Tag: mindfullness
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The Age of Instant Experts: When Content Becomes Noise
Open Instagram today and you will find a strange new phenomenon. Everyone is suddenly an expert. A fitness expert.A geopolitics analyst.A product reviewer.A comedian.A life coach.A nutritionist. All in one feed. And often, all in one person. A 30-second reel today claims to explain complex global conflicts.A two-minute video promises to transform your body.Another thread…
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When Hunger Roars
When Hunger Roars: Understanding ‘Stuff-Your-Face’ Hunger in Peri-menopause For the past five years, my life has been anchored in discipline. I walked my way back to health. I learned to eat consciously. I controlled portions, understood my body, lost weight, slipped, recovered, and stayed committed. Food was no longer chaos, it was managed. Until suddenly……
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Execution Is a Muscle & Most Teams Haven’t Trained It
Everyone talks about vision. Very few talk about execution. In my three decades of working with founders, leadership teams, and high-potential companies, I’ve seen one pattern repeat itself relentlessly: Execution isn’t talent. It isn’t motivation & it definitely isn’t hustle. Execution is a muscle. And like any muscle, if you don’t train it consistently, it…
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Lessons from 100 Founders I’ve Mentored (And What They Taught Me)
The Mirror Works Both Ways Over the last two decades, I’ve sat across tables, Zoom screens, and coffee mugs with over a hundred founders, dreamers, doers, disruptors. Some came to me at their lowest, others at their peak; many simply stood at that confusing middle ground where vision meets chaos. And through every story, I’ve…
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The Silent Strength Behind the Risk-Taker
A Tribute to Mothers of Entrepreneurs – By Salma Moosa Today marks two years since my mother left this world. Not a single day has gone by without me remembering her in some form, in a moment of doubt, a spark of courage, or a quiet prayer under my breath. But today, I don’t just…
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When Giving Drains the Giver: A Love Letter to Those Who Forgot Themselves
I have spent a lifetime giving. Giving my time. Giving my energy. Giving my mind. And most dangerously — giving my heart. To people. To causes. To dreams that weren’t even mine. To those who took, not always with malice, but certainly without pause. The truth is, I never really learned to draw the line. Because it never felt like there should…
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Diagnosing Growth Bottlenecks: What’s Stopping You From Scaling?
Every founder reaches a point when growth slows, stagnates, or worse — reverses. And in most cases, it’s not because the idea isn’t good or the market isn’t ready. It’s because something within the business — the structure, the mindset, the execution — is bottlenecking its potential to scale. Diagnosing these growth bottlenecks is one…
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A Love Letter from my Heart
Hello, It’s me — not the mind that strategises or the voice that speaks on stages. It’s the heart that beats quietly behind it all. The one that has stood by Salma through storms and sunshine. And today, with 60 days to go before we turn 55, I asked for this space. To speak. To…
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Mission Impossible – Final Countdown for the both of us
Back in 1996, when the first Mission Impossible movie hit the screens, I was 26, close to 90 kilos and gradually tipping the scale past 100. While Tom Cruise was leaping off buildings and outsmarting villains on screen, I was silently battling a mission of my own — the long, slow war against weight gain,…
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Cherian Kuruvila: The Mentor. The Meditator. The Musician.
A Life Composed with Purpose In a world that often celebrates noise, speed, and superficial success, Cherian Kuruvila (CK) is a rare presence—calm, intentional, and profoundly impactful. For over four decades, he has lived and breathed his calling, weaving together the threads of mentorship, mindfulness, and music into a life that inspires, uplifts, and transforms.…