If you’ve been following my posts, you’ll know that I’m nearly one month into my [self development challenge](http://giorgiodelgado.ca/self-development- challenge/), and I’ve got to say that there are some things I’ve learned along the way.
MIT OpenCourseWare Makes Me Lazy
Having taken [Harvard’s Programming Course on edX](https://www.edx.org/course /introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x), I became conditioned to having a wide array of resources at my disposal. And I mean a wide array: The lectures given by David Malan were really interesting and engaging (not to say that Patrick Henry Winston’s aren’t); CS50x had hour-long tutorials that delved deeper into the lecture topics; there were short videos that discussed individual concepts; but most importantly - There was a massive community to discuss problems.
So lesson learned - a community (amongst other resources) is simply something I just can’t do without. Thus for the sake of maintaining my sanity, I’m going to abort MIT’s AI course and opt in to [UC Berkeley’s AI course on edX](https://www.edx.org/course/artificial-intelligence-uc-berkeleyx- cs188-1x-0). From experience, having peers to work through problems will allow me to learn just as much, but in a much smaller timeframe.
The course doesn’t start until February 6, which allows me to focus on both my venture idea and [web-development class](https://www.udemy.com/complete-web- developer-course/).
I Need To Work On My Presentation Skills
I pitched my venture idea to my [University of Waterloo Entrepreneurship class](https://uwaterloo.ca/conrad-business-entrepreneurship-technology /undergraduate-students/undergraduate-courses#BET300). I believe I did a good job, but there is substantial room for improvement.
I get a second chance to pitch the idea once I’ve refined it using a business model canvas and value proposition canvas, as well as meetings with an advisor.
I’ll soon be posting more info on my venture idea.
I Need To Become More Efficient With My Time
I can’t help but think that Parkinson’s Law is really applicable to my current circumstance. So for the next month I will make sure to follow more stringent rules and tools that will allow me to finish work quicker.
Cheers.
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