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You Can Just Do Things

A case for creating opportunities yourself, learning through action, and asking for less permission.

The book connects personal experience with stories of people who built prototypes, made contact and learned by doing. Its recurring question is practical: what useful action is already available, even before the ideal role, credentials or circumstances arrive?

Why I kept it

I picked it up because I read the author's tweets.

Jay Yang wrote it about initiative, learning through action and creating opportunities yourself instead of waiting for permission.

It connects the author's own experience with stories of people who built prototypes, made contact and learned by doing. Its recurring question is practical: what useful action is already available, before the ideal role, credentials or circumstances arrive?

The one idea is the title: you can just do things.

It is for young people who need to switch from thinking mode into action mode.

Author

Jay Yang is the author of You Can Just Do Things. Drawing on his experience working with entrepreneur Noah Kagan and building a marketing business while still in school, he writes about initiative, practical learning and creating opportunities before an invitation arrives.

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About this edition

Binding
Paperback
W × H × D
127 × 203.2 × 9.1 mm
Publisher
Jay Yang Inspires

ISBN 9798992459203
Binding, interior and print finishes reconstructed for this showcase.

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