Friday, November 22, 2019
Close your eyes and do it
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Tough environment is good
I grew up in Middle East
It's Insanely tough culture and environment
When I came to Australia as an immigrant it was like a heaven for me.
I couldn't believe that I was getting paid $20 per hour just for cleaning the toilets
That salary in Australia was double what I used to get paid in my original country for a nice office job.
But that was the tip of iceberg
I was so naive and idiot because actually people in Australia get paid 5x than this money but as I came from a poor country and poor family, I saw this $20 as too much.
Eventually I realized that I was sitting at the bottom of the barrel
And that was like a wake up call for me to start thinking what should I do to climb the ladder from the bottom
You see, tough environment can create a monster or it can beat you.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Please don't copy
Don't copy someone else
Copying is stupid dump shit
Believe me it's not worth it long-term
You might make money now but the market will punish you for it because you took the easiest path that 99% took
Instead do something new and stupid, now that's sucks because it's unproven and only few people did it or tried to do it and failed
It's going to be horrible at first and you will barely make money because you will waste your time trying to figure out how to sell it and unfuck yourself from this crazy new shit you invented.
But what if you win?
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
騎虎難下
I regret starting my software
It's something that i never thought about
It's a complete accident that I never thought about it after I've been kicked out from the first e-commerce business
I always wondered what if I sold courses teaching people how to do proper e-commerce using my experience during the past 7 years,
as a matter of fact, I gained crazy insights by being in China and dealing with the logistics industry and Taobao sellers
I might make millions of dollars by just selling a course for $997 for 1000 person
That's one million dollars in cash instead of charging stupid $29 a month and writing code at 1 am
Perhaps maybe I'm an introverted guy and don't like attention
I rarely talk
Heck I regret having a YouTube channel and exposing myself
I'm stuck now and there is no way back
But I will continue because I have no choice
As the Chinese saying goes:
騎虎難下
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off
Monday, September 16, 2019
My mom is not proud of me
She doesn't understand what I do
She doesn't understand me
She doesn't like the idea of settling down in China and leave Australia
She doesn't like seeing me getting off career path with years of gaps in my resume
She wants to see me play it safe without struggling and stressing
She wants me to have a good life
She wants me to find a good wife
She always sends msgs on Facebook asking about me and I always tell her I'm good which I'm not
She doesn't understand why I ask people to pay me $29 monthly if they can build the same software by themselves or download it online ( steal it)
She doesn't know that I worked 18 hours a day in the past two years with no day off
You see my mom is an old lady but despite all of this I love her so much
She carries me 9 months and raised me when I was a kid
fed me when I was hungry and protected me when I was scared
She is willing to sacrifice her life for her son
The only person who cares about you is your mom even if she hates she still loves you
It hurts to see that the closest people are against you
but they do this because they love you
So what to do my friend?
Just tell them that "I want to try" and that's it, don't justify or explain everything
Just say"I want to try"
My mom was acting based on her instinct to protect her little child from this nasty world
Never ever bites the hand that fed you
My mom doesn't speak English so she won't see my blog
I love you mom
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Avoid attention
I've seen many companies in my space doing big launch, they do stupid shit and attract so much attention and biz words like:
Disruptive
Changing the industry
We are the best
We are going to change the world
We are a team of 100 people
etc bullshit
They tend to have a lot of money to burn and hire
They are what I call "VC boys"
They started for the wrong reasons and they usually hire unnecessary staff to show off how big they are
Of course, they had the money to burn
They all have one goal, they want to take the market leader down
This is so stupid, the market leader is the leader for a reason
The problem is that a lot of them have a mediocre product with no meaningful differentiation and what worst they sell it for free so they can burn even more money.
Competing on price is a loser strategy who had no confidence in his product.
A one-man company with a great product can take them down all.
On the contrary, the best companies tend to be overlooked and very small.
They start with few customers and from there they get big
They usually stay away from unwanted attention especially the market leaders.
The more time they get the more momentum they had the more it's hard to catch up with them
The best way to take the market leader down is not to compete with them at all
You need to pick another game and set rules for this game otherwise you will be forced to play by market leader rules
Keep your mouth shut and move under the radar
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Who's the boss here?
Before a couple of months a salesman enters our office, he seems a sales rep from some manufacturers in China.
The guy was wondering who to speak to?
I was sitting at the floor like a dog packing merchants orders (I enjoy doing it)
So he asked, "who's the boss here"?
My team puzzles and had no idea what to answer.
To be honest, I've structured my company in a flat way, we don't have a boss and we all work together as friends.
