Personal development
7 signs of really good friends
They know when you are not feeling ok, it might surprise you, but they can read between the lines. They are there even if they can’t help you, and they will pester you to talk. They are the least ones you pay attention to. They are always watching your every move to protect you and [...]
Things that make you go hmm…
When you give in to an argument, based on modern communication research to move on, they refuse or have more to ask for. When you really mean it, they question your intentions, and when you question theirs, you are accused of judging. When you do as you are told at work, they call you programable [...]
Father 2 Son
Hear this and pay close attention to the details of this conversation from the heart to my heart. I have been a victim to the urge to be different my son. I have travelled the road less traveled against winds and storms. I was never there for you, other than financial obligations towards you. I [...]
Organizations, compensation, career advancement in the Arab World
If your a company owner/CEO Read this. If your an individual/employee read this. Long lengthy title, don’t you think. I know I should write a book on the subject someday, but here goes a personal view on what goes on behind corporate walls in our region. First of all Human resources has become Human capital, [...]
McDonald’s makes better ice cream than Baskin Robbins
If the sales guy at the Baskin Robbins shop says the new soft ice cream on the cone is just like the ones at Micky D’s then you know who the big papa is on that frontier. I told the young salesman your not supposed to say that, especially your speciality is ice cream, and theirs [...]
What the old man saw
As I was walking just before dusk today I walked by an old man with a wooden cane and his driver walking slowly looking at the sun setting in the horizon. To the naked eye an normal sight, to me a slow film that took place in the blink of an eye. You see this [...]
10 Do Not’s for better communication
We all seem to focus on the good in things today, and that’s a good sign. The issue is sometimes taken for granted by many folk. If you say you will do something and you don’t, and see something else you like to practice and you don’t, then you become worst that your original state. [...]
I know You love to laugh
We live and learn daily, sometimes on an hourly basis. We reflect to detect what’s new and what changes it has caused. We try to know what it’s like, we travel to discover, we read to expand, we continuously chase the unknown. We laugh because it feels good, or is it we feel good [...]
The Arabic Office
Watching an episode of ”The Office” drives me into laughter every time for its relativity to working in organizations. The crew on board the show almost represent the majority of the working force out there worldwide. Giving the manager and his sucking up assistant the spotlight guides you in a magical effortless way to recognize [...]
If I was only single again!
How many times have you heard that in the last year? I have been hearing it forever, said it for a bit, found the answer twice, and still wonder why people still say it? The idea of writing this piece came to me while listening to a song that R.Kelly sings named ” be my [...]