Curious Friday : 21 Life lessons learned in 2021, Web3, Business Writing and more.
Episode - 09
Today at a glance :
One Quote : Carrie Wilkerson on making money and wisdom.
One Article : 21 Life lessons learned in 2021
One Tweet : Alex Garcia on 15 effective tips to master Business Writing.
One Podcast : What the hell is Web3?
One Quote
"The longer you’re not taking action the more money you’re losing." – Carrie Wilkerson, author, speaker and encourager.
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison, inventor and businessman.
Money-making and keeping wisdom are the rarest virtues on becoming great and to do extraordinary work.
Learning wisdom and learning about keeping wealth and money is an underrated skill that, I believe, when learned, can shape the good form of your life.
One Article
Life is a great teacher and it is a great student who learns the most valuable lessons from it. These lessons and principles that I have learned through my life came from my own personal experiences and failures.
Lessons and failures are beautiful and smart. They teach us new things, make us more prone to dangers and difficult times and make us so familiar to any unpredictable things that could also happen in future.
The year 2021 was a blast for me. So many new learning and valuable principles to glean from my life.
So, without any further ado, let’s get started.
Engineer Serendipity : I don’t know how many of you believe in favoring luck, but I believe that our “Luck” is a macro result for all the 10,000 micro actions that we do in our life.
But does luck really play a major role in our life in success? I don’t think so. It’s all because of our actions and life decisions that we take and make that happen.
Your daily habits can put you in a position where "luck" is more likely to strike.
Increase your serendipity surface area.
Engineer your own serendipity.
Don’t be Pessimist, be Optimist : Pessimists sound so smart, but it’s the optimists who get richer and richer.
Pessimists see the glass of water to be half empty and see that all doors are closed for them.
Optimists see that glass of water to be half full and make their way and opportunities all by themselves.
So, surround yourself with great and optimistic people and see that the future is bright and big.
Work like a Lion : Do not work like a sheep or a cow who grazes all the fields by day- night.
Instead work like a Lion. Sprint when you get inspired and do work instantly. Rest and then Repeat the process.
Most people are not wired from working 9-5. Modern work culture is a remnant of the Industrial Age—long periods of steady, monotonous work.
If your goal is to do inspired and creative work, you have to work like a lion.
Overestimate in a day and underestimate in a year : These are the most common mistakes that I have noticed in today’s young generations.
We all have to make money in the most rapid form. So, we can’t wait for anything longer and make more.
We always overestimate what we can do/accomplish in a single day and underestimate what we can do/accomplish in a year.
To fight this, focus on small daily actions that compound over the long-term. Small things become big things.
When in doubt, zoom out.
Eliminate negativity : This is one of my best lessons that I can glean from my 2021 year.
Negativity limits our growth and proper mindset.
When we are surrounded by more negative people, it makes us do the exact opposite for what we need to do. So, eliminate those negativity and negative people from your life who are putting you down.
We all have some negative people in our circle who tell us to be realistic. They laugh at your ambition.
Eliminate this negativity from your life.
It's a boat anchor holding you back from your true potential—cut the damn line.
Tolerance for Uncertainty : When we have the tolerance for uncertainty in the future it makes us more aware of any unpredictable things that could happen in our life at any time.
Having a great tolerance for uncertainty has its own edge and competitive advantage in life. It prevents you from settling.
When we fear uncertainty, we settle to escape its grasp.
Tolerate uncertainty for a bit longer—never settle for less than you deserve.
Step into the Arena : It’s easier to stand in the sidelines waiting for the opportunities to land in front of you.
Instead, learn to step into the arena and fight for your survival. Make your own opportunities to come true and make them land in your place.
It's scary to put yourself out there in the arena, to expose yourself, to become vulnerable. But it makes all the difference.
Get off the sidelines and be the Man (or Woman!) in the Arena.
Go for more walks : Walks especially around nature opens your point for more creativity and imaginable thinking.
If you get stuck on something - whatever maybe in your writing or at your video processing ideas - then just go for a walk. It will solve every fixed point in your brain and will make you think in a more elaborative form.
No phone
No music
No podcasts
Just you, your thoughts, and the fresh air.
When you let your mind wander—in its true natural state—good things happen.
It works—I guarantee it.
Be persuasive, not argumentative : Persuasive people rarely argue. They listen more.
They focus on learning and doing actions. They listen, decide and act positively without any arguments.
