The scariest thing about running your own business is realizing everything is entirely on you.

That’s also what makes it worth it...

My three business principles:

• done > perfect
• simple > complex
• testing > guessing

don't overthink. don't overcomplicate.

Just take action daily.

If One Day You Suddenly Come Into Wealth, Remember These 5 Arab Pillars

(These are rules Arab families rarely speak of openly)

Pillar 1 – Silence Is Your First Asset
•Tell no one: not your siblings, not your closest friends, not even your parents.
•The moment wealth becomes known, it attracts hands some obvious, some hidden.
•Old Gulf families understood this for generations.
•Silence is not secrecy; it is protection.

Pillar 2 – Let the Money Breathe Before It Moves
•Once wealth reaches you, don’t rush.
•Don’t invest, transfer, or start building immediately.
•Sit with it for at least 90 days.
•The worst financial decisions in history were made in the first weeks after sudden wealth.
•Clarity is worth more than speed.

Pillar 3 – Don’t Change Your Life Immediately
•No new house, no new car, no luxury purchases not yet.
•The truly wealthy move quietly: ordinary on the outside, building empires on the inside.
•Changing your lifestyle too early announces you and invites chaos.

Pillar 4 – Never Make Money With Blood, Friends, or Family
•No business with relatives.
•No partnerships with old friends.
•No loans to classmates.
•Money does not destroy relationships—but unclear agreements do.
•Families who preserve wealth across generations keep business and personal life in separate rooms.

Pillar 5 – Protect Your Children From Knowing
•Do everything in your power to raise your children without knowledge of your wealth.
•Children raised knowing they are rich rarely build anything of their own.
•Give them hunger, work, and work ethic.
•Inheritance can come later; character must come first.

The Mistake Most Small Businesses Make With Pricing

Pricing low because you're scared of losing customers is still a pricing strategy, just a bad one.

Cheap pricing attracts cheap buyers. They don't stay loyal. They leave the moment someone goes lower.

Your price is a signal. It tells people what to expect before they even experience you.

If your pricing doesn't reflect the value you deliver, you're not being humble... you're being unclear.

Charge with confidence. The right clients will stay.

6 personal business rules:

1. Stay Adaptable
2. Consistency is King
3. Quality Over Quantity
4. Never Stop Improving
5. Build Relationships First
6. Work Smarter, Not Harder

7 TOP REASONS FOR BUSINESS FAILURES:

1. Ignoring customer feedback
2. Founder has no skin in the game
3. Team full of yes-men
4. Chasing every trend
5. Burning cash on vanity
6. No clear path to profit
7. Founder avoids hard decisions

Vicente Guerrero, Mexico’s first Black president, was a pivotal figure in the country’s history. Born around 1782–1783 in Tixtla, Mexico, to Juan Pedro Guerrero, a free Afro-Mexican freight business manager who initially supported Spanish colonial rule

and even disowned his son temporarily for joining the independence movement, and María Guadalupe Rodríguez Saldaña (Guadalupe Saldaña), an Indigenous woman who taught him local languages and customs, Guerrero rose from humble, uneducated beginnings to become a national hero.

He joined the Mexican War of Independence in 1810 under José María Morelos, continued the fight after Morelos’s execution, allied with Agustín de Iturbide to secure independence from Spain in 1821, and later served as Mexico’s second president in 1829. In that brief term, he abolished slavery nationwide through the Guerrero Decree, promoted equality and land reform, and made Mexico a refuge for escaped enslaved people.