How to stop comparing yourself to others
And learn to play your own game.
 • Jibran el Bazi
Stop Hitting Yourself
A poem I wrote a while ago.
 • Jibran el Bazi
Stop chopping off our student’s legs
and be mindful of whether your legs were chopped off…
 • Jibran el Bazi
Stop improving and start improv -ing
Life is an amazing improv partner, it’s always willing to play.
 • Jibran el Bazi
How I Proposed to My Wife to Make Babies.
In my pocket I had a secret object…
 • Jibran el Bazi
Pushing away (from pain & "boringness") vs. Pulling toward (pleasure & meaning)
A short video riffing on pushing away from pain or boring stuff vs.
 • Jibran el Bazi
6:15
Stop self-sabotage (+ 13 more benefits of Playing Your Own Game)
Watch now (14 min) | I'm listing out the major benefits I experienced from choosing to "play my own game." As my last video, the format is me coloring a…
 • Jibran el Bazi
13:51
Dr Strangelove — Or: How I learned to Stop Overthinking & Love the Doubt.
Embrace intuition, love uncertainty, stop overthinking. (my most personal piece to date)
 • Jibran el Bazi
So, you found “Product-Market Fit” for your startup idea...
16 factors you have to check to see if your business fits YOU.
 • Jibran el Bazi
Life is Like Legos
Even when it all comes crashing down, you can always rebuild it together.
 • Jibran el Bazi
A birthday letter to my son
An epistolary essay about guidance and letting go.
 • Jibran el Bazi
100-day Creator Challenge
Join me in creating something every weekday starting Dec. 1st
 • Jibran el Bazi
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