The Struggling Stoic The Struggling Stoic

Quincy Larson is one of the most inspiring people I've ever met. He's the founder of freeCodeCamp.org, a non-profit that each year helps thousands of people change their lives by becoming software developers. The organization was founded in 2014 and it has grown to become one of the worlds most popular learning platforms for aspiring developers.

Quincy also follows a range of Stoic practices in his day-to-day life. In this interview, he shares both how and why he does it.

NOTE: This episode was recorded before the coronavirus pandemic broke out, which is why it isn't mentioned throughout the interview.

In this episode, I interview entrepreneur, investor and Stoic practitioner Hampus Jakobsson. Hampus was previously the founder of TAT, which he sold to BlackBerry in 2010. He then moved onto investing in companies, and has to date invested in over 100 startups. Today, he works as a venture partner at Bluebird Capital where he focuses on climate change.

Here are some of the things Hampus talks about:

- Why he tries to thinks of life as a Minecraft game, and people around him as NPC’s (non-player characters)
- Why he cuts down on external inputs (e.g. news) so that he can focus on the few things he actually can affect
- In what situations he struggles to keep a Stoic attitude
- How scaling his first company forced him to start meditating
- His specific journal practices

You can follow Hampus on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/hajak

In today’s episode, I interview Fernando Agüero. He’s a developer, product manager, podcast host, and the author of the book “The Success Hacker“. Fernando has an impressive journaling practice going on, so we drill into the details of it. We talk about the tools he uses, the questions he asks himself and what he does make sure he doesn’t fall off his routine.

Here are some of the things Fernando talks about:

- The nitty-gritty details of his journaling practices
- How he has changed his perspective on life through journaling
- How a personal struggle forced him to adopt a more Stoic mindset without being aware of it

You can follow Fernando on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/fjaguero

If you're interested in setting up a similar journaling routine as Fernando, check out the Notion template he started out with here: https://www.notion.so/3-Minute-Journal-80782d6304644fba8d7bffc86a92038a