Ziad.com – The Old blog of Ziad Hussain

A friend of mine just recently self published a book. I promptly ordered one to show my support. I think everyone of his friends and my friends should purchase the book. It wouldn’t matter if the book was 100 pages empty space and a final note ‘Gotcha!’ on the last page, I still would have purchased the book. Thankfully, the book is more than this, but again it doesn’t matter. When it comes down to it, people buy quite of few superfluous things, and if you cannot find it in yourself to by a 12 dollar book written by a good old friend, what good is money?

Almost everyone has encountered a friend, family member, or friend of a friend who has tried to sell them knives, or health products, vitamins, or girl scout cookies. Imagine if each of these instances this person had attempted to sell you something of their own personal creation. The benefits of this scenario would be great. First of all, we would all have a lot less crap in our drawers and much more to show for ourselves. I also believe it would bring about more wealth for everyone.

We must not fall into the trap and believe that our job is our identity. History remembers great individuals and great contributions. Jobs are an afterthought, a byproduct of the individual. Define yourself by creating something, and leave behind a legacy, if even a small one. The world will most likely thank you for it more than any job ever can or will.

Many times you will here from people that the key to success is hard work and perserverence.  I think I can agree with this, but I have a different understanding of what it means than I had once upon a time.  Hard work is about sticking to your guns inside.  It isn’t about making a list and following a regimen, but on the path to success you will probably do both of those things.  However, those tasks will be the result of success rather than the cause.  The actions that will lead a person to success are a result of their ability to stay aligned with their end goal, and to not lose resolve when they may fall off that path momentarily.

Life is like going fishing.  There is a big lake out there it is important to cast the line out there and see what you can catch.  Does a fisherman consider himself a failure when the hook comes back without a fish at the end?  Perhaps, but most know that they have to cast that line out again and eventually they will catch a fish.  It is almost impossible to not catch a fish doing this.

What is funny is that the world is a giant lake filled with an unlimited supply of fish that will never run out.  Particularly today with the advent of the internet we are not limited to the small pond or tributary or stream that flows by us.  The entire world is at your fingertips to forge new relationships and bring about a dynamic existence to life that is more obvious than ever before.

We are still adjusting to this new reality.  We are getting more and more comfortable with the ability to communicate without borders or limits.

I encourage everyone to contact someone they have not met before but share a common interest with.  Take advantage of the opportunity that these times have afforded us.

Blogging is perhaps so powerful because it allows each individual to catalogue their thoughts, but more importantly share them with others. It is interesting that so few of us find time or purpose to blog. Its been quite some time since i’ve updated my blog and I could give various explanations as to why that is the case, but truth be told none of them would be excusable. The truth of the matter is that I believe that the act of creating is perhaps one of the greatest abilities we all possess but rarely use for ourselves. Consider how much work all of us do, time spent at school, writing reports and the like. These are all worthwhile exercises, but they are for others. I find it interesting that I can pick up a myspace blog of people that I have little in common with and find that throught their writing there is something I can appreciate, even if I disagree with them or even find what the wrote to be rubbish. The fact that they sat down and put something to digital paper in an act to admire in an of itself. Imagine if all the worlds greatest conflicts were carried out with words alone, and the winnner was merely he or she who was armed with the most powerful eloquence. I hope that I can force myself to blog on a regular basis and truly keep it real. Sometimes in a universe so amazing, it is hard to believe what is real and what is imaginary.