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

01/01/24 • 32 min

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!

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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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!

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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Resources

And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts: https://a.co/d/02Hdxqp

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Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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1:16:36 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Fellowship

1:19:09 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine

1:25:22 - Super Important Question!!!

1:27:24 - Closing Message

1:30:22 - Outro

Resources

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View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast

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Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

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