Gumushane University Presentation

University of East Anglia
Norwich Business School
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13 Ocak 2022
Dr. Fahri Karakas
F.Karakas@uea.ac.uk

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 Born and grew up in Turkey – BA Koc Uni and MBA
Bogazici in Istanbul
 PhD at McGill University, Montreal, Canada (2010)
 Research Fellow at the Open University (2010)
 Senior Lecturer in Business and Leadership at University
of East Anglia
 Visiting Lecturer at Mountbatten Institute, London
 Visiting Lecturer at University of Cambridge (Pembroke-
King’s Programme)
 Published 30+ articles in leading journals, author of Self
Making Studio
 Started writing on Medium last year and wrote 315
articles as of now
 Became a YouTuber last year and created 300 Youtube
videos in a year

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41 Creativity Lessons I have learned as I have learned as I have
entered my 41st age by Fahri Karakas
https://medium.com/@fahrikarakas/41-creativity-lessons-i-have-learned-as-i-have-entered-
my-41st-age-92f3552970af

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“Creativity is no longer a luxury. It is
a critical survival skill that we need to
adapt to rapid changes, solve complex
problems, imagine new possibilities,
and navigate uncharted waters ahead
of us.”
Dr. Fahri Karakas

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 Yenilikçi Teknolojiler Eğitimi Dönüştürüyor
◦ Yapay Zeka, Algoritmalar ve Robotlar - Artificial Intelligence
◦ Metaverse: Yeni Sanal Gerçeklik
◦ Crypto, Bitcoin, Block Zinciri ve NFT
◦ Uzay Çağı başlıyor: Mars’a yolculuk
 Yeni Düşünme Şekilleri ve Başarı Hikayeleri
 Her Öğrenci Kendi İçerik İmparatorluğunu Kurmalı
 Her Öğrenci Girişimci ve Sanatçı Olmalı
 Her Öğrenci Kendi Rönesansını Kurmalı

HERE IS A PUZZLE:
He loved playing games. He turned it into a
passion. He is a legend on Fortnite.
He now makes $500,000 a month by playing
games.
His wife is his manager.
He is the world’s most famous gamer.
His net worth is more than $20 million.
He was chosen to Time 100. Who is he?
NINJA (Tyler Blevins)

How Ninja makes $500,000 per month playing Fortnite

We lived a decade of events in 2020
For many, 2020 felt like five years packed into one…
• Historic pandemic
• Historic social movement (Black Lives Matter)
• Historic stimulus
• Historic wildfires
• Historic election
• Historic stock market high
• Historic technology breakthroughs (Alphafold / GPT-3 /
Quantum Supremacy, etc)

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We do live in interesting times. Forget
traditional jobs, job security, upward mobility
 89% of Fortune 500
companies from 1955
are not on the list in
2014.
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https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/two-reasons-why-these-7-lines-of-code-
turned-into-a-36-billion-empire-6d2b2d1a8da2

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https://medium.com/predict/business-
landscape-is-changing-rapidly-so-should-
you-
cd9eceb7ad02?source=friends_link&sk=96a
753ce3323a8c8c7c1cffd78089c6a

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https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/googles-genius-49-mo-course-is-about-to-
replace-college-degrees-340f459aaa9b

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My vision
University of the
Future
I try to design and
improve this module
based on this model.
What do you think
university of the future
should look like?
How can we move
towards there?

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My vision:
Universities as
Places of
Imagination

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS ALREADY HERE
ALPHAGO Documentary Trailer (on Netflix)

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 All traditional jobs are in
decline
 Career ladder is gone
 There is too much uncertainty
 Everyone has to think like an
entrepreneur
 The industrial revolution is over
 The entrepreneur revolution is
starting

Life Advice:
A Poster Guide
Why You Need To
Create Your Own
Assets

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 You need to learn about personal finance principles and act on
them. You need to use the power of compounding.
 You need to start saving and investing early.
 Your goal should be: BUILDING ASSETS. Income always follows
assets.
 There are two ways to having assets:
 1) If you have money, buy them (invest in them).
 2) If you do not have money, create them.
◦ What can you create?
◦ An e-book, an online course, your own fashion line, a song, a lifestyle brand, an online
business, a new product or service, a YouTube channel, artwork, patents etc.

