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Do More, Work Less | Doctor, Football analyst, Journalist, and Social Media Strategist teaching you how to master multiple domains.
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I am a Doctor, professional football analyst, journalist, social media content creator (60,000+)
I am able to video edit, draw, produce music, & podcasts. I have done live TV etc
I’m only 25.
And I’ve done so through these 7 pillars to mastering multiple domains 🧵
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Today is my last shift of my first year as a doctor in the NHS. Here are the 5 biggest lessons I’ve learnt…
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Use your money to:
- Look better (clothes, grooming)
- Feel better (food, relaxation)
- Make more money (invest)
Use your time to:
- Look better (gym, sports)
- Feel better (mindfulness)
- Make more money (learn)
Spend time and money on improving your quality of life.
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🧵 A mental model to study better:
Before learning, generate urgency, focus, and increase 'stress' via exercise, ice bath or intense breathing.
• Doing so triggers plasticity
• Urgency and focus = 'stress' = release of adrenaline + acetylcholine = greater capacity to learn.
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First day of my second year as a doctor.
I start today as a doctor in A&E for the next four months.
A big and scary challenge —
but like with anything, growth happens through full immersion outside of your comfort zone.
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The practice of mindfulness can be transformative.
Take a moment now to recognise how your feet feel, in your shoes, on the floor.
Take a moment to recognise and comprehend how your hands feel.
How your chest or stomach rises with your breaths.
Okay. Back to busy life.
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Showing up every day doesn't mean reinventing the wheel.
It means doing your best even when you don’t feel up to it.
Achieving more everyday requires these 3 simple steps.
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Good morning friends. All ok?
Fun fact, it’s my birthday ha.
A little update over the last couple days I’ve been busy. Registered my new business and its domain. Spoke to a few potential technical cofounders too.
Love the motto ‘now not how’ from Noah Kagan. Move quickly!
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What people don't do enough of as adults is put time away to learn.
After we leave school or university – learning is put on the back-burner and the advice is 'act'. Without action, there is no progress.
But academic learning is generalist and focused on working for others.
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How do you become truly great at something new?
— Totally immerse yourself.
This can be in person (better) or online.
Anyone can do this online so there’s no excuse.
Consume, converse, create.
Those are the 3 Cs to learning a new skill quickly.
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As a Med student in my final year, I used to track these 5 areas of my life. I found it really beneficial to be honest.
I wonder if there's a universal 5 or 6 things that can result in a well rounded, productive, happy person.
If you had to split your day into 5 things you had to do – to level up, and have a happy, productive day, what 5 subsections would you pick?
Example:
Sleep (7 hours)
Productive work/study (3 hours)
Exercise (1 hour)
Mindfulness or Prayer (for me)
Leisure/down time (~ 1 hour)
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I've helped CEOs, founder & creators drive big traffic + revenue though LinkedIn and X writing
My last client did 200M in impression this year.
Since then I've learnt:
The 5 mistakes CEOs, founders & creators make on LinkedIn & X...
Here they are so you don't do the same 🧵👇
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The boxing situation is scary.
The scary part is the inability for people to read and understand a situation before commenting.
The gender identity conversations in the replies are debates in response to a story they’ve invented.
Mainstream media peddling it too. Mess.
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Tweeting this so we can come back to it.
Will create a £1M company within 3 years In Sha Allah.
This Twitter is going to be documenting my learning process/journey.
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For the new follows on here an about me —
🩺 Dr in the UK.
⚽️ Pro Football Analyst (clubs & players in T5 Nations)
✖️ 58k followers on X (Football Account)
👨🎓 2 Degrees
✍️ Written for GQ Magazine (inc 1x Cover Story)
📺 Live TV Sports punditry
Etc
Mastering Multiple Domains 🎯
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85% of your career success comes from soft skills (Harvard University)
So here are my 7 soft skills that will speed-run your career: 👇🧵
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5. Appreciate every day
I’ve had to speak to families, as the only doctor on a night shift, informing them that their relative is going to pass away despite coming in with less serious problems.
The fragility of life makes you appreciate and live every day to its fullest.
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If you can be defined you can be replaced.
Do whatever interests you and become great at it.
Become a polymath. Become a deep generalist.
We're in a sort of modern Renaissance era.
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I love the process of becoming good at something more than the ends itself.
Alhamdulilah I've graduated Med School, completed a BSc in Global Health, done journalistic work and work as a professional football analyst – but entrepreneurship is the new mission.
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People ask me how I have time to do so many things & well:
I’ve graduated from Med School.
I’m a doctor.
I’ve grown my 2 social media accounts. I’m a professional football analyst.
I’m a social media strategist, ghost writer, and journalist
These 3 simple steps are how. 👇🧵
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Hello!
In the background I've taught people how to master multiple domains.
