Ordinary people, when faced with unimaginable challenges, have still refused to give up. What is the secret behind this stamina? Resilience can be cultivated. I have never seen anyone who was able to move forward in life with great success without developing the resilience to accept failure. Most of these people use their failure to draw… Read More
Why you Should not Impress the People you Dislike by Suf Alkhaldi
Originally posted on Future and Science Hacks:
As much as I would love to impress people with my talent, I found this pursuit leads to misery. We all like to be loved and adored. We seek this endless path leading us to emptiness and exhaustion. Don’t impress people you dislike. Many years ago, when I was a…
Why you Should not Impress the People you Dislike by Suf Alkhaldi
As much as I would love to impress people with my talent, I found this pursuit leads to misery. We all like to be loved and adored. We seek this endless path leading us to emptiness and exhaustion. Many years ago, when I was a teenager, I could not know the difference between admiration and love. I… Read More
Why you should aim for 100 rejections by Suf Alkhaldi
The power of rejection is a true path to achieve a lot in our life. The difference between high and moderate achievers boils down to how much we can handle rejections. Successful achievers have more rejections than anybody in their field. Failure for high achievers becomes a normal price they accept. It does not matter… Read More
Why it is not important what people think about you by Suf Alkhaldi
It is almost impossible not to hear this statement when you talk to someone: what would so-and-so think or say? My mind immediately shoots this subliminal fast response: who cares what people think or this person thinks! This question generates anxiety in many people, especially young people. Our low self-esteem usually does not let us… Read More
Why traveling is a great educational opportunity by Suf Alkhaldi
In the last four years, I started to travel to many places with my wife after our son left home — first to college and then for a job. So far, we visited Jordan, Jerusalem, Kuwait, Dubai, and Iceland. Traveling is the most efficient way to learn about people, places, and to have a ton of fun.… Read More
My deep learning skills for 2017 by Suf Alkhaldi
As the new year of 2017 is approaching very soon, I usually spend some time to decide what kind of skills I need to develop in the next year. To select a skill, I spent some time thinking. I like to select skills to give me the highest level of impact and return on my… Read More
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) eye in the sky breakthrough By Suf Alkhaldi
The idea of doing 24-hour surveillance of a whole city from the air and waiting for a crime to happen before using the surveillance tape to go back and follow where the perpetrator came from is a game-changer in law enforcement. Russ McNutt, a graduate of MIT, was able to build this technology with the help… Read More
Why do you need a mentor? By Suf Alkhaldi
If you are a go-getter and don’t have a mentor, you are really missing out of a great source of knowledge and wisdom. Having a mentor is as important as having a job. All the research conducted on high-power achievers shows that they all have one thing in common: they all have great mentors. Having… Read More
The illusion of being busy by Suf Alkhaldi
One of the most common reasons people use as an excuse not to call, respond to emails, or even conduct meaningful work, is the excuse of being busy. I have grown to dislike this word through the years. Even when I am very busy, I vowed not to use this word as an excuse. I… Read More