HERE IS A PUZZLE:
He was a lawyer. He started staying up late
between 22.00-02.00 every night and
started writing mystery novels. He
finished writing a book every 6 months. He
is one of the best selling mystery novelists
now and published more than 40 books.
David Baldacci

David Baldacci on Mystery & Thrillers

HERE IS THE LESSON:
Super-successful people take a long term view, develop smart
systems of creative work, and they carve out time to create
assets that will make everything enjoyable and profitable.
The strugglers, on the other hand, live from project to project, gig
to gig. They are always too busy or too skint to do the work they
really want to do. It is exhausting and demoralising. They are
depleted.
• Creating your own assets is a marathon
game.
• You need to create your own game:
Navigate blue oceans, carve out your
own niche, create your own category,
and master& own that category.
• Compound yourself (your skills,
knowledge, networks, and assets) over
the long term.

Treat 2021-2022 academic year as the year of ASSET
CREATION
Establish your own business
Create your YouTube channel, Instagram brand, Medium blog,
create your ebook or online course or TikTok account etc.
• Think about the assets you want to
create for your future
• Do not think like a student. Do not
treat this as assignment.
• Do this for your own future.
• Do something real – create something
real and fresh.

Your most crucial task is: Create
your own creative assets. Start
now!
Use your class projects as an
opportunity to create your own
intellectual and creative assets.
Do not take yourself seriously. Take
your work seriously.
Do not be trapped by your ego –
this will make you mediocre.
You cannot learn and grow if you
try to be clever all the time. It is
much better to be naïve, hungry,
foolish, playful, and curious.
ASSETS

Creative Assets
• A creative asset is something you create yourself that (a) is worthwhile and satisfying in
itself, and (b) will make life easier, more rewarding, more profitable and/or more fun in
future.
• Most creative assets are intangible; the obvious exceptions are physical artworks and
artisanal works.
Types of creative asset:
• Creative work – your signature asset; your portfolio of the work you are most proud of.
• Social assets – your network; your audience
• Reputation assets – your brand; association with prestigious brands (publishers,
galleries, record labels etc); prizes and awards
• Online assets – a website; a blog; a podcast; a mailing list; a social media profile
• Intellectual property assets – the trademark associated with your brand; the copyright
in your works
• Systemic assets – a productivity system; a business model that generates value for your
customers and your business.
• Business assets – your product range; your company

EXERCISE
1. Make a list of all your creative assets you have now.
2. How will you develop new creative assets in the next 1 year?

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Michael Goldhaber, Wired

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http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/06/this-guy-dressed-as-a-courier-to-hand-deliver-cv-disguised-as-a-box-of-doughnuts-6174378/
RESULT:
Landed about 10
interviews with creative
agencies

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http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/06/this-guy-dressed-as-a-courier-to-hand-deliver-cv-disguised-as-a-box-of-doughnuts-6174378/
RESULT:
Landed about 10
interviews with creative
agencies

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Read more at http://www.look.co.uk/list-for-life/work-life/cv-amazing-gq-intern-without-interview-33245#ZEcP6p8XZYfKMBUf.99
Instead of just
mirroring the style
of the magazine,
Sumukh turned his
CV into an actual
20-page magazine
complete with
features about his
accomplishments,
life and education.

