#012: CEO's advice on job applications, Tim Ferriss on consistency, Khan Academy's unknown cousin

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'The Fastest Growing EdTech Community'

If you are familiar with Khan Academy, you will love ShowMe. It labels itself as an 'EdTech community' that has tons of really helpful tutorials. Subjects range from math, science, language, music, art, and more.

Maybe you need a refresher on how to add fractions? It's possible you're curious about how to draw hands? This is one website where it is easy to follow your curiosity with videos that are simple, informative, and to the point.

What books do top executives recommend?

If you're like me, you listen to a lot of podcasts. One of the things that has always frustrated me, however, is that guests will talk about their favorite books and I have no way of going back to track what they recommend. I finally found the perfect solution to this: kevinrooke.com/books.

On this website you'll find book recommendations from people like Jeff Bezos, Mark Cuban, Elon Musk, Naval Ravikant, and more. What I love about it is that the site gives context for why the person recommends those specific books. Feel free to check it out along with Kevin's other website Bookmarked.club.

CEO's advice on how to apply for a job

Finding the right job is hard. Knowing how to stand out from the crowd when applying for the job itself is even more difficult. In the following tweet, Gumroad CEO Sahil Lavingia shares his thoughts on how he would apply for a position at his own company. It's a very cool insight that is rarely shared in this kind of public format.

(this advice may be for designers, but you can apply the same principles to any position).

Sahil Lavingia @shl How I would apply for this job: 1. Spend 1 hour watching the recent public board meetings on YouTube 2. Spend 3 hours designing something relevant to the company roadmap in Figma 3. An email or DM with the image embedded inline and some explanations to the design decisions I… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1737841415525470569 https://twitter.com/shl/status/1737456445363216848 Sahil Lavingia @shl Gumroad is hiring product designers! - $200/hr, no matter where you live - Choose % you’d like as equity (0-80%) - Work remotely, or from NYC - No meetings besides one a quarter Apply by DMing me a short origin story and a portfolio of some work you’ve shipped, including at… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1737456445363216848 9:24 AM • Dec 21, 2023 216 Retweets 1745 Likes Read 63 replies

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Tim Ferriss' advice to maintain consistency

The new year brings new challenges, opportunities, and mindsets for us to adopt. One of my favorite small pieces of advice comes from Tim Ferris on David Perell's 'How I Write Podcast'.

In the tweet below, it falls under Point #5: To maintain consistency, lower the bar for what it looks like to show up.

If you're a writer, it could mean hammering out two pages instead of trying to write an entire chapter. If you're trying to get into fitness, it could mean taking a daily walk for 15 minutes instead of committing to an hour at the gym. There are lots of ways to use this mindset, but it is one I highly encourage us all to consider.

David Perell @david_perell Tim Ferriss hosts one of the world’s most popular podcasts (~1 billion downloads), has one of the most highlighted books ever on Kindle (The 4-Hour Body), and 2 million newsletter readers. Here's what I learned by interviewing him: 1. Set high standards for your brand.… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1740017036267266456 9:29 AM • Dec 27, 2023 100 Retweets 719 Likes Read 23 replies

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Quick Math Tip from World of Engineering

This is a quick, fun tip on how to calculate percentages from one of my favorite Twitter accounts, World of Engineering. May come in handy if you ever find yourself in a situation that requires mental math!

World of Engineering @engineers_feed Life tip: X percent of Y is equal to Y percent of X. So, if you want to find out what 7% of 50 is, you could instead find out what 50% of 7 is, which is 3.5. This means that 7% of 50 is also equal to 3.5. 6:57 AM • Dec 21, 2023 406 Retweets 3013 Likes Read 84 replies

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