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Realised I am woefully underprepared for the #100DaysOfCode in Python course. That does not mean that I’m going to give up on the project however. I am just dropping down and getting fluent with the basics with the Python Jumpstart course. I aim (very optimistically) to complete an app every 3 days. This should give me #130DaysOfCode 😂 What did I do today? I finished App 1: Hello (you Pythonic) world Done with the videos for App 2: Guess that number game. What did I learn? ...

Twelve years from now, your future self is going to thank you for something you did today, for an asset you began to build, a habit you formed, a seed you planted. Even if you’re not sure of where it will lead, today’s the day to begin. — Seth Godin, A note from 2030 Indeed! That is exactly what I learnt the hard way! But Jason today thanks young Jason for investing and saving up, so that he could live through bad times … and good ones. ...

For folks who want to know how to memorise things effectively, I always pointed them to the Anki app and considered my job done. While I will still point them to the app, my first port of call will be Nicky Case’s delightful new explorable mini site, “How To Remember Anything Forever-ish” ...

There is absolutely nothing I can say about the Personal MBA that hasn’t been said. I cheat and present Derek Sivers’ notes on the book. But here’s his point about the book as a whole … Wow. A masterpiece. This is now the one “START HERE” book I’ll be recommending to everybody interested in business. An amazing overview of everything you need to know. Covers all the basics, minus buzz-words and fluff. Look at my notes for an example, but read the whole book. One of the most inspiring things I’ve read in years. Want proof? I asked the author to be my coach/mentor afterwards. It’s that good. ...

“The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne.” — Geoffrey Chaucer, Parlement Of Foules, 1374 This quote that opens the book reflects the chaos in my life. I have too many things to do, a busy life and yet, innately I am an autodidact. I yearn to learn new things! And learning new things is also how I’m slowly shifting my career goals. Needless to repeat, tonnes to do, and grains of time in hand. ...

I’ve written about the critical distinction between “reasoning from first principles” and “reasoning by analogy”—or what I called being a “chef” vs. being a “cook.” The idea is that reasoning from first principles is reasoning like a scientist. You take core facts and observations and use them to puzzle together a conclusion, kind of like a chef playing around with raw ingredients to try to make them into something good. By doing this puzzling, a chef eventually writes a new recipe. The other kind of reasoning—reasoning by analogy—happens when you look at the way things are already done and you essentially copy it, with maybe a little personal tweak here and there—kind of like a cook following an already written recipe. ...