Joe Rogan created more than 4000 podcast episodes. He
signed a deal of $100m with Spotify

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◦ He promised himself to create digital art every day. He created a
futuristic image every day for 13.5 years.
◦ He created an image each day from May 1, 2007 through Jan. 7, 2021. He
never broke the chain.
◦ This meant he created 5,000 daily futuristic images over 5000 days.
◦ He then combined all of these images into a jpeg file.
◦ He called this file: “Everydays: The First 5000 Days”
◦ This digital collage was sold as an NFT (non-fungible token) in an online
auction at Christie’s.
◦ How much was this NFT sold for? $69 million!
◦ What is the name of this artist? Beeple - Mike Winkelmann

1000 True Fans
https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/

Assets
 Imagination and asset creation
are linked very closely.
Imagine and create your own
game.
 Establish a system of
productivity and creativity to
create your own assets.
Consistent Small Actions + Smart Moves +
Hard Work + Play Your Game
 Establish a system of
productivity and creativity to
create your own assets.
 Develop effective meta-habits:
https://medium.com/mind-cafe/8-
meta-habits-to-make-2020-your-
breakthrough-year-3dd00429cf3

FAATMAN dominates
every landscape in our
lives — not just tech
https://medium.com/predict/faatman-dominates-
every-landscape-in-our-lives-not-just-tech-
4201b572ffec?source=friends_link&sk=6c1f678a93
a93d5d4ecbfa8b584e3cf8

Understanding Exponential Change:
The Wealth of Jeff Bezos

Freaky New World: The World’s First Female AI News
Anchor

Elon Musk making history
Inventing reusable rocket systems is a milestone in Mars mission

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The Mars Generation
Imagination, passion, and adventure: Exploring Life on Mars

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 The reasons Elon Musk is so successful:
BOLD AMBITIONS +
IMAGINATIVE STORYTELLING +
ENORMOUS RISK-TAKING +
WOW FACTOR of ENTERTAINMENT/SURPRISE
Elon Musk created 4 companies worth more than $1
billion each: PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX and SolarCity. He
disrupted 8 industries!!

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/metaverse

AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech
Platform— Call It Mirrorworld
We are building a 1-to-1 map of almost unimaginable scope. When it's complete, our
physical reality will merge with the digital universe.
https://www.wired.com/story/mirrorworld-ar-next-big-tech-platform/

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* Halloween
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A blockchain is a
continuously growing list
of records, called blocks,
which are linked and secured
using cryptography. Each
block typically contains
a hash pointer as a link to a
previous block,
a timestamp and transaction
data. By design, a blockchain
is inherently resistant to
modification of the data.”)

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Who is Satoshi Nakamato?
We simply do not know.
Had his/her identity been known, (s)he could be in
danger.
Governments, central banks, CIA, and big banks
are after Satoshi Nakamato.
No one owns the Bitcoin network, which means
there’s no way to regulate it.
Blockchain is the tech genie and it is outside
the lamp. No way to prevent it. It will
dominate the world in the upcoming
decades.

https://medium.com/accelerated-intelligence/bitclout-why-i-
love-it-and-how-to-use-it-316377078be8

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/technology/welcome-to-the-yolo-economy.html

They are in
Columbia
They are in Mexico

HERE IS A PUZZLE:
He quit his job and decided to travel the
world. Every day, he created 1-minute
travel/inspiration videos on Facebook. He
did this for 1000 days non-stop. Who is he?
Hint: His videos end with
“That’s one minute, see you soon"
Nas Daily (Nuseir Yassin)

Nas Daily: 1000 Days of Video Creation!

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• You need to develop your antifragility and preparedness for black swans.
• You need to learn to think differently by learning across disciplines,
applying mental models, and focusing on the long term.
• You need to develop new capabilities for dealing with FONKU — the fear
of not keeping up.
• You need to focus on using your own imagination every day.
• You need to take care of your brain and improve your learning habits.
• You need to forget the career ladder and start creating your own assets.
• You need to become a polymath (renaissance person) who learns and
innovates beyond borders.
• You need to make a commitment to create your own creative
assets and invest in your own creativity.
• You need to develop your inspirational capital by being curious and
passionate.
• You need to develop positive habits, systems, and assets to take control of
your own future.

