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[BAWD #14] Why Being Wrong is Good for You šŸ™ƒ

Feb 26, 2021
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Hello there šŸ‘‹šŸ¾,

I trust you had a blissful week?! Btw, here’s a friendly reminder it’s totally okay to make mistakes or be wrong. šŸ’™

As we grow older, there is a tendency to subconsciously embrace the ā€œfear of being wrongā€ or ā€œfear of admitting a wrong.ā€ We sometimes can’t deal with the fact that we committed that stupid, awkward, foolish, and unpleasant act. However, there is a need for you to agree with yourself that you actually did commit that act. Accept that every mistake you make is a product of YOU, and it’s totally fine to make those unpleasant mistakes, so own up your mistakes, apologize, learn from your mistakes and become a better individual.

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Featured Articles āœļøšŸ¾

  1. Introduction to Headless Content Management Systems.

  2. Top 15 Recommended Tools for React Developers.

  3. How to compile your C++ code in Visual Studio Code.

  4. Understanding Omnichannel Payments by Simone Fiorucci.

  5. Why Jamstack? An AnimatedĀ Guide by Sarah Drasner.

  6. Why being wrong is good for you by Dr. Robert A. Kenedy.

  7. Getting Started with Terraform by Obinna Odirionye.

  8. Diary of a Student-Teacher #Week2Day8 by Blessing Akpan.

  9. How to Kickstart a Career in Tech by Edidiong Asikpo.

  10. What a Year of Learning and Teaching Accessibility Taught Me by Sara Soueidan.


Product of the Week ✨

Verbz is a voice productivity app for teams that allow you to create notes, assign tasks, set reminders, make announcements, run standups, or chat with teammates seamlessly.

Do check it out here and upvote on Product Hunt.


Good Tidings šŸ”Š

  1. Commerce Layer just published some high-level exploration of the main aspects of modern commerce guides to help you understand the real value Commerce Layer can add to your business.

  2. I'm creating a curated list of resources about using the JAMstack. Do check it out and contribute too.

  3. You can now sponsor freeCodeCamp on GitHub! Please support Quincy and his amazing team to keep creating code learning resources for millions of people worldwide.

  4. Here’s an interesting story of two investors, neither of whom knew each other but whose paths crossed interestingly.

  5. For most students, real-world developer tools can be cost-prohibitive. Check out the GitHub Student Developer Pack, which gives students free access to the best developer tools in one place so they can learn by doing.

  6. How well do you know JavaScript? Check outĀ this videoĀ byĀ James Q QuickĀ to learn about 5 JavaScript Concepts You Must Know.

  7. Do you know you can free a lot of storage space on your computer by deleting unused node_modules packages? Run the command npx npkill to list node_modules directories in your computer and the space, they take up.

  8. Are you interested in learning more about cloud engineering? Obinna hosts live streams to explain core cloud concepts like IAM, EC2, Google Kubernetes Engine, S3, Route 53, etc. You can watch his past streams here.

  9. Want to level up your VSCode skills with Vim? Check out theĀ Vim for VSCode courseĀ byĀ Joe Privite.

  10. Are you struggling and thinking of giving up? Check out this article by James Clear, where he shared some thoughts about what to do when you feel like giving up.


Book Recommendations šŸ“š

  1. All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi.

  2. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel.

  3. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko.

  4. Hudson Taylor: Gospel Pioneer to China by Vance Christie.

  5. A Common‑Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms by Jay Wengrow.


Featured Tweets šŸ˜

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Jack Butcher @jackbutcher
Everyone you admire is still figuring it out.
5:22 PM āˆ™ Feb 20, 2021
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Bolaji Ayodeji @iambolajiayo
Here's a friendly reminder that it’s fine if you don’t know a lot now about whatever you’re learning. Learning is a process; you should enjoy every bit of the journey and keep practicing. šŸ’™
6:02 AM āˆ™ Feb 24, 2021
133Likes30Retweets
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Laurie Voss @seldo
Today my therapist asked "what if being wrong didn't automatically mean you are also worse as a person?" and my brain divided by zero and rebooted.
11:53 PM āˆ™ Feb 25, 2021
2,647Likes252Retweets
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Sarah Drasner @sarah_edo
We don't talk about how valuable a skill it is to run towards awkward situations instead of away from them.
1:23 AM āˆ™ Feb 20, 2021
1,144Likes128Retweets

Quote of the day šŸ’™

ā€œIf we try hard to avoid mistakes, we aren't open to getting the information we need in order to do betterā€ —Dr. Robert A. Kenedy


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