The ladies absolutely smashed it up last night at Batley Town Hall! 👏🏽
Ngl I was nervous about this one myself, with it being the first female panel we've had at a Batley Entrepreneurship Club event.
But the feedback, love, support, energy from the crowd was fantastic.
The really positive thing, it wasn't just the women that were inspired; so many men provided glowing praise as well.
A fair few teenagers and young people in the room were buzzin' too.
A big THANK you to Annissa Mohsin, Sobiya Jawaid and Rooji The Foodie talking about their journeys and sharing their unique insights.
Feedback included people saying they were happy to hear the vulnerable, difficult parts rather than just the good things.
It takes a lot of courage to be vulnerable on stage in front of lots of people - approx. 88 turned up on the night from 107 registrations.
Huge thank you to EVERYONE that attended - once again people travelled from far and wide to lil ol' Batley 😂
Huge thank you to the local businesses that supported: Chaiiwala Batley, Zahoor Sakharkar & Spices & Rices.
Huge thank you to the supporters and sponsors:
🎗️ CK Foods (Omar Bhamji)
🎗️ West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Shout out to the BEC members who also took the stage about their projects.
And a massive thank you to ALL the volunteers & helpers who make nights like this happen.
This is Batley, where things happen...and it happened last night!
Potential means nothing.
Expression means everything.
Communication is the number one skill you need to develop.
Historically you got away with being a quiet professional.
In the post-career era quiet professionals will be the first to go.
Learn to speak up.
Learn to become visible.
Learn to function as a media company.
Send a DM to learn more about the Minotaur Video Exemplar programme.
"You've got to see it to be it."
Nasar Hussain dropping some words of wisdom here and summing up why events are important.
Social media is powerful.
But it comes with a lot of noise. And now with AI, even more slop.
In person you can't fake it. The actual person shows up, no filters.
It's all about the human interaction as Nasar puts it.
What I love about this clip is how Batley, a town that typically gets written off, became the attracting factor.
Just like Bradford, there's so much good happening in these places. It just needs highlighting.
That's what these events do.
Real people. Real stories. Real inspiration.
Just over a week away. Be there:
Batley Entrepreneurship Club
I, like many of you, was conditioned to dislike attention. But "attention is currency"
Yeah we all cringe when gooorooos say that. However, there's an element of truth in it.
The post-career era rewards attention. All of these platforms are fighting for attention.
Media, government, big tech - all vying for attention.
Feels like err'one's been bangin' on about you needing a personal brand, why? Because it gets attention.
Most professionals cringe at the sound of personal brand.
But you need to reframe, personal brand is child's play.
Serious operators know they need to shift towards a full blown media company.
And as a media company you need distribution. Which brings you attention.
With that attention, you then solve problems, help people, provide value, and build your career.
You stay relevant in an AI age making seismic changes.
Yesterday, I talked about my March analytics.
One month means nothing. As a distribution system you need to zoom out and take a look at the compounding effect:
Approximately 3 million views across 5 platforms.
(Doesn't take into account the 2 other platforms I've posted on, nor the posting on brand accounts).
Some of you will remember when I was spoofin' 7-figuhhh-hustlaa a couple of years ago after surpassing a million on LinkedIn.
Being on one platform is dangerous: censorship, account removals and it's all gone.
As a media company you're not focusing on one platform; you're focusing on different distribution channels.
You're not comparing to what others are doing and getting.
You're building out assets that work for your circumstances.
A more detailed breakdown here:
Minotaur Mastery | Self-Mastery for Modern Professionals & Founders
Professional Visibility: Why You Must Become a Media Company Instead of a Personal Brand | Minotaur Mastery
In the AI era, professional visibility & distribution are no longer optional. Here's why every one needs to function like a media company to s...
Some people build empires just so they don’t have to go home to a quiet room.
We call it ambition. Most of the time, it’s just a specific form of modern sedation.
You use constant work and "building things" as a high-status distraction to avoid internal confrontation.
The inability to be alone with yourself is a classic "Internal Minotaur"
It’s a fear wrapped in a suit that keeps you trapped in the maze of busyness.
I stayed stuck in a legal career I hated, and then sedated with movies, computer games and tv shows before trying to build something. Didn’t work.
Internal peace must come before external execution.
Otherwise, your external results will always lead to internal dissatisfaction.
The vicious cycle repeats keeping you trapped in the Minotaurs Maze.
Master your Minotaurs. Master yourself.
Escape the maze of modern sedation:
https://minotaurmastery.com
Think. Evolve. Contribute. Ascend.
Your work doesn't speak for itself. It never will.
The longer you keep hoping it does, the longer you'll remain overlooked. So what do you do?
Stop thinking personal brand. Start thinking media company.
Because you are a media company no matter what your industry or field of expertise is.
You need to start behaving like it.
