Serial Entrepreneur: Don’t Sit on Your Money | Ahmed Sultan

65 Million Egyptians Have Mental Health Issues | Mohamed Alaa, CEO Shezlong

Mohamed Alaa is the CEO of Shezlong, CEO of Shezlong, the region’s first and largest online therapy platform serving over 300,000 people across 85 countries. He talks about: 🟦 What really drives people to commit suicide 🟦 How the way we treat suicide doesn’t actually work 🟦 What happens when you attach your self worth to your job 🟦 The stigmas around mental health and seeking help 🟦 How men are less likely to seek therapy and mental health support 🟦 The dark reality of capitalism and its effects on mental health 🟦 How mental health affects a nation’s overall morale and its security (00:00) Intro (01:16) Attaching self worth and identity to our job titles (03:01) Suicide and stigmas on mental health (08:21) Mental health medical investment and availability (13:58) How do we save more people from committing suicide? (18:15) Data for the medical state of mental health in Egypt (20:41) The effects of today’s pandemics and genocides on our future selves (22:46) What are the factors that lead to mental issues - is poverty a factor? (26:28) Men and mental health (28:43) Age and its effects on mental health (31:15) How should companies and managers treat their employees and deal with mental health? (39:27) Firing employees and how protect yourself and others (42:25) Vulnerability in the workplace (46:35) Why are we always performing? The negative impact of “influencers” (51:41) Romanticizing entrepreneurship (56:05) Being real and authentic; human (01:00:37) The story the mental health data writes and the responsibility it brings (01:02:04) Leading mental health issues today (01:03:23) Potential bias in working in the mental health field (01:05:47) The economic cycle profiting from the increase in mental health issues (01:08:41) What are the effects of mental health on the economy and a nation’s security? (01:13:33) Mental health and the morale of individuals and nations (01:21:36) How to ask for help (01:23:02) The hardest challenge Mohamed faced (01:27:20) Dealing with crises and acceptance (01:28:37) What is becoming? (01:31:33) His love for Egypt If you want to learn more about mental health, its state in Egypt and how to really start taking better care of yourself and those around you, then this one is for you. Thanks for listening—please don't forget to follow! — Where to find Mohamed ⁠LinkedIn⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamed-alaa-moustafa/] | ⁠Instagram⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/_mo.alaa] | Website [https://shezlong.com] For more from on:becoming ⁠Follow on Instagram⁠ [https://instagram.com/podcastonbecoming] 📷 ⁠Stay up to date on ꚠ TikTok⁠ [https://TikTok.com/@mashfadel] ⁠Go behind the scenes on Substack⁠ [https://mashfadel.substack.com] ⁠Watch on YouTube⁠ [https://YouTube.com/@mashfadel]

Your Body Remembers | Malak ElShazly | ملك الشاذلي

Malak ElShazly is a certified somatic coach who specializes in the regulation of the nervous system and emotional healing. She talks about: 🟦 The differences between talk and somatic therapy 🟦 What the nervous system is and how it’s affected 🟦 Dealing with chronic stress and how to release it 🟦 The causes of trauma and how to understand its triggers 🟦 How we act in relationships according to our attachment styles 🟦 How we deal with shame and understanding how it differs from guilt (00:00) Intro (01: 24) Malak’s Background (02:57) How she got into the field (04:20) What is Somatic Therapy (07:30) Differences between Talk Therapy and Somatic (09:29) What is the Nervous System? (12:53) Why Self Awareness Isn’t Enough (14:50) Examples of Somatic Exercises (15:13) 4 Ways of Reacting When Stressed (17:16) Biggest Misconception About Dealing with Stress (19:20) How to Deal with Chronic Stress? (23:48) How to Release Stress? (24:39) Understanding the Root Cause of Emotions: Wheel of Emotion (26:39) Skepticism over Somatic Therapy (28:19) Making the Unconscious Conscious (31:55) How to Rewire the Brain (33:35) How to Feel “Safe” (36:43) The Definition of Trauma (38:03) Suffering from Trauma and Its Triggers (39:49) How to Get Over Trauma (42:28) Empathy Towards Trauma Responses (44:32) Relationship Attachment Styles (46:52) Anxious Attachment Fears (47:39) Secure Attachment (47:55) Avoidant Attachment (50:01) How to Become A Secure? (51:29) Can Anxious and Avoidant Relationships Work? (52:08) Dealing with Shame (54:09) Avoidants and Shame (56:03) Why Some People Avoid Working on Themselves? (58:55) The Effect Parents Have on Their Children (01:02:23) Defining Happiness (01:04:37) Closing If you want to learn more about how to regulate your nervous system and to take better care of yourself and your relationships, then this one is for you. Thanks for listening—please don't forget to follow! — Where to find Malak ⁠LinkedIn⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/malak-elshazly-542a23241/] | ⁠Instagram⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/malakregulates] For more from on:becoming ⁠Follow on Instagram⁠ [https://instagram.com/podcastonbecoming] 📷 ⁠Stay up to date on ꚠ TikTok⁠ [https://TikTok.com/@mashfadel] ⁠Go behind the scenes on Substack⁠ [https://mashfadel.substack.com] ⁠Watch on YouTube⁠ [https://YouTube.com/@mashfadel]

