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Episode 1: Motivation, Mastering Skills, Startups & Love

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Aug 16, 2018
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INSIGHT

Creating Value Is A Form Of Love For Cliff

  • Cliff's core motivations are a desire to build great things and to experience and spread love; creating value is a form of loving at scale.
  • He ties personal satisfaction to seeing others succeed and improving lives through inventions and products.
ANECDOTE

How Cliff Learned A Backflip By Relentless Resourcefulness

  • Cliff learned his first mastery (a backflip) by relentlessly asking people where they learned and then biking three miles daily to train on cheap mats.
  • He visualized the move for years, kept the goal despite moving countries and limited funds, and finally achieved it at 14 after persistent practice.
ANECDOTE

Learning To Code Despite Dyslexia With Grit

  • Cliff struggled with coding because of dyslexia and overcame it by camping in the CS lab, eating peanut-butter sandwiches, and coding from 8am to 2am for months.
  • After persistent practice he learned to distinguish spelling bugs from logic bugs and improved via video-based Udemy courses.
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