Focus on Creative Assets, not Career Ladder
• If you are a creator, you can create your own assets. Out of thin air. (Plus imagination and
hard work.)
• Some of these assets generate money directly – like a book, an artwork sold on Etsy, an
app, or an album that can be sold.
• Others create non-financial rewards, and/or generate money indirectly – like a YouTube
channel, a podcast, a networking event or a blog.
• If you look at your effort and the time you devote to it, your podcast or YouTube channel
may look like a net loss on your accounts. But looking back over the past few years, you
realise how many clients and projects, not to mention how much fun and friendship, have
come to you because of the podcast or YouTube channel.
• Your avant-garde novel may not sell a million copies, but it may win you the respect of the
discerning audience you are writing for, and connections, opportunities and money may
flow from that.
• So forget the career ladder. Instead, create the kind of assets that will bring you more
creativity, connections, and emotional and financial power in the years ahead.

Greta alone in 2018.
2019: Look at the scale of
the movement she started

“Young people begin to
understand adults’ betrayal of
the planet”
“The eyes of all future
generations” will be watching.”
Greta Thunberg

HERE ARE THE FUTURE GENERATIONS:
ALPHA GENERATION: Born between 2010-2024
BETA GENERATION: Born between 2025-2039
GAMMA GENERATION: Born between 2040-2054
DELTA GENERATION: Born between 2055-2069

Lessons From
My Own Journey of
ASSET CREATION

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https://www.youtube.com/c/FahriKarakas

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https://www.youtube.com/c/H2MTv1

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https://selfmakingstudio.com/
https://www.https://selfmakingstudio.com
/amazon.co.uk/Self-Making-Studio-
Inspirational-Self-Discovery-
Employability/dp/173077282X/

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What I Learned from Publishing 222 Articles on Medium (January 2020)
https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/what-i-learned-from-writing-222-articles-on-medium-
42f3ec6129af?sk=285f371e5406582815e08227b48da070
What I Learned from Publishing 200 Articles on Medium (December 2020)
 https://medium.com/illumination/what-i-learned-from-publishing-200-articles-on-medium-
78ce8e2153d3?sk=a8df96c6cd0e1dbad10918a115c363fd
What I Learned from Publishing 150 Articles on Medium (September 2020)
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What I Learned from Publishing 100 Articles on Medium (July 2020)
c9b914c48c6e?sk=577e3a9eac25b350777e2a595db8dd2b
Invest in Your Medium Content Shop
If you write consistently and grow it for a decade, you will be like Walmart.
 https://medium.com/2-minute-madness/invest-in-your-medium-content-shop-
fef0cc64a393?sk=b6dc357aa52e7ff99f0b866daf5ea05b

HERE IS A PUZZLE:
OpenAI created a new AI software that
uses deep learning to produce human-like
text. What is the name of this language
prediction model?
GPT-3

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3

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https://medium.com/predict/what-you-need-to-
know-about-gpt-3-and-why-it-matters-
4878215b78e8?source=friends_link&sk=a073e55604
10a75009c80ef15b2f4da5

HERE IS A PUZZLE:
How much money did this article make on
Medium till now?
$109

“The 5 Second Rule” by Mel Robbins
The moment you have an instinct to act
on a goal you must count 5–4–3–2–1
and physically move or your brain will
stop you.

Don’t Bother Waiting For Inspiration.
It’s Not Coming.
• You need grit, struggle and urgency.
• The cold reality is that sometimes, it’s a real struggle to get your best work into the
world.
• That’s why so many of us admire great creators, artists and thinkers but so few of
us will ever become one.
• If you wait to be inspired to do your best work, you’ll be waiting a long time.
Possibly forever.
• Waiting for inspiration is an amateur move. It’s not coming today. It may never. It’s
not coming to you. But you can seek it out.
• The solution: start the work now.
• Do it on the sunny days and the rainy days. Stop giving yourself a “pass” to leave
your gifts on the table unopened. Stop allowing yourself the excuse not to create.
• Push through the uncomfortable stage
• Struggle actually leads to more inspiration
• You don’t get inspired, then do great work. You do great work, then get
inspired.

