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More Patience Equals More Money

Nour Boustani
7 min readSep 4, 2022

Patience, patience, patience, be patient, it’s the single word my father repeatedly told me in business. Patience is my weakest point when dealing with people in business daily.

Sometimes I wish that ground breaks apart and sucks me in instead of dealing with some brick-minded people. Throughout my life, I tried to my maximum ability to avoid dealing with humans.

I wanted to build as many automated systems with little human interaction as possible. Most people annoy me with their drama and ongoing boring stories. I know I sound like an asshole, but if being authentic turns me into a tiny black, smelly hole, then let it be.

Even though I worked hard to achieve that level of avoidance, I still failed miserably. Nowadays, I not only have to deal with the drama of different people, such as staff, clients, retail customers, business owners, friends, and family members. But I also have to deal with the problems they create, which I must fix, or shit hits the fan. Kill me now!

Patience is like…, hmm, let me find the right word. I don’t know; I guess I’m out of words today.

Patience is something that, if you lose quickly, will fuck you in the tightest places, hard and fast. The moment you snap on a deal in business is when you shoot yourself in the head. However, if your patience is limitless…

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Nour Boustani
Nour Boustani

Written by Nour Boustani

Hit the sweet spot or leave it be.

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