Using Your Twenties To Explore

Hello and happy Friday,

This week, a few things around using your twenties to explore:

(Apologies to my older subscribers!)

One thought

Avoiding debt. Building a network. Learning what you’re good at. Learning what you’re bad at. Learning what you can charge for.

Many young people are rushing to define who they are.

I think a better use of time is discovering the limits of your abilities. 

Two quotes

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Painter Mariam Paré

“If I could talk to myself twenty years ago, I would tell myself to focus on my strengths, and not on my weaknesses; on the things I could do and not the things I couldn’t do; to strive to excel and hone those skills to the point of excellence. That this was the best strategy to secure my future. I would say to myself that the only real obstacles you have are those you create for yourself.”

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Entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk

“Most people in their early twenties make the mistake of not realising how young they are. Wanting to have everything figured out by thirty is ridiculous. You haven’t even started!”

One video

Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) is one of the most acclaimed directors of his generation.

The trailer for his first (self-funded) film is here. He made this at 26 while living with his parents.

Tell me you’d expect him to win an Oscar barely a decade later.

The power of exploring.

And finally, one last thing:

Exploring doesn’t mean ‘wasting time’ or ‘endless gap years’.

It simply means determining the limits of your current capability.

And then deciding if you want to push yourself further.

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Speak in a week,

Jordan