The best thing most young people should do is a lot more mistakes. — @orangebook_ on Twitter

# Referenced content:

Sticky notes with failure quotes on my wall: http://blog.lauragao.ca/stickies.jpg >:)

# Further reading:

Antifragility and the Growth Mindset by Sigil Wen: https://oneskillaweek.com/growth

Nassim Taleb: A Definition of Antifragile and its Implications: https://fs.blog/2014/04/antifragile-a-definition/

Stop Thinking About Failure. It Doesn’t Exist by Emaan Amin: https://emaan-amin.medium.com/stop-thinking-about-failure-it-doesnt-exist-f2b2e87a1357

Compilation of Ammielle's resources: https://www.notion.so/Antifragility-on-the-First-Principles-podcast-82aa3e68161a439ca7457e57ac4737fd

# Connect with Ammielle!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsp5LFDrt9Ut6pkZBvtOaYA

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ammielle-wambo-becker/

Release Notes:

I talk similarly to whatever podcast I happen to be listening to. I've been listening to some After On recently, and boy does Rob Reid talk a lot in the shows that he hosts (at least the 3 recent episodes he does). I talked way more in this episode than the recent 2 mindset ones. Looking at the audio waveform, Ammielle and I talked for about roughly equal amounts of time.

In the past few mindset episodes, I've been focusing on asking good questions and hearing what ideas the guests have. I think I did this decently in episodes 3 & 5  — in those episodes, I basically only asked questions and did not share any of my ideas at all. The audio waveform shows that essentially >90% of the time is the guest talking. This episode, I did share some of my ideas.

Not sure what format I'll lean towards next time. For now, I'm still experimenting and going with the flow of conversations.

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I used to edit these episodes with the intention that no one would listen to them. There are so many podcasts in the world, who would listen to this new one where teens dump their crazy ideas and probably have no idea what they're talking about?

Like I told Alexandra this morning, I started this podcast as a medium to get my thoughts published without extensive editing. When I write articles, for example, each sentence is meticulously crafted to enhance the reader experience. I found that my high quality standards were stifling — I wrote fewer articles than I would've written if I could just publish the first draft.

The entirety of the release notes does not fit into the limited space inside the podcast description. To read more: https://blog.lauragao.ca/6.html

Connect with me: lauragao.ca or @laurgao on Twitter