“Make peace with the moment.” با لحظه آشتی کن. I was putting down new bed sheets and my mind was racing: thinking about the future, the...

“Most of our thoughts are assumptions.” I’ve been sitting with this epiphany for the past few days. I think it was such a powerful...

"Do you want Issa to play soccer?" "Do you wish that Issa becomes a lawyer?" "Are you going to teach him the Piano?" Friends and...

Half-eaten breakfast toast, untouched coffee (that has been microwaved 15 times already but is cold yet again) … this is the love and...

“The purpose of everything is itself.” I’ve been watching my son Issa move happily through life — wondering, what is the secret to...

This is the problem of not being present. The best fix I've found for it so far, is to look at everything you do -- whether work,...

“I don’t need to give love; I need to be love.” My son Issa was very sick this week — I think Monday was one of the hardest days of my...

As I waited in the airport lobby for my mom’s arrival — an experience familiar to many immigrants, and those with parents living far away...

I was having a difficult time with a family member this week — I was getting very impatient with them — until I realized something. “The...

“That it will never come again Is what makes life so sweet.” Make EVERY interaction count 💗 Every encounter is a chance to come closer...

An accidental epiphany — Issa is finally old enough that he doesn’t want to go to sleep at nights. So we stumbled into this new...

“Those who cannot trust, control.” I’m still processing this deep observation. Wow. I think it will be very useful in management, too....

I asked a mentee yesterday why she has no LinkedIn profile picture; and initials for a name. I was about to give her a lecture on the...

“If busyness is your drug, then rest will feel like stress.” What an interesting perspective. Let’s make sure we are busy for the right...

was thinking about some of my life decisions yesterday, and the difference between regret when I didn’t listen to someone else’s advice,...

My Father’s Day present was 24 hours off from life — I had an evening and a morning to myself, in a hotel room, alone, with no...

It takes time and effort to care. Especially at work. So if you have a friend, a manager, a colleague, who cares, make sure you notice...

It’s incredible what just one or two days of stopping can do. Issa has been pretty sick for a week. Multiple trips to urgent care,...

I was catching up with a managing partner of an AmLaw 10 firm and they said the firm’s management is struggling to understand why so many...

Continuing the theme of creating space from yesterday’s post, I love this wonderful observation by French Philosopher Gilles Deleuze....