I was recently asked what advice I would give my younger self.

I thought about the categories of health, personal relationships, and making money, and I came up with 9 pieces of advice I would give to my younger self:

1. I would tell my younger self, from an overarching perspective, to deeply work on making sure my behavior and relationships align with my values.
2. I would tell my younger self to trust my gut to notice not just red flags, but yellow flags. (I went through a lot of unnecessary pain because I didn’t do deeper recovery early on, but thankfully I didn’t leave a lot of scorched earth with other people. I caused pain for myself and got taken advantage of a lot because I was around taker energy. This was because I wanted to get approval of people who were users. Noticing yellow flags that turn into red flags is important.)
3. I would tell myself that people pursuing status can be dangerous, and people pursuing growth are better for me to hang around with. (Growth is a WAY more important life pursuit than status. Be careful of people who want to be famous. Fame and wanting to have people like you is more seductive than growth, but in the long-term, growth is better.)
4. I would tell my younger self, despite the best of intentions, life is not fair. (In life, you will get your heart broken. If you don’t, you’re just lucky. You will get betrayed. If you don’t, again, you’re just lucky. You can avoid a lot of heartache and betrayal by aligning yourself with people who are aligned with you.)
5. I would tell my younger self to take E.L.F vs HALF seriously. (E.L.F. is Easy, Lucrative and Fun. HALF is hard, annoying, lame, and frustrating. Avoid those people and projects that are HALF. Go deeper with those that are E.L.F. This doesn’t mean having E.L.F people and projects are necessarily easy in the beginning. In a lot of cases, they are hard. But, over the long term, they are worth it.)
6. I would tell my younger self to develop a strong work ethic and produce more than I consume.
7. I would tell my younger self to never sell anything that doesn’t benefit other people.
8. I would tell my younger self to always put myself into work situations where I win if other people win. (The only true win-win situations are when someone benefits by you benefitting. Frankly, this is not most of the business situations. So much of the business world is somebody winning at the expense of someone else losing. Avoid this the best you can.)
9. I would tell my younger self to do a lot of work on myself. (I would have gone through therapy earlier than I did. But I did do some things early on that others often don’t. I had life insurance early on. I would save money very early on. The reason is because insurance is not for sale when you need it most. Another thing I did to work on myself was I would read the 100 Kekich Credos by my dear friend Dave Kekich every single week for at least 10 years of my life. Do a search for “Kekich Credos”. I’ve read over 1,000 books and Kekich Credos are some of the best words of wisdom.)

That’s the advice I would give my younger self. What advice would you give YOUR younger self?

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