Momentum is Seducative with Joe Wehbe Transformative Principal 460

Dec 20, 2021

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Joe Wehbe, 26 years old (I’ll be 27 by the time of this interview) and from Sydney Australia. 2016-2019 - Co-Director of a nonprofit building schools and providing employment in Nepal, called From the Ground Up. Author of 18 & Lost? So Were We with seven other co-authors. Co-founded the Constant Student Community in 2021 https://www.constantstudent.com.au/

Friend started Nepal opportunity
People never do step 1 so they won't do step 2,3,4.
Gatekeepers are gone
When you go out on your own, you become a leader.
Momentum is seductive.
Life wasn't bad enough that I wanted to change it.
1page summary of Atomic Habits
how to deal with momentum.
As of late 2021 we are also creating the beta of the ‘Intentional Gap Year’ https://drivenyoung.com/igy/
Opportunity costs or the cost of inaction
Prompt - makes you change
Getting proactive when you have a break.
Human potential is unknowable.
Four tragedies.
The third door book
How to be a Transformative principal? Be open minded about what education can look like.

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