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Abdelrahman Abuissa

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The pivot5 min read

What they said would happen

In 2022 I listed three things people told me I would quit. Two were already done. The third I left open, because I did not know yet. Four years later I can close it.

Method4 min read

The three beliefs that keep people stuck

Waiting to get started, waiting for perfect conditions, and having tried once and failed. Three sentences people say about themselves that quietly decide the next decade.

Method4 min read

Eleven things a day

I wanted to know my actual daily learning capacity, so I tested it. I started at three subjects thinking that was the ceiling and ended at eleven. Two of them failed.

Method4 min read

On feeling stupid

The hardest barrier to learning anything is not difficulty. It is the moment you feel stupid and your brain starts looking for the exit. Here is what actually works on it.

The pivot2 min read

Why I'm writing this down

I studied accounting, taught myself to code, and now run a licensed software agency in the UAE. The useful part was never the code. It was everything around it.