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The Practice – A Microcosmic Metaphor for Life
Abra Kadabra Alakazam. The practice is the consistent effort that the craftsman trades for insights produced by the craft. The practice...
Kumail Ahmed
Aug 23, 20214 min read
Guilt and Honesty
Forfeiting penance and leaving a trail of truth Guilt is that terrible feeling that we have all experienced. It happens when we act...
Kumail Ahmed
Aug 11, 20214 min read
The Dark Side: The Shadow Self
“There’s an allure to darkness, it sparks our curiosity and beckons us to taste the unknown.” Apothic Dark Blend Red E. & J. Gallo Winery...
Kumail Ahmed
Jul 25, 20216 min read
The Importance of Feedback
Give out gifts along the way At a two-day retreat sponsored by the company I work at, ten employees including myself did a powerful...
Kumail Ahmed
Jul 18, 20213 min read
Part II: To Hell and Back
Every once in a while, something happens that reconfigures the way we see the world. These events generally fall on a spectrum of...
Kumail Ahmed
Jul 11, 20216 min read
To Hell & Back - How I lost my life savings to a scammer without answering a call or clicking a link
Part I “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” Mike Tyson On June 12th, 2021, I woke up in the morning and walked to...
Kumail Ahmed
Jul 10, 20214 min read
Foreboding Joy: all we have is this moment
Do that thing you do I recently attended a virtual retreat in which the facilitator asked the group, “how do you forebode joy in your...
Kumail Ahmed
Jul 3, 20214 min read
Dropping the Map
When your GPS is broken, it’s time to hit the streets. About a year ago, I was working on building my relationship with a new client....
Kumail Ahmed
Jun 6, 20214 min read
Polarized
Once upon a time, no one gave a shit. I don’t remember when or how it happened, but somewhere in between an episode of South Park and a...
Kumail Ahmed
May 26, 20215 min read
An Antidote for Despair: 3 Arguments for a Life of Service
“Give it away, give it away, give it away now” (Red Hot Chili Peppers) All human beings have limited capacities, which means that we only...
Kumail Ahmed
May 3, 20214 min read
Can We Talk About Intimacy?
Let’s get jiggy with it. If you run a quick Google search for the word “intimacy,” it is nearly impossible not to get sucked into a...
Kumail Ahmed
Apr 8, 20213 min read
The Greatest Lie Ever Told
Shopaholics are out of control and utilitarianism is excruciatingly boring. In the U.S., consumer spending contributes up to...
Kumail Ahmed
Mar 29, 20214 min read
What it Really Means to Be Humble
Never dull your shine. Israel Adesanya, a.k.a. The Last Style Bender, who is the current Middleweight Champion of the UFC, recently spoke...
Kumail Ahmed
Mar 19, 20214 min read
Re-Integrating Our Identity
There are no parts of us. We are whole. Who are we? This is an age-old question that is as perplexing today as it was when it was first...
Kumail Ahmed
Mar 7, 20215 min read
What It Means to Be Mentally Strong
We must aspire to envy no person’s lifestyle, only their freedom to live more fearlessly than us. Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman in...
Kumail Ahmed
Feb 24, 20213 min read
The Beauty of Being a Moonlighter
Wear your flats to work but make sure you pull out your hooker heels after hours. Organizations are taking greater steps to improve...
Kumail Ahmed
Feb 14, 20214 min read
The Failure of Our Perceived Ideal
If I am James Bond, you must be Beyonce? New York Times, bestselling author Austin Kleon said, “It is our failure to become our perceived...
Kumail Ahmed
Feb 7, 20213 min read
The Secret to Success: No One Knows the Secret
Success isn’t something you accomplish. It is something you feel. Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the...
Kumail Ahmed
Jan 31, 20213 min read
Exert your Anxiety
Disclaimer: For the purpose of this post, I refer to anxiety as is experienced by those on a day-to-day basis and not people who have...
Kumail Ahmed
Jan 21, 20215 min read
Ubuntu
I am because we are. If the word Ubuntu makes you tilt your head and think of an open-source Operating System that you heard about in the...
Kumail Ahmed
Jan 10, 20216 min read
