For people in their 20s:
• Launch projects with urgency
• Give up drinking — it’s a quiet anchor
• Grow an audience by leaning into what’s weird
• Expand the network by consistently showing up
• Take on hard challenges — build grit, not just skills
• Read and write daily — cultivate a distinct voice
• Treat health as leverage
• Embrace discomfort — the price of freedom
• Relocate abroad — reboot identity
• Surround oneself with legends, not spectators
Or stay broke, bored, and bitter