So, decide today to be persuasive and don’t argue with anyone.
Put your family first : This is one of the best and most beautiful things that you can do in your next coming years.
Families are the ones for whom we do everything. We work for them, we pray for them and we sacrifice for them.
Life is short & fragile. Live in the moment with your loved ones and families. You never know what unpredictable things could happen in the near future—you'll never regret spending more time with your loved ones.
It’s the darkest before the sunrise : When I first started my journey, I hardly knew anything about the internet and how to make money from these great resourceful things that are available for free via youtube.
But it all takes a J curve for my career success. I’m not saying that I am the most successful but looking back it was all dark and I lost every hope - not getting any payments and not earning even a single penny from the internet.
But, when I look back it was the sweetest journey of my life. "It's always darkest before the dawn" is a cliché, but I now believe it's true.
Learn to say “NO” : Life is a game and you need to learn to say “no” to such things that would limit your growth.
The person who has the most powerful abilities to say no to such things that is not important for him only gets whatever he wants from life.
Bill gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and other great personalities and world leaders today have this power to say “NO”. And it’s not a coincidence that they are dominating their presence.
Be deliberate about what you spend your time on—and who you spend it with.
Make others learn : No matter how far you go with your success, you need to pay it forward for similar people like you when you first started your journey.
Nature has a very amazing rule to pay it forward to nurture and for survival for the next generations.
Make your success an inspiration for the next generations to come so they can also inspire others to do the same.
Pay it forward. Be a mentor. Be a champion for others. Their growth should become a source of tremendous joy and pride.
Find your zone of genius : Your zone of genius is where your skills, talents and your competency are aligned.
Find that zone and work continually with perseverance and hard work on your zone.
Find yours, then slowly shift your life to spend more time in it. Start playing games you are uniquely well-suited to win.
You'll find more happiness, fulfillment, and success.
Talk less and listen more : “We all have two ears and one mouth, so listen to twice what you say” - The Dalai Lama.
Listen more - you’ll allow to make more elaborative and sustainable opinions to yourself and for the people. By listening more and talking less, you allow more questions and solutions to plant a foundational seed in your head for creative thinking.
So, focus on talking less and listening more.
Believe in doing something big : Small things can happen very quickly and naturally.
But, to achieve big things it would take time.
People who have accomplished something big in their life, also have started with small things.
It’s like a snowball effect. It gradually becomes big and does miracles.
Believe in the long-run game of your life and do something bold. You won’t regret it.
Say Thank you more : You won’t regret ever in your whole life by saying thank you to someone, you’ve been grateful for.
It’s the rarest and most virtuous quality to possess.
Show some gratitude to everyone who has supported you, mentored you and helped you to achieve what you’re today.
Not just on special occasions but also on every day.
Gratitude makes this world a better place to live.
Build new Circles : The Internet is a crazy thing.
It will help you to make better and newer circles with lots of brilliant people. Use it as a big advantage.
Connect with more people, make decentralized friend groups and follow like-minded people.
It's a circle because if one wins, then we all win.
Do things : DO everything, so that you’ll never regret anything.
I do things that I’ll never regret:
Talking to parents everyday.
Reading books over my college books.
Drinking a lot more water
Saying Thank you more
Taking walk everyday
And exercising everyday
Delegate Early : If something doesn't make you curious and excited, then you should delegate those tasks instantly.
Curiosity is the back-bones for creativity. So, do such things that will make you more curious and creative.
And delegate things which retards your creativity.
Exponential Growth : Always believe in Exponential growth and take this as a challenge.
Human brains underestimate the power of exponential growth.
When you are in your exponential growth - stop trying to set specific goals.
It’s like a ride that we need to enjoy very often.
One Tweet :
If you want to learn how to do Business writing and how to master this underrated yet super persuasive technique, that will help you to reach the maximum of your targeted audience? If yes, then look no more.
In the above Thread, Alex has listed down the 15 major principles of Business writing that’ll help you to outperform your writing effectively.
One Podcast
So,....What the hell is Web3?
I know that many of you might be eager to know and dig deeper into the concepts of Web3. So, here we are.
Jarrod Dicker—head of the crypto fund at The Chernin Group—abstracts the complexity and provides a simple breakdown of the space and excitement in this podcast.
Great listen—well worth your time if you’ve been wondering about Web3!
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
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