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I almost ended up going to Dubai…
But otherwise, it’s been an absolutely phenomenal week of getting completely stuck in to learning how to actually code.
This is Week 24 of The Unicorn Founder and damn does it feel good to be doing what I am doing.
I have been making a bit more content, got completely set upon going down this coding path, and ended up having a few eventful experiences that really got me thinking.
Let’s dive right in, with the main topics being:
→ The Startup
→ Dubai
→ Learnings
The Startup
Quick Update: I’m in conversation with a few real estate agency directors, and very slowly, but surely, are we piecing together proof-of-concepts to start implementing into their agencies.
It’s slow, to say the least.
And so the majority of my focus is on upgrading the founder (aka me) whilst the devs get the product built.
The POC Idea: It’s all about automating the repetitive tasks realtors are doing on a day-to-day basis, how that ends up looking will be seen over the course of the upcoming weeks.
But my personal priority as 100% switched towards upgrading myself and my skills.
I had to grapple with that for quite a bit internally, as it felt in some way like a cop-out, and like I wasn’t giving myself enough time to get something up and running off the ground.
But the ceiling that I seem to have hit, which came through a lot of reflection, was that genuinely, I myself as a founder, and leader of a company, need to improve my skillsets… the technical skillsets.
Dubai
An opportunity came this week to get involved in an agency in Dubai, in-part being run by some South Africans.
Which would mean that I would be flying out in the next week to go over and live there.
It seemed at first like a hundred percent, yes because I could have a guaranteed opportunity to build real estate tech directly inside a real estate agency, proving it in extremely quick timeframes…
But, once again, a pen, journal, and a bit of solitude was enough for me to realise that this move wouldn’t align with my current priorities.
So, decided to rather put that off for now.
But it got me thinking a lot about where my current priorities do lie, and what really is the most important thing in my world right now.
Time to learn.
Honestly, in all seriousness, I really, really need to learn so much in the technical space, because there is so much in my mind that requires technical expertise in order to be able to execute it.
And already, this path is feeling so right for me.
And part of the learning is experimentation: getting stuck in, getting my hands dirty, and building things — something so natural to me.
Learnings
Already, so much above has been shared that feel like such big learnings in this last week.
But there’s more, there’s always more.
The more I am putting stuff out there, the more I am receiving it back tenfold.
And it is such a satisfying feeling to look back on who I was a month, a week, a day ago — and the things I was thinking about — all in one place.
It feels like public journalling, in a way that also, feels right.
Plus, the process of creating each day, causes me to think more deeply about the significance of what I am doing — that oftentimes just slips into a state of being mundane, when it actually has a lot of meaning to be extracted.
Coding
It’s changing the way I am thinking.
I am becoming soooo aware of the technical behind-the-scenes of literally everything around me; constantly thinking and analysing how something was or could be built/improved upon.
→ In addition, it’s been a worthwhile push of the mind to experience the pain of not-knowing, and needing to “figure it out” — love the growth that comes from that boundary-pushing we can do to ourselves and the way we think — coding has been the perfect opportunity to indulge that.
I have a very, very optimistic perspective on the world around me and of myself within it. I revert to “yeah, it’s easy” or “it can definitely be done” as my default settings.
This is super powerful because it enables you to continually push further and advance, because there’s no limiting beliefs about what can and cannot be done.
I apply it to the coding by reminding myself over and over that yeah, I can do x, y, z and/or that it’s gonna make sense, that I will understand it, and figure things out.
→ I have begun to realise how prevalent this attitude is in my life, and how incredibly powerful it can be when applied.
Self
Pain is inevitable, suffering is a choice.
What I mean by that is that in our lives, we’re all going to experience some sort of pain, but the suffering part — the part where we extend and enhance the damaging effects of that pain by ruminating over it, being filled with self-pity, and/or letting it take root in our attitude towards the world around us — that can all be a matter of choice.
And so yes, it is sometimes painful to sit and work for hours and hours and hours on end, every single day.
To learn new things.
To expand your abilities.
To open new opportunities in your life.
And to keep seeking knowledge wherever you go.
But I am in no way suffering.
In fact, I count it as a blessing to do what I do…
→ I know what vision in my mind I am making real.
→ I know what future I am enabling.
→ I know of what monotony, mediocrity, and “settling” I am escaping.
Pursue something great.
Move with pain, not against it.
And revel in your will to do it for such an unimaginably long period of time, without fail.
The mind is a beautiful thing.
And it can serve us.
If we discipline it.
Remember
The world around us was made up by people no smarter than you and I… and we can challenge and change it… we can make a dent in the universe, in whatever manner we so choose.
We are not victims.
We are proactive agents of change in the world that we know… and what an exciting prospect when we decide to start making dents in the universe… at least, it gets me excited.
And man oh man, am I excited about this next week:
→ I’ll be learning more and more every single hour.
And that’s what it’s all about right?
Growth.
🕺 That’s it for this week.
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Peace and Wholeness : )
Ethan
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