Huzaima Rafiq

About me

I spend most of my time trying to figure out how things work, why people do what they do, and how to build better systems.

Studying BSIT while simultaneously working, because one source of stress is never enough
Curious about psychology, philosophy, technology, and whatever Wikipedia rabbit hole opens next
Go-karting enthusiast, closest I'll get to motor racing, and I'm completely fine with that
Regular at the gym, mostly to cancel out the hours sitting with books
Chess player, on and off. Mostly on when I'm winning, mostly off when I'm not
Types at 108 WPM, faster than most people think, slower than I'd like
Writes on Medium and LinkedIn, occasionally says something worth reading
Looks more serious than I actually am. (This is the fun fact.)

Books I own

Zero to One

Blink

Art of Not Overthinking

Psychology of Money

1984

Noise

Attitude is Everything

Elon Musk

Rich Dad Poor Dad

48 Laws of Power

7 Habits

The Leader's Mind

Atomic Habits

Thinking Fast and Slow

How to Win Friends

A Little Life

Writing

I write when something is worth saying. Some of it ends up here.

Medium

Articles, essays & longer thoughts

Professional writing & occasional takes

Find me

For professional conversations or work, LinkedIn is the right place. For reading what I write, Medium is where that lives. For whatever I'm currently thinking out loud, X is your best bet.

Photography

Places I've been to. Things that made me stop walking.

Someday goals

No timeline. No promises. Just aspirations I'm deeply committed to in theory.

Become this man

Surrounded by so many books that sleep is no longer a choice but a surrender. The dream isn't having read them all, the dream is not having to.

Explain things with that level of conviction

Whatever this man is saying, everyone in the room believes it. I want that energy when I'm explaining something I half-understand myself.

Have a room that looks like this

A circular desk buried under papers, under a painted dome, with no one around to ask if I've "tried turning it off and on again." Peak intellectual chaos.

Quotes I keep coming back to

Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul be just another human soul.

C.G. Jung

What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.

Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

If all goes well, I shall disappear for some time and there will be no way to get hold of me.

Hermann Hesse, Letter to Conrad Haussmann