Daniel Go - I'm 44. If you're still in your 20's, read this:
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- When you turn 40 you'll see a divide between those who took care of their bodies & those who didn't.
- Getting 8 hours of sleep & taking walks outside will help you more than any health guru on the planet.
- Sleep is the best legal performance enhancing drug on the planet. You also sleep for 1/3 of your life. Learn how to sleep well.
- Your parents did the best they could with what they were taught. Sure, they weren't perfect but neither were you. Appreciate them.
- Food is the most widely abused drug. Exercise is the most underutilized antidepressant.
- What you measure is what you manage. Want to get better at anything? Track it.
- "You should be doing X by 30..." Fuck these lists. The only timing that matters is your own. Honor it.
- As you level up your friends will change. Accept this. It is what it is.
- At some point it will be the last time you get to hang with a friend. Cherish them.
- If you hang around someone & feel like your energy was zapped out of your body take that as a signal to not hang around that person anymore.
- Your diet consists of the food you put into your body, the information you take in & the friends you hang around.
- If you want better results find better friends. This doesn't mean to get rid of close ones. It does mean to level up the people you hang around.
- The less you give a fuck about what other people think the more peaceful you'll feel.
- Your brain is a piece of software. You update it by reading books, crushing challenges, meditation, learning skills & your network.
- Your body is a piece of hardware. You update it through lifting, cardio, nutrition & stretching.
- Create a habit of always paying off your credit card. Keeping a balance is the quickest way to get mired in debt.
- Create a habit of saving at least 10% (or more) of what you earn.
- Learn how to invest to turn those dollars into more dollars.
- Spend quality time every day away from your phone. A great life is lived outside. Not on a screen.
- Learn how to be bored. The ability to do nothing is a superpower in a world of distraction.
- Write out a vision for your life. Break the vision down into 3 year goals.
Break those down into one year. Break those down into quarterly objectives.
Plan out your monthly projects.
Break those down into weekly & daily tasks.
This is how you make your vision a reality.
- Train yourself to get the most important task done in the beginning of the day. Eat the frog.
- Hire mentors sooner. They will get you from point A to point B faster than buying any book or course.
- Pay whatever money it takes to get in better rooms. Invest in the mastermind. Go to conferences. This is how you build out a network while learning.
- Self pity & arguing for your excuses are signs of learned helplessness. Avoid at all costs.
- If you're growing life is supposed to be uncomfortable. Accept this & invite it.
- The foods you eat affect your gut. Your gut affects your brain. Want a better brain? Eat better foods.
- The things you want are on the other side of facing your fears.
- Worrying is wasted energy. No situation was made better by worrying about it.
- Know the destination & focus on the next steps. Keep taking those steps until you hit your goal then set a new one.
- Sleep is more important than food.
You can go a week without eating & the only thing you’ll lose is weight.
Give up sleep for a couple of days & you become the worst version of yourself.
- Get your body to a level where food & pharma companies can't make money off you.
- Choosing who you will partner with in life will be the most important decision you'll make.
Avoid choosing based on looks alone. They must also fit your personality & values.
- When you're younger live in the city for network & opportunities. When you're older & have a family live in small towns for peace & tranquility.
- Life's too short to not live in a place that suits your personality.
- Choose your habits & vices wisely. They become harder to break when you get older.
- Cut off energy & happiness vampires. Gotta be ruthless with who you allow in your life.
- Get married & have kids when you're ready. Not according to someone else's timeline.
- Live life according to your standards. Not your parents, your friends, or a random person on the internet 😉
- Don't take anything I said on this thread at face level. Test them out in your life. If they work then great. If not then disregard them.
- I have a lot more so I'll leave you one last one:
Each year keeps on getting better. Believe this.
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