Given we’re approaching the New Year, in this post, I somewhat vulnerably admit how deliberately I’ve tried to approach my life to the best of my ability, even from a young age. In this post, I discuss my strong belief in the Importance of Intentionality.
This last year, as I’ve juggled what has felt like hundreds of priorities due to my work with the startups of Mindshare Ventures, as well as my own startup venture, AtlasRTX, I’ve really had to redouble my focus on personal productivity. While a lot has been written on this topic over the years, I wanted…
1. It’s a fresh start. No matter what you’ve done in the past, a new year is a fresh start, a fresh opportunity, a “soft reset” on life. I like that sense of self-forgiveness and self-accountability. Each new year brings the opportunity to restart, and that’s something we all need from time to time. 2.…
Dear 12-year-old me: Over the years, I’ve frequently wondered if my parents enjoyed pain. Seriously. After all, they seemed to always make the arduous and frequently painful choices in life, from the highly strategic: why continue a comfortable life in Egypt when they can immigrate to the US and start at the bottom, to the very tactical:…
This post is part of a series of posts with the same theme: letters addressed to my younger self. These letters, written by an “older me,” would have helped me navigate some of the rough waters I faced during various phases of my life. They would’ve also helped me when I was faced with difficult…
Against the Herd 