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Sup friends šš¼,
Got through a bunch of backlog emails and research, so I had a lot of sources to choose from this week.
Iām excited to speak next week in Zurich for the Enterprise Chain Summit - Iām currently prepping my slide deck for this (by āpreppingā, I mean Iām thinking about opening a Google slide deck, but yet to do so and have NO idea what my content will look like..but weāll get there).
Iāll try and record it, and share next week!
Anyway, letās get to it š
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/1 This Has Nothing To Do With āMaking Itā
OK, I get the Seinfeld has featured in the past three newsletters, but this was a good story about the work being a special thing.
We are lucky to be doing work we love - we shouldnāt take this for granted.
In the back of a comedy club, the comedian Orny Adams got a chance to talk to his hero, Jerry Seinfeld. Adams was struggling to break through.
He committed his twenties to trying to āmake itā as a big-time comedian and at the age of 29, he was starting to wonder if heād taken the wrong path. āI see my friends,ā Adams says to Seinfeld in the documentary Comedian. āI see people making a lot of money on Wall Street. I see people with a wife and kids and a big house. I just see people moving up.ā
āTheyāre moving up?ā Seinfeld asks. āAre you out of your mind?ā āThis has nothing to do with your friends,ā Seinfeld says.
He points in the direction of the stageāāthis is such a special thing. This has nothing to do with āmaking it.āā
Seinfeld and Adams are in comedy for different reasons. Seinfeld bends his path to conform to his true desires and abilities. Adams bent his to the goal of making it, to external expectations and markers of success. It isnāt any too difficult to understand why he felt the way he did.
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/2 āYou canāt miss a dayā
Came across this story - during a talk at a summer lacrosse camp, the legendary coach Tony Seaman asked the kids, āWho here wants to play at a Division 1 school?ā Every kid in the packed auditorium raised their hand.
āIāll tell you how to do it,ā he said. āAnd on top of it, Iāll tell you how to get a full scholarship to play at a college of your choice. Who here wants a full ride?ā Everyone. āItās a simple formula,ā he said.
āFrom this day forwardā¦you have to shoot a hundred shots a day. Thatās it. You shoot a hundred shots a day from now through your senior year of high school, I guarantee you will get a full scholarship to the Division 1 college of your choice.ā
It takes just thirty minutes to take a hundred shots, Seaman added. āBut hereās the caveatā¦You canāt miss a day.ā Even if itās a holiday, the weather is bad, or youāre on vacationāyou canāt miss a day.
Progress a little bit each day, no matter what. 200 words per day. 20 minutes of language learning.
Whatever the reps are in your chosen field, just donāt miss a day.
Some of the highlights:
They set the energy when they walk into a room
They remember the āsmall talkā details
They know how to tell a compelling story
Lots of videos and examples in this post - worth diving down this rabbit hole.
/4 Feynman on Purpose
Loved this quote - fall in love & get into your flow.
Work hard on things that matter.
/5 A 157-Word Writing Masterclass
Iām always trying to find an edge while writing LinkedIn posts or my weekly newsletter.
Make your writing dance.
A masterclass on writing in 157 words:
ā Nicolas Cole š¢ (@Nicolascole77)
12:32 PM ā¢ Jun 8, 2024
Thatās a wrap - let me know your favourite link š
Till next week,
Fahim āļø