30 things I wish someone told me in my 20s:
1. Your job is training, not the destination
2. Save less, invest more in yourself and assets
3. Cold outreach works if you're persistent
4. Nobody's coming to save you
5. The "safe" path has hidden risks
6. Move somewhere new at least once
7. Mentors compress decades into months
8. Health compounds just like money
9. Your spouse is your most important decision
10. Kids change your "why" completely
11. Passive income takes active work upfront
12. Most people quit too early
13. Boring is almost always more profitable than exciting
14. Your reputation is built on follow-through
15. Consuming content isn't the same as taking action
16. Fear is a compass pointing to growth
17. Community and accountability change everything
18. The first version of everything is ugly
19. Wealth is time, not stuff
20. Sleep is a performance enhancer
21. Your 30s go faster than your 20s
22. Start the business now, not "someday"
23. Learn to read a P&L statement
24. Cash flow beats appreciation
25. Delegate the $20/hour tasks immediately
26. Your kids don't care about your title
27. Say no to good so you can say yes to great
28. The grind is a season, not a lifestyle
29. Build something that works without you
30. Start today because time is the one thing you can't get back
In order to be born, you needed:
2 parents
4 grandparents
8 great-grandparents
16 second great-grandparents
32 third great-grandparents
64 fourth great-grandparents
128 fifth great-grandparents
256 sixth great-grandparents
512 seventh great-grandparents
1,024 eighth great-grandparents
2,048 ninth great-grandparents
For you to be born today from 12 previous generations, you needed a total of 4.094 ancestors over the last 400 years
Pause for a second and really think about this…
How many hardships did they survive?
How many silent battles did they fight?
How many tears did they wipe away?
How many moments of joy did they celebrate?
How many love stories began so that yours could one day exist?
How many dreams for a better future were whispered into the dark?
All of it…
just so you could be here, alive, in this moment
What people think longevity is:
• Saunas
• Ice baths
• Superfoods
• Supplements
What longevity actually is:
• High VO2 max
• Cancer screenings
• Regular blood work
• Building muscle & strength
• Cardiovascular examinations
Forget the fads and follow the data.
It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
RESPONDING TO MISTAKES
"I'm letting the team down because I turned the ball over ... missed a shot ... blew a defensive assignment. No, you're letting the team down when it parlays into 4 or 5 possessions after that.
Pick yourself up... You're playing a game that's imperfect."
Johnathan Taylor is the MVP of the NFL. Not the mid season MVP, not the OPOY but the MVP of the NFL for the 2025 season.
32 Carries
244 Yards
3 TDs
3 Rec
42 yards
15 Rushing TDs this season.
2 Receiving
Call your mom today. Let her yap for 15 min without getting a word in.
A finite number of these left. And someday you'll wish you had just one more.
What Sundays are for.
Non-depository financial institutions (NDFIs), private equity & credit have skyrocketed 300%
The loophole, banks, pensions realized they could make higher % financing private credit instead of direct lending
Awashed with liquidity, NDFIs didn't care who they lent to like 2008
Wake Up Early - Tell No One.
Go to Run - Tell No One.
Work A Lot - Tell No One.
Eat Healthy - Tell No One.
Go to Gym - Tell No One.
Avoid fake dopamine by telling people & disrupt your success, Let your work speak.
Marcus Freeman went from eating leftover scraps as a busboy at Texas Roadhouse to being the head coach at Notre Dame.
“I wanted my kids to know that because they’re growing up differently than I [did]…I want them to understand the value of hard work.”
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