Ricardo Sousa shares 14 things he wishes he knew when he was younger, including traveling the world, following your heart instead of wisdom, learning how to code, making your life a statement, finding and respecting your limits, not burning bridges or creating walls, working for free within limits, playing, trying, and failing because it's free, writing and reading, learning science deeply, being kind, taking a gap year, and never forgetting to have fun. He introduces himself as not being Ronaldo and not having a degree but living in a beautiful city and running the greatest team on earth as a speaker who created a top tech conference after studying locally.

1. QueroVIAJAR!
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14 THINGS I WISH
I KNEW WHEN I
WAS YOUNGER
Ricardo Sousa, ColorElephant 2014

2. Good!
Afternoon
you

3. (or what this (or any) school won’t teach you)

4. Before I start…

5. who is this guy?

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Não sou o Ronaldo…

8. I DON’T HAVE A DEGREE

9. I’m f*cked

10. I LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL CITY

11. I run the greatest
team on earth

13. I’M A SPEAKER

14. Created and ran “Europe’s
Top Tech Conference”
with another kick-as* team

15. I studied right here…

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LETS GET STARTED

20. 1) TRAVEL THE WORLD

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2) F*CK WISDOM. FOLLOW
YOUR HEART

22. 3) LEARN HOW TO CODE

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4) MAKE YOUR LIFE A
STATEMENT

24. 5) Find and respect your
limits

25. ENGLISHplease please please please please
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26. Amigos
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DON’T BURN BRIDGES.
DON’T CREATE WALLS.
7)

27. 8) Work for free

28. with a limit

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9) Play. Try. Fail. It’s free.

30. 10) Write and Read

31. 11) Learn science. Dig deep.

32. 12) Be kind

33. 13) Gap (a) Year

34. 14) Don’t ever forget to
have fun

35. OBRIGADO!
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www.ricardosousa.me / www.colorelephant.com
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