Seeam Shahid Noor was the first guest on Build Bangla, a show of in-depth conversations with Bangladeshis who are top performers in fields from startups and investing to education and sports. At the time of this episode (July 2019), Seeam was studying for an undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. During admissions he was accepted to Harvard, Princeton and IBA, DU. He went to high school at Mirzapur Cadet College, is an online educator involved with 10 Minute School, and enjoys public speaking and stand-up comedy.
In this episode Ahmed Fahad tries to pull out the small set of tactics, philosophies and principles behind Seeam's results. They go through his typical day, how he researches, reads and teaches, how to reach out to people with a clear purpose, how to write an email and find things in common with someone, and how to deal with social anxiety.
What the conversation covers
- Seeam's typical day and the quality of a day
- Research and reading, including conceptual books
- Teaching, and teaching an audience
- Consolidating overflow
- Reaching out to people and having a clear purpose
- How to write an email and find commonalities
- Coaching
- Social anxiety
- Book recommendations
The conversation is in Bangla.