Week 43: You can’t be surprised twice.

This is part 4 of answering a list of question. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here.

You can find the full list of questions here.

1. why did the japanese keep debating whether to surrender even after two nuclear bombings?
   1. Because it matters.
2. whose advice has been so correct in the past that you now just go and act on it?
   1. My grandfather. Never work for anyone.
   2. Nassim Taleb. Employment salary is the new age slavery.
3. why not ask them for a piece of advice?
   • I should. And I always do.
4. is the failure condition clear?
   • There’s this notion of always define your failure condition before getting into something. Like defining when you’ll close a business before starting a business and by when.
5. when was the last time you talked to someone you really admire?
   1. My sister, Nuha.
6. what are you going to regret in a year?
   1. I’ve just made a decision today so that I won’t regret it in a year.
   2. A better questions: What are you NOT doing today, that you’ll regret in a year?
7. have you spent 1 minute today on your biggest goal?
   • Yes.
8. have you spent 1 hour today on your biggest goal?
   • Yes.
9. have you spent 10 hours today on your biggest goal?
   • No.
10. how to prepare for the times of change?
    1. Antifragile.
    2. Stoicism and Seneca.
11. what’s the most common advice you give to people?
    • Learn by mistakes. Learn anything by having a skin in the game. If you want to start a startup, do it with your money, develop it yourself first, etc.
12. do you follow it yourself?
    • Yes I did. I bootstrapped two startups myself.
13. does the world need to be saved?
    • If we don’t fight for our freedom, no one would give it. The world need to be saved from the greedy of us. Again. What matters, matters.
14. what can you do in the next 60 seconds that will make you feel proud of yourself?
    • Air squat for 30 times.
15. what are you wrong about?
    • Many things – as I should be. Unless I try things out, I won’t be wrong about anything. It’s wrong not be wrong.
16. who’s consistently ahead of you?
    • My sister, Noor.
17. why don’t you catch up?
    • Each of us have his own path in life that he should walk. She’s ahead in her path. I hope am on track on mine.
18. how to overcome the second law of thermodynamics?
    1. NA
19. how did zuck make a comeback?
    • From the back.
20. what do you wish you could do but you’re absolutely confident you can’t?
    • The question is stating something as a fact which I don’t agree with. That’s a self-destructing belief that I won’t ever have myself. There’s always hope. And Hope (Amal in Arabic) is my mother name.
21. how do you know?
    • I’ve seen it happening before. I’ve seen it in real life. In practice, not in theory. Read Popper.
22. when was the last time you closed your eyes for a minute and asked yourself if you’re doing the right thing?
    • Every week in the last 12 months.
23. what can you do all day long and feel great going to bed?
    1. Exercise.
    2. Read.
    3. Building something.
24. do you like yourself when you look in the mirror?
    • I’m good. Alhamdullilah.
25. does anyone believe they’re evil?
    • Everyone does.
26. what do other people tell you about you that you are always surprised to hear?
    • I can’t be surprised about one thing more than once, right? That’s an illogical question.

That’s it. Questions are answered.

Salam, peace.