16h • 🌱 Leadership
Built to Last
If it falls in a year, you were experimenting
Let's be real.
A lot of us call something "built" the moment it launches.
I sat in front of a room of tech interns in Nigeria and told them to write this down:
"Building something that falls within a year is not building. That's experimentation."
This is Part 9 of 11 in our Applicant to Architect series.
An applicant waits for permission and chases a ladder.
An architect builds.
Today is about what building looks like once you decide to do it.
Here's where students get stuck.
You have an idea. A club. A side project. An internship you want.
Then you look around, nobody else is doing it, and you wait for someone to agree with you first.
Architects make three moves.
1. Move with conviction.
You'll have to move even if the people around you don't agree.
Here's the script I gave the interns:
"I got to get into this internship. I've got to start studying tech. I know everybody else isn't, but I have to."
2. Build the foundation for what's coming.
What you build now because of tech could be totally different three years from now.
Lay a foundation that can hold the next thing. That's building for sustainability.
3. Measure success by legacy and reach.
Ask what will still be standing, and who it will reach.
Your action for today:
Write this sentence and fill in the blank.
"I know everybody else isn't, but I have to ___."
Then ask yourself, "Will what I'm building still be standing three years from now?"
Here in Spark-ED, we're building students who build.
This community is your room of people who will cheer when you make the move before everyone else agrees.
Bring your blank here and let us help you lay the foundation.
Drop your fill-in-the-blank sentence below. What's the move you know you have to make? 👇
Proud of every one of you who's building for the long haul.
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