Author: Ashraf

  • 7 Mental Models for Life and Business

    Mental models are powerful tools for making better decisions. They provide frameworks that help us understand complex situations and navigate the challenges of everyday life and the business world. Let’s get started with seven of the best mental models for life and business. 1.) First Principles Thinking This model involves breaking down complicated problems into…

  • Influence – The Magic of Subtle Engagement

    Welcome to the series on influence! In this series I will be providing actionable takeaways that I found interesting from various sources that I have come across. This article dives into four actionable takeaways from the book “Influence is Your Superpower: How to Get What You Want Without Compromising Who You Are” by Zoe Chance.…

  • Active Meditation

    Eureka moments, aha moments, or ideas you come up with while taking a shower. Whatever you want to call them, we’ve all had these moments of clarity where a solution to one of our many problems seems to pop out of thin air when we are engaging in a monotonous activity. I call it active…