How did Hisham Elkaroj and Micheal Phelps help me find my passion?

Ali Zakaria
Predict
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3 min readAug 30, 2021

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I was reading the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. He compared Hisham Elkaroj and Michael Phelps and how their physical capabilities allowed them to be world-class athletes.

How Hisham has very long legs that helped him be one of the best marathon runners in our edge, and Michael Phelps, one of the best swimmers in history, has a very long upper body compared to his lower body.

This comparison made me question the education system.

We all learn the same materials by the same method, and they expect us to have the same results or at least succeed in the same form examination.

Excuse me if I say that it is cruel to force the children who are so powerless at that young age to be plugged into this system. A system that is not only not preventing them from discovering their unique gifts but also imposing a plan and a way of testing that is not designed to be fair to all of them.

That’s led me to the famous saying by Albert Einstein, “Everybody is a Genius. But If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that It is Stupid“

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Ali Zakaria
Predict

Ali Zakaria, Judge and Best-selling author of the book “The Forgotten Art of Happiness — 52 ideas that ‎will change your life.