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🧠 5 One-Minute Thought Pieces to Reshape Your Mind

By Faraz Parvez
Professor Dr. (Retired) Arshad Afzal
Retired Faculty Member, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, KSA
(Pseudonym of Professor Dr. Arshad Afzal)

1. What If Success Is Just a Well-Packaged Illusion?

We spend our lives chasing success — a word so overused, it has lost its soul. Is it wealth? Status? Applause? Or is it merely a construct designed to keep you running in someone else’s race?
Real success might be simpler: peace of mind, clarity of purpose, and the ability to sleep without regrets.
If you’ve achieved everything but can’t look in the mirror with contentment — was it really success, or just a beautiful trap?

2. Are You Thinking Your Thoughts — or Just Repeating Someone Else’s?

Most people don’t think. They borrow thoughts, dress them in confidence, and call them opinions.
From media headlines to family beliefs to viral quotes — our mental space is often a collage of borrowed narratives.
True thought begins when we pause and ask:

“Where did this idea come from?”
“Do I really believe this — or was I programmed to?”
Independent thinking is not rebellion — it’s freedom.

3. The Curse of Endless Options: Why We Can’t Decide Anymore

We live in an age of unlimited choices — and yet we’re paralyzed.
From what to eat, wear, watch, read, or become — everything is possible, and nothing is fulfilling.
Choice fatigue is real. More options don’t make life better — they make decisions harder, regrets deeper, and satisfaction rarer.
Sometimes, happiness isn’t about having more to pick from. It’s about having clarity to choose less — but wisely.

4. Your Smartphone Is a Mirror — Not a Window

You think you're looking at the world.
But you’re mostly looking at your cravings, your fears, your insecurities — reflected back at you.
Algorithms don’t show you the truth; they show you you.
Your timeline is curated by what you click, like, fear, and repeat.
Your screen is not a window to the world — it’s a mirror of your subconscious.
If you don’t like what you see online — it might be time to look within.

5. You Don’t Lack Time. You Lack Priorities.

We all have 24 hours — and yet, some build empires, while others build excuses.
It’s never really about time. It’s about what you’ve decided matters.
You scroll for 3 hours but say you have no time to read.
You binge-watch but say you can’t meditate.
The harsh truth: You don’t lack time — you avoid focus.
Fix your priorities, and your time will fix itself.

🌟 If This Resonated With You…

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Stay connected. Stay curious. Let’s challenge the ordinary — one thought at a time.

By Faraz Parvez
Professor Dr. (Retired) Arshad Afzal
Retired Faculty Member, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, KSA
(Pseudonym of Professor Dr. Arshad Afzal)


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