I Lost My Football Dream But Won Everything Else Instead | Eslam Mostafa | اسلام مصطفي

Eslam Mostafa is the founder and CEO of MasterFit and Diesel Gyms. He’s an ex footballer, having played in his youth for Al Ahly Sporting Club.  He talks about: 🟦 How his football career was derailed due to coaching injustice 🟦 How we should embrace and deal with regret 🟦 What it takes to succeed in the gyms industry 🟦 What being an entrepreneur really means 🟦 How our upbringing can either hold us back or drive us forward (00:00) Intro (01:08) His Football Experience & History (06:16) The Al Ahly Football Incident (13:13) Regrets on Leaving Football (16:35) Motivation Behind Entrepreneurship  (18:23) Why Not Continue The Family Business? (19:23) How Did You Start The Gym Business? (26:28) The Closure of The Gyms Business (35:57) How MasterFit Come To Life (45:20) Affordability of Building a Home Gym (46:18) Costs of Opening a Gym (47:15) Gym Economics (52:15) In Memory of his Father (52:34) His Dream (54:18) Fears (55:00) Closing If you’re a gym enthusiast or an aspiring entrepreneur, then this one is for you. Thanks for listening—please don't forget to subscribe! – Where to find Eslam Instagram⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/eslammostafa11/] | Company [https://www.instagram.com/master_fit_eg/]   For more from on:becoming ⁠Follow on Instagram⁠ [https://instagram.com/podcastonbecoming] 📷 ⁠Stay up to date on ꚠ TikTok⁠ [https://TikTok.com/@mashfadel] ⁠Go behind the scenes on Substack⁠ [https://mashfadel.substack.com] ⁠Watch on YouTube⁠ [https://YouTube.com/@mashfadel]

