I read. I think. I write. I speak. I teach. I learn. I seek. On a journey to become my best self. Documenting the lessons and resources along the way.
Doing something for the last time
Hey guys,
The new year has started with lots of excitement and the promise of many possibilities however I have been thinking about something along slightly different lines.
I have been wondering, in the years gone by, about all the things I did for the last time, or that happened to me for the last time. Key among them was the last time that I, my four siblings and our parents were together under one roof. Before there were respective spouses and children. Just the 7 of us. That was circa 2000, nearly 22 years ago. Life was never the same again, perhaps better but never the same.
Then there was a time my mother picked me up for the last time, coz I was too heavy for her after that. Similarly, there will be a time in the near future when I will pick up / carry my daughter for the last time (she is turning 5 this year and getting heavy).
There would be so many things that I would have done for the last time that I don’t even know about yet. So many people I would have met and spoken to for the last time. So many interactions, songs, foods, places, fragrances, pleasures that I would never get to experience again.
The point of this rather morbid email is, we never know when we do something for the very last time, when we meet or speak to someone for the last time. Try and make every moment and every interaction count.
Can you think of some of the things that you did, or happened to you for the last time?
Do reply to this email and share your thoughts.
Stay awesome and have a great week ahead 🙂
Naimat
📣 Announcement
This week I am excited to start filming my youtube videos again. It has been a few weeks in the making - getting some new gear (now you can see me in 4K😃) and scripting new videos. So in a couple of weeks, I will start publishing them again and I will be sharing them with you in these newsletters regularly. So stay tuned. I have some exciting content coming.
♥️ My Favourite Things This Week
📚 Book -The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime! by M.J. DeMarco. Looking past the clickbaity title, this book packs an insane amount of very useful information about money, business, wealth and becoming a ‘fastlane’ millionaire. Focused mainly towards business owners or people planning to go into business but equally useful for the salaried folks with ‘the wrong mindset’.
Here is a short synopsis of the book: You know how it goes-go to school, get a good job, save 10 per cent of your paycheck, buy a used car, cancel the movie channels, quit drinking expensive Starbucks mocha lattes, save and penny-pinch your life away, trust your life-savings to the stock market, and one day you can retire rich. The mainstream financial gurus have sold you blindly down the river. For those who don’t want a lifetime subscription to “settle for less,” and a slight chance of elderly riches, there is an expressway to extraordinary wealth that can burn a trail to financial independence faster than any road out there. Demand the Fastlane, an alternative road to wealth that actually ignites dreams and creates millionaires young, not old.
📱 App - Alfred - Productivity App for macOS. This is by far one of the best apps I have found not just this week but in a long time. Now I wonder, how (and why) did I ever live without it. It is an absolute game-changer for me. It promises to boost efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and quick web and macOS searches. It certainly delivers on the promises. If you are macOS user, check it out for yourself. You can thank me later.
📄 Article -The Wrong Side of Right (2min read). One big mistake people repeatedly make is focusing on proving themselves right, instead of focusing on achieving the best outcome. This is the wrong side of right. Worth 2 mins of your time to read this.
✍️ Quote of the Week
Indistractable by Nir Eyal
Naimat Ahmed
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