Weekly roundup of all 1% Club news, for you!
Here's all the up-to-date information on the 1% Club that you need to know. Vol. 4
I’m going to keep this personal section from me super short this week:
1) The Pomodoro Work-with-me sessions have continued to be a great success. I run them for multiple hours every single day (11 days in a row and counting), and the number of people joining is gradually growing. I hope to see you all there!
2) Newsletter subscribers go brrrrr…
Let’s go to the Newsletter!
Weekly Roundup of all 1% Club News:
As of today (13/02/2023) we have 497 1% Club Discord Members! Let's keep the growth going, and make sure to give a warm welcome to all the newcomers. As always we continue to be an amazing community!
Firstly, we have a huge congratulations to Tamara7x for her well-deserved promotion to Community Leader. As a 1% Club OG, Tamara is always around helping out and making everyone smile. Thank you for being here Tamara!
Our second congratulations of the week goes to J0ngA for winning last week’s ‘1% Club: Rewards’ content challenge. The winning Thread is linked here:
J0ngA has an incredible life story that perfectly represents the values of the 1% Club. In this Thread he talks about how staying true to who you are and never giving up will always carry you through hard times. I strongly encourage everyone to read and take lessons from it.
J0ngA also runs our Club Accountability Community Initiative, more on that later.
This week we also got lucky with another two Newsletters from NFTGod. 9th February- Here NFTGod talks about the recent mess the Twitter algorithm has found itself in, and how to adapt (or not adapt):
12th February- Here NFTgod talks about shifting your mentality away from goals, and more towards directional purpose.
On Tuesday we also had our first ever Accountability Meeting. This was one of the most highly requested sections of the Newsletter, which you can tell because it was a huge success with many people showing up for the meeting. These are held weekly every Tuesday and ran by J0ngA (top-right of the image). These Accountability Meetings have their own place in the Community Newsletter down below. Be sure to join this week’s meeting!
The Club Calls continue to be an incredibly successful use of the 1% Club! Here are some of the one we had last week:
Ai Tools for Creators led by VictoriaInWeb3 which led to the creation to the AI Resources Forum
Creative Process using Notion & Google Sheets by NFTGod
As usual, our general Weekly 1% Club Call on Friday
And then earlier today we had another weekly Meditation Session hosted by our Community Leader, Lonewolf
Community Spotlight ‘Deep Dive’:
This section is used to deep-dive on one Community Member at a time, to give them the chance to talk about anything and everything they are doing in the Web3 Space.
For this week please give a warm welcome to our fourth guest, S4mmy.ETH!
1. Who is S4mmyEth?
I am someone with a selective, addictive personality. I traverse deep down rabbit holes, which is how I stumbled into web3.
I quit my full-time corporate job of 10 years because I was frustrated with the slow, predictable progression. I wanted something to put my own stamp on, where I reap the rewards directly. There’s no safety net and I’m at a rare time in my life where I can take these risks.
I strongly believe in decentralization and empowering individuals to seize their own financial freedom. I’m a firm believer that the tech we work on now will disrupt and give many a fighting chance in achieving this freedom. I have never been so fulfilled in using my research expertise to provide free educational content to others.
2. What did you do before Web3?
My background is in traditional finance (TradFi) qualifying as a chartered accountant at Ernst & Young (EY) in London.
I came across blockchain tech, and decentralized finance, through the blockchain working group while seconded to EY Australia. I soon realized how early it was with institutional interest ramping up, discovered NFTs in May ’21 and made the leap to full-time web3 in November ’21.
Since leaving EY, I joined Origins Analytics to head up their research team, focusing on data analytics for the NFT market. I write their web3 content on both macro trends & individual projects or protocols. I also provide free educational content and overlay my tradFi knowledge to help others understand web3 via my Twitter.
3. What are you working on at the moment?
I started a web3 Substack newsletter (S4mmy’s Snippets) last month and have been surprised by its growth. It’s currently at 300 subscribers. Irrespective of the numbers I will be issuing this weekly every Tuesday purely out of the enjoyment I receive from researching and writing about the non-fungible segment of crypto.
I intend to continue ramping up my content engine to develop a self-sustained content business, hopefully, supported by future integration of a payment layer on Twitter and diversification of risk across other content creation platforms.
I have a team of 10 analysts Analysts at Origins and we will be scaling up the output of analysis once the software launches next month (currently in beta). So if there are any budding writers specializing in NFTs, hit me up!
4. What is one thing you wish more people would know?
The past 18 months in web3 have been a steep learning curve. The lessons learned:
1) Consistency is key, especially in an economy reliant on ever-shortening attention spans.
2) Compounding small beneficial habits works wonders across long timeframes.
3) Stepping out of your comfort zone is incredibly rewarding in the long run, so take calculated risks.
4) The inflection point is always something I am mindful of. It’s important to adapt and pivot, but maintaining conviction in a route you believe in for long enough to see the benefits come to fruition is important.
This diagram is branded to the back of my eyelids as a reminder to keep going when I sleep (Credit: Visualize Value).
5. What is one thing you want to leave people with at the end of this newsletter?
Community, human interaction and a sense of belonging ring true. Find your “raisson d’etre”. Once you do, try everything you can to keep doing what you love.
The future possibilities that web3 has to offer excite me. I have every intention of dedicating my life to researching and sharing the knowledge I accumulate along the way. Anyone that is London based, hit me up - we have several in-person web3 meetups for co-working and socials.
To me, this is the very start of a long and rewarding career in web3.
Let’s grow together.
