My journey into Hustle & Calm

The first “self-help” book I read was The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. I was 13. At the time, I recall telling friends at school that this book really changed my life. While I’m unsure whether one’s life can really ‘change’ at the age of 13 years old, I’m certain that it was this book …

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What Nike’s “Shoe Dog” taught me about Hustle

Just do it. Everybody knows that those three words are all about Nike. Today, the brand is everywhere, and it’s easy to feel like it was always around. I had no idea the amount of struggle that Phil Knight, Nike’s Founder & CEO, had to overcome to create the brand we all now instantly recognize. …

In Plain English: Brand, Product & Customer Marketing

So, do you create social media ads and stuff? If you work in marketing, chances are that you’ve heard this question at least once. Only to deliver your explanation, again, on how marketing is more than just creating Instagram posts and YouTube ads.  Over the past couple of years, I’ve worked in three types of …

Reposted from 2017: What it’s like to train for a 10k

Reposted from June 2017 (as I migrate to this new blog). What does it take to run a 10k when you hate exercise and love eating good food? A lot of determination and a little leap of faith. If somebody told me 3 months ago, that this summer I would be eating salads, working out …

London vs. Toronto: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

#1 - London is huge! To say that London is massive would be an understatement. London is a city of 32 boroughs, where each borough is defined as an administrative division. My (less boring) definition of a borough is a distinctive area with its own demographic, cultural and geographic characteristics. A borough is akin to …

Never go to a meeting without a position

Imaan, never, ever go to a meeting without a position! I can still hear the urgency in my mum's voice when she first shared this with me a couple of years ago. A lawyer by profession, she takes every opportunity to share her pieces of wisdom from the working world. Of course, I appreciate it …

21 enriching ways to spend your time when you’re self-isolating

Every day, you're given a certain number of hours to live your life. These hours are like funds in a bank account that reduce to zero after the day is over. If you don't use your time wisely, it's gone;  there are no carryovers or refunds. So, when I read about social isolation and how …

7 things business school doesn’t teach you about being an Associate Brand Manager

Reposted from July 8, 2019. University teaches you how to think, but does it teach you how to “do”? Every graduating class of business school has a batch of students eager to launch their career in brand management. These students take brand management electives, join their industry association at university and have coffee chats with …

How skiing moguls has helped me prepare for this Thursday’s lockdown

This Thursday November 5th, England will enter a 4-week lockdown. No bars, pubs or restaurants. No socializing indoors with people outside of your household. No groups of 6 in public areas. The most you can do is meet with one other person outside of your household in a public place. My trip to Toronto might …

How to find love: a framework

Spoiler alert: I haven’t found love. But, I am confident in how to find love, and while I'm no expert on the approach, I wanted to share it with every other person who has also pondered this themselves.  Note: I first attempted to write this blog post in July 2020, but my introduction turned into …

The seeker and the search

The old way Finding love has never been a priority for me. In fact, I’ve prioritized every other area of my life ahead of finding love. This could be a result of how I was raised. Growing up with divorced parents made me question whether marriage was a necessity or just a “nice-to-have.”  As a …