{"id":402,"date":"2025-12-23T19:51:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayaannaha.com\/?page_id=402"},"modified":"2026-01-05T04:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:50:51","slug":"newsletter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ayaannaha.com\/index.php\/newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"402\" class=\"elementor elementor-402\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-320cfab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"320cfab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de9a6b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de9a6b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">newsletter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99bc0d0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99bc0d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A collection of the newsletters I&#8217;ve written over the past 2 years. 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You can't give into the waves, you have to ride them. - Aatik Chopra (paraphrased)<\/p><a data-post-link href=\"https:\/\/ayaannaha.substack.com\/p\/nuclear-propulsion-my-personal-website\">Read on Substack<\/a><\/div><script async src=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/embedjs\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed286f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ed286f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"substack-post-embed\"><p lang=\"en\">2023 Reflection, Rocket Engines, and Antifragility | January 2024 Edition by Ayaan Naha<\/p><p>\"When you fail, instead of persevering, look for ways to grow.\" - me<\/p><a data-post-link href=\"https:\/\/ayaannaha.substack.com\/p\/2023-reflection-rocket-engines-and\">Read on Substack<\/a><\/div><script async src=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/embedjs\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24808d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"24808d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"substack-post-embed\"><p lang=\"en\">The Challenge Sprint | December 2023 Edition by Ayaan Naha<\/p><p><\/p><a data-post-link href=\"https:\/\/ayaannaha.substack.com\/p\/the-challenge-sprint-december-2023\">Read on Substack<\/a><\/div><script async src=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/embedjs\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7152db elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d7152db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"substack-post-embed\"><p lang=\"en\">Rocket Design, Piano, and Success | November 2023 Edition by Ayaan Naha<\/p><p>\"Real success is messing up but getting right back into it without skipping a beat\" - Me<\/p><a data-post-link href=\"https:\/\/ayaannaha.substack.com\/p\/rocket-design-piano-and-success-november\">Read on Substack<\/a><\/div><script async src=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/embedjs\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c5b1d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"0c5b1d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"substack-post-embed\"><p lang=\"en\">October Newsletter by Ayaan Naha<\/p><p>\"There\u2019s no growth without learning and no learning without failure\"<\/p><a data-post-link href=\"https:\/\/ayaannaha.substack.com\/p\/october-newsletter\">Read on Substack<\/a><\/div><script async src=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/embedjs\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>newsletter A collection of the newsletters I&#8217;ve written over the past 2 years. 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