#29 - 42 Life-Changing Thoughts from My Twenty's

The Zach Highley Show

Here are 42 things I learned from my 20s (that I wish I learned earlier).

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0:19 - Schedule Everything

0:57 - Call Customer Service

1:35 - Your Parents Are People Too

2:06 - Friends and Family Are Important

2:31 - Aim for People to Respect You, Not to Like You

3:28 - Free Time Is Great

3:55 - Write Emails Like a Human

4:33 - Meditate

5:07 - Journaling

5:32 - Cold Exposure

6:14 - Heat Exposure

6:46 - You Can Do Anything

7:31 - Anger Solves Nothing

8:12 - Listening Is a Learned Skill

8:55 - Writing Is Important

9:53 - Automate and Delegate

11:01 - Reading Is a Superpower

11:48 - Take All the Blame and Give the Credit

12:28 - Try Doing One Thing at a Time

13:27 - The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Oil

14:06 - Everyone Is Shy; Be the Outgoing Person

14:46 - Have a Positive Attitude

15:18 - Your 20’s Matter

16:23 - Saving Won’t Make You Rich

19:37 - It Is Just a Matter of Time

19:57 - Find Advisors and Mentors

21:12 - Win with the Minimum Necessary Target

22:33 - Little Habits Matter More

23:05 - The World Isn’t So Scary

24:16 - Avoid Underemployment

25:23 - Say “No” Most of the Time

25:51 - Say “I Do Not Know”

27:30 - No One Cares and No One Knows

27:44 - Do the Adult Things

28:00 - Don’t Complain

29:00 - Wake Up and Go to Bed at the Same Time

29:04 - You Are the Average of the 5 People You Are With

29:13 - Read More

29:23 - Just Start!

29:43 - Most Things Aren’t Personal

31:18 - Cultivate a Healthy Mind and Body

31:58 - This Too Shall Pass!

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Resources

The Defining Decade by Meg Jay: https://amzn.eu/d/1mO3gWe

Hell Yeah Or No by Derek Sivers: https://a.co/d/czgdFFn

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