Sure I've founded the company but I never made myself a boss or call myself CEO
I always tell my employees, this is your business and if you don't do a good job none of us will get paid.
Despite that, I have a dominant personality but I honestly never enjoy managing people and acting bossy so I just treat them as my friends and put my trust on them
I've learned a lot from Chinese: Work hard and stop focusing on bullshit.
We don't even know what is CEO means, nor COO, CMO, etc. I don't even have a business card
Perhaps we still a small company and that's good.
Wow I've never seen a white man before
Before a couple of years, I went to my friend Tim hometown in China ( he now works for my software company).
His hometown where he grows up, I consider it as a village.
Most young Chinese people work at City but they origin from specific areas in China
One of his old relatives saw me and was shocked.
I asked Tim what's wrong with this man?
As I understand he never saw a white man in his entire life, he only saw a white man on TV
He started to touch my golden hair and look at my green eyes
I became a good friend with this old man
Chinese, people hospitality towards guests are incredible
Some Chinese suggest to put me in a zoo while this seems insulting to me but I know they are kidding
In some areas in China (undeveloped areas) you will be the centre of attention if you are a white man, some people will try to take sneaky photos using their phone
Honestly, it doesn't bother me because I know their intentions are good.
Chinese are just curious about me, they will ask me do you love China? Do you like Chinese food? Do you have any girlfriend? How much money do you make? Why you are not married?
All of this considered rude in Australia, but believe me, it's very normal here and people don't mean anything bad. They are just very good heart simple people
Friday, September 13, 2019
Leave it
The last text from my girlfriend was "You are a crazy madman"
I don't blame her, I've put my goals as my top priority after my mom.
She was at the bottom of my priority
At that time I was fairly young trying to unfuck myself with nothing going in my life
As a man, you need to put your goals above everything else
You are a man, aren't you? A man should be ambitious as hell and chase his goals even if they are in China
Women will drop you the moment you lose your job or stop providing for them
Women want security so don't blame them
That's why 80% of women compete for the top 20% guys, those men are handsome, rich, driven, ambitious, highly educated
Women love men who are selfish and going after their goals
Stop being needy
Women wants a man busy chasing his dreams
She wants to join your journey
She wants to enter your world not you entering her world
Stop chasing women and you will find them waiting for you at the finish line
The last thing, if your women are great and supporting you during a hard time then make sure to keep her because this woman is very rare and you just found a unicorn
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Start from the bottom
Don't start from the middle or the top
Start from the bottom
Why?
Because you will reach the top much faster than anyone else
All the people who are at the middle or at the top are content and lazy
Starting from the bottom will fuel your energy to the top because that's the reason you started in the first place
The only thing that it will take so much time so you need to give the reality sometime to catch up with you
Learn how to control your emotions
I can't stress how important this skill.
Never make a decision based on emotions.
Cool the fuck down and then take the decision.
I've made so many mistakes because of this issue.
Of course, you can't control yourself but man its really worth thinking about the consequences of this emotion that will literally drag you down.
So the first things you should do
-Keep your mouth shut
-Immediately isolated yourself
-Think think think think
Time will cool down those burning emotions
Now all you need is to wait until the logical decision popups in your head
You need two things to succeed
Only two things
1- Tolerate the pain for a long time
2- Master the ability of being alone
If you can't do those two things it will be hard for you to achieve great things but why?
Because it's lonely at the top
Everyone is against you
The odds are against you
The government
The society
Your competitors
Your friends
Your girlfriend
All of those are shitting on you and you will be a lone wolf fighting
You will end up lonely questioning yourself if you are a madman
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Talent is not enough
Let me tell you something:
Never fear the talentNever fear the smartest guy
Never fear fancy resume
Never fear the big guy
Never fear the guy with a degree
And I can go on and on.
But who you should fear?
The people who " Never stop"
They never fucking stop
They " Hustle"
They know that they are not smart
They know that their skills are limited and they need to catch up and outwork everyone in their niche.
If you work 8 hours a day they will work 24 hours a day to outwork you
They are always " What next? "
They know that there is no short-cut and this shit will take a decade to master it
I don't give a fuck if you are the best developer or the best creative tech guy !!
Because if you are not willing to outwork and have a passion, then you gonna get beaten by someone
who is not good and definitely doesn't have the talent you have but they are going to make more money and create more opportunities than you.
It's a game of hustle
Somebody is gonna outwork you in your niche.
If you don't start putting the work and the hustle you are going to lose.
And companies that don't care will be beaten by a small startup who care more and if you think just because you have a better website design or better functionality you gonna win? You're not.