The Untold Secret to Sports Success | Nada Zaher & GRID | ندي زاهر

Nada Zaher is the founder and CEO of GRID, Egypt’s hottest company right now in athlete and sports management. She’s an athlete herself having played tennis from a young age and pursued it further in Columbia University where she was a leading figure on the captain of the team. Along with her passion for sports, she’s an integral part of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Egypt, co-creating the Egypt Entrepreneur Awards a few years back. She later joined Right to Dream and helped lead FC Masar while also supporting youth achieve their dreams of studying abroad and going pro. Now, she’s going all in on GRID. She talks about: 🟦 What it takes to get into an Ivy League school 🟦 What really matters in athlete personal branding 🟦 How to land deals as an athlete 🟦 How an athlete can and should protect themselves and their rights 🟦 The struggles of operating in a greed-driven industry 🟦 How lonely being a CEO can be and how to overcome it 🟦 What Egypt and Egyptian athletes need to do to get gold (00:00) Intro (01:18) Her Start as an Entrepreneur (03:49) Her Tennis and Athletic Experience (06:47) What You Learn From Individual Sports (10:40) The Loneliness of Being a CEO (11:42) Social Media as an Advantage (13:24) Pursuing an Ivy League Education (How She Got In) (16:31) Her Coach’s Belief In Her and Her Impact (20:13) Creating a Roster of Players (21:17) Learnings from Columbia and NYC (22:55) Do Athletes Have The Same Opportunities Today? (24:18) The Change in the Mindset of Egyptian Athletes and their Parents (26:10) The Bill Campbell Award (28:39) The Power of Networks and Being in Corporate (31:32) The Return to Egypt and Starting the First Startup (35:26) Co-creating Egypt Entrepreneur Awards (EEA) (38:46) Leaving Behind Guaranteed Success to Pursue Passion (40:00) Biggest Impact Story with Right To Dream (41:39) What Does GRID Mean? (43:11) Why Build GRID? (44:24) What Does GRID Do? (47:19) Why Doesn’t Egypt Invest in Its Athletes? (49:13) What is the Minimum Age for an Athlete to Find Representation? (51:33) What are the Criteria for Being Represented and Getting Sponsored? (52:34) Do You Invest in “Potential”? (55:45) Building a Startup Founder Is Harder Second Time Around (57:54) How Is a Sponsorship Deal Structured and Who Are the Stakeholders? (01:04:09) Athletic Personal Branding Gap in Egypt (01:05:06) Athletic Retirement and Post Career Planning (01:08:18) The Dirty Industry (01:10:36) Protecting Your Rights as an Athlete (01:12:08) Advantages in a Male Dominated Industry (01:13:36) Changes in Culture Norms for Athletes to Thrive (01:16:06) How She Signed Her First 10 Athletes? (01:17:52) Being an Athlete Founder (01:20:49) The Dream (01:23:44) Fears, Connections and Becoming If you’re an athlete or an aspiring entrepreneur, then this one is for you. Thanks for listening—please don't forget to follow! – Where to find Nada ⁠LinkedIn⁠ [https://linkedin.com/in/nada-zaher/] | ⁠Instagram⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/zahernada/] | Company [https://www.instagram.com/grid.sports/]   For more from on:becoming ⁠Follow on Instagram⁠ [https://instagram.com/podcastonbecoming] 📷 ⁠Stay up to date on ꚠ TikTok⁠ [https://TikTok.com/@mashfadel] ⁠Go behind the scenes on Substack⁠ [https://mashfadel.substack.com] ⁠Watch on YouTube⁠ [https://YouTube.com/@mashfadel]

I Don't Care About Being Remembered | Kenzy Omar | كنزي عمر

Kenzy Omar is as human as they come. She’s a woman who chooses to break out of the boxes society places her in and pushes back against the expectation to only move in the confines of those boxes. She’s a young woman who’s trying everything and finding herself in the process. She’s passionate about healthcare and loves creating value and bringing impact to every person she interacts with. She believes that her calling in life is to help people. And she navigates life with that as a living philosophy. She talks about: 🟦 Identity and how people perceive themselves and others 🟦 How we confine ourselves to the labels other place on us 🟦 What it’s like being a medical student - the peaks and troughs 🟦 How we are all our Nth project, making our growth a priority 🟦 The contrast life and death does for us 🟦 How life is about the impact you leave, not needing to be remembered (00:00) Intro (01:52) Being Put in Boxes By Those Around Us (04:42) How Being Put in a Box Feels Like (08:29) Why Do People Hold Themselves Back (10:28) Everyone Has a Different Timeline (12:04) Viewing Life In Projects: Her Other Ventures (13:53) Being A Founder (15:21) Our Identity: How We Define Ourselves (18:46) What The World Doesn’t See (20:57) Her Medical Education Journey (24:08) Not Being Allowed To Do More Than One Thing (27:04) Not Conforming To Systems and Dogmas (29:18) The Nth Project: Treating Yourself as a Project (30:42) How To Balance Different Priorities (33:24) Actions Over Words: Shipping Projects Before Talking About Them (35:53) The Need for External Validation and the Spotlight (38:19) The Evolution in Healthcare (40:17) Blessings and Curses of Being a Founder (42:21) Managing Attachments (44:03) The Need for Infinite Time (46:13) Paradoxes of Being Alone and Needing People (47:43) Authenticity (49:58) Our Impact: I Don’t Want to be Remembered (52:28) Life and Death (54:24) Connecting the Dots (56:00) Dreams, Fears and Becoming If you want to being inspired and enjoy deeply human conversations, then this one is for you. Thanks for listening—please don't forget to follow! – Where to find Kenzy ⁠LinkedIn⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenzy-omar-0304a31b6/] | ⁠Instagram⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/kenzy.shares/] | TikTok [http://TikTok.com/@kenzy.shares] For more from on:becoming ⁠Follow on Instagram⁠ [http://instagram.com/podcastonbecoming] 📷 ⁠Stay up to date on ꚠ TikTok⁠ [http://TikTok.com/@mashfadel] ⁠Go behind the scenes on Substack⁠ [http://mashfadel.substack.com] ⁠Watch on YouTube⁠ [http://YouTube.com/@mashfadel]