I’m convinced that intelligence is overrated.
Intelligent people are more likely to overthink, overplan, and overanalyze. They hide behind motion that doesn't create progress. They fear the judgment of others if they're proven wrong.
The truth is that intelligence is abundant. Especially now. AI is making it a commodity. Courage is not. And it can’t be replaced. The people you admire are the ones who had the courage to act. They aren’t more talented than you. They aren’t smarter than you. They just took action when you didn’t.
I often wonder how many extraordinary people wasted their entire lives waiting for permission that never came. Permission isn't granted. Permission is taken. You get to tap yourself in whenever you want. You can just do things.
Courage beats intelligence. Remember that.
بعد ١٣ عاماً في الطب النفسي، أدركت أن كثيرًا من الاضطرابات والآلام النفسية لا تأتي من صدمات كبيرة، بل من غياب مهارات الحياة.
أشخاص لا يعرفون كيف يديرون وقتهم، أو يواجهون مشاكلهم، أو يعبّرون عن مشاعرهم.
وحين تتكرر هذه الثغرات، تتحول إلى ألم نفسي حقيقي و ضغط نفسي مزمن، ومن هنا قد ينشأ الاضطراب النفسي 💔
In the midst of the wars in Gaza and Iran, we cannot forget the atrocities in Sudan.
As many as 150,000 killed since 2023
14 million driven from their homes
30 million need humanitarian aid
All of this is fueled by the UAE — one of Trump's closest allies.
We cannot be complicit in genocide.
Research data from 160,000 adults in 31 countries concludes that a sizeable home library gave teens skills equivalent to university graduates.
Build a home library.
My friend, don't underestimate my contribution to the security of Israel and the United States in the campaign against Iran.
Unlike you, I have also practicality operated in the field (even as a major belive it or not) and I am familiar with the limits of power when dealing with Tehran.
As I wrote, I understand the frustration well and I’m certainly not angry. One does not judge a person in their moment of distress.I understand the shock that comes with realizing the gap between what is written in a theoretical or your imagined world and what actually happens in reality. It has happened even to those far more experienced than you.
That said, to my colleagues who are analysts of the Iranian arena that knows Iran, I say this: this is how total meltdown looks like.
Those whose entire professional life focus has been the campaign against Iran, and who are now realizing how flawed their strategy was, are looking scapegoat to blame.
If I were in their position, I would be concerned about what comes next, and what they will do the day after, when it becomes clear that their entire professional lives were built on illusions. It’s not an easy, I am sure of that.
I wish them all the best, and I would suggest they leave the Iranian analysis arena to true experts before continuing to offer misguided advice.
Stay safe Richard. You have my deepest sympathy.
2. "I am sometimes taken aback by how people can have a miserable day or get angry because they feel cheated by a bad meal, cold coffee, a social rebuff or a rude reception. We are quick to forget that just being alive is an extraordinary piece of good luck, a remote event, a chance of occurrence of monstrous proportions. Imagine a speck of dust next to a planet a billion times the size of earth. The speck of dust represents the odds in favor of your being born; the huge planet would be the odds against it. So stop sweating the small stuff. Don’t be like the ingrate who got a castle as a present and worried about the mildew in the bathroom. Stop looking at the gift horse in the mouth – remember you are a Black Swan."