Motivation

I need to share the knowledge that I have learned over the past 25 years because everyone needs someone who can inspire them to take that risk, guide them towards their dream, or teach them something new.

It is important to reflect and embrace your triggers, and further use it as a sign to keep going, and not allow them to interfere in your career goals.

Being fair may require you to make difficult choices, but its value lies in the fact that you will never be short-changed for doing so.

"My mantra is: 'Don't expect others to do a task that you would not be prepared to do yourself.' I think this is something that makes a leader stand out."

As consumers become more digitally minded, so do businesses, provoking companies to innovate and deliver fintech solutions across industries such as banking, telecommunications, retail, and insurance.

As founder and CEO of Z7 Communications, Zeina El Dana gives an insight to what it takes to leading an enterprise in the luxury public relations sector of the Middle East.

"We must continue to make our own choices, and we must define who we are and who we are not."

If you are a startup or entrepreneur creating software in retail, technology, or financial sectors, take a look at the steps you can take to emulate the success of previous unicorns.

While starting a business comes with many advantages, there is also a very important factor that not many people discuss in the entrepreneurial world, and that is the psychological price of entrepreneurship.

If you've got something that motivates you to work towards your goals, try to also build happiness around it, as it makes the process more enjoyable.

"At the end of the day, progress is progress, no matter how small."

Our hope is that these insights from a variety of voices in the MENA business ecosystem will both inform and inspire you to engage in some active reflection of your own, and then use it to manifest your dreams for 2022.

"Remember that in places of darkness, the beautiful image of your life, and what is to come, is on the rise."

"Waves don't stop, because they are not programmed to. And that's something we need to keep in mind as we come across difficult moments in life."

"Let's look at all of the challenges that we have overcome up until now, and look at how far we've come since the start of this year."

From paying attention to your physical, emotional, and psychological health, all of which are interconnected, you will be able to focus properly and run your business effectively.

"Life's challenges are sometimes a way for us to reset, and part of that reset is a moment of nothingness that sets in our minds, turning off the creative thought process, kind of like a computer. This happens to just about all photographers, film directors, writers, and creatives."

Growth and the achievement of greatness is a slow burn with steps forward and the occasional step back.

We often lift and support others, but how many times do we extend the same kindness and thoughtfulness to ourselves?

Raw, gritty, and straightforward, the book reveals the author's deepest thoughts, struggles and risks taken.

There's a quote attributed to legendary American jazz musician Miles Davis that goes: "If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad."