Mentoring vs Whatsapp groups and uncle forwards. Every day within countless groups there are individuals who are consumers and producers of unsound data. From this corp group, to that corporate group to this ceo chat to that industry biradairi all we are doing is wasting time.
But with chaos comes opportunity. The chaos was a race for human kind including our own kinfolk to figure out a way to use the features of whatsapp & justify their station in life. Behold the whatsapp group flex. At best sharing the day's news & at worse vids on cures for corona
To all the @grandpafintech types and generally folks with a storied career or those who genuinely want to help the next generation. U can't do it by competing with 20yr Olds in your 60s. The less you consume the more you can produce. So stop consuming the whatsapp Kool aid.
For every corp flex group u belong to, adopt similar number of students or early career folks or entrepreneurs and help them succeed Vs fwding news to them they consumed whilst u were taking ur last nap. To all the mutual admiration club and whatsapp think tank uncles and aunties
If you want a brand new life, the price of that is your old life. So if ur aspirational target is to be the wizard of the entrepreneurial game or to have ur position recognized as a thought leader. Start giving back. 1ce u train u learn.We have a deficit of young ppl in old roles
Meaning if even in virtual headspace the uncles and aunties refuse to give space or make space for the young just like in organizations then we will have a gap year equivalent of knowledge transfer between the in-career and the folks trying. As nothing will ever be vacant in time
If u never plan to leave ur cop gig and make space.Then it's ur moral responsibility to help train entrepreneurs so they create a new reality & pie for them selves.Teach them that they don't need much new capital for a biz as they are the capital. If u can guide they will build
Tell them they don't have to work for the system.Instead show them how to Work on creating the system. And let the systems they create work for them.
As a whatsapp certified biz/corp leader tell them if they do not let the system work for them, they will become a slave to it
You still have time to make it right. Think about the future and think about giving back. Before your back gives way and ur mind isn't clear any more and you regret your time spent in the pursuit of whatsapp fwd leadership.Count your groups& find the same number of people to help
Daydreaming into the past and trying to fix it is not a good pursuit Instead, daydream into the future and create it for future entrepreneurs. Work on the future it will become the present sooner than u think. You fix your past by creating your future,u have a true opportunity.
You have the power of whatsapp and your time to make positive change vs applauding the same shamim sb and his brothers for their yet again export award whilst every one knows how big a crook said shamim sb is. Whilst no one's asking u to shame him move on to the next best thing
Adopt a student an entrepreneur a mid career professional. Any one that can benefit from your experience. Shamim sb and his cronies aren't framing ur whatsapp msgs but the kids getting pertinent advice from you will. In their hearts and minds. So do right by your self and them.
Your value to the world is best decided by the market, not your whatsapp forwards. Commit to giving back to that market. @rebootdude @jehan_ara @Ash_Kalim @raza_matin @SaadGH @YusufJan @ShahidM99 @FaizaYousuf @shahjahan_ch @ZMoosaPK @asemota

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Govt: We will enable digitally led exports, we will enable our youth, we will launch inward payment schemes so all the FX can come across hassle free. AIC:The Rules would make it extremely difficult for AIC Members to make their services available to Pakistani users & businesses
Even if the members of AIC aicasia.org/members/ are grandstanding. It should be cause for concern.We need some one on our end with the wherewithal to be engaging with these guys. All of them banded together to protect their interest as should our govt. But 1st know what it is.
Digital economy domestically dis proportionately runs on Google(Search/Cloud/Mail/YT/Maps/Android), Amazon(AWS), FB(whatsapp/insta), Cloudflare. Imagine a world where these services go dark? Do we have local/regional players who step in? Whats the short/long term impact?
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Let me illustrate. What are the wins this govt is touting. 1) Package for real estate development 2)Incentives for textiles 3)Amnesties for Tax evaders 4)Healthcare cards 5) Privatization limbo for money bleeding state companies. 6)CPEC related projects
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Since shipping cooked food is more expensive & highly regulated. Best to go across town and convince the top 20 food groups that can be productized to sell you/license you a spice blend. Why should there only be Shan+National mixes, why not go to the source and have them produce
Granted some cooking will be required when you receive the box, but imagine the value that one can unlock by working with vendors to sell packaged blends of their core products to be shipped world wide/even consumed locally. Do you think Shan+National would do well
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You can’t change your career by age 30 or 40?
You can get married late in life?You shouldn’t do some thing new, do only what you know? Play it safe

Who comes up with this baloney?

What happens in society is people getting clouded by NOISE.The noise of other peoples expectation
Especially family, friends and others closest to you. Whilst they can be the solution, some times they are part of the problem.

As my dear friend @raza_matin says, “the perceived safety net of 'familia' is the real weakness, what we think is resilience, really is a crutch”
Don’t fall for the trap of Doctor, Lawyer or Failure as career choices that families and generational middle class insecurities have brought to bear . You have many options, most of which you don’t even know today. Just know when to cut the noise out and focus on the signals.
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When the vast majority of the people running the country are under qualified and lazy across all levels, this is what you get. Worse still, these taxes they collect hardly deliver any benefit society at large or the common man. It is an exercise to siphon for self & their cronies
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My first mentor was my professor who told me that if you miss a touch down by an Inch it's not a touch down. Much like if u miss an A by one point. Whilst American football may not be for every one. That lesson ensured that I knew 'almost' is the diff between mediocre & great.
Don't be an almost kind of person. Don't almost get stuff done. Don't almost make it to an event. Be great, go for the touch down in everything u do. If you almost start a company or almost release a product you will almost be a unicorn. Which means nothing. Almost plagues us.
We are a nation of almost. We almost always get democracy and almost also get military rule we almost get good leaders and almost jail the ones that we almost run through the legal system. Almost certain every time that this time things will almost be right. U get the idea?
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