I want to open this up to a few publicly
If you'd like weekly mentorship focusing on goal setting, time management, focus, productivity, perfectionism, & prioritisation...
👈
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If you had to split your day into 5 things you had to do – to level up, and have a happy, productive day, what 5 subsections would you pick?
Example:
Sleep (7 hours)
Productive work/study (3 hours)
Exercise (1 hour)
Mindfulness or Prayer (for me)
Leisure/down time (~ 1 hour)
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Life is not a marathon or a sprint. Life is a series of many sprints.
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What did I do to better myself today —
A shift at the hospital
Listened to an ep of
@AlexHormozi
’s podcast as recommended to me by a reply this morning, as I drove to and from work
Rang my parents and brother
Did some research Yoro for a football analysis article + video
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One of the main problems is how hard it is to meet people on the same frequency as you professionally in real life.
Group work accelerates progress massively.
I only know of them online.
99% of men in their 20’s aren't aiming high enough.
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The only way someone works towards their goals everyday, even when they don't feel like it is
by believing there’s no other option than doing said thing
Whether or not there truly is no other option or there’s just the illusion of no other option
that's how you stay consistent
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Good night chaps. Thanks for tapping in to this new account, journey etc.
Footy talk is cool but let’s build something big my friends.
Love!
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Think about everything that once worried you
that felt like the worst thing in the world
is it a problem at present?
The answer is no, 99.99% of the time.
The point is those stressful things resolved along the way.
Whatever feels like it’s the worst thing, will pass.
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Don’t know what skill you should double down on?
Look at which platforms you’ve found most traction
YouTube? Good on camera
Twitter? Good writer
Instagram? Your aesthetic
TikTok? Your creativity
Blog? Analytical
Double down. Compete where people can't compete with you.
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Been blessed enough to grow & find success in many domains — Football analysis, scouting, Medicine (doctor), Global Health degree, journalism, content creation, social media, brand building etc
This account is to share insight into all of that.
So, here's to a Q&A, ask away 👇
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4. You Learn by Immersion
The amount I’ve developed as a doctor in one year has been more than any year in Medical School. And by a long way.
Immersion, repetition, and consuming new information in practice regularly allows you to become proficient much faster.
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These are 5 lessons that are widely transferable.
They were learnt through my year in Medicine but they hold true in all parts of life.
Grateful to have completed this year 💙
Follow
@UmirIrfan
for more — Mastering Multiple Domains, The Deep Generalist.
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If you want to be great, you need to keep hold of your ability to wonder.
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Also just Muslim haha.
If you are comfortable attending work functions without drinking alcohol, you’re confident in who you are.
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People can change themselves but they often think they can’t.
People can’t change others, but they often think they can.
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Accountability is the single most scientifically-validated tool for improving human behavior.
Truth.
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Mastering multiple domains isn’t about doing a million things at once —
it is about doing one thing intensely, before doing the next thing intensely.
Acquire skills quickly and maintain them as you begin learning something new.
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I find the culture in England vs somewhere like America with regards to startups, brand building, public work etc so interested
In the UK, it’s almost looked down upon or cringed at until it’s successful, a process which is slowed by the formalities and uneasiness of the culture
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Day One of being an emergency department doctor.
Nice to get my bearings. Saw my first A&E patient. Understanding the computer system is the hardest part for now but I went after induction and saw a patient — learning through immersion.
More excited than prior. New rotation.
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1. People matter most.
As we go through life, gaining lots of valuable knowledge, we can become too attatched to knowledge.
It isn’t just the knowledge that matters but how we deliver that to people, and how we interact with people to their benefit.
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Good morning chaps.
Said I wanted to create and scale a business to 1M in 3 years, learning business from scratch a couple weeks ago.
Think I’ve landed on an idea I’m pursuing after lists of ideation. Fun.
What’s everyone’s plan for today?
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3. Professional Satisfaction Outside of Medicine Helps
I’m a professional football analyst, I have done TV, I am a journalist, I ghost-write too.
Having things I can put my attention into, creatively, breaks up the monotony and struggle of difficult Medical periods.
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If you want to become great, decrease the time between idea and execution.
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Crazy that it’s August. 7 months of the year down. Last day of this year as a doctor too, for me.
Time goes by so quickly. Important for me before anyone else to take a moment to be appreciative.
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the first ingredient of success? Being cringey...
The founder of LinkedIn said: ‘if you’re not embarrassed by your first launch, you’ve started too late’.
It’s a sentiment I’m growing to agree with the more I end up attempting, and the more I end up achieving.
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AFTER learning, *deep rest*.
• Take naps, zone out, meditate, relax.
• This phase helps your brain make sense of all of the information for athletes or academics alike.
• Avoid stress post-learning.
