Welcome to The Authentic Path
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." - Steve Jobs
Hey, it’s Tarek. Welcome to The Authentic Path.
I spent 31 years in corporate. Good title, good paycheck, successful on paper. Then in 2018, a brain infection put me in a hospital bed fighting for my life. Lying there, I realized I’d been living someone else’s definition of success.
Here’s the part I don’t love admitting: it still took me eight more years to figure out what was next for me. I didn’t leave corporate until December 2025, when I finally bet on myself and became a full-time executive coach.
So I write for people living the life I left: successful on paper, restless beneath the surface, tempted to slide safely into a life of comfort.
Here’s what I’ll do for you: every Sunday morning, one honest post about choosing purpose over comfort. A story, a lesson I’m still learning, and a few simple things you can actually do about it. It won’t take more than five or six minutes.
And I do an audio version so you can listen instead (I’ve been told I have a soothing voice. Not sure about that, but I’ll let you be the judge).
That’s it. One email, every Sunday.
I’m glad you’re here.
