Mostafa here

A man without a purpose .. almost

I write in Arabic and English, No need to panic
أكتب بالعربية والإنجليزية .. لا داعي للهلع

Mind over Matter, Arsenal, Arteta, and the Kronkes – from LA to London

It’s a dark evening in December and I’m running under a light rain listening to a Tim Ferris podcast episode about high-performance psychology in sports teams. This guy Michael Gervais talks about his experience as a psychologist with an NFL team – Seattle Seahawks – and the process they went through to transform this team’s
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January 22, 2023
Mental Toughness vs Resilience

You always hear the words mental toughness and mental resilience, sometimes with different tastes, but it feels like they are connected. It feels like these words are two faces of the same coin, but is it? Delving deep into my weird self I decided to look it up and what I found fascinated me, but
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April 30, 2022
2nd step toward mental toughness: Understand your emotions

I’m reading a book called ‘The mental toughness handbook’ by Damon Zahariades and summarizing my findings on the way. This is my 2nd post on the book – check the first post if you’re new. After we started understanding the threats to be mentally tough, we move to dissect our emotions and how they affect
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April 1, 2022
8 common threats to being mentally tough

I’m reading a book called ‘The mental toughness handbook’ by Damon Zahariades who writes the blog http://www.ArtOfProductivity.com I decided to share the journey of reading this book with you. I’m at a stage in my life where I’m reflecting on a tough period of my life where I was mentally drained and couldn’t respond properly
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March 18, 2022