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 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
Focus on your energy level to do deep work by Suf Alkhaldi
Through the years, I have tried to make time to achieve my work and goals. I thought that setting a time frame was the most important element to reach a goal. Although I still believe that this is important, I have discovered that time allocation to achieve a goal might not be the best factor for reaching… Read More
The decision to be productive at life by Suf Alkhaldi
As I am moving forward with deep work understanding, even taking a class on that (Top performer) , trying to achieve more but keeping regular hours of work, planning my day has become a challenge and fun as well. I try hard to place 90 minutes of deep work in the mornings and the afternoons… Read More
The discovery of deep work by Suf Alkhaldi
It is highly unlikely to read anything about working habits of current and previous well-known people without stumbling onto the Deep Work trend. The new book released by Cal Newport about Deep Work contributes to the definition and explanation of using this concept. Cal Newport’s blogs on the practice of deep work are followed by thousands… Read More
The beauty of living with a growth mindset by Suf Alkhaldi
I finally finished reading the book ” Mindset: the new psychology of success” by Carol Dweck recommended by a friend, two years ago — thank you Brighid. The book is a landmark for a new era of understanding the growth mindset and the fixed mindset. Many chapters of the book made me examine my own life. The explanation of… Read More
The joy of ignoring failure by Suf Alkhaldi
When Elon Musk built his company SpaceX , he was asked about the possibility for his company to fail. His answer was a textbook inspiration for me and for all the people who hesitate to do something big: “it is too important not to try.” History will tell you that achievers failed more than anybody… Read More
It is time to change how we look at stress by Suf Alkhaldi
What do you think about changing how you look at life stress? How about treating stress as a friend. Stress — as new research suggests– is not fatal as we used to think. One study suggests that it is not the stress but how people view it that contributes to higher or lower rates of… Read More
The art of taking small decsions by Suf Alkhaldi
When I married my wife years ago, my mother-in-law told a story about her friend who had a successful marriage. The husband concluded the reason of his successful marriage was that he was going to take the big decisions and his wife was going to take the small ones. After so many years of… Read More
