“You have to start with gratitude first. Gratitude teaches you empathy, and empathy teaches you gratitude. If you are not thankful for what you have, you are not appreciative of what you have.” – Rami Sarrieddine

I met Rami, Software Evangelist at Microsoft, who describes himself as a guy wearing suits and glasses together with running gear. I met Rami over a year ago. One part which connects us is running and entrepreneurship.

For him, important in private or professional life is to start with gratitude. Being thankful to live in a safe environment, be able to run and to have a gorgeous family – and this summarizes Rami, a guy sending full of energy and passion whenever I met him for a run or when we talk about entrepreneurship.

He chooses in his Chapters of My Life Podcast the Titel: “Pursuit of Balance” 3 chapters. Chapter 1 is called „Pre Evolution“where he describes his childhood and teenage age in Lebanon. He recalls himself as a child who had lots of imagination. Growing up in a country currently recovering from War in the 90s, he learned by doing. “Evolution” called Chapter 2, where he met his Mentor in his early 20s. A mentor who helped him learn the skill of researching and questioning every answer, again and again, every day, he also got more and more involved in Software programming.

Chapter 3 is called “Reflection” and is all about starting his Microsoft career, getting married, and raising a beautiful baby boy. But this chapter is also about parenthood and what it means to raise kids in a stressless environment to prepare them mentally with a positive life-view for the challenges in life.

I have to say; this podcast is also co-produced by sweet little Kyle, Rami’s baby boy. As you can hear, especially in the last 20min, Kyle joined our podcast, complementing with some background music and noises 😉 But hey, why should we cut it out, when this is life, and it can’t be more natural. Life is artificial enough to make every part of our experience perfect. So we tried in the editing process to minimize the noise, but not to cut it out – I hope you still understand Rami‘s and my voice. Let’s kickstart with the Chapters Of My Life Podcast book called “Pursuit of Balance.”

Never Give up – Always look up

Enjoy!

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CHAPTERS OF MY LIFE PODCAST BOOK TITLE

Pursuit of Balance

CHAPTERS

1 Pre Evolution

2 Evolution

3 Reflection

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You can find more about Rami, on his website ramisays.com or on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/ramisarieddine