<![CDATA[Open Loops]]>For the curious and the ambitious. And anyone who knows the answer that works today may not be the one they need tomorrow. Pulling on the threads of work, ambition, health, relationships, and what comes next.

]]>https://www.reza.soRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:38:21 GMTThu, 13 Aug 2026 04:15:34 GMT60Reza Saeedi<p>For the curious and the ambitious. And anyone who knows the answer that works today may not be the one they need tomorrow. Pulling on the threads of work, ambition, health, relationships, and what comes next.</p>episodicReza Saeedir@reza.sono<![CDATA[#1: Four timeless lines from Rumi on becoming who you really are]]>I came across a four-line poem by Rumi recently, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.

Walk before the path appears. Become nothing to find your true being. Make yourself small, and the world won’t be big enough to contain you.

The more I sat with those contradictions, the more I realized they were asking something uncomfortable: what if the identity you built to understand yourself has become something you need to protect?

This ended up being a thread about clarity, ambition, status, personal growth, and the question beneath all of it: who are you when nobody is around to impress?

]]>df4809b2-ccf0-44c8-ad40-32093e1c98d0Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:17:06 GMT<p>I came across a four-line poem by Rumi recently, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.</p><p>Walk before the path appears. Become nothing to find your true being. Make yourself small, and the world won’t be big enough to contain you.</p><p>The more I sat with those contradictions, the more I realized they were asking something uncomfortable: what if the identity you built to understand yourself has become something you need to protect?</p><p>This ended up being a thread about clarity, ambition, status, personal growth, and the question beneath all of it: who are you when nobody is around to impress?</p>no00:08:21#1: Four timeless lines from Rumi on becoming who you really arefull