Quote - “Think of all unfortunate experiences as learning experiences.”The Afropolitan Podcast spotlights Afropolitans who aren’t afraid tostep into the unknown and walk in purpose. With this podcast we hopeto empower Africans in the Diaspora to harness their full potentialand contribute to the development of a bold and progressive blackcommunity.Our guests will share their working formulas, the hard facts aboutleaving familiar terrain, embracing the unknown, and staying relevantafterwards.This episode features Zeneca, Founder/CEO of ZenAcademy; who was aprofessional poker player for 15 years and has transitioned to being awell respected NFT influencer. He created ZenAcademy to build acommunity and space to educate and help others understand the cryptoand NFT space.Listen and enjoy as Zeneca talks to us about burnout in the techecosystem and offers advice on trading crypto and NFTs.Roy’s Reading ListLetters from a Stoic by Lucius Annaeus Senecahttps://amzn.to/3VkqdKAMeditations by Marcus Aureliushttps://amzn.to/2XsyOQlWhy We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walkerhttps://amzn.to/3CP6tHBMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Franklhttps://amzn.to/3g2BIpFShow Notes1:18 Transition from a professional poker player for 15 years to Crypto2:31 Burnout and self-care5:55 Distinction between NFTs and crypto9:01 NFT trading - highs and lows11:47 How to evaluate projects15:10 Meaning of Zeneca17:08 Favorite philosophers18:21 Reading list20:09 Start of ZenAcademy26:45 Future of online platforms in growing online communities30:23 Encounter with failure and lessons learned36:43 Navigating the crypto space and dealing with loss41:34 Title of the book about your life43:24 What does being Afropolitan mean to youThe Afropolitan Podcast is hosted by Eche Emole, co-founder of Afropolitan.Listen and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Jamit, orwherever you get your podcasts.Want to learn more about Afropolitan?Twitter - https://twitter.com/afropolitanWebsite - https://www.afropolitan.io/

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