HERE IS THE LESSON:
Seek out small victories. Small victories build new receptors
in the areas of the brain responsible for reward and
motivation. This increase in receptors enhances confidence
and eagerness to tackle challenges. When you achieve a
series of small victories, the boost in your confidence can last
for months.
Small and consistent actions/habits every day is key.
• Be consistent and disciplined – create
every day – do not break the chain.
• If you establish smart habits every
day, you will achieve a lot in the long
run.
• Compound yourself (your skills,
knowledge, networks, and assets) over
the long term.

LESSON
Failures of
Imagination

Take-away
•Create your own intellectual and
creative assets.
•Your most crucial task is: Create
your own creative assets. Start
now.

Visualize where you
will be in 10 years
- I will create 2000 YouTube
videos in 10 years.
- I will write 2000 Medium
articles in 10 years.
- I will write at least 5 books
in 10 years.
- I will create at least 2
online training programs.
- I will create an asset
creation summer school
and hackathon.
- I will make at least 1
million$ in 10 years. I am
now writing myself a
check to this amount.

How You Can Design Your
Environment and Habits
Establishing Your
Own Game

How You Can Cope With
Anxiety and Failures
Problem Solving

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 A Renaissance PERSON uses both left-brain and right-
brain type of thinking.
 1) curious
 2) risk-taker
 3) creative
 4) has perseverance and self-discipline
 5) has a thirst for knowledge and new experiences
 6) excellence in physical, intellectual, artistic and
social fields, which includes deep expertise in at least
one field and is exceptional in other fields
 7) and most importantly, is always learning

Sara Blakely on Entrepreneurship

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What I Learned from Publishing 222 Articles on Medium (January 2020)
https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/what-i-learned-from-writing-222-articles-on-medium-
42f3ec6129af?sk=285f371e5406582815e08227b48da070
What I Learned from Publishing 200 Articles on Medium (December 2020)
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What I Learned from Publishing 150 Articles on Medium (September 2020)
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What I Learned from Publishing 100 Articles on Medium (July 2020)
c9b914c48c6e?sk=577e3a9eac25b350777e2a595db8dd2b
Invest in Your Medium Content Shop
If you write consistently and grow it for a decade, you will be like Walmart.
 https://medium.com/2-minute-madness/invest-in-your-medium-content-shop-
fef0cc64a393?sk=b6dc357aa52e7ff99f0b866daf5ea05b

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https://www.youtube.com/c/FahriKarakas

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https://www.youtube.com/c/H2MTv1

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https://selfmakingstudio.com/
https://www.https://selfmakingstudio.com
/amazon.co.uk/Self-Making-Studio-
Inspirational-Self-Discovery-
Employability/dp/173077282X/

My Promise to You: I will also create alongside you
I will work very hard to kick-start my second book project.
My goal is to start writing/drawing/creating my second book (after
Self-Making Studio).
I will also write a new Medium article every day or every 2
days.
• I will be accountable to you.
• Please ask me to report to you:
• What did you do for your book, Fahri?
• Please keep me accountable – be
harsh and question me.

I have recently read:
Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth, and Impact the World–
Peter H Diamandis
• A radical, how-to guide for using exponential technologies,
moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools to create
extraordinary wealth while also positively impacting the lives of
billions.
• Part 1: exponential technologies: 3D printing, artificial
intelligence, robotics, networks and sensors, and synthetic
biology.
• Part 2: Psychology of Bold: Larry Page, Elon Musk, Richard
Branson, Jeff Bezos, Singularity University, XPRIZE, Planetary
Resources, & Human Longevity, Inc.
• Part 3: incentive competitions, crowdfunding campaigns, crowd-
powered tools.

