10 Life lessons to excel in your 30s



wooja said:
Just finished this. It's a pretty good read and I'll have to admit that I haven't agreed with so many things in an article like this in a log time.

10 Life Lessons to Excel In Your 30s

Quite a few things would be relevant IMO to my fellow WF members so I thought I'd share :)
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I'm in my early 20's, and I related to most of the shit on there.

BTW, it's cool to see Mark Manson's article go viral like a motherfucker. He's been one of my favorite authors since I discovered him a year ago.

Dude offers some of the most realistic, mature self-help advice out there.
 
As someone in their early 20s I unsurprisingly read the 20s one after. Two quotes which stood out:

"I’ve spent the majority of the last five years living in a number of different countries. Unfortunately, that means that I’ve left a lot of friends behind in various places. What I’ve discovered over this time is that you can’t force a friendship with someone. Either it’s there or it’s not, and whatever “it” is, is so ephemeral and magical that neither one of you could even name it if you tried to. You both just know."
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This is why I refuse to be the Dale Carnegie archetype. It's cynical bullshit. Clear communication skills and a basic level of decorum is fine. Not everyone is a game to be won or needs to be your lunch buddy. Quality of relationships, not quantity etc.

"We have a propensity to assume things just happen as they are. As outside observers, we tend to only see the result of things and not the arduous process (and all of the failures) that went into producing the result. I think when we’re young, we have this idea that we have to do just this one big thing that is going to completely change the world, top to bottom."
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Dude has read 4 Hour Work Week/Millionaire Fastlane. Fair enough.
 
I'd add to the list - develop a bullshit radar and learn to think for yourself. Somewhat necessary when what should be common sense gets passed off as "self help"
 
Joshk said:
wut?
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Uh.. "Take care of your health" "Start a savings account"

How about "wipe your ass after you take a shit".

This is life 101 stuff. You shouldn't need to do this stuff "by your 30s"
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Nice read. One thing about this article I liked most is taking actions.

If you don't act now you will regret later.
 
elgordo said:
Uh.. "Take care of your health" "Start a savings account"

How about "wipe your ass after you take a shit".

This is life 101 stuff. You shouldn't need to do this stuff "by your 30s"
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mituozo said:
Yet most people don't do it, so quite clearly there's a need for the post.
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What mituozo said.

Considering 70% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.. most don't have a savings account. Many are too busy being a slave and being commanded by life to even take care of their health. There is a reason why obesity is rampant in this country.

Life gets in the way. You can't always make the decision to spend more money on health food and then also spend more time exercising and making the right health habits when you barely make the electric payment each month. So instead, you spend more time working and earning money hourly which leaves you depressed and stressed. The last thing these people want to do when they get home is think more and do more. I am not saying its right or wrong, its reality.

^^ And if you are in this state of mind, you have no hope of starting ( and more importantly, sticky to ) a savings plan. Most people don't even know how much to save for, let alone where to put it.

When you tell people to save for their future, here it what you are hit with:

  • How much do I need to save
  • When do I need to save ( as in frequency of putting money back )
  • Where do I store it


There is a reason why African Mango farticles and Google Biz Ops to make $1k at home work so well...
 
eliquid said:
What mituozo said.

Considering 70% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.. most don't have a savings account.
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IMO, Anyone who doesn't save atleast 30% of what they make a month (that's after all expenses, paying taxes etc., 30% should get re-invested to make more money or sit in your bank safely, but any one who spends more than 70% of their income is a moron.


I try to keep my personal expenses to 10% or below. (Yes, thats 80-90% either reinvested each month or just goes into savings).
Hopefully, once my asset column is strong enough to sustain my lifestyle without the need of a primary income, I will start going all out and living like a baller. :D

Coming into too much money very early in life can have a negative impact on a person too. It changes the way people look at you, changes a lot of life lessons you should get but you don't!
 
I like the article and agree with it's points.
Thing is most of us here are entrepreneurs, WF is a unique group.
This isn't the betafire forum is it?

The article is really standard stuff. Many let their animal brain takeover and say "Ya, I do that," when the reality is much different from another perspective.
I am certainly no 10 for 10.

Here is the Pepwep, a large % of the population won't even read articles like this...there is a bunch..., or they would disagree with the laws of life.

No whut iam sayin?
 
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