I’m 37.
If you're still in your 20's, read this:
If you're still in your 20's, read this:
1. As soon as you hit your 30s, you’ll understand... Your 20s actually suck. If you feel like it sucks right now, guess what? It’s supposed to. It gets better.
2. If they’re not interesting when you’re sober, don’t drink until they become it.
2. If they’re not interesting when you’re sober, don’t drink until they become it.
3. Your first job is like the DMV. Awful. Everyone’s mad. Nothing works. But the key is.. You're not supposed to stay there.
4. It is very hard to change the world when you are broke. So don't apologize for chasing money.
4. It is very hard to change the world when you are broke. So don't apologize for chasing money.
5. In your 20s: Meet everyone. Say yes to everything. You narrow the field later.
6. Do it all. Because you’ll die eventually and life will make you slow down. But up until then, eat the world.
6. Do it all. Because you’ll die eventually and life will make you slow down. But up until then, eat the world.
7. The most lucrative things you can do in your 20s: 1) learn how to invest, 2) apprentice in PE, real estate, or venture.
8. You are not everyone’s cup of tea, that’s a good thing.
8. You are not everyone’s cup of tea, that’s a good thing.
9. Never buy to impress. Being wealthy > looking wealthy… even when that first big-kid check hits your bank account.
10. The most important question you can ask yourself often: Does this bring joy?
10. The most important question you can ask yourself often: Does this bring joy?
11. Do favors, don’t take them. There’s often a hidden price.
12. If I was in my 20s, I’d try to work for one type of company… One where they reward outcomes not hours. Winning > running really hard for a really long time.
12. If I was in my 20s, I’d try to work for one type of company… One where they reward outcomes not hours. Winning > running really hard for a really long time.
13. Seed is only as good as its soil. Where you live during your 20s matters. Take some time away from your hometown.
14. If you feel cynical about the world… I don’t blame you. But always remember the number one superpower for your generation is HOPE.
14. If you feel cynical about the world… I don’t blame you. But always remember the number one superpower for your generation is HOPE.
15. If you’re prone to loneliness and isolation.. do NOT work a remote job. A small team with sleepless nights and shared goals is a powerful thing.
16. Touch grass. A walk outside will be better for your brain than anything you find on a screen.
16. Touch grass. A walk outside will be better for your brain than anything you find on a screen.
17. Burnout doesn’t come from working too hard. Burnout comes from working too hard, on things that don’t light you up.
18. Learn how to save. But understand that saving isn’t what makes you rich.
18. Learn how to save. But understand that saving isn’t what makes you rich.
19. If you want to make more money, be more useful to people who have more money.
20. You must learn to be disliked or you will find yourself stuck in a prison of other people's beliefs.
20. You must learn to be disliked or you will find yourself stuck in a prison of other people's beliefs.
21. Most successful people I've met aren't that smart. They move fast, they take risk, they work a lot. That's it.
22. Being rich is awesome. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to you.
22. Being rich is awesome. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to you.
23. Do something hard every day. Then watch that “something” evolve as you become stronger and stronger.
24. If you haven’t done it, you just have an opinion.
24. If you haven’t done it, you just have an opinion.
25. Marrying well is the biggest life hack of all. Marrying poorly is a costly path to misery. Choose wisely.
26. Being married is not actually hard, being yourself is.
26. Being married is not actually hard, being yourself is.
27. If you’re not weird, you’re probably boring.
28. Do something for someone else. Suffer for the sake of another, you’ll become a better version of yourself.
28. Do something for someone else. Suffer for the sake of another, you’ll become a better version of yourself.
29. Don’t recreate the wheel is the best advice no one takes.
30. Working smarter not harder is a beautiful lie. You will not know how to work smart until you've worked very hard for an irrationally long time.
30. Working smarter not harder is a beautiful lie. You will not know how to work smart until you've worked very hard for an irrationally long time.
31. Don’t lead with your pain, victimhood is a choice.
33. Take notes from old people… Waking up early, being married, reading books, going to bed at 10pm, and drinking less is actually amazing.
33. Take notes from old people… Waking up early, being married, reading books, going to bed at 10pm, and drinking less is actually amazing.
33. Nothing wrong with finding the exit.
34. Read everything, question everything you read.
35. Underrated superpower: Just dumb enough to believe in yourself, just smart enough to execute.
34. Read everything, question everything you read.
35. Underrated superpower: Just dumb enough to believe in yourself, just smart enough to execute.
36. The more you do hard things, the more you'll get what you want.
37. If old you doesn’t make you cringe, you haven’t grown enough.
37. If old you doesn’t make you cringe, you haven’t grown enough.
The best lessons you learn won't come from something you read online...
They'll come from your own mistakes.
So go out, and live.
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They'll come from your own mistakes.
So go out, and live.
If you liked this, feel free to share it & follow me @Codie_Sanchez:
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