Salaam friends,

Here are the things crossing my mind for Increments this week. Please feel free to forward this to friends.

🎧 What am I listening to?

This week I listened to Lex Fridman Podcast, a conversation with Imam Omar Suleiman. I have been listening to Lex for years. He’s someone I study when it comes to asking questions and interviewing. He is the master of silence. Sometimes I forget he’s even there, and then he’d ask a five-word question that would send his guest in an unexpected direction. He’s fearless, a seeker of depth, truth, and universality. In this episode, his first question to Imam Omar was, “who is God?”

🎙️ New Hazawi Podcast Episode

Ali (@aliabalhebshi) is a Polyglot, who writes and speaks three languages including Arabic, English, and French, and he’s learning German. He has a bachelor's degree student in Applied Languages & International Business and is on a continuous mission to better himself. “His curiosity and a cup of coffee are the driving forces.”

In this episode, Ali offers a step-by-step guide on how to learn a new language, the most common mistakes, and how to deal with challenges.

Listen to the episode on any of the following platforms or wherever you listen to your podcasts on Apple Podcast | Spotify | YouTube

🔖 Quote I’m pondering

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare."

— Muhammad Ali

🧰 Tools for life

Have you dabbled with ChatGPT? If you haven’t, you should—just for the fun of it. In five years AI will change our life similar to the way computers and smartphones did. I feel optimistic about what’s to come, and I think people who get over the learning curve of using AI tools will get an advantage over the rest who are still doubting their use or legitimacy.

Please give me feedback on Instagram. What do you want more or less of? Or other suggestions? Just me a message @mohamedthewriter

Thank you for reading, and keep on creating!

Mohamed