Fazal Hadi
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Hello, I’m Fazal Hadi, a motivational storyteller who writes honest, human stories that inspire growth, hope, and inner strength.
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When Everyone Walked Away, He Chose Himself
Marcus sat alone in the apartment he could barely afford, staring at his phone that hadn't rung in three weeks. His best friend since college had stopped returning texts. His brother said he was "too busy" to meet up anymore. Even his girlfriend of four years had walked away, leaving behind nothing but a note that read: "I can't watch you struggle like this anymore."
By Fazal Hadi3 days ago in Motivation
6 Tiny Habits That Work Even on Bad Days
I discovered these habits on the worst day of my life. It was a gray Tuesday morning when my world collapsed in stages. First, the email: my position was being eliminated. Then, the phone call: my grandmother, who raised me, had hours left. By noon, I was sitting in a hospital parking lot, jobless and about to say goodbye to the only person who'd ever believed in me unconditionally.
By Fazal Hadi4 days ago in Motivation
Dreams, Struggles, and Breakthroughs
The dream showed up uninvited at 2 a.m. on a Thursday. I was wiping down tables at Rico's Diner, the same tables I'd been cleaning for seven years, when I caught my reflection in the window. Thirty-four years old, smelling like french fries and burnt coffee, with a notebook of unpublished stories shoved in my locker and a life that looked nothing like what I'd imagined at twenty-two.
By Fazal Hadi4 days ago in Motivation
Learning Success from Failure
I used to wake up like a house on fire. Alarm blaring. Snooze button slammed. Rush to the shower. Grab whatever clothes were closest. Chug coffee while checking emails. Sprint out the door with my heart already racing and my mind already spinning.
By Fazal Hadi5 days ago in Motivation
Learning Success from Failure
I failed spectacularly at 32. Not the kind of failure you brush off with a joke or hide behind a motivational quote. The kind that makes headlines in your small town. The kind where people whisper when you walk by. The kind that forces you to move back into your childhood bedroom and stare at the ceiling, wondering how you got it all so wrong.
By Fazal Hadi5 days ago in Motivation
The Day Life Took a New Turn
It was an ordinary Wednesday when my life split into two parts: before and after. I was standing in line at the grocery store, mentally running through my to-do list, when my phone rang. The number was unfamiliar, but something told me to answer.
By Fazal Hadi5 days ago in Motivation
Stop Complaining, Start Creating
I didn't realize how much I complained until someone called me out on it. It was my younger sister, actually. We were sitting at a coffee shop, and I was doing what I did best—venting. About my job. My finances. My lack of opportunities. How nothing ever worked out for me. How everyone else seemed to have it easier.
By Fazal Hadi6 days ago in Motivation
7 Ways I Trained My Mind to Stop Overthinking
I used to live inside my head. Not in a creative, daydreamy way. In an exhausting, suffocating, never-ending loop of what-ifs and worst-case scenarios. Every conversation replayed. Every decision questioned. Every possibility analyzed until I couldn't move forward at all.
By Fazal Hadi6 days ago in Longevity
