two years of age when he died. Despite the short life he lived, he made a name for himself for centuries to come. …

History

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3 Facts That Made Alexander Truly ‘The Great’
3 Facts That Made Alexander Truly ‘The Great’
History

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Published in Lessons from History

·Mar 17

4 Great Things the Ancient Egyptians Gave Us that We Use Today

#1: Papyrus sheets — Ancient Egyptian society was one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Not just that, but they were the world's superpowers for a very long time. They gave the world some of the most remarkable inventions and advancements it had ever known — from the legendary pyramids and mummified bodies…

History

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4 Great Things the Ancient Egyptians Gave Us that We Use Today
4 Great Things the Ancient Egyptians Gave Us that We Use Today
History

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Published in Lessons from History

·Mar 16

The Criminal Who Was Executed *After* His Death

Britain’s only dictator, Oliver Cromwell, was beheaded two years after he died. — Imagine, at a time when ‘hanged, drawn and quartered was a popular punishment, it would take someone extraordinary to earn the reward to be beheaded after being already dead for two years! Yes, you read that right. Oliver Cromwell was a famous historical figure of the seventeenth century who ushered…

History

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The Criminal Who Was Executed *After* His Death
The Criminal Who Was Executed *After* His Death
History

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