15 years ago a senior engineer gave a nobody an hour on the phone. Me. He forgot it by lunch. I never did.
Now younger builders email me, unsure anyone replies.
I reply. The cost is almost nothing — and I know exactly what it's worth.
@PeteHegseth@POTUS You only thought Islamic regime would change and act like humans, but you were wrong and only wasted the efforts of the Iranian people by interfering and not finishing what you started.
Moved countries to build medical hardware. Knew no one in the industry here. I sent dozens of messages into the void — a handful wrote back. One gave me 30 minutes I still use today.
Now I'm the one being messaged. So I write back.
Fifteen years ago I cold-emailed an engineer I admired. I braced for silence. He replied in two hours.
That call changed my career.
Now I build a medical device of my own — and I answer the emails. Costs me 20 minutes, might change someone's year. Pay it forward.
Who answered your email back when you were nobody?
A few people gave me their time for free when I had nothing to offer. I couldn't pay them back.
So now I answer. When a younger founder reaches out, I make the time.
That's the whole economy of mentorship: pay it forward.
4am. Not an alarm — my own mind.
Family. Money. The company. The immigration uncertainty I can't out-work no matter how hard I try.
I didn't even know June is Men's Mental Health Month. That tells you how little men talk about it.
You're not alone in it.
#MensMentalHealthMonth
What actually matters in life?
We spend years answering it wrong, and a few seconds answering it right.
This Father's Day my son handed me one of those seconds a card:
"Dear Dad... I get to spend more time with my kind father with a warm heart."
That's the answer.
#fathersdayyy
@alilarijani_ir تو جهنم هم برات اينترنت مهياست ولي شما ها براي مردم ايران اين رو هم دريغ ميكنيد. دهنتم قبل از اينكه نام پارس رو مياري چند بار بشور كه اسمش رو كثيف نكني.
@RepDonBacon Thanks @RepDonBacon, I don’t know why that is so hard for everyone to understand. They showed their intentions several times before. How are they going to change in a matter of 30 days and war?
When they get killed, human rights organizations count them as minors and civilians. These “children” have killed thousands of Iranians so far and they will kill more.
@AmericaNewsroom@marthamaccallum It is really strange that I, as an individual, when I applied for the visa for the USA, was asked for more than 15 years of my background travel history but couldn’t get the visa, while those affiliated with the IRGC or the regime get their visas easily.
This individual abducted, tortured, and killed Bib Levinson, an American patriot.
He is now involved in negotiations with the Vice President of the United States.
He belongs in prison, not at the negotiating table with the United States.