Zaid Ismail
@zaidie@zaidismail.com
Author, life coach, and mental health activist. We need to change the narrative from disorders, illnesses, and survival to accountability, understanding, and thriving.
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Eat more humble pie
It only tastes like humble pie when we feel humiliated after being corrected. Arrogance is the belief that we’re better…humility visits us when we realise that we’re not. The root of arrogance is insecurity, but that’s a discussion for another day. If we’re sincere about wanting to benefit others or wanting to create good for…
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Who controls you?
Sometimes, we’re so focused on reacting to the disrespect that we receive from others that we don’t realise how we give up our self-respect in the process. If we continue in reaction mode for long enough, we’ll find ourselves not only returning the favour by treating them the way that they treat us, but we’ll…
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What are you waiting for?
I’ve often advised someone about something that I truly believed them to be capable of achieving, and the response I received was, “Not everyone is like you!” Henry Ford said, “If you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.” Sadly, too many think that they can’t, and then blame the world for…
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Who makes you feel worthy?
Confidence comes from caring less about what others think of you, and caring more about what you think of yourself. The question is, do you know yourself well enough to have an informed opinion of who you are? When we rely on others for more than just feedback and instead allow them to validate who…
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The need to be godly
Godliness, like humility, is lost the moment we lay claim to it. It is something that we may exhibit in our conduct or demeanour, but not something that we can directly claim. It is our ability to manifest the attributes of the divine in our character and in our treatment of others without wanting to…
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Don’t burn your own hands
The logic of this is quite obvious, yet we do it, don’t we? Sometimes we find it difficult to apologise because we’re afraid that others will think less of us. It feels like a weakness. So we protect ourselves from appearing weak. At other times, we find it difficult to apologise because we feel unappreciated.…
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Chasing dreams
Chasing dreams is not all butterflies and roses, or unicorns and rainbows, or whatever. Actually, it’s more whatevers than it is anything else because it provokes and inspires changes and new realities in all your comfort spaces. But, if you have an endearing relationship with your comfort zones, then chasing dreams is not for you.…
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We’re all searching for home
Remember, at some point someone also looked at you in your childhood and thought, “Damn, is this what the future looks like for humanity?” Our children have the best of us and the worst of us, and somewhere between those ends they form their own unique character. If you hope to understand them, you need…