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The Two-Minute Revolution
February 21, 2025
Two minutes. That's all it takes to start a revolution in your work, your art, your life. Not two hours. Not two days. Two minutes.
Your Employees Are Not Vending Machines
February 21, 2025
You thought you just had to put money in and value would come out? Cute.
What does great look like?
February 19, 2025
Define what "great" looks like, then deliberately aim for 80% of it. The path to excellence often starts with giving yourself permission to be good before becoming great.
Confessions of a Recovering Micromanager: How I Learned to Let Go and Watch My Team Soar
July 24, 2024
Here's the thing, fellow agency owners: your team is probably way more capable than you give them credit for. By loosening the reins, you're not just making their lives better – you're unlocking potential you never knew existed.
Building an agency is hard.
November 7, 2023
It's 5:43 a.m. - and I'm still at it. I have been cracking hard for the last 18 hours, and I still have a to-do list longer than when I started the day. WTF!
A Soul’s Whisper Across Time: A Letter to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) from 2023
September 29, 2023
Writing my feelings in a letter to Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) on his Birthday in 2023.
Discipline or Regret: Pick Your Poison
September 26, 2023
Explore the impact of choosing discipline over regret in the business realm through personal anecdotes. Discover how a disciplined approach paves the way for success and how we can turn regret into stepping stones for growth.
The Slippery Slope of "Just a Joke"
August 22, 2023
You think it’s just a joke but eventually it becomes a stereotype, a kind of bigotry that’s accepted in a society.
Lessons from "If—": A Personal Reflection on Rudyard Kipling's Timeless Wisdom
August 21, 2023
Exploring life's challenges with Kipling's 'If—', Quranic wisdom, and Biblical insights. A journey of resilience, guided by timeless verses.
Midnight Musings
August 20, 2023
In the stillness of midnight, challenges transform into lessons, and setbacks become stepping stones. Through introspection, the darkest moments offer clarity and strength, paving the way for a new dawn.
The Blind Men and The Elephant
June 21, 2023
The parable of The Blind Men and The Elephant dates back to the Tittha Sutta, a Buddhist text from ~500 B.C. It appears across a variety of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain texts from those years.
We waited 21 years for a train...and missed it!
June 19, 2023
Have you ever heard of curiosity gaps? That sense of a lingering question, an unfulfilled curiosity, an open loop that needs closing? This ad is a textbook example.
Doing a good job on an unimportant task
June 2, 2023
The most invisible form of wasted time is doing a good job on an unimportant task.
One Single, Powerful Thought
May 17, 2023
Explore the transformation from complexity to simplicity in strategy. Learn from personal experiences, and valuable insights from Jobs, Holmes, and Buffet's 5/25 rule.
Saying yes benefits others, saying no benefits you
April 14, 2023
Finding the balance when saying "yes" and "no" in our everyday lives is very important. You know, striking that perfect harmony that benefits both you and others.
The Curse of Knowledge: A Marketer's Worst Enemy
March 15, 2023
The curse of knowledge a cognitive bias that occurs when we overestimate our audience's understanding of a particular topic or subject.
Marketers have forgotten their first name.
March 6, 2023
Why is marketing losing its clout? Because it forgot its first name: product.
The Ten Commandments of Laughing at Your Failures and Moving On
February 24, 2023
Laugh at your failures with these ten commandments. Embrace failure, find the humor, and use it as a stepping stone to success. Keep trying, keep learning, and keep laughing. Join us as we explore the dark humor behind moving on from failure.
Who the fuck am I?
February 10, 2023
I've procrastinated on everything, made awful decisions, broken so many promises to myself and others, and done everything I could to fuck up my life, causing so much trouble to my mental, physical, and financial health.
The flower that once has blown forever dies
February 2, 2023
Oh, come with old Khayyam, and leave the Wise To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies; One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies; The Flower that once has blown forever dies.
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