#26 8 Pieces of Life Advice for the Future
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Ok, I’ve been lazy again for a second week in a row, but hopefully by next week, I’ll whip into shape. For now, here are eight pieces of life advice that I have saved over the last couple of months.
Don’t make jokes in group chats especially with people that you don’t know that well. Hard to interpret jokes virtually.
-Justin Williams
Money and Alcohol amplify who a person is at their core. And whenever they show their true color, trust what they are showing you.
-Dan Go 44 Cheat Codes
Don’t order seafood from a restaurant on a Monday night. It most likely is 4 to 5 days old.
-Anthony Bourdain, From his book Kitchen Confidential
First, you have two windows where you can travel extensively: right after you graduate from college and after you have worked for a couple of years and you’re considering a career pivot.
Realistically, you will be 21-23 and 24-25 years old during these two windows. I cannot emphasize this enough: you need to take advantage of at least one, if not both, of these windows and see the world for at least six weeks. It doesn’t matter where exactly you go or what exactly you do while you’re there, but traveling as a young adult is one of the few things that no one ever, ever regrets doing.
Maybe you and a friend choose 1-2 locations abroad to live in for one to two months. Maybe you buy a Eurail Pass and zip from city to city around Europe, hitting the beaches of Barcelona and the highlands of Scotland. You could work in a hostel in Buenos Aires for a month, or rent a car and surf your way down the coast of Australia.
-Jack from Young Money on Substack
Sage advice! I recently heard someone say, "Make a list of all things you find desirable in a mate. Then you, yourself, become that list.
-@Jules-fh4rf6 on YouTube
Drugs don't make you more creative. They make you stupid creative. Real creativity, drive, etc comes from within. If you can't do it sober, you're not actually doing it.
-Someone that I don’t remember
If I were in my 20s, here’s what I’d do:
1. Get really good at spotting and generating novel ideas. Hone your independent thinking skills.
2. Develop high agency. Focus on what you can control, question the status quo, and be proactive.
3. Be a generalist who also goes deep in a few areas. Develop the skills to build and bring ideas to life.
4. Take a sabbatical. Work on projects. Travel. Tinker. See where it takes you.
5. Avoid joining any seed-stage startup founded by a first-time founder, pre-product-market fit. The risk/reward tradeoff is terrible: high risk of failure, not enough equity to make it worthwhile.
6. Get your first win. Start with a cash flow bet to generate income, then swing for the fences with what you really want to do. With money in the bank, you’ll be more ambitious.
-Michael Karnjanaprakorn on Substack
And finally, last but not least,
“If you don't know where to start, start and things will fall into place."
-Lloyd Kahn
As always, see you next week,
-Justin