 Man, what would I tell my 17-year-old self if I had a time machine? Well, first of all, I wouldn't change anything Because the reason why you are who you are today is because of the events in your past similar to like the butterfly effect If you change one thing who you know who the fuck knows where we'd be right now So I wouldn't change anything in hindsight However, if I have the opportunity to help people when you know at their age right now of 17-18 This is the advice I'll tell them This is something that I wish I did and maybe I'll be somewhere different today. Who knows anyways So a couple of things if I was 17-18 roughly around that time number one I'll get my big fat-ass head out of my ass and Swallow my ego pill and realize I don't know fucking shit You know at that age you're full of everything. I mean absolutely everything you think you know everything You think you're invincible you think you're top of the world and Everyone's fucking stupid around you and you're number one. So number one. I would get my ego checked a reality check and I would seek out people who I want to be people who I admire Some people call that mentors, but it's difficult to mentor You know, I'm not a big fan of you just reaching out to people saying be my mentor more or less If you do have the the option then go for it But more or less I would focus on people that I appreciate that people like and follow their path You know, what are the things that they did to get to where they are in their life? And so I would kind of slow down figure out certain entrepreneurs that I like or athletes that I like at that time I was Quite involved in sports. I did semi-pro MMA for a while train that heavily did martial arts I did everything I was quite active person So maybe I would have taken an approach for some pro-athletic stuff because I was always athlete my whole life And so that's number one getting a mentor either through one to one by reaching out or through us most is just following people's paths and To get that position of a mentor is swallow your fucking ego man Your ego will destroy you now your ego is not good or bad as I mentioned before Your ego is a protective tool that your psyche has made. It's how you have a relationship with your ego and understand It's there for a reason it's been curated transformed and molded Through the events of your life childhood in the womb stuff that you've been exposed to how your parents are your culture all that Will dictate how your ego is And so it's not about your ego is good or bad It's about understanding the relationship that you have with your ego the number two number fucking two Man, I did a lot of fucking parting. I mean like I was parting hardcore from like the age of like oh fuck like 15 to like 25 26 I don't something like that. It's like ridiculous and I mean my part. I'm not talking about like just weekend benders I'm talking about fucking part like you name it. You name the drug of choice I was like four days a week hard fucking core the amount of fucking money that I spent And I'm on a brain cells that I destroyed shit Can't even calculate that so I would slow down on the parting I would focus more or less on like man If you if you look at people in the future, how many of these people are actually going to turn out to be Somewhat successful not even greatly successful So in hindsight man, I would tell any like 17 18 19 even like mid 20s man Like cut the parts like listen going out with your friends here and there having a few you know Bruce keys sure But if you're one of these people who are like weekend warriors and binging and spending your whole fucking paycheck On alcohol or whatever drug you're doing and that's no formula for success. That's a formula for being fucking stupid that's a formula for being in debt getting fat and Destroying your brain cells who the fuck is successful spending all their money You know, especially if you're salary earned person spending all your money on booze on the weekend and having a hangover and getting yourself a belly nobody so cut the parting number three and This is the big biggest painful one because you know when you're a young man your burn is low I mean super low, you know if you're at 16 17 for the most part most people are still living with their parents under like 18 19 Go off to college and so they don't have to pay rent. They don't have to really pay for food And so they don't have really any overhead expenses And so the money you make man shit like if you can just save 20% of that on the side Put it in like a tax-free savings account. Just keep the cash on the side. Don't buy stock Don't buy anything. Just cash Imagine where you'd be today with all that liquid dry powder where you can invest it real estate stocks crypto, you know Angel whatever starting your own business whatever this is a lot of different investment options But imagine how much a head you would be if every dollar you earn back in the day when you had zero overhead Zero burn that you saved fuck man. I'll tell you where I would be I'd be a head. I'll be fucking really ahead and number four Take care of yourself. This ties into number two man is like when you're young you think your body is Terminator you think you can do whatever you want That might be the case But at the end of the day, man, you're still killing yourself, right? You think you can eat all that Mickey D's and drink on all the weekends and whatever, you know, but like In hindsight That adds up man like from I view health as a fucking superpower when you have like Majority the world, you know has type 2 diabetes is overweight Has energy issues So when somebody is sharp when somebody has energy when somebody can wake up at 6 a.m And have focus and concentration. That's a superpower. You're already ahead of the game. Would I even doing anything? so I'll be focusing more or less on Really my health is like fuck all this idea like a lot of fucking fast food a lot of crap man I didn't get into health like health health like real serious health. Oh 2320 22 23 20 for something around those lines give or take but like seriously and so like Focus on health man like while your friends are partying on the weekends go to the gym, you know go to some like man's club and Start working on yourself. That's how you get ahead man Get in the habit of waking up because it's the it's a characteristics that you build up It's not the results about looking good or even feeling good. It's the characteristics that you build, right? understanding discipline understanding focus understanding That this takes pain and gain. It's a grind, right? So those are four things Well, like I said at the beginning of it in hindsight, I personally wouldn't change I would not get a time machine and change it But for the people who are in this age grab age Bracketing doesn't even matter for this age bracket can be for anybody man. These simple things go a long way man You know getting a mentor You know stop fucking abusing your body and parting save 20% of your money put that liquid on the side You know that dry powder as we call it for good opportunities in the market crashes boom You can come in scoop some fucking houses for cheap or when a stock crashes and you have whether if you're focusing on buy some stocks Or invest in some businesses, you know dry powder is really fucking important You know, so it's good for savings in case of some shit hits a fan You have yourself eight months one year maybe in two-year runway where you don't have to be scrambling and looking to earn a dollar And then take care of your health, man Love yourself. Love your body. Take care of it Build that discipline build that characteristics and the rest will take care of itself. So there you have it Those are the simple tips. I'll tell my 17 year old self if you guys Have a comment about this video leave a comment. 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