10 life lessons to excel in your 30s

1. 10 LIFE LESSONS TO EXCEL
IN YOUR 30s
By: Mark Manson
Created by: Sang Phan Viet

2. 1. Start Saving for Retirement
Now, Not Later
• Make it your top priority
to pay down all of your
debt as soon as possible.
• Don’t invest in anything
you don’t understand.
Don’t trust stockbrokers.
• Save early and save as
much as possible
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3. 2. Start Taking Care of Your
Health Now, Not Later
 Eat fresh foods
 Exercise
 Control your weight
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4. 3. Don’t Spend Time with People
Who Don’t Treat You Well
 “Learn how to say “no” to people,
activities and obligations that
don’t bring value to your
life.” (Hayley, 37)
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5. 4. Be Good to the People You
Care About
 Your family and friends
 “Appreciate those close to you. You can get money back and
jobs back, but you can never get time back.” (Anne, 41)
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6. 5. You can’t have everything;
Focus On Doing a Few Things
Really Well
 The power of FOCUS.
 All that we are is the result of what we thought; what we think we
become – Gautama Buddha
 “Everything in life is a trade-off. You give up one thing to get
another and you can’t have it all. Accept that.” (Eldri, 60)
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7. 6. Don’t Be Afraid of Taking
Risks, You Can Still Change
 You still have
time to change.
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8. 7. You Must Continue to Grow
and Develop Yourself
 You MUST
 Most people in their 30s are too busy to worry about self-
improvement.
 Many readers related the choice of going back to school and
getting their degrees in their 30s as one of the most useful
things they had ever done.
 Others started their first businesses or moved to new countries.
 As Warren Buffett once said, the greatest investment a young
person can make is in their own education, in their own mind.
Because money comes and goes. Relationships come and go. But
What you learn once stays with you forever.
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9. 8. Nobody (Still) Knows What
They’re Doing, Get Used to It
 Explore it
 “Most of what you think is important now will seem
unimportant in 10 or 20 years and that’s OK. That’s
called growth. Just try to remember to not take yourself
so seriously all the time and be open to it.” (Simon, 57)
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10. 9. Invest in Your Family; It’s
Worth It
 “Spend more time with your folks. It’s a
different relationship when you’re an
adult and it’s up to you how you redefine
your interactions. They are always going
to see you as their kid until the moment
you can make them see you as your own
man. Everyone gets old. Everyone dies.
Take advantage of the time you have left
to set things right and enjoy your
family.” (Kash, 41)
 “Don’t feel pressured to get married or
have kids if you don’t want to. What
makes one person happy doesn’t make
everyone happy. I’ve chosen to stay
single and childless and I still live a
happy and fulfilled life. Do what feels
right for you.” (Anonymous, 40)
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11. 10. Be kind to yourself,
respect yourself
 “Be kind to yourself.” Respect yourself first
 “Be a little selfish and do something for yourself every
day, something different once a month and something
spectacular every year.” (Nancy, 60)
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