I repeat, there are 5 key skills you need to stay relevant in the AI age at minimum:
- Expertise in your field
- Proficiency in AI
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Visibility / Distribution
This applies to individuals, whether employee or entrepreneur, and businesses whether big or small.
Being a media company doesn't just take care of the bottom two.
It will amplify you as an expert in your craft, force you to learn AI, and get your problem-solving skills to work.
Here's where you can read more about it and what I'm doing personally:
Minotaur Mastery | Self-Mastery for Modern Professionals & Founders
Professional Visibility: Why You Must Become a Media Company Instead of a Personal Brand | Minotaur Mastery
In the AI era, professional visibility & distribution are no longer optional. Here's why every one needs to function like a media company to s...
"When's the next event?!" I keep gettin' asked. Well, here we go...
Batley Entrepreneurship Club Presents: Women Breaking Barriers!
An evening focused on powerful stories of women breaking the mould, building, scaling, failing and rising again.
This event brings two exceptional founders & leaders to Batley.
- Annissa Mohsin who built a £30M business from a spare room
- Sobiya Jawaid who broke cultural expectations, from kickboxing champion to business & leadership
Both are taking centre stage at Batley Town Hall to share what it really takes to push past limits and build something meaningful.
And of course, this will be followed by the open networking session; which now has a reputation that's really spreading far and wide!
You just wanna be there:
📆 Friday 8 May 2026
⏰ 18:00
📍 Batley Town Hall
Secure your place for another memorable evening and register now:
Batley Entrepreneurship Club
Shout out to the supporters and sponsors for this event:
- West Yorkshire Combined Authority
- CK Foods
- Chaiiwala Batley
This is Batlehh, where things happen…and it’s happening on May 8!
Eid Mubarak.
Have a blessed day with your loved ones.
Cray cray times out there; today is a day to just switch off and be present to celebrate.
On a personal note, the Minotaur Ramadan Challenge has finished:
No junk food
No fried food
No fizzy drinks
We did it!
Althing we failed on the no desserts.
Just had my first bit of fried food on Eid.
Already regretting it!!
Need to go even harder with the discipline post ramadan.
Anyhow, enjoy your day! 🥳🎉🎈🎊
Your mind is an intricate maze, buried deep inside is the Minotaur...
...symbolic of fears, doubts, insecurities, anxieties, ego and self deceptions.
In today's world, one of the biggest self-deceptive Minotaurs is faux-outrage.
Getting angry, upset and worked up about everything and anything.
Not because it's entirely legit, but because it gets attention.
Even when it's legit, the Minotaur creeps up and turns sincerity into rage-baiting attention seeking.
Don't succumb. Reflect instead using the TECA framework:
Think
Evolve
Contribute
Ascend
Inner work and deep thinking is the only way to evolve.
Once you improve yourself, then you can contribute by helping others.
Done for the right reasons, and not for attention-seeking ego, is what leads to spiritual ascension.
Anytime I’ve not got to where I want to be…
…it’s been because I refused to change my habits & behaviours.
Thinking is easy.
Changing behaviour is hard.
Don’t default to believing strategising is progress.
Don’t think results will come without dealing with your internal Minotaurs.
Visibility won’t come without exposure.
Exposure is daunting alone.
Get the support you need to overcome these trainable issues.
The Minotaur Video Exemplar programme was built for this…message me.
There's a rise in Muslim brands, which is great to see.
However, there's an element to be weary of if you decide to do the same.
And that's you will be held to a higher standard, but also you'll attract comments from peeps who won't like the religion being used for branding purposes.
It's also down to how quite a few are doing it all wrong by utilising over-hyped American style marketing.
Might work in America.
Doesn't work in the UK.
Certainly doesn't align with many Muslims' standards.
This is not to discourage it from happening.
But to just be ready for judgment, even if your intentions are pure.
And to use the right type of marketing; because if not, the backlash will be severe.
They tell me it’s over for Muslims in the UK.
My LinkedIn feed has been full of wonderful iftaris happening up and down the country.
I’ve attended 3 this year:
- Manchester
- Bradford
- Batley
Every single one has been great.
Not only is there a lot of talent in our community; we have professionals and entrepreneurs at the highest level.
The above pics were taken at the Bradford iftar.
Lovely surprise to see Waqas Barbar in our ends all the way from Burrrmingham.
Shoaib Khan’s a kool-kat I met for the first time in Manchester and then again in Bradford.
And Naheem Khaliq - my former law firm partner - didn’t hesitate to take the opportunity to try and convince me to come back into law 😂
Shout out Rehan Ahmed of Quantuma for the invite again - and Rooful Ali for taking some amazing snaps 📸
I might still be in the minority, but I’m very optimistic about the UK.
Day 18 Minotaur Ramadan Challenge and i've been on the ropes last couple of days.
