Ways to improve your charecter in Islam: 1. Knowing the virtues of having a good charecter and the reward that will result from it. 2. Knowing the bad consequences of having a bad charecter. 3. Studying the biographies of the earlier generations (Salaf) and the lives of the righteous. 4. Avoiding getting angry, striving to attain patience, and training oneself to be deliberate and not hasty. 5. Sitting with people of good charecter, and avoiding people of bad charecter. 6. Training oneself to develop a good charecter and trying to make oneself become accustomed to that. 7. Calling upon Allah and asking Him to make your charecter good and help you to attain that.

Characteristics of a Muslim businessman are: 1- Trade should not distract him from remembering Allah; 2- He should seek that which is permissible; 3 -He should keep away from dubious matters; 4- He should strive to be sincere and honest, and to fear Allah; 5- He should not neglect charity; 6- He should be lenient and easy-going; 7- He should give respite to one who is in difficulty, and reduce or wave his debt; 8- He should stay away prohibited transactions.

How to be courageous in Islam • Be strong in faith and remain steadfast therein. • Study the biographies of the brave and courageous among the heroes of Islam. • Have the courage to speak the truth and tell others about it. • Have the courage to denounce evil and forbid it. • Maintain self-control. • Respect Islamic commandments. • Respect the limits set by Allah. • Show courage in situations in which courage is required. • Support the one who has been wronged, and strive to put a stop to the mistreatment to which he is being subjected.

• One of the most important things is to prepare for doing righteous deeds before the month of Ramadan. The scholars designated the month of Rajab as the start of the preparations for the month of Ramadan. • It is as if the year is a tree; its leaves begin to appear in the month of Rajab, its fruit begins to appear in the month of Sha`ban, and the people pick its fruit during the month of Ramadan. • So the individual should prepare himself by doing righteous deeds in Rajab, and pay extra attention to making them perfect in Sha`ban, so that he will be able to do them in a perfect manner in Ramadan.