03/04/2021

This week I have been taking some time off from Uni and focusing on me. And so I have been been reading a book called Banker to the poor by Muhammad Yunus, coincidently he has the same name as I do but spelt differently.

So one of the things I learnt is to find solutions to your own specific problems because you know it better than anyone and sometimes you look for a solution somewhere else and you cant find it- some people stop there- so explore it deeper.

Let me give you an example, in the first semester I was struggling with my time management, so I asked some lecturers but they gave me the general advice "turn off distractions" and stuff. That does not help because I am struggling with fitting everything on 24 hours, that`s sleep, me time(rest), lecture podcasts, project, tasks from modules and some entertainment. The projects took over everything else and that`s because i did not know how to manage my energy as consequence I could not do the other things I wanted to do. Now I made my own timetable to address that, this time schedule does not only help me but hopefully other students as well.

Another example is from Muhmmad Yunus who understood what's causing the famine from the perspective of the villagers, he not only went and spoke to them but also looked at why do banks not offer these poor women the credit to support themselves. He found that culturally women were not allowed to deal with money and that is real issue even if he is the one who could lend them money. Now he explained this to other bakers but they could not offer their credit because according to them "its simply too risky". So now that Muhammed understands he cannot explain the cultural and economical issues to other economist (because they have not took the time to investigate what is the root cause) he is going to have face the challenges himself so he decided to experiment his ideas to see if they will really have any impact on the poor. He found the solution (by micro-lending to the poor) and helped the village and later the country.

You solve your own problems because you understand them the best.

The second thing I have learnt is that your always learning in whatever craft you are doing.

For example, my first episode of this podcast is probably not the best and I knew that. First you have to start and then refine from then on- so you start learning about the different aspects of the podcast, the timings, your voice, the content and the way produce will all eventually get better overtime. That's how Joe Rogan got to his position, that's how we got to the moon and that's how we will eventually get to mars. You are always learning and adapting to do better, from this perspective you can experiment and know that it is a one way street to making huge progress to get to that result.

Your Always Learning so you can only get better.