Iftari dinner on Friday night wasn't too bad, albeit really tempted with the fizzy drinks.
Yesterday the family ordered take out food.
The pizza was calling to me like crack calls to an addict (so I imagine 😂)
Despite even my son tryna tempt; we stayed strong.
Final iftari dinner tonight, which hopefully should be the last big test.
So let's see.
How you getting along with your challenge?
Intelligent people and professionals are held back because they care about what people think.
I’m not sure if this was due to corporate programming or what.
But the fear stems from being judged by their peers.
It’s why you often see the “corporate, professional telephone voice” or demeanour which changes compared to how they are in person.
What holds them back further however, is not being able to admit to themselves they care about what people think.
And funnily enough they’ll be the ones with their chest out proclaiming they don’t care.
Recipe for disaster.
If you can’t admit to yourself you have an issue, how do you expect to fix it?
I speak from experience.
I used to say I don’t care what people think, when I clearly did.
Once I admitted it to myself, I was then able to work on doing something about it.
Honest self assessment is the first step.
Inner work is needed.
And then taking action to improve yourself.
If you need a systematic way to do this, send me a DM.
The Minotaur Video Exemplar programme will rip this out of you, and have you releasing videos to build your brand/project without being held back by what people think.
The UK is still one of the best places to be in the world right now.
I got quite a bit of stick for saying this previously.
But more and more people are starting to see it, and say it now too.
The AI scene is blowing up in London.
But it's not just reserved for London, it's in other parts as well.
Turning Batley, and the North of the UK in general into an AI tech hub is the vision.
Quite a few things in the pipeline.
For now, register your interest below:
Batley Entrepreneurship Club Exclusive: AI Partnership & Opportunity
Day 16 of the Minotaur Ramadan Challenge - keepin' up with no junk food, no fried food and no fizzy drinks.
But the real big test comes today, with the iftari dinner at Aagrah in Bradford.
Shout out to Rehan Ahmed & Quantuma for the invite.
Let's hope temptation is resisted.
Let me know if you'll be there tonight, will be good to catch up.
662,316 views across social media in the last 90 days.
Big numbers to some.
Small to others that get those with one piece of content.
Context matters - comparison will always make you lose.
It's no good me telling others you are a media company, if I don't back it up myself.
I am a media company, and this is my media distribution.
I've been a bit of a hypocrite - telling others to focus on 2 platforms maximum.
Whilst i'm active on 5-7 (more considering different brand accounts).
2 is the right move (unless you have a team). You'll get better results faster.
But i'm taking a risk on a different strategy.
I have small pockets of "influence" on different platforms - which collectively are now adding up.
I've switched from trying to go viral, to organic targeted volume.
The people coming to the events are not from 1 platform; they're trickling in from the different platforms.
There's a strategy on getting "1000" true fans, and you'll be set.
1000 true fans in that context is 1000 people buying your product or service.
I'm not after 1000 true fans. I'm after 1000 true partners, collaborators, action-takers.
Attempting to curate a high-calibre network; rather than just a large network.
If each of those 1000 have just 5 other high calibre contacts in their network; then it becomes solid network of 5000.
Repetition. Reputation. Relationships.
Repetition of content, to build reputation, leading to solid relationships.
This is why I keep bangin' on about visibility and communication.
A few years ago I had neither visibility, network and below par communication skills.
So much so when I opened up a law firm, and started other businesses, they went nowhere.
I was technically good at delivering. But if there's no work coming in, there's nothing to deliver on.
So as a shy, social anxiety ridden introvert, I did the uncomfortable shizzle of learning how to become visible after decades of trying to hide from the spotlight.
Most smart, intelligent professionals are in the same boat.
Fantastic at operations, delivery and completing high level work.
Which is great when the work is given to you.
But what happens when you have to find the work, client, customer yourself?
It's the lack of visibility, network and relationships that will destroy you.
If you're ready to fix that, send me a message.
MVE exists specifically to help professionals & smart people become visible, build networks and attract opportunities.
Every. Single. Time.
You’d think after the Epstein Files, it might be different.
But nope.
Only way to respond is to build yourself, build your community and build your own media.
Post-career era is upon us.
This is in part due to a generational shift.
Exacerbated by the advancement of technology.
Millennials were never comfortable with the traditional “career ladder”
Most checked out mentally.
They either started their own thing.
Or stayed in what became known as “quiet quitting”
But now with tech, there are so many more options.
The generations after won’t partake in a traditional career for long.
Most will elect to either do their own thing or work as part of a small team.
Work will fit around lifestyle, not the other way around.
Cross-dimensional skills will be paramount.
Focus on being an expert in your field but also:
- communication skills
- visibility; and
- AI
Day 14 Minotaur Ramadan Challenge.
Nearly half way there.
But two potential difficulties on the horizon this week with iftari dinners.
