October 20 2013

Secrets for Twenty-somethings

Over the summer, I had the opportunity to read and review Paul Angone‘s book, 101 Secrets For Your Twenties. When I got home from the beach to write about it, the book was nowhere to be found. Luckily, a family friend returned it to me this weekend at our tailgate. Woo!

Anyway, I recommend everyone check out this book, even if you’re not a 20-something.

Here are some of my highlights that are helpful for anyone, no matter your age:

Your own website is what a resume and power suit were in the ’90s.
In the working world, they’re expecting you to teach yourself.
Failing means you’re simply finding a more profound way to be successful if you’re willing to learn from it.

It’s always been true that those who know how to change will win.
But if we keep our eyes open. Pay attention. Keep playing the game. Eventually, the clues will point us.
The best way to relieve frustration is to dive headfirst right into it.

Faith is to stop pretending like you have all the answers, or that you even know the right questions.
You’re not alone. Just knowing that fact can be enough to breathe life into that which has felt suffocating.
Everyone is too busy putting a PR spin on their own lives to care too much about yours. Live for you.

Complaining is passive and powerless. Creating is proactive and powerful.
Explorers get lost on purpose, with purpose. Explorers only find something greater if they first lose site of the familiar.

I was talking to my friend’s father about constantly changing in my 20s. He said it’s not so much change as shedding the covers and becoming more true to yourself.