Chris Jacob

Here to help students become the best version of themselves

[Chris Jacob @thechrisjacob]

@budapp How do I try it?

[Madhura @madhurahoval]

unpopular opinion

marketing is harder than coding

[Chris Jacob @thechrisjacob]

What if failure was the goal?

We’ve romanticized “overnight success.”
But the greats didn’t avoid failure, they used it.

Run small experiments. Reflect fast. Track effort, not just outcomes.
Fail fast → learn faster → build better.

What’s one your last “L” taught you?

[Chris Jacob @thechrisjacob]

@demishassabis said that learning to learn is one of the most important skills for this generation.

I 100% agree. Meta-learning is literally what we’ve been doing at #SparklerMinds for a decade!

What do you think? How do we stay ahead of this crazy pace of AI?

[Chris Jacob @thechrisjacob]

@jonathanzliu It’s all about publicity. If they don’t see you, they don’t know you

[Chris Jacob @thechrisjacob]

@KritikaSaini23 Let’s connect! I do about 4 of those things lol

[Chris Jacob @thechrisjacob]

@SalzmannOnX Exactly! Which is why I don’t agree with those, ‘here are the 3 prompts you need to make any app’ kinda posts🐼

[Chris Jacob @thechrisjacob]

Getting more consistent with posting daily🫡 day 3 of forever lol

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@trikcode Hey

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@KevinSzabo14 Hey friend?

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@alexcooldev Do you need AI needs to be in everything tho? Traditional business models still make money🙄

[Chris Jacob @thechrisjacob]

@hthieblot Not a product, a service, to teach students how to learn, especially for the future!

[Chris Jacob @thechrisjacob]

Writing that stripped away the insecurity, the doubt, the “why me?” thoughts.
Because when you stop and really ask why you’re here, you start to see how every detour, delay, and heartbreak actually led you here.

Nothing wasted. Everything shaping you. What shaped you?

[Chris Jacob @thechrisjacob]

My first doctoral class broke me.
But in a good way.

I was the youngest in a class full of people with 20+ years of experience, instant imposter syndrome.

Then came a class called Scholarship and Transformation. We had to write a 12-page autoethnography: “Why are you here?”

[Chris Jacob @thechrisjacob]

- Reflect. Learn. Adjust. Repeat.
Growth doesn’t come from doing more, it comes from understanding and learning from your past

- You won’t always be efficient.
But you’ll be a better, truer version of you, and that’s enough.

[Chris Jacob @thechrisjacob]

I tried to manage a million things at once.
Here’s what I actually learned about efficiency, burnout, and being human. 🧵

- You’ll never be 100% efficient all the time.
Stop trying to optimize every second of your life, you’re not a machine.

[Chris Jacob @thechrisjacob]

- Move your body.
Your brain is wired to work better when you move. Any movement is still movement.

- Do something you love.
Even if your job drains you, one spark keeps the fire alive.

- Double down on discovering you.
Not just who you want to be, but who you’re becoming.