From bank fees to interest rates to miracle diets, people who are not educated are easier to get money from and easier to lead. Educate yourself as much as possible for wealth, independence, and happiness.

By the time they build the curriculum, it’s likely that the system is outdated – sometimes utterly broken. You both learn and get respect from people worth getting it from by leading and doing, not by following.

Learn to speed read with high retention. Emerson Spartz taught me this while I was at a Summit Series event. If he reads 2-3 books a week, you can read one.

"Goal: condense decades of experiences into the shortest period of time possible. Fastest way to do this? Learn vicariously through other peoples' experiences. Why? Our brains can't tell the difference between something real and something vividly imagined.

"I taught myself how to speed-read and devoured books about business, politics, psychology, economics, technology, science, and more. My objective was learn as much about the world as possible. But it wasn't just books. I poured through hundreds of annual reports/10ks, how-to manuals, trade publications, scientific studies, and reports on a variety of industries, from Drywall Contracting to Natural Gas Wholesaling. Goal: learn everything possible about the structure of commerce to discover the patterns of business success."

- Emerson Spartz

Be genuine about it. Learn to find something you like in each person, and then speak to that thing.

Shyness is the belief that your emotions should be the arbitrators of your decision making process when the opposite is actually true.

Personally, I met people at Podcamps. My friend Greg, at the age of 13, met his first future employer sitting next to him on a plane. The reason this is so valuable is because people your age don’t usually have the decision-making ability to help you very much. Also they know almost everything you will learn later, so ask them.

and hang out with them too. This and the corollary are both important: “don’t attempt to be average inside your group. Continuously attempt to be cooler than them (by doing cooler things, being more laid back, accepting, ambitious, etc.).”

This is just a fact. Those you surround yourself with create a kind of “bubble” that pushes you to support the status quo. For this reason, you need to do your craziest stuff NOW. Later on, you’ll become too afraid. Trust me.

I mean it. This creates a safety net that will allow you to do the crazier shit I mentioned above.

In other words, a trip to Paris is a better choice than a new wardrobe. Studies show this also boosts happiness.

Use the internet, because it’s like a cool little machine that helps you do your bidding. If you are currently living paycheck to paycheck, extend that to three weeks instead of two. Then, as you get better, you can think a month ahead, then three months, then six, and finally a year ahead. (The goal is to get to a point where you are thinking 5 years ahead.)

Your hormones are in a better place to help you do this at a younger age. Don’t waste this opportunity, trust me.

This will make everything much easier and it turns food from a chore + expensive habit into a pleasant + frugal one. I’m a big Jamie Oliver fan, but whatever you like is fine.

This and cooking will help with the six pack. If you think “I can sleep when I’m dead” or “I have too much to do to sleep,” I have news for you: you are ineffecient, and sleep deprivation isn’t helping.

Do not trust your own brain for your memory. Do not trust it for what you “feel like” you should be doing. Trust only the reminder app. I use RE.minder and Action Method.

as well as allowing the waves of opportunity to help you along. If you don’t set goals, some stuff may happen, but if you do choose, lots more will.

Spend like 5 years doing it instead of flopping around all over the place. If you want to shift afterwards, go ahead. Like I said, choose something.

Instead, look for someone who isn't broken.

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