Hacks and Hobbies with Junaid Ahmed
Oct 13, 2026 · 35 min · 10 segments
### **5 key takeaways** - **Competence earns trust:** Know your work deeply and keep sharpening your skills. - **Confidence grows through clarity:** When you can explain what you know, others can…
You know, what you just mentioned, you're building in your career to get to those things.
And that shows the part of commitment, right? You have to go through that journey.
Most people just aspire to be something without even doing the work, without even taking that first step.
take action, you have to move your muscle, move your body to actually learn what's on the other side.
And you can read all the books in the world, you can watch all the TV shows, all the workout shows, it's not going to affect you until you actually dig a hole, sow a seed, you know, plow the land, whatever it is, you got to do the work.
look, yeah, I won't say that I was the smartest person in my career, nor the best salesperson, et cetera.
an hour straight, and I wasn't the best tennis player, but I would wear people down and work hard, and I was a grinder.
Once I got into sales, in fact, I remember the first pharmaceutical sales job that I had.
You know, what you just mentioned, you're building in your career to get to those things.
And that shows the part of commitment, right? You have to go through that journey.
Most people just aspire to be something without even doing the work, without even taking that first step.
take action, you have to move your muscle, move your body to actually learn what's on the other side.
And you can read all the books in the world, you can watch all the TV shows, all the workout shows, it's not going to affect you until you actually dig a hole, sow a seed, you know, plow the land, whatever it is, you got to do the work.
look, yeah, I won't say that I was the smartest person in my career, nor the best salesperson, et cetera.
an hour straight, and I wasn't the best tennis player, but I would wear people down and work hard, and I was a grinder.
Once I got into sales, in fact, I remember the first pharmaceutical sales job that I had.
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