If you’re doing anything in life, then you’re selling. Your work to a customer, your self to a partner, or your idea to an investor. In any case, I have come to believe that you can approach anyone in the world and sell them anything if you fit their narrative. Everyone has a narrative; that… Continue reading Fitting One’s Narrative
Author: ahmed
On Mental Health & Suffering
Out of all the problems I’ve been researching, mental health seems to be the single most complex problem to solve, and at the same time, in my opinion, the single most important one. Mental Health describes the efficiency of the operating system that we run through. Just how your computer runs macOS, or Linux, your… Continue reading On Mental Health & Suffering
Riding The Right Wave
Recently, I stepped down as CEO of my company that I started 3 years ago. It was tough, but had to be done. Business was doing well, but my heart was no longer in it. A lot has went right; we processed +$5M in revenue, signed up +200K app users, and hundreds of B2B customers, all in… Continue reading Riding The Right Wave
Immersion
Have you been so immersed in something that you lost sense of time? Dipped in an idea so deep that you see nothing else? Driven in a world full of potential that you don’t know which end to pursue first? Well, I’ve been there too, at multiple stops in my life. And I, my friend,… Continue reading Immersion
On Productivity
The environment you’re in strongly dictates how productive you are. You must control for: Morning routine what do you do when you wake up? building habits of doing things as simple as taking a shower and making breakfast could change your whole day due to its kick-start do you have a thing you’re waking up… Continue reading On Productivity
Thought: Living Life with a Sense of Urgency
A year ago, I stumbled upon a thought provoking question that has had quite an impact on how I think: What are your 10 year goals? How can you achieve them in 6 months? The point here is not necessarily to end up achieving your 10 year goals in 6 months, but the exercise of… Continue reading Thought: Living Life with a Sense of Urgency
Principles
[this is work in progress] I stumble upon numerous pieces of wisdom or philosophy every now and then that I end up applying on my everyday life. With time, however, I tend to forget some of them and feel like I’m re-learning some lessons when I find them again. Hence, inspired by my friend Fahad, I… Continue reading Principles
Why is Food So Expensive in the GCC?
I’ve visited some of the most expensive cities in the world recently, and the food was almost as expensive, if not cheaper than the GCC (proper meals, not cafeteria food). In this post, I try to breakdown the reason(s): To start with, restaurants have 3 main cost elements: food ingredients real estate and labor. Gulf… Continue reading Why is Food So Expensive in the GCC?
Maybe
Maybe the secret to living a happy life is in not taking things too seriously. Maybe it’s also the secret to succeeding at whatever goal you desire, as it makes you less uptight and more likable. Maybe it’s ok to accept mediocrity every now and then, because life is like that. Sometimes good, sometimes bad,… Continue reading Maybe
The Rawi Model for Taking Decisions
Over the past few years, I’ve developed a decision making process that helped me navigate through the toughest and biggest decisions of my life so far, and it has never failed me as it runs on objectivity. Give it a try if you’re stuck with a decision. Here it goes: If you’re unsure of a decision,… Continue reading The Rawi Model for Taking Decisions