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you-

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https://medium.com/predict/how-will-the-world-
look-like-in-2030-
cb4b3c2a40c8?source=friends_link&sk=5dd9fac4a1
a3347e7924a49065c27bf8

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https://medium.com/predict/what-you-need-to-
know-about-gpt-3-and-why-it-matters-
4878215b78e8?source=friends_link&sk=a073e55604
10a75009c80ef15b2f4da5

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https://medium.com/predict/elon-musks-neuralink-
demo-today-is-yet-another-historical-event-
5f4a07bbb5bd?source=friends_link&sk=8b2b1a1bc
019a7e9d45484919f991edd

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you-

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• You need to develop your antifragility and preparedness for black swans.
• You need to learn to think differently by learning across disciplines,
applying mental models, and focusing on the long term.
• You need to develop new capabilities for dealing with FONKU — the fear
of not keeping up.
• You need to focus on using your own imagination every day.
• You need to take care of your brain and improve your learning habits.
• You need to forget the career ladder and start creating your own assets.
• You need to become a polymath (renaissance person) who learns and
innovates beyond borders.
• You need to make a commitment to create your own creative
assets and invest in your own creativity.
• You need to develop your inspirational capital by being curious and
passionate.
• You need to develop positive habits, systems, and assets to take control of
your own future.

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https://medium.com/@fahrikarakas/welcome
-to-the-era-of-fonku-fear-of-not-keeping-
up-46d9ce8523dd (please read this article).

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A one-minute description of the Business Idea:
 What is the idea?
 What need does it solve for whom?
 Why is the idea unique?

HERE IS A PUZZLE:
He was a homeless man, but he is now a
millionaire. He made it happen through
entrepreneurship and edutainment. He
makes raw inspirational songs for
entrepreneurs.
Hint: His songs include: Shopify Rap, Bitcoin
Rap, Life of an Entrepreneur, Self-Made
Chris Record

Entrepreneurs Got Choices (Rap)

HERE IS A PUZZLE:
Who are the biggest Global East Asian act
in history?
Hint: They generate 3.6 billion for South
Korea’s economy.
•BTS, of course

HERE IS A PUZZLE:
Can you tell the names of all members of
BTS from your memory?

How BTS Became a Major Moneymaker
for South Korea

BTS Success Story
• RM (the leader), J-Hope, Suga, Jin, Jimin, Jungkook and V.
• They are the biggest Global East Asian act in history.
• BTS generates $3.6bn – not a typo – a year for the South Korean economy.
• In 2017 1 in 13 tourists to South Korea cited BTS as the motive for their
visit.
• The band has topped the US Billboard album charts three times in a single
year, a feat equalled only by the Beatles.
• BTS have taken artist-admirer intimacy to Himalayan heights: The Army
• An entire industry: Producers and songwriters, choreographers, set and
costume designers, video directors, social-media handlers comprise a
formidable world-class creative and business organism.

https://medium.com/the-innovation/why-bts-is-awesome-and-why-i-use-bts-to-teach-secrets-of-creativity-
2b84205dfb5f?source=friends_link&sk=81a1cad8ddca6bc82be570ffb02f21c2

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 Bolles, R.N. (2018). What Color is Your
Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job
Hunters and Career Changers. Berkeley, CA:
Ten Speed Press.
 Cameron, J. (2016). The Artist’s Way: A
Course in Discovering and Recovering Your
Creative Self. London: Pan Macmillan.
 Burnett, B. and Evans, D. (2016). Designing
Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful
Life. Knopf Publishing.
 Harvard Business Review
 Fast Company
 Wired
 Forbes

Imagine Yourself and
Your Assets in 10
Years
Exercise
How will you create your
own renaissance?
Make a list of all the things
you would like to create.

