Mohiddeen Blog

From the start of my life, I wanted to be almost everything: civil servant, doctor, teacher, journalist, lawyer, singer, lecturer, writer, entrepreneur, scientist, technologist... and even an astronaut. Each time I thought about being one of these personalities, I would dive into research and immerse myself in that identity. However, it is not only me who has suffered from the challenge of standing at the crossroads of countless choices without committing to a single one. This dilemma is deeply rooted in what Barry Schwartz calls the paradox of choice. When presented with too many options, we often feel overwhelmed and paralyzed. Instead of making a choice, we linger in uncertainty, fearing that committing to one path means losing out on others. Philosophically, this aligns with Kierkegaard’s concept of angst - the anxiety that arises from the burden of freedom and responsibility to choose. Malcolm Gladwell, in his Outliers, mentions that one of the problems geniuses face is the overwh...

  Despite the fact that psychology says man is born cruel, in some situations, it is said no one would dream to be like Escobar, bin Laden, or Evans in their earlier childhood. Who knows the beginning of history, the middle and the end? No one. This is where the limitation of man exists. But today, due to psychological and philosophical influences, man is able to analyze what it takes for someone to change personality over time. Because it is said people change because they've either learned a lesson or they're hurt. First of all, at the beginning of history, everyone would want to be a good person and leave a good legacy in this world. This is where The Good personality comes in. Secondly, in the middle of history, when they're hurt, they would want to adhere to the traits of bad people because they were treated badly. This is where The Bad personality arrives. Thirdly, at the end of history, they would gradually become fond of their wrongdoings and fall for their ugly dee...

  Life has amazing power – it defeats people without their knowledge. It is said, it’s not always what we like we get, and not everything resembles a position. We fall for the wrong people without realizing that we’re defeated. This is why it is said, people who are meant to be yours would be with you at all cost, but those who find reasons to leave you aren’t yours no matter how you cherish them. Unfortunately, sometimes, you end you chasing the ones that are not meant for you. This is Parallel Incompliance! But deep down, apart from the natural laws, things fall apart when they’re incompliant. We might don’t know because we don’t usually realize until it is too late. Dear reader, if you can endure reading pieces of heartbreaking stories, this episodic write-up will suit you. But if you can’t, it is very good to note this earlier to avoid falling into Parallel Incompliance! Because experts say expectation is the root of all heartaches, this is the main reason why I don’t...

  Contrary to Steve Jobs' saying, today, you can connect the dots looking forward —not backward. This is just to say that taking big promises or making hard decisions could be very scary looking backwards unlike looking forward when it is expected to be the best move one could ever make. Looking back at our ancestors' aphorisms, it is believed that the only way to wipe out your hindrances from your sight is to take a one-step move ahead by defeating them, leaving no traces behind so as to avoid being erupted by a volcano. Now, this day will be a historic day worthy enough to be remembered in the future, only if alike issues knock on the door or clear clarification is needed. We didn't do it just by believing the popular saying, "actions speak louder than voice", we did it after logical analysis was taken to avoid making a move based on incoherence. Thanks and be safe! —Mohiddeen

There was a time I was very lonely; nowhere to go, and no beautiful place deserves me. My only friend was a cute angel on the mystic planet, and even sometimes used to go away and leave me alone with my usual thoughts.  Then one night as I closed my eyes, I saw a shadow flying in the sky. She came to me with her pleasant smile and told me she wanted to talk for a while. She said, "Mohiddeen...", that's what they call me, "I promise you'll never be lonely."  And ever since that day, I lost myself in the Milky Way galaxy. Every night when the stars beautify the sky, I set my eyes on that brightest star and say 'Hi' and give it the go-ahead to start sparkling.   The beautiful star who twinkles in the night had come, saw, conquered and desolated the innocent heart. They urge to forget the past and be strong, but the heart was traumatized before going into a coma. They did this and that and keep burning the cotton in its infancy.  In the last passage, I s...

