If you were in your early twenties and could do it all again what direction would you go? What do you wish you had done earlier? What advice do you wish you had gotten? What would you tell your younger self?
If you were in your early twenties…
Some things to think about.
- live with roommates - save the money for a house or investing … or live cheap so you can take more risks.
- auto-invest into index funds - 10 to 20 years goes fast.
- take more risks - it’s easy to work a job, come home, and sit in front of the tv or play video games. Go make something while you have the energy of youth.
- got a dream? go do it. - trying things while you’re young is easier because you have fewer responsibilities.
- put yourself in the path of opportunity: want to do X? Move to a big city where more people are doing X… or get hired by the top company doing X. Hang out with people are doing or want to do that thing.
- get control of your weight - this is easier in your 20s and has a big impact on your mental state, your energy levels, romantic life, friendships, and business opportunities.
- read the Bible all the way through - I have religious reasons for recommending it, but it’s a large foundation for Western Civilization. So it’s a good context for understanding the world and people.
- don’t underestimate what you can do while in your 20s - U2 recorded Joshua Tree by the time they were 27. George Lucas directed Star Wars at 32. Paul Anka wrote “My Way” for Frank Sinatra at 28. Frank Miller wrote the comic Dark Knight Returns at 27.
- practice self-control - Eliminate/reduce vices. They won’t help you. And they have a big impact on physical and mental health.
- be the initiator - at work, in friendships, in family, in life … don’t wait for someone else to invite you. Reach out. Make things happen.
- change jobs every 2-3 years - get a lot of experience at a lot of places. It will help you know what you like, what you’re good at, and what good/bad workplaces are. Also, this is the fastest way to a raise.
- live in reality (not fantasy) - don’t spend all your time in movies, video games, and TikTok. Go out and do things with people. Go accomplish something in the real world. In 10 years you won’t care about that level you beat in the video game, but you will remember that friend you met while on your
- make amends & forgive - as much as you can, maintain and restore relationships with family and friends.
Gold!
Be in shape and ask them all out.
Do it all tomorrow because now , we got hella time.
All the mistakes and failures you went through are whats required to being where you are today.
Network and get involved in as much as possible.
You aren’t expected to find your passion or career right out of Highschool or college. Very few will end up in the career they chose.
You can lessen that time by taking as many risks as you can as often as possible.
Meet new people in varied fields. Ask questions, ask to get involved.
What does that look like? Networking events at school or your current job. Friends functions or work functions. They would always love to have a chum tag along.
Search out your interests online, follow through with some classes or training. Most are free online to some degree.
Just general exposure to as much as you can stand. Something will click. Someone will take to you, offer you an opportunity. You may create an entirely new space from ideas of having such varied experiences.
Easier said than done. But if attempted? Geez.
Talk to people from different walks of life and ask them how they got there.
Teach Yourself a few basic things.
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Consistency and grit beats almost everything when it comes to getting ahead.
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Motivation is what gets you started, thats about all its good for. Determination and discipline carry you the distance.
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Slow down things take time. Usually they take longer than expected, dont be in a rush to get 10 steps ahead focus on where you are and take the next appropriate step.
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Get fit and strong early and turn it into a lifelong habit.
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Theres a difference between cramming content and information and actually absorbing it. You will get more out of applying the concepts from one self help book than you will out of mindlessly reading and motivating yourself with 100 of them.
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Learn how to learn. learn how to focus and control/understand your emotions.
This is straight-up the best, most concise advice and it’s what EVERY young person needs to hear. 👊🏻
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For business advice I’d tell myself to be more stringent on who to give equity. Loyalty and friendship are valuable but keep business decisions separate, value your time and energy, and pay yourself a salary for your time!
Learn or earn, if neither move on
Simple. I like this one.
Go straight to college. Get a internship. Get a full time job. Right now I’m broke because I made a lot of dumb decisions in my youth
Same here brother… I don’t know what the fuck in doing now. Things are ok but reading people’s comments here… I’m like shit… maybe it’s not ok…
Move to the single best hub for your industry, wherever that is globally.
Unless my goals in life revolved around a technical skill like engineering, etc. I would not have gone to school. I also would have gotten a job in sales - literally any sales job. It’s A LOT easier to get experience the younger you are as more people are willing to take a risk on you.
Most of an entreprenur’s job is sales.
Take and learn from more risks while you’re young and still developing psychologically - especially women. Shedding fear and ego as early as possible is rarely bad.
Buy BitCoin, that’s it
Buy a fucking sailboat, just sail and make it work by working here and there.
Bring solar, batteries and a water maker.