My updated version of a meme I saw few years ago — I remember I saw a meme once explaining life as “Birth > WTF > Death”. While it is funny, I still think about it everyday and how we can skip this WTF phase of life. …

Lessons learned form the Italian stallion, Rocky Balboa — I like thinking about facing life like a professional athlete, e.g., a professional boxer. So let us jump straight to lessons learned from the most popular boxer, Rocky Balboa: Listen to your heart ❤️: according to HeartMath, the heart is as intelligent as the brain. So listen to it! “I…

A train that increases productivity and boosts creativity and wellbeing — While I was traveling on a train, and working, a possibility about the future of work hit me. It is year 2031, you left your apartment at 8 a.m. to take the train to work, not to commute to work, but to work from the train. …

Daily driver cars that you can buy today, and are likely to be collectibles in the future — If you are a car person, and looking to buy a new car, you may want to consider my list of new daily driver cars that you can buy today, and are likely to be collectibles in the future. …

An introduction to the one-pot-dish 2.0 method, an agile cooking method focusing on delivering delicious meals fast — Motivation While I miss a lot of things about being at home 🏠, one thing that I miss on a daily basis is all the delicious Syrian food 😋 which my mom prepared every single day. …

A custom made study plan equivalent to a master’s degree in Futures Thinking — In 2015, I was in graduate school studying mechanical engineering (at least on paper). However, in reality, I was not planning on getting a job a in mechanical engineering. Instead, I was teaching myself statistics, applied mathematics, software engineering, databases, and machine learning as I was aspiring to become a…

A short intro to the innovation framework invented by Jake Knapp at Google Ventures — Have you heard of the Design Sprint but you have no clue what it is? Worry not, by reading this short article I have written for you, you will be more than ready to at least set the stage for one. Introduction: Design Sprint is an innovation framework invented by…