People love, hate, respect, or judge you based on the version of you they’ve created in their minds, not who you truly are.
We do not lose people by telling them the truth;
we lose them by lying to them and by hiding it.
إِنَّمَا يُؤْمِنُ بِآيَاتِنَا الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهَا خَرُّوا سُجَّدًا وَسَبَّحُوا بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
(السجدة:15-16)
تَتَجَافَىٰ جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ
قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلَانَا ۚ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
(التوبة:51)
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.
– Gautama Buddha
اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلاَلِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ، وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ
محمد صلَّى اللهُ علَيه وسلَّم –
In both navigation and leadership, redundancy signals inefficiency.
If the same obstacle presents itself repeatedly, it’s not bad luck — it’s poor strategy.
Seeing the same “tree” twice means it’s time to reevaluate your route.
“Doctors make the worst patients”, and truth be told, we’re all a little blind when it comes to healing what we’re best at fixing in others.
– Karen Salmansohn
- Surround yourself with people whose eyes light up when they see you coming.
- Slowly is the fastest way to get you where you want to be.
- The top of one mountain is the bottom of the next so keep climbing.