25 painful truths about money, friendships & ambition at 21 (2025 recap)

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Timestamps/Chapters:

0:00 Intro - Why 2025 was the hardest year
1:20 Lesson 1 - I am the man I am today because of the mistakes I’ve made
3:48 Lesson 2 - What you don’t like change. What you can’t change accept. What you can’t accept leave.
5:03 Lesson 3 - Inversion thinking (flip your goals to see what NOT to do)
8:24 Lesson 4 - Hunt don't graze (lion analogy, deep work vs shallow work)
11:39 Lesson 5 - Everything will pass (good and bad)
14:04 Lesson 6 - It’s not what you sell it’s who you are (market perception)
15:41 Lesson 7 - Asymmetric growth (quantity first then quality)
16:50 Lesson 8 - Are you a maker or a manager
18:37 Lesson 9 - It takes 50 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to destroy it
19:37 Lesson 10 - LTGP is the most important business metric
22:21 Lesson 11 - Hiring A players (culture auditing core values)
25:17 Lesson 12 - You attract what you are
26:36 Lesson 13 - When it’s raining money go outside with a net
29:00 Lesson 14 - New more or better (be a scientist then scale what works)
31:00 Lesson 15 - Intentionality and branding (black coffee analogy and 3 questions)
34:36 Lesson 16 - I’m not meant to be a celebrity (specialist over generalist)
35:43 Lesson 17 - Everything rests on one tectonic plate your health
36:24 Lesson 18 - Cheap vs expensive (pay now or pay later)
39:50 Lesson 19 - Anger is the most powerful motivator but use sparingly
41:03 Lesson 20 - I was fishing without a hook (importance of free lead magnet)
42:19 Lesson 21 - To hit your goals decide what you will stop doing
43:21 Lesson 22 - Don’t trap yourself in your own business (money equals freedom)
45:31 Lesson 23 - Life becomes too easy (create deliberate hardship)
46:49 Lesson 24 - Don’t meet your heroes
47:52 Lesson 25 - Always be honest don’t lie
49:36 Bonus 1 - Death by a thousand cuts (small habits compound)
50:37 Bonus 2 - Objects in motion stay in motion (move to gain energy)
51:29 Outro - Final message and subscribe