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Good morning chaps. The way I think about the day is what’s the main thing I want to accomplish, and what are the two side quests I’ll aim to do but secondarily.
1. Finish Yoro analysis article
2a. Listen to a business podcast
2b. Start a blog post for Mastering Multiple Domains
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Looking for developers (ideally full stack) for a football related social media mobile app.
If you are or you know anyone with adequate experience, please @ them below or DM me (including portfolio).
RTs appreciated. Thanks.
(My Football account & audience lives at:
@umirf1
)
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1500 followers on the personal brand account. Appreciate it chaps.
Only been using this account consistently for 13 days. Flipping heck.
Thanks for tuning in. The rise will be televised 👊👊👊
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What’s one habit you’ve implemented that’s changed your life?
For me it’s calling someone on the commute home from work.
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I’m on this account documenting my journey in mastering multiple domains, with a focus on learning business from scratch really. Tap in, see how I get on. A new journey live.
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I cut out caffeine because by having more caffeine your baseline changes.
You feel more tired as a default, and keep needing more caffeine to feel 'normal'.
So I feel less tired (baseline)
& caffeine boosts feel jittery & artificial
I prioritise sleep more.
I'm calmer.
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One thing you'll understand the more you do is –
the best clients are the ones that make it easy for you.
Hopped on a 15 minute call, hashed out the main details, and have a client I'm writing 15 threads for this month.
Not fuss, no haggling. Appreciation for value & time.
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Built 2 landing pages today.
One for my service business, one for mentorship scheme.
For the service business, I’ve now gone from idea to picking a cofounder to registering the company and domain, to creating the landing page.
All that’s left is: MARKET.
NOW not HOW.
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I’ve been learning things, trying to take the next step in lots of facets of my life recently.
Lots of books, interviews, podcasts, blogs, and conversations.
Reloading this account, to document all of those things.
Currently enjoying
@AliAbdaal
’s Deep Dive pod.
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I'll expand on this on this account but
if you're struggling to feel rested despite sleeping well, go to the doctors, get a blood test and optimise your food (smaller meals, try intermittent fasting)
see sunlight in your first hour & plan your day (time-block) when you wake up.
@UmirIrfan
how to manage time, especially sleep. Uni is tough, consuming and creating content are mentally exhausting, I can't seem to wake even after setting 40 alarms, I find myself sleeping 8-9 hours and have no time left to do anything, any advice ?
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test ideas publicly.
You’ll get praise and notoriety if correct and valuable.
This accelerates influence.
You’ll get criticism and correction if incorrect. That in turn results in very fast improvement.
The public criticism and the immediate feedback accelerates learning.
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Learning something from scratch is one of the most fun and rewarding things you can do because the amount you improve per hour of work you put in is ridiculous.
As you become great, it takes tens or hundreds of hours to improve by 1%.
Initially, it might take 10 minutes.
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I cut out caffeine from my routine around about a year ago now. It has massively changed my every day.
So glad I did it.
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Mastering Multiple Domains isn’t just about good time management, it’s about a mindset shift, being ridiculously curious, seeking mentors, networking, know how to learn and how to get feedback. There’s lots to it.
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2. Know your limits.
You won’t know everything but those that have the self awareness of their limitations escalate and seek support from the experts quickly.
In that way, you learn faster, and better outcomes are achieved — as a team.
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If you master these 7 things, research the best ways to optimise for these seven pillars, you’ll have mastered how to learn.
By having the necessary skills to master multiple domains, you can substitute your formed habits and systems with a new domain, and excel.
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Mental Models are good to be aware of.
• It is useful to apply the *Feynman Technique* which involves summarising information. Teaching someone else is an excellent way of exercising this.
• Active recall is very useful.
🧠⚡️
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Sleep 😂 And try to get a sunlight early in the day.
If I'm tired in the morning I might intermittent fast/skip breakfast/have a late lunch.
Breaking my fast / eating makes me tired soon after.
Otherwise I don't really feel the need for the boost.
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Everyone on this side of Twitter or LinkedIn use formats that don’t differentiate their voice at all.
As in, if people remove your picture and name from your tweet — could they recognise it as yours?
If the answer ain’t yes, there’s work to be done. Your brand isn’t personal.
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1. Goal Setting
Everyone has goals. Or so I thought.
I love listening to people and asking them what they want to achieve is a great initial conversation starter but I was shocked to find out some people just don’t have goals.
Now if that’s you, don’t worry.
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By putting away time to learn as an adult with goals for business/work/life – that investment in time reaps genuinely great rewards.
Whether that teaches you how to be a better entrepreneur, creative, friend, parent etc.
action is good, but learn from the experts then act.
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What do you personally struggle with with regards to mastering multiple domains?
Why aren’t you able to become great at something new at present if you want to?
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Move quickly, figure it out by doing.
