For those of you who don’t already know me, I’m Nouhaila, a 16 y/o totally obsessed with optimizing my growth and learning/doing more in Web 3 and crypto tech!
Welcome back to the January edition of the most entertaining newsletter on the web. I’ll be telling you all about making decentralized book recs to starting your own podcast :)
Decentralized Book Recs
If you’ve been here for a while, you’d probably know I’m a big fan of reading and a fan of blockchain… So it only made sense that we get decentralized book recs right?!
I’d been working on making my own Dapp for weeks before and was finally able to make one where users can review and recommend any book they’d like!
Psst! I share how I did it in this article!
Podcast of the month
This month I didn’t read any books, but I made up for it by listening to lots of podcasts! I found out about a new podcast called The Zero-Knowledge Podcast that’s been absolutely amazing! It delves deep into the tech underlying some of the most successful projects in the decentralized world.
Growth Chain
Not only did I listen to more podcasts, but I also made my own! Thanks to Factor’s and Spencer Kier for their ‘publish your first podcast episode’ mini-program, I was able to get lots of help for preparing and editing meetings. I decided to go with the name Growth Chain because I’d be mostly talking about personal growth and blockchain on it! How creative, I know, I know… no need for applause. 🥱
P.S. Factor is running a builder program soon where they help teenagers between 13-18 start their projects and offer them lots of resources to facilitate that first step for them! I encourage anyone interested to reach out to Spencer on Twitter :)
Floor is The New Bed
Yeah, so TL;DR, I’m addicted to sleeping on the floor. How did it happen? I have no clue either. All I know is that I took up a discomfort challenge a few weeks ago and tried sleeping on the floor for a few days.
I ended up finding it extremely relaxing. It helps me fall asleep faster and wake up earlier. Though some people might argue it’s bad for your back, I don’t think so. At least not yet… (I’m not really considering the long-term effects of my decisions just yet 😍)
Harvard Business Case
HBS cases seemed so intimidating to me when I first heard about them. But not so much anymore. Thanks to my directors Ian and Damian in TKS, my friends and I have been able to go through an HBS case and even formulate recommendations for the next steps the person with the problem should take.
This specific case was about Starbucks’ plan of expansion of around 70% in 3 years in China. Anyone who studied it during that one week can tell you they’ve had quite the experience…
Fun New Content
Skiing
The last time I remembered skiing was when I was about 5. So after it started snowing this year I started feeling this existential need to go try out skiing again. SoI did, and it was amazing!
I spent the day with my family trying out all the different tracks and it was the best skiing experience I could’ve ever asked for!
Passion
My newest means of entertainment is tweeting on Twitter. It’s an amazing source of new knowledge, but is also a place where you can meet amazing new people! Reach out to me on Twitter and let’s chat!
Cool Thing I Discovered
Mirror.xyz is a platform where people can publish their entries as NFT’s. I’m absolutely obsessed with it. I had the idea of making a platform where people can tokenize their ideas but Mirror in on a whole other level! Creators can also use it to crowdfund money for their projects. I’d strongly recommend for you to check out their website, and this entry which I found super insightful!
Coming Up:
Global Hackathon in TKS
More Growth Chain episodes
More articles on blockchain
This upcoming month is mindfulness month. I’ll be taking it easy :)
Growth chain is such a cool name 😎🐐
This is amazing!!! Let's go Nouhaila <3<3