The system wasn’t built for you.
So build your own.

30 rules I wish I knew 3 years ago 🧵 1. Build first. Then brand.
An identity built on aesthetics collapses.
One built on action compounds.

2. If it’s not your obsession, it won’t last.
You’ll quit when it gets hard.
Build what you can’t not build.

Be self-centered.

Seriously.
This is your life.
Not your boss’s. Not your parents’. Not your partner's. Not your followers’.

Yours.

- A THREAD - 1. Self-centered ≠ selfish.

It means you’re the center of gravity in your life.

Not a background character.
Not an extra in someone else’s movie.
The main fucking character. You want to be an NPC?

AI is coming for us. It will hit like a train.

You’ll feel it at work. In school. In your wallet.

Here’s a brutal roadmap for what’s coming—and what to do about it: 1. The middle will collapse.

In jobs. In education. In markets.
There will be elite winners and automated losers.

Today I turn 33.

At 23, I thought I had time.

I learned the hard way: time is the only thing you can’t get back.

Here’s what I wish I’d known a decade ago: 1. Never attach yourself to a person, a place, a company, or even a project. Attach yourself to a mission. A purpose. A calling.

2. Energy is contagious. Spend time with people who light you up.

3. Money comes and goes. Time doesn’t. Spend it wisely.

We’re taught everything—except how to decide.

Then we ruin our lives with bad decisions and blame life.

Decision-making is the hidden operating system of everything.

A breakdown ↓ 1. You are not choosing between “good vs. bad.”

You’re choosing between:
• Now vs. later
• Easy vs. meaningful
• Social approval vs. personal alignment

Every choice carries a hidden tax. Learn to see it.

Communication is the highest-paid skill in the world. It’s the line between influence and irrelevance.

Here’s how to speak so clearly that people stop, listen, and remember you.

It’s called McKinsey’s Pyramid Principle.

A breakdown (with examples): Hey I'm Charafeddine, I’ve spent years coaching professionals across industries—especially in tech.

No matter what you do, one skill makes or breaks you: COMMUNICATION

You can’t afford to be bad at it.
Read this carefully.
Then, test it with a friend ↓

You’re getting lapped by people 50% dumber than you.
Because they don’t overthink shit.

They aim. They fire. They correct later.

Here are 16 harsh truths keeping smart people stuck: 1/ Clarity is earned. Not given.

You don’t “find” clarity.

You build it—by getting your hands dirty.

It’s 2025. You can’t afford to stay unskilled.

AI can teach you (almost) anything—if you know how to ask.

25 powerful prompts to turn ChatGPT (Grok, Claude, or DeepSeek) into your personal tutor: Before we start, remember that ChatGPT can access your screen (if you're using a Mac) and take your voice instructions.

This means you have a tutor who can see what you're doing and guide you. You can ask questions and interact without typing.

But asking the right way matters. Let’s dive in.

To everyone 25–35:
You’ve hit the age where people start giving up on themselves—thinking it’s too late.

Don’t let that energy touch you.
It’s not too late.

A thread: 1/ Most people stop chasing dreams in their 30s.

Not because they can’t.
But because they’re surrounded by people who already gave up.

Change your circle.
Change your future.

I made a big mistake in my life.
Don't be like me.

Work hard, but don’t forget to live.
Money returns. Time doesn’t.

A thread: 1/ I chased income like it would solve everything.

But no number fixes loneliness, a broken heart, burnout, or regret.

Read this before another year slips by:

At some point, you’ll realize this life is 100% on you.
No one’s coming.
No permission slip.
No second draft.

Here’s what that moment will teach you: 1. Comfort is a slow death.

You don’t even notice it.
Until your goals are dust
and your spirit’s gone soft.

"One day you'll wake up and realize you're not tired. You're unfulfilled."

A thread for the ones who feel like they're meant for more—but can’t yet explain why:

🧵👇 1/ The scariest part of life isn't failure. It's success without alignment.

I checked all the boxes—title, salary, status.
Felt nothing.

That was the moment I stopped chasing the default path and started building my own.

The reason you feel stuck isn’t complexity.

It’s clutter.

Mental. Digital. Emotional.

A thread to sharpen your mind, workflow, and life with a Clarity Protocol: 1. Information ≠ Insight.

Reading 100 posts a day doesn’t make you informed.

It makes you distracted with dopamine.

The best chapters of my life began when I stepped into the fire.

You don't need motivation.
You need pressure.

13 types of pressure that will pull you out of a flat, boring, no-progress life: 1/ Time Pressure

6 weeks.
Not 6 months.

Make the deadline real.
Ship it before you’re ready.

“Someday” is where ideas go to die.

AI is eating the world.

Hard skills are getting automated.

The future belongs to those who master meta-skills.

Here are 18 meta-skills that make you unstoppable (but are never taught): 1. Communication

- Speak less, listen more.
- Be clear. Be kind.
- Your body speaks louder than your words—master it.

Most people don’t fail because they’re stupid.

They fail because they never go all in.

Here are 13 signs you're still playing small (and how to fix it):
🧵 1/ You fear what people will think.

You’re not stuck.

You’re just addicted to the opinions of people doing worse than you.

Post. Launch. Share. Sell.
Nobody’s thinking about you like you think they are.

I used to be addicted to ideas.
Now, I’m addicted to execution.

13 brutal lessons that turned me from a passive thinker into a building machine: 1/ Start ugly.

The perfect time doesn’t exist.
The perfect version doesn’t either.
Launch fast. Learn faster. Polish later.

Perfectionism is just fear in a tux.

How to prepare for a recession (even if you keep your job).

A thread: 1/ Assume you’re getting laid off.

You’re likely not.

But that mindset lights a fire.
When you act like it’s do-or-die, you tap into levels of focus most people never see.

Communication is the highest-paid skill in the world. It’s the line between influence and irrelevance.

Here’s how to speak so clearly that people stop, listen, and remember you.

It’s called McKinsey’s Pyramid Principle.

A breakdown (with examples): Hey I'm Charafeddine, I’ve spent years coaching professionals across industries—especially in tech.

No matter what you do, one skill makes or breaks you: COMMUNICATION

You can’t afford to be bad at it.
Read this carefully.
Then, test it with a friend ↓

Most people don't use AI because they don't know how to ask.

Poor prompt. Poor results.

Don’t quit. Try this instead: I've built dozens of $100K AI systems for clients

Most are just a clever combination of sharp, reusable prompts.

If you're serious about AI, you need a Prompt Library:

ChatGPT is my $20 data analyst.

8 ways ChatGPT analyzes your data & saves you time:

(I share my exact prompt at the end of this thread) 1. Data Cleaning:

Messy data = bad insights.

ChatGPT fixes errors, standardizes formats, and fills in missing values.

This alone saves hours of manual work and makes your data analysis 10x more accurate.