In 2020, I gave the story of Elon Musk on this podium, the modern-day hero who wants to follow the instincts of one of the greatest inventors of all time, Nikola Tesla. I said Elon is one of the modern heroes Africa lost today. Being its native son, he fled at the age of 8 to create golden opportunities which rule the world today. Imagining how Elon’s courage of turning his dreams into reality makes me remember his influencer whose legacies and enormous contributions to the development of this modern world unite us here, he’s Nikola Tesla. Alas! The genius died at 86; starved, broke, alone and depressed. Intelligence can be inherited from one person to another even a light-year apart; just like how Jabir bn Hayyan was influenced by Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, or how Galileo’s intelligence was transferred to Albert Einstein —and how Stephen Hawking was influenced by Einstein. Moreover, today, Elon Musk wants to be influenced by Nikola Tesla. This is why Elon named his company after Tes...

Plato’s “Apology” gave the story of Socrates and explained the role he played in Plato’s life, one of the greatest Greek philosophers. But the writing wasn’t meant to apologize publicly to the people of Athens, his hometown where the root of wisdom and Greek philosophy begot, rather, it was based on the description of certain events that have occurred in his life and his teacher, Socrates. But unlike Plato’s, Mohiddeen’s Apology is meant to apologize to the all and sundry for all that had happened. Therefore, I, Mohiddeen, publicly apologize to everyone whom I have hurt, insulted (if any), or criticized by words or actions with or without my knowledge. Moreover, I have forgiven you all for wronging me –as we live together, we must have wronged ourselves in one way or the other. As Williams Durrant quote says, “Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re doing and do it.” So, we should always forgive and forget. Well, I am the kind of person who believes...

  Let me start with Sigmund Freud’s quote: “Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” At the beginning of history, a calm heart was broken; even when Freud’s aphorism was put into action to obliterate the doubts of the shadow of dreams. Later on, it was depressed, stressed and wasn’t impressed at all. And knowing that when innocent and vulnerable hearts are deserted, they would fall in solitudes. One modern thinker said, “when the heart is broken, the emotional pain is similar to physical pain.” Seneca said, “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” Leonardo da Vinci added, “tears come from the heart and not from the brain.” Then, Cato the Younger, one of the Roman Statesmen said, “in doing nothing, men learn to do evil.” Hence, Mohiddeen Ahmad emphasized the axiom by giving this clarification: “broken hearts usually lose faith and sympathy and are more likely to adopt malice and loveless life.” Mohiddeen...

  Are you unique? What does it take to be unique? Wait, what does that mean? Let’s be frank and say “speciality” means absolute uniqueness. But if this seems unobvious, then we need to grasp the concept in the first place by placing some examples. Prof.Einstein formulated his theory of “special relativity” before placing the “general” theory on the ground. Shall we call that inductive and deductive forms of reasoning? Or shall we revere Einstein for being unique? He was indeed a great genius whose ingeniousness changed our modern understanding of this universe. Hence, Galileo was among the greatest scientists of all time that influenced Einstein and was the first person to invent a telescope, as well as being the first scientist to have discovered how the earth revolves around the sun. Then, scientifically, Charles Darwin was the first scientist to have changed the basic conception of natural evolution. Then, Tesla, Planck, Graham Bell, Edison, and Franklin changed the method of t...

To spell SCHOOL , I mistakenly wrote SCHOOL . The tutor said it was wrong, I shouldn’t have interchanged the position of the double “O’s”; so it is always SCHOOL , not SCHOOL —the same way it is DOOR , not DOOR , and APP not APP. Note that interchanging the position of the same letters in a word results in failure. After getting this, I went back and start practising how to follow this principle without failing. The first time I tried spelling ATTITUDE, but I got it wrong. Another tutor says I made a great mistake, the second letter ‘T’ shall come first before its neighbour ‘T’, so I shouldn’t change their position. I believed I was wrong, and then I went to relearn the steps again. The third time, I locked myself up in my dark and hot room trying to learn it by all means. I gathered dozens of books, papers, lecture notes and other materials trying to grasp them to the best, in order to make what my tutor wanted me to. At first, I began to discover the error —how do I do it without int...