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May 2

May 2 Lessons In Sourdough

Aspirations, Careers, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Learning, Life

So, I realize I’ve come this late (it was a big thing during the pandemic) but recently, I’ve started making my own sourdough bread.

It’s a fascinating activity to take on - a much longer and much more involved process than I originally expected. From start to finish (i.e. from levain preparation to actual baked bread), it takes about 36 hours, because there are a number of steps to be followed, each with specific time requirements, particular results to be achieved at each step, and plenty of waiting in between.

Feb 3

Feb 3 Omerisms Podcast - Episode 71

Omer Abdullah

Aspirations, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Life, Personal Codes

This month, I'd like to speak to a few fundamental ideas about how we work and the implications of our behaviors when we work.

In today's episode, I talk about work ethics and this idea of balance. We shouldn't ever apologize for the former, and I argue, if we want to build something great, then we have to accept that a balanced life is not possible (at least in the short term).

Sep 21

Sep 21 Becoming An Overnight Success

Omer Abdullah

Aspirations, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Life, Personal Codes, Sales, Strategy, Teams

Overnight successes are all the rage. We see or hear a success story and we marvel at how they’ve come out of nowhere. Clearly, they had an idea that resonated, got their message out at the right time and were able to capitalize on the opportunity. I wish I could be as lucky as that!

Of course, overnight successes are almost never that.

Sep 9

Sep 9 "Our Stories Are Being Stolen By The Easy Life"

Omer Abdullah

Aspirations, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Life, Personal Codes

This week, I’m sharing my favorite ideas from “A Million Miles In A Thousand Years”, an amazing book by Donald Miller. It’s a non-fiction book that speaks to how we should think of our lives as stories to be lived, making them more meaningful in terms of how we live it, and how we (and others) will remember ourselves as we grow older and, when we eventually leave. This is Day 1.

Based in Chicago, Omerisms is a blog by Omer Abdullah. His posts explore Ideas, perspectives and points of view across business, sales, marketing, life and (sometimes) football (the real kind).