The Comfort Zone Is Killing Your Potential | Mohamed Loughzail | Zero to N Podcast

He failed the entrance exam to medical school, and it became the turning point of his entire career. Mohammed is a mentor, former corporate executive, and board member with over 30 years of experience across P&G, multinational companies in Saudi Arabia and China, and now the boardrooms of publicly listed companies in the Gulf. He was the first-ever IT Manager at P&G Morocco, later co-founded an inclusive business school in Casablanca, and today sits on the boards of multiple companies across Saudi Arabia. In this episode, we cover: Why failing his medical school exam by one sleepless night changed the course of his life The inflection point that came from studying in Montreal in the early days of AI What it really means to "fight the comfort zone" and the risk he took leaving P&G 15 years inside P&G, and why he still calls it his "school of leadership" The family sacrifice behind moving between Saudi Arabia, China, and back to Morocco Why he co-founded a business school built specifically for students excluded from elite education What it's like sitting on boards of family businesses navigating succession and IPOs His take on Morocco's "hardware vs. software" development gap The pyramid principle, why patience matters more than ambition in building a career His final life lessons on purpose, people, and legacy ⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 02:00 The exam that changed everything 09:00 The inflection point in Montreal 15:00 Becoming P&G Morocco's first IT Manager 25:00 Leaving the comfort zone for Saudi Arabia 34:00 Founding a business school built on inclusion 45:00 Becoming a board member in Saudi Arabia 51:00 Morocco's hardware vs. software gap 56:00 Final life lessons and legacy *If you're building or scaling in MEA, subscribe to Zero to N for more unfiltered insights from the region's most driven operators.* *#HamidBenLafdil #ZeroToN #MoroccoBusiness #AfricanTech #Entrepreneurship #PublicService #SocialImpact #JadaraFoundation #MEAStartups #LeadershipLessons #BusinessTransformation #NoHypeNoFilters* ---