I recently turned 39.
Here are 39 brutal truths I wish I knew at 20:
Here are 39 brutal truths I wish I knew at 20:
1. Choose your hard. If you don't choose your hard, hard will choose you.
2. Ask more questions. As Socrates said: “Smart people learn from everything and everyone. Average people learn from their experiences. Stupid people already have all the answers.”
2. Ask more questions. As Socrates said: “Smart people learn from everything and everyone. Average people learn from their experiences. Stupid people already have all the answers.”
3. Do whatever it takes
4. Chase purpose. A friend once told me: “I wish you not one penny over $299 million. Reality gets lost somewhere after that.”
5. Not every moment has to be productive. Silence is not your enemy.
6. Be bored more often
4. Chase purpose. A friend once told me: “I wish you not one penny over $299 million. Reality gets lost somewhere after that.”
5. Not every moment has to be productive. Silence is not your enemy.
6. Be bored more often
7. Get in shape, stay in shape (applies to both finances and fitness)
8. If someone you just met is talking shit about their ex, friend, partner, or boss, they will do the same to you next. Character matters.
9. Behind every successful person is a story that gave them no choice.
8. If someone you just met is talking shit about their ex, friend, partner, or boss, they will do the same to you next. Character matters.
9. Behind every successful person is a story that gave them no choice.
10. Put your relationships first. My number one regret in life is not prioritizing my marriage above just about everything.
11. You become the person you want when no one else is watching. It's the quiet, private reps that will never be cheered that actually lead to greatness.
11. You become the person you want when no one else is watching. It's the quiet, private reps that will never be cheered that actually lead to greatness.
12. Never take advice from someone who hasn't achieved what they're advising about. If you don't want their life, don't listen to their advice.
13. Inconvenience yourself. This generation went way too hard setting boundaries. Show up for those you love, even when it's not convenient.
14. The greatest muscle you can build is urgency.
15. If it's not a hell yes, it's a no.
13. Inconvenience yourself. This generation went way too hard setting boundaries. Show up for those you love, even when it's not convenient.
14. The greatest muscle you can build is urgency.
15. If it's not a hell yes, it's a no.
16. You will be richer when you understand leverage. But you'll also be aware of when people are trying to take advantage of you. Learn it so you can spot it.
17. Learn to be disliked or you will find yourself stuck in a prison of other people's beliefs.
18. You don't have time to hate someone when you're busy building. The less you build, the more you criticize.
17. Learn to be disliked or you will find yourself stuck in a prison of other people's beliefs.
18. You don't have time to hate someone when you're busy building. The less you build, the more you criticize.
19. Your input eventually becomes your output.
20. 99% of people don't move fast enough. Every time you say "one day," you cost yourself future dollars.
21. Complexity makes you seem smart. Simplicity makes you money.
20. 99% of people don't move fast enough. Every time you say "one day," you cost yourself future dollars.
21. Complexity makes you seem smart. Simplicity makes you money.
22. The longer something has been successful, the more likely it is to continue being successful.
23. Say you will do a thing, then actually do the thing.
24. The fastest way to build a memorable brand is to pick a fight.
23. Say you will do a thing, then actually do the thing.
24. The fastest way to build a memorable brand is to pick a fight.
25. Never let your worry be bigger than your faith. God doesn't give you a seed without provision for it to grow.
26. Nobody cares about your life.
27. Someone not as good as you is making more money because they're not afraid to start.
26. Nobody cares about your life.
27. Someone not as good as you is making more money because they're not afraid to start.
28. You will wish you started earlier and worked harder when you are young.
29. Waking up at 5:45 a.m. solves 99.9% of daily issues.
30. Work 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
29. Waking up at 5:45 a.m. solves 99.9% of daily issues.
30. Work 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. The size of the problems you solve equal the size of your bank account.
32. The smartest people I know obsess over their reputation. Do not play short-term games with your name.
33. Learn to listen more. The dumbest people I know never stop talking. The smartest people never stop asking questions.
32. The smartest people I know obsess over their reputation. Do not play short-term games with your name.
33. Learn to listen more. The dumbest people I know never stop talking. The smartest people never stop asking questions.
34. The best business school is being in business.
35. Don't always trust your self-talk. Your anxiety is just lying to you. If you’ve made it this far, the odds are in your favor.
36. If you're going to do something, go big.
35. Don't always trust your self-talk. Your anxiety is just lying to you. If you’ve made it this far, the odds are in your favor.
36. If you're going to do something, go big.
37. Pray like it's up to God, work like it's up to you. If you’re going to ask the big man for something, back it up with some work ethic.
38. You're not too old, you're just too comfortable. The most addictive drug is comfort.
39. It's never too late to start.
38. You're not too old, you're just too comfortable. The most addictive drug is comfort.
39. It's never too late to start.
Probably one of the best decisions I've ever made was become an owner.
It's not easy but working a 9-5 isn't either.
If this is something you want to learn more about...we're hosting our annual business buying event this week.
It's not easy but working a 9-5 isn't either.
If this is something you want to learn more about...we're hosting our annual business buying event this week.
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It's a tool I use when buying any biz.
Everyone who attends will also receive a gift from me that has literally taken me 15 years to create & refine.
It's a tool I use when buying any biz.
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- You'll get access to me & my team
- 3 days of fully remote sessions
+ a special gift from me to you
Hope to see you there: codiesanchez.com/msm/?utm_sourc…
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