25 Lessons at 25
I turn 25 in a few weeks. These are the most important lessons I've learned.
- How you spend every day is how you spend your life.
- Saying yes to one thing means saying no to everything else.
- You can only have one priority.
- Your desires are controlled by the people around you.
- Find what feels like play to you, but looks like work to others.
- Once you do, be consistent and let compounding do the work.
- Anything is possible within the laws of physics.
- Fear is what’s stopping you.
- Learn the basics.
- Focus on one thing at a time.
- The obstacle is the way.
- A problem solved is problem forgotten.
- “Once I have X, I will be fulfilled forever” is the perennial illusion.
- The easiest person to fool is yourself.
- Look for the third way.
- You always have a choice.
- Some decisions have permanent consequences. Not every decision can be reversed.
- Most decisions can be reversed.
- Your decisions will have second-order effects long into the future.
- The worst-case scenario is unlikely, but not impossible. Don’t be naive, but don’t be anxious.
- Think in likelihoods, not certainties.
- Life is more random than it seems.
- You don’t need to give yourself a hard time.
- Thoughtful feedback is a gift.
- Most advice can be ignored.