Idea ✅
Domain ✅
Landing page ✅
Registered company ✅
Outreach and marketing ⏳
From idea to testing out if it’s a viable idea and potentially selling within a week.
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Hopefully will be able to help with that.
Tap in!
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What did I do to better myself today —
Finished my next football article.
Listened to an ep of
@AliAbdaal
’s Deep Dive as I drove to work.
Hospital shift.
Spoke to a few people about how I can go about making an app I want to create
Con — sleeping late. To fix.
Good night.
What did I do to better myself today —
A shift at the hospital
Listened to an ep of
@AlexHormozi
’s podcast as recommended to me by a reply this morning, as I drove to and from work
Rang my parents and brother
Did some research Yoro for a football analysis article + video
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Working on an app that automates a process I used to record manually throughout Med School
Here are the 5 domains I tracked & scored to give me a grand total (as a percentage) each day
Helped motivate me. Keep me focused. Prioritise what helped me succeed. And recognise trends.
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Don’t wait for handouts. Now not how.
By acting, being resourceful and figuring things out yourself, you’ll move faster and be more successful than everybody who waits.
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Blog that gained traction on Twitter.
Led to a network of connections (via social media) that included professionals in football.
Job opportunities in pro club capacity or media have arisen from then on.
Once I had some leverage, I pitched to people (but I don't do it enough)
@UmirIrfan
Also, how did you first get into the footballing industry? Was it your articles that caught traction and someone contacted you?
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Decided to start taking LinkedIn seriously this week.
Not a bad start, Alhamdulilah 👊
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For CEOs and founders (high achievers) it can be easy to become fixated on end goals, yearly targets, the big things.
But those are only achieved through daily progress.
If every day is done properly, the yearly goals at met and surpassed.
For that, you need accountability.
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Being a generalist doesn’t mean being a jack of all trades master of none.
Be a deep generalist.
Somebody that is well versed in multiple things.
By combining those things, you value compounds.
You become irreplaceable.
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This year I've created a service that has helped high-achievers complete the personal goals they've always struggled to prioritise and accomplish.
Those non-urgent yet important tasks...
Let me tell you how.
(THREAD) 🧵
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Good morning chaps!
Published my blog post this morning.
Plan for today? Continue working on my course, write a blog post for Mastering Multiple Domains, and to sleep early ha.
What’s the plan today?
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If in the next few weeks we’re able to register interest and find clients, the product works and we’ve got a business created from scratch, in 30 days.
Excited to see it unfold.
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A life of comfort and happiness is the aim and some are already there.
But if you’re without goals and discontent, we can fix it.
Goal setting matters as subsequent actions can be reverse engineered, deliberately to achieve said goal.
Everything suddenly becomes productive.
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Would love a mentor in the business/entrepreneur world. If you've got experience in that field (B2B or high ticket sales in particular) I'd love to learn from you.
DMs/replies open. Let me know if that's you or someone you know.
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If anyone wants to know how this might look in practice:
New examples could be:
— personal (stories about you)
— stories about someone successful
— metaphor (comparing the concept to another)
— case study (using a specific moment to analyse)
— comparison (between you & someone)
You can create variety in content by teaching the same concept with new examples.
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Price goes up in 3 days.
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1. Effective Communication
↳ Take complex problems and simplify them for your audiences.
↳ Share your ideas without confusion.
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The fact that many people are talking about Friend .com, for me is proof the domain & advert were more than worthy investments. Incredibly creative.
With that much motion, hopefully the product is good enough to capitalise.
Otherwise it would be a waste of something great.
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In writing Twitter and LinkedIn content, if it reads like everyone else wrote it – it ain't it.
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Why is the tech/startup scene in the UK far more sparse than other countries? Feels like a cultural thing almost.
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If you're a Muslim in the UK, please fill out this form about problem points you've faced with regards to self-improvement and productivity.
Would be massively appreciated!
Have made a quick questionnaire aimed at Muslims aiming to better themselves (productivity, self-improvement, time-management) etc.
If you're a Muslim in the UK, and have a couple minutes, I'd really appreciate if you could fill it out.
RTs appreciated
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Point 2, 3 & 4 go hand in hand.
2. Time Management
3. Procrastination
4. Prioritisation
The ability to manage time is a struggle for many reasons. Two reasons time management becomes suboptimal is procrastination or inappropriate prioritisation.
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6. Focus
In today’s world, distractions are rife. Attention is the ultimate economy and bands of the world’s smartest minds work to create handheld traps that ensure you focus on their endless scroll of what are essentially adverts.
Ridiculous.
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If you’re consistent and offer value, there’s literally no way you can fail.
The bottleneck then is time.
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5. Perfectionism vs Proactivity
The perfectionism curse is something I’ve struggled most with out of these seven pillars.
There a very few things that need to be perfect now.
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