@kaitlancollins what an absolutely legendary display of our country’s issues encapsulated in under 1 minute - the fear, the anger, the aggression, the inability to tolerate criticism, the lack of compassion, the lack of representation, the drama. truly sad and embarrassing.

Most thought-provoking piece this week is this one by @beller

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@Dato22 And subscribe/follow while you're at it. When ready to take your idea to startup, hit up @Dato22 and apply for his program

@Dato22 The way to be successful is to repeatedly do the things that lead to differentiated, unique territory. Whatever you’re doing now, especially if it’s random and haphazard, won’t lead to that. You need a framework & build YOURS, you'll have to listen for yourself 👇.

@Dato22 Their tactics are constantly tweaked & tested to do just that. And, as a side effect, they win a ton of medals & raise smart, successful kids. Because the types of people who win are the types of people they raise.

@Dato22 Score in a soccer game is easy to track. Communication is not. Doesn’t mean score is more important than communication for the outcome you want. This is just strategy and tactics. Finland’s strategy is to create well-rounded people who can contribute to society.

@Dato22 They track things that are easy to track and end up where that takes them.

@Dato22 Exceptional results come from people with exceptional approaches. The bar for exceptional, in the working-on-a-startup case, is fairly low. Because most other people’s approaches aren’t all that thoughtful. 🤷‍♂️.

@Dato22 But the point is this: designing your surroundings to get an outcome you want is something we all overlook constantly. 👋. And, if you want to build something that matters, you should’t. Frankly, you can’t.

@Dato22 This is not a plug to move to Finland or to tell your 5 year old not to do their homework or stop keeping score at little league. There's obviously much more to understand about Finland.

@Dato22 Kids who specialize in something, say, skiing, from the time they’re 9 might not become well-adjusted adults. So, Finland doesn’t do that. And it turns out, breadth of skills wins over specificity in the long term.

@Dato22 An article from someone schooled in Finland talked about how a common school activity might be sending a group of 8-year-olds into the forest 🌲🌲🌲 with a map and them working together to figure out how to get back.

@Dato22 To develop those skills, it’s far more effective to have kids play with one another, to use their imaginations, to figure stuff out - than to sit in their room repeating math problems.

@Dato22 Finland wants its kids to be well-rounded, high-functioning members of society. To do that, they prioritize learning how to work with other kids, how to interact and solve real problems, how to communicate. Because, really, what’s more important than that?.

@Dato22 You need to recognize the outcomes that you want, the outcomes that’ll be successful for you, and build the system to match. Finland does this. Nearly every other country doesn’t. ✔️.

@Dato22 And yet, Finland schools are consistently ranked as the best in the world. 🤔. What is going on?. Exactly what you need to do with your startup.

@Dato22 Schools in Finland might hurt your 🧠, too. Until the age of 7, there is no school. Kids get together and play. There are no classes, no math, no English. And when kids do start school, they don’t get homework.