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Exercise @
Home:
Your 1 Thing
Try to find it and
incorporate it
into your
semester project.

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Leveraging
your unique
strengths

Which is better – taking $3 million in cash now, or
a single magic penny that will double in value
every day, for 31 days?
Most people will choose the $3m cash
immediately. Indeed, if you took the penny, you’ll
have only about $5,000 in 20 days.

The 3 Friends
Let’s meet Larry, Scott and Brad, and assume they share
similar circumstances.
• Larry keeps doing what he has always done.
• Scott makes some small, positive changes daily e.g. reading 10
pages, cutting 125 calories by replacing soda with water, walking an
extra 1,000 steps.
• Brad makes a few poor choices e.g. buying a big TV (to enjoy his
favourite shows), eating more dessert and adding 1 drink per week to
his new bar.
At month 10, there are no perceivable differences.
By month 25, measurable differences can be seen and by
month 31, the differences quickly become stark.
• Scott loses 33.5lbs, gets a promotion and raise, and his
marriage is thriving.
• Larry is exactly in the same space and feeling bitter
about it.
• Brad, on the other hand, puts on 33.5lbs (weighing

Spend time every day for your learning and
interests
Share what you learned with friends each
week
Go out of your comfort zone
Develop new skills – stretch yourself
Solve a challenging issue/problem
Take online courses (MOOCs)

20-30 minutes
Write non-stop about 3 pages
This will be your stream of consciousness
No censor – free writing
You delve into deeper and be more focused

2-3 Hours Every Week
It has to be alone: To be receptive
Be involved in creative activities or arts
Have fun, pursue an interest, get inspired
Record your thoughts, ideas, reflections

Keep a diary about your learning every day
Record and capture ideas as they emerge
Reflect on your learning and how you change
Create new ideas based on what you have read,
researched, and learned
Reflect and seek deeper meaning
Iterate ideas, projects, and solutions

Successful leaders view learning as a lifelong pursuit.
When asked how to get smarter, Warren Buffet held up a pile of
reading material and said, “Read 500 pages like this every week.
That’s how knowledge builds up, like compound interest. All of you
can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it.”
HERE IS MY RADICAL
SUGGESTION FOR YOU:
READ 100
BOOKS
EVERY YEAR

https://medium.com/illumination/why-and-how-i-read-five-fiction-books-at-a-time-
60fb2af5eb6f?sk=b45266ce0a934f1a9a71cff7740a360b

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YOU
as a
designer, entrepreneur &
innovator of your own
career, life and
world
24
9

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http://iwanttodrawacatforyou.com/

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What are
you good
at?
What do
you love
doing?
Create a list of
30 activities or
things that
represent your
passions and
strengths

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What are
the things
that you
want to
learn,
improve
and get
better at?
Create a list of
30 activities or
things that
represent your
areas of
learning and
development

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What are
the specific
visions in
your life
and career
that you
would love
to see
happening?
Create a list of
30 wishes,
projects, goals,
desires, and
visions that
belong to you

Treat 2021 as the year of ASSET CREATION
Work regularly and consistently on your individual project.
Create creative assets for your future.
SEVEN I PROJECT (Kickstarter type project)
ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL (Shark Tank type
project)
• Think about the assets you want to
create for your future
• Do not think like a student. Do not
treat this as assignment.
• Do this for your own future.
• Do something real – create something
exciting and fresh.

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 A Renaissance PERSON uses both left-brain and right-
brain type of thinking.
 1) curious
 2) risk-taker
 3) creative
 4) has perseverance and self-discipline
 5) has a thirst for knowledge and new experiences
 6) excellence in physical, intellectual, artistic and
social fields, which includes deep expertise in at least
one field and is exceptional in other fields
 7) and most importantly, is always learning

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https://www.youtube.com/c/fahrikarakas
https://www.youtube.com/c/YarınınGirişimcileri/videos
https://fahrikarakas.medium.com/

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