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Adaptability Challenge

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  By: Bushra AlMansour As we frantically try to adjust our life routines and work habits following the onslaught of COVID-19, time could never be better to use some little inspiration to keep our sanity intact. So, I have made a resolution to embark on an intellectual expedition and explore productive and meaningful endeavors. As the Nerd in me start feverishly searching the internet for a host of enlightening online courses, one specific program from Stanford University immediately caught my attention, namely the Stanford Executive Education 7-Day Challenge Series , which was a month-long program of daily activities on (Humor, Adaptability, Purpose, and Creativity) . Adaptability: Comfort with Uncertainty To be agile in a shifting environment, it is imperative to be spontaneous, which can be uncomfortable, especially for someone who is infatuated with clear plans! Personally, I feel at my best when I am prepared, but who would not? While planning is not bad, the fear of failure ha...
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I'm So Busy!

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  By: Bushra AlMansour Just as I was stressing about how I was too busy to write this article, I thought to myself, am I truly that busy, or just mentally occupied? These days, everyone seems to be running around claiming to be too busy. It is said in many ways but sends the same message:  “I’m more in demand, my time is more valuable, I’m more productive and successful”.  Surely, being busy has become a sign of prestige and something that people brag about. I can’t help but think of it as a boast disguised as a complaint. For when someone is regularly using the phrase ‘I’m so busy’, they’re fueling the egocentric belief that “I’m busy = I’m important” . They try to place the focus on themselves and invite the attention and recognition of others. Busyness could also function as a bit of laziness, as some people say ‘I’m busy’ because it is easier than saying ‘no’. It becomes a convenient excuse and allows people to avoid certain circumstances, commitments or common cour...
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Location: Dhahran Saudi Arabia
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Filtered Perfection

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By: Bushra AlMansour "The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel."          -Steven Furtick We live in a world where we frequently see the edited version of people’s lives. We’re constantly reminded that others (whether its people we know or not) are living better lives than we are. A scroll down a typical Instagram feed is likely to reveal only incredible vacations photos from exotic places, parties of a lifetime, new purchases, dream homes, attractive couples in a relationship and healthy breakfast plated like a pro. All captured in perfect light and enhanced with editing tools.  Everyone looks like they’re having the best day ever, all the time! Magazines have long been criticized for setting unrealistic standards of beauty and lifestyle, but it’s acknowledged that they are idealized. The models wearing size 0 clothing are just airbrushed ‘models’.  These days, the impossibl...
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Location: Dhahran Saudi Arabia
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