- Written by S4mmy.Eth
S4mmy has written some truly incredible threads, that I have personally found useful on many occasions. I help choose the winner of the ‘1% Better: Rewards’ competition, and each week S4mmy is always near the top.
Community Initiatives, Achievements & Contributions:
Initiatives – N/A
Achievements
Congratulations to our amazing Community Leader Ray Alva for his upcoming project that he’s been working on: Dashbrd
Ray is also currently offering a free OE mint of his Bored Ape in the art style of Azuki called: The Spirit Of Community. This beautiful artwork is made by Erica Tango, and will serve a purpose in the Dashbrd ecosystem. Ray explains more about both in his Thread here, and you can mint the artwork for free here (almost 1000 minted).
Contributions – N/A
NOTE: Initiatives and Contributions are empty this week. Make sure to let us know in the relevant Threads in the #Newsletters channel on Discord if you want to be featured in these sections!
- Written by DianaElena
Accountability Section:
I want to thank everyone who joined the first accountability group last week, you are all amazing ❤️
This is a weekly feature in the 1% Club Discord taking place every Tuesday at 1 pm EST.
We show up. Reflect on & take accountability for our actions, discuss what we can improve and set simple realistic goals for the following week.
Tomorrow, we find out who smashed through their targets 👀.
Here’s what the group had planned:
@Tamara7ex - Finish the new video. Set up her first YouTube account.
@PIXLZ - Complete homework for his masters. Workout 3-4 times. Brainstorm Twitter content for his 'Life Hacks' niche.
@RayAlva_ARK - Focus on 3 valuable Twitter threads to promote his companies new product. Dedicate a significant amount of time to the marketing strategy.
@dianaweb3 - Scheduling her weekly tweets & threads over the weekend. Write one long-form article. Get more sleep. Connect with more people.
@JMCACrypto - His project 'HouseHaeds' will have it's first tweet on the official Twitter account (@HouseHaeds)
@laf131 - Writing something of substance on Twitter. Starting at least one of the courses she has paid for.
@KirbyTan11 - Keep it simple and create some valuable content.
@AlexanderTC - Continue the famous 'Pomodoro Streams', minimum once a day. Go to the gym 3 times. Make the final decision on his Twitter branding and content creation strategy.
@VictoriaWeb3 - 10,000 steps a day. Finish her newsletter on Tues/Wed, to be scheduled for Friday.
@Slayed_eth - Create 6 short form videos. Show up to every accountability session 👀
@flourish_firm - Get a new podcast out on Saturday where there is going to be a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT. 2 pieces of short form content everyday.
@TeddyTigerNFT - Build his personal band. Tweet valuable content twice a day.
@aymanitani - Work through 1 chapter of the book 'Winning the Week: How To Plan A Successful Week, Every Week' by Demir & Carey Bentley
@worldoctorr - Pump out a thread each day during the content creation contest. Improve knowledge of psychedelics & bio hacking longevity.
Who will be back triumphant?
What new conquests will be undertaken?
Will new recruits embrace the journey?
You can go fast alone, but farther together
1% better - Every. Single. Day
- Written by J0ngA
Twitter Spaces Schedule:
Here is this week’s Community Twitter Spaces Schedule. Join to learn plenty of valuable information whilst also supporting your fellow community members.
If you run a Twitter Space, make sure to tell us in the #Twitter Spaces thread in the #Newsletters channel on Discord! It gives you exposure and helps the community stay up-to-date!
- Created by Vinsmoked.eth
Networking/Job Board:
Here is this week’s Community Job Board. If you see a Job you like, make sure to DM the appropriate person to see if you are the right fit.
lagunacarta is open to co-host spaces. If anyone is interested in that, feel free to reach out to her!
Also, we’ve created the “Talents” part in which we will include the skills that you have. If you are willing to offer these skills and you are free to work, please let us know in the Community Networking/Job Board section so we can include it in the upcoming newsletters.
- Created by DianaElena
Coming up this week in the 1% Club:
This weeks ‘1% Better: Rewards’ challenge is once again ANYTHING. Submissions end on Wednesday and the winner is announced on Thursday! Below is the amazing art that’s been chosen for the NFT Reward. This weeks art piece was created by the incredible Sirka:
NFTGod says that a camel is a perfect representation of the values of the 1% Club. A camel can travel for miles through the harshest conditions on the planet, and the only way it can do that is one step at a time.
Coming up this week we have more 1% Club Calls. More will definitely be organised over the next few days so be sure to keep an eye out in the Discord:
I will continue running the daily Pomodoro Work-with-me live-streams. I hope to see you there!
J0nga’s next Accountability Meeting is tomorrow at 1pm EST. This is one definitely not to miss!
Our own amazing Alexhutchi is running a Notion workshop tomorrow at 6pm EST!
We have the 2nd ever official 1% Club Twitter Spaces hosted by NFTGod and MrMeme on Thursday at 2pm EST.
As usual the whole 1% squad joins for the weekly Club Call on Friday!
Outro:
Hope you enjoyed this one! Just looking for a bit of feedback this time:
As always, thank you for reading. I hope everyone has a happy and productive week. And keep being active in the Discord!
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”― George Eliot
Thank you.
Of course you know I'm reading them, and though I answered the poll to keep the same length, I wanted to at least say THANK YOU, Alexander!
This must take a lot of your time and effort to get these written up, so you should know how grateful I am (and I'm sure the entire 1% Club is too) to you for putting this together each week.
Another great rundown of the 1% weekly happenings!
Loved hearing from S4mmyEth and more about their background. Always so cool to know a bit more the person behind the pfp! I also think it’s awesome seeing the recognition of people’s achievements each week.
At some point will have to make some time jump in on one of the community calls.