This is part 2 of answering a list of question. Part 1 is here.

You can find the full list of questions here.

Why is the market capitalization of facebook, founded 15 months prior to yc by a 19 year old, larger than that of all yc companies combined?That’s not the smartest question I’ve read recently.Why not take a pen and a piece of paper, go offline for 1 hour and resolve one of them?
I do. And I’ve always loved the analog version outside the digital world. Look at my notebook.What are the key questions?Righteousness: Do I think what I’m doing is the right thing? I should ask this for every action I do.Growth Mindset: Where can I grow the most? Even if that means I’ll have to do things I’m not comfortable with or face my fears.Course-correct in smaller scale. I shouldn’t wait for things to go completely sideways. Daily and weekly checkins are tools for that. That’s why I journal.Am I following the herd or the values that I believe in? I’m a muslim. And I believe I should do good in the world. That’s essential for me and for my identity. Do I follow my own virtues and values? Am I a hypocrite asking someone else to follow virtues, values, or customs I don’t follow my self? Daily and weekly assessments are essential to correct my faults. That’s why I try to journal daily or at least once or twice weekly.What do you want?Do what I believe is the right thing to do. This is harder to do in practice that in theory. Some can do it. I can see my sister, Noor, has done it. And she is an inspiration.Is self eternal?I can obviously not say. Since I can’t remember what’s been there before I was born (but who said it is), nor expect to know what will be there in the future.What’s slowing you down the most?Staying up late.When was the last time you took 3 months completely off?Never.What’s your destiny?I can build Is 1 week 2% of the year? No. Not all weeks are created equal.Egyptian calendar.