Learning to code is 21st century super-power. I work as a Software Engineer and teacher around the world. My purpose is to empower others by showing them what we can do with our brain, a computer and wifi.
Hi nerds -
I salute you from Panama City, where I've been going through the regular check-ups from doctors.
How our bodies feel is always a reaction to our actions, whether it’s the food we eat, the medicines we consume, the habits we keep, our the stress we carry - nothing happens “just because”.
Healthy old people are healthy young people. It’s never too late to wear skin care, work out, chill more, and eat our veggies.
🗑 Flat and fluid: When it’s everyone’s responsibility to take out the trash, the trash is never taken out.
Ownership and accountability is leadership, even when that leadership doesn’t translate into hierarchy.
As we progressively decentralize organizations, moving away from hierarchical structures into flat, fluid teams is a challenge that often ends back in centralization.
Organically, people who take ownership over initiative and hold people accountable are the ones who end up leading the organizations.
✨ T-Algorithm: NYU Professor, Scott Galloway, set out to study the strategies implemented by trillion-dollar firms.
Here a TL;DR on the best business strategies:
A great example of an org that implements many of these strategies is Y Combinator. Here’s a YC deep dive.
👩🏻🏫 Online education: Effective online courses usually have 3 main components:
“Leaders are just the person who knows what to do next”
~ said by someone on a random Discord server
“The amount of money you can make is theoretically infinite, while the amount of money you can save is capped.”
~ spoken at a groundw3rk meeting
Today’s song comes with its YouTube video because it’s that good.
If you liked the movie Grease, this song will take you back in time with a modern splash.
Thanks for reading.
I will be in Athens, Madrid, Berlin, and Paris during July. Anyone I should meet?
Hit reply and would love to connect! 🌎
Best,
Jules 🤸🏻♂️
Learning to code is 21st century super-power. I work as a Software Engineer and teacher around the world. My purpose is to empower others by showing them what we can do with our brain, a computer and wifi.
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