[BAWD #29] On Building Confidence and Venture Education Center

Jun 13, 2021

Hello there 👋🏾,

I trust you’re showing up daily and taking good care of yourself. Btw, here’s a friendly reminder that you should not spend your entire life waiting for the best time to make that move. Instead, start making a conscious effort towards your goals and focus on the process. The best time is always now!

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Product of the Week ✨

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Good Tidings 🔊

“…Confidence is a wonderful thing to have, but if you find yourself overcome with fear, self-doubt, or uncertainty, then let your behavior drive your beliefs. Play as if you’re at your best. Work as if you’re on top of your game. You can use bold actions to trigger a bold mindset.” Learn how world Chess champion Garry Kasparov builds confidence in this insightful article.
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Book Recommendations 📚

The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance by Josh Waitzkin.
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko.
All of Grace by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions by Gayle Laakmann McDowell.
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Featured Tweets 😍

Prosper Otemuyiwa @unicodeveloper

A huge part of the reason why many people are not where they want to be is because we all think too much about why not to do the things we want to do. Overthinking gives you the perfect 10-page PDF with valid reasons about why you should stay where you are currently. 🙂

Dan @dan_abramov

Underrated way to learn something: try building a toy version of it. You both learn a little bit about the problem and get better at extracting the essence of something complex.

Edidiong Asikpo @Didicodes

The secret to getting better at anything is doing that thing consistently. 💛

Eriol - black trans lives matter 🌈 @EriolDoesDesign

Slow progress is still progress.

Bọ́lájí Ayọ̀dejì @iambolajiayo

"The challenge for anyone interested in making progress is to simultaneously have: (1) The confidence to go after what you want (2) The humility to accept who you are right now (3) The willingness to build skills that bridge the gap between 1 and 2." –@JamesClear

Quote of the day 💙

“One of the hardest things I’ve had to learn is that humans aren’t pure functions: an input that works one day and gets one result, then again another day and get an entirely different result.” —Sarah Drasner

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