Harry Campbell

Student of Life

[Gordon Swaby @Gordonswaby]

.@EduFocal's iOS app with Apple for review. Will be available this week.

- covers grades 4,5,6 and Grade 11.
- Challenge your friends
- Various question types

And so much more.

Coming soon:
- Coverage for grades 7 to 10
- Trinidad (SEA prep)

Android app will be available by next week Friday also.

And so much more. The growth we've seen in this line has been amazing and we're excited about how much it will contribute to our top and bottom line for FY 2026

[EduFocal Group | #1 EdTech Comp In The Caribbean @EduFocal]

We have some exciting news. We are launching our Referral & Content Creator Programme 🎉.

You can now earn cash monthly by referring someone to EduFocal Academy.

Check it out at https://t.co/BKjQ2CSydd

🧵A thread.

[Gordon Swaby @Gordonswaby]

Thrilled to announce that @EduFocal, in partnership with the Save Our Boys and Girls Foundation led by The Most Hon. Juliet Holness @JulietHolness , has been awarded a grant from the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI).

This funding from the High Commission of Canada in Jamaica will launch our “School-in-a-Box” programme, providing vital remedial support to 3,800 students affected by Hurricane Melissa.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Starship launch attempt in ~5 hours

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

"10.90? That's cute" 🤭

[Harry Campbell @mr1campbell]

@djuvanebrowne Congrats @djuvanebrowne

The performance and success is well deserved.

[Angel @AngelStudiosInc]

People have been so generous in spreading the message of 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 that they've Paid It Forward so thousands of others can watch it for free in theaters. Get your tickets today!

[CNN @CNN]

Jamaica secured the country’s first ever Women’s World Cup point against France and earned a first ever victory with a narrow 1-0 win over Panama. To reach the knockout stages of a World Cup for the first time, it will need to avoid defeat against Brazil. https://t.co/1TMFwJdf1T

[Brasil Football 🇧🇷 @BrasilEdition]

Congrats to Jamaica, a nation with a small population, but a big heart.

Good luck with the rest of the tournament 👍

[Angel @AngelStudiosInc]

People have been so generous in spreading the message of 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 that they've Paid It Forward so thousands of others can watch it for free in theaters. Get your tickets today!

[Kim Dotcom @KimDotcom]

Sharing this nuclear war video is the most important thing you can do to prevent nuclear war. Thank you �

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

Walt Disney's first studio went bankrupt.

In 1921, he founded Laugh-O-Gram Films.

"The financial situation was never less than dire," one biographer writes. And in 1923, LOGF declared bankruptcy.

For the rest of his life, Walt would say it was a critical turning point because

It taught him 2 important lessons.

First...to not fear failure.

As Laugh-O-Gram's financial situation worsened, Walt had to sleep at the office, scavenge for food, and bathe at the local train station. Despite these terrible circumstances, Walt said, "I was happy all the time. I was excited. I was doing things."

Which is why he would often say,

“I think it’s important to have a good hard failure when you're young...Because it makes you kind of aware of what can happen to you. Because of it, I’ve never had any fear in my whole life when we’ve been near collapse and all of that. I’ve never been afraid."

Second...to get out of Kansas City.

Even before Laugh-O-Gram, Walt had been trying and failing to make it as an artist in Kansas City for almost a decade.

Laugh-O-Gram's demise would finally force Walt to admit:

"We were in the wrong area. Kansas City wasn't the place for this kind of work."

So after filing for bankruptcy, Walt went door to door in one of Kansas City's nicest neighborhoods, looking for parents who might want short films of their kids.

And in two weeks, Walt had enough money to afford a one-way train ticket to his "spiritual destination," Hollywood.

Takeaway 1:

In experiencing the worst-case scenario, Walt realized that the thing many people are afraid of really isn't all that bad.

In psychology, this is known as “exposure therapy.”

Similar to Walt, Dave Chappelle talks about becoming fearless through his exposure to failure.

During a performance at the Apollo Theater in the 1990s, Chappelle was booed off stage.

“And that was the best thing that ever happened to me,” he said, “because, before that time, I had never bombed, let alone got booed off the stage. And bombing was horrifying—nobody wants to bomb. Nobody.

So that night was liberating because I failed so far beyond my wildest nightmares of failing. And it was like…‘Hey…this is not that bad.’

And after that, I was fearless.”

Takeaway 2:

Disney moved to Hollywood. Bob Dylan moved to Greenwich Village. Chappelle moved to New York City. Schwarzenegger moved to Venice Beach. Taylor Swift moved to Nashville.

The songwriter and record producer Ryan Tedder tells the story of a time he was speaking to a group of aspiring songwriters. After his talk, one audience member told him that they had been trying and failing for years to break into the music business.

As Tedder tells it,

"I said, 'where do you live?' She said, 'Holland.' I said, 'That's why.' She said, 'What?' We were in LA—I said, 'Move here. Move to London. Or move to New York...You gotta go to where it is.'"

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"Walt Disney was made for Hollywood. He loved dress-up and make-believe, was boisterous, outgoing, self-aggrandizing, and histrionic. Hollywood was his spiritual destination...It was more than a provider of entertainment. It was the capital of the imagination." — "Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination" by Neal Gabler

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[Felix Lee @felixleezd]

World's best gamified design.

Duolingo’s breaking gamification built the world's biggest education app with 61 Million users.

Here's why Duolingo's gamified design is GENIUS - how they did it:

[Nayib Bukele @nayibbukele]

Why did we destroy the tombstones on the graves of gang members?

[Harry Campbell @mr1campbell]

@KitbagUK @FPLGOAT7 Love it 😍

[Harry Campbell @mr1campbell]

@PaulSimpsonJa Stay safe

[Harry Campbell @mr1campbell]

@PostUp_bbb Get well soon.