The One with the Ultimate Grind Mode
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Hi guys, welcome back to another episode of Random Thoughts with Takura. I think this has been the craziest week so far. This entire week, I have been in extra grind mode to get back to where I was when I started all of this. I am glad that I now have the majority of systems in place and automated, which has helped me stay accountable and consistent. I managed to make a lot of progress in almost all aspects of life.
Last week, Smart and I did the quarterfinals for the AfCFTA debate, and fortunately for us, we won the debate clean, 2-0. We will be proceeding to the semifinals this Saturday. Although this is a completely different style, we are using it as preparation for the East Africa competition in Kenya. I am not sure if we are going, but if we are, this competition is helping us prepare thoroughly. I had forgotten this feeling of winning, and I am glad that after a while, I started remembering and experiencing the drive of competitive sport. Although we won, there are three more rounds to go until we reach the actual finals, so again, I am asking for your prayers.
My brother has also dared me to go to a chess tournament next weekend, so I am preparing for that as well by watching a chess video every day. I know for a fact I am going to lose, but I hope to earn a couple of points and at least win half my games. I am so excited about this; the thrill is just exhilarating. I don’t remember when I last did competitive chess, but I reckon it will be a fun experience. I am using the London System for my white opening; if anyone knows a good black opening, I would appreciate it. It's funny how some of my friendships were made through chess, and now it's not even a major part of my life.
Anyways, I finished my marketing semester, and everything went well. The results just came back: half good, half bad; can't really complain. I am also starting summative week (this is like exam week for me), and when I am done here, I will be going into my final year (and to imagine some people out there think I won't graduate😂). So there is a lot of academic work throughout this week. I have two applications to code and a system for student residency. The pressure is getting worse, but after this week, I will most likely be on holiday and free from academic work, so I am embracing it to get over and done with.
Speaking of academics, I also did two new courses. The first one, from Ali, was his Part-Time YouTuber Academy foundations course. It covered how to start a YouTube channel and everything related to it. It was a pretty good course; I learned a bunch of things and would totally recommend it to a lot of people who want to start their YouTube channels. The majority of it is just about overcoming the cringe fear. Along the way, he helped with social media consistency and a few other things I had forgotten. Because the course requires you to do so, I have also posted a video on YouTube, which then forced me to record another well-scripted video scheduled for this Saturday.
Besides the content creation course, I did another course, $100M Offers by Alex Hormozi, titled "Offers So Good That People Will Feel Stupid Saying No." The reason I did that was because, since I now have several functioning e-commerce stores, I needed a way to make my ads sell so well that people would continue buying. I worked on a few of those and have now changed up the entire value proposition. I loved this course because it was more hands-on, and you could see the teachings from Alex. Not only that, it also forced me to bring back the stores that were on pause.
So now I have six stores with ads currently running. This is the first time managing an ad account with this many live ads running. The worst part of all of it is my sister got an internship, so I am the only one doing fulfillment and replying to customers. I just realized I was lying to myself before, talking about how I can't do everything at once. I am starting to see it was a way of procrastination. All I have to do is allocate one or two rest days so that I can break and avoid burnout, then go back to super grind mode. I would be lying if I said I am enjoying this part. But I guess this is the price of admission.
Personal branding-wise, TikToks are back on. I have scheduled enough content to last until the end of July. If I continue following this strategy, I should be two weeks ahead at all times, and I should be seeing exponential social media growth. So that's one thing I am proud of as well.
I think those are all the things I did business-wise. I also visited my grandfather over the weekend and bonded with him. It was really quite therapeutic being away from all the noise. The way some people live their lives so carefree and in the moment is very inspirational. I was quite impressed.
Other than that, that's been it for the week.
Sayonara,
Takura✨
❤️Highlights of the Week:
Ali's course
Alex's course