Here are 42 things I learned from my 20s (that I wish I learned earlier).
___
0:19 - Schedule Everything
0:57 - Call Customer Service
1:35 - Your Parents Are People Too
2:06 - Friends and Family Are Important
2:31 - Aim for People to Respect You, Not to Like You
3:28 - Free Time Is Great
3:55 - Write Emails Like a Human
4:33 - Meditate
5:07 - Journaling
5:32 - Cold Exposure
6:14 - Heat Exposure
6:46 - You Can Do Anything
7:31 - Anger Solves Nothing
8:12 - Listening Is a Learned Skill
8:55 - Writing Is Important
9:53 - Automate and Delegate
11:01 - Reading Is a Superpower
11:48 - Take All the Blame and Give the Credit
12:28 - Try Doing One Thing at a Time
13:27 - The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Oil
14:06 - Everyone Is Shy; Be the Outgoing Person
14:46 - Have a Positive Attitude
15:18 - Your 20’s Matter
16:23 - Saving Won’t Make You Rich
19:37 - It Is Just a Matter of Time
19:57 - Find Advisors and Mentors
21:12 - Win with the Minimum Necessary Target
22:33 - Little Habits Matter More
23:05 - The World Isn’t So Scary
24:16 - Avoid Underemployment
25:23 - Say “No” Most of the Time
25:51 - Say “I Do Not Know”
27:30 - No One Cares and No One Knows
27:44 - Do the Adult Things
28:00 - Don’t Complain
29:00 - Wake Up and Go to Bed at the Same Time
29:04 - You Are the Average of the 5 People You Are With
29:13 - Read More
29:23 - Just Start!
29:43 - Most Things Aren’t Personal
31:18 - Cultivate a Healthy Mind and Body
31:58 - This Too Shall Pass!
__
Resources
The Defining Decade by Meg Jay: https://amzn.eu/d/1mO3gWe
Hell Yeah Or No by Derek Sivers: https://a.co/d/czgdFFn

___
View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for a transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast
___
Connect With Zach
Main YouTube: @ZachHighley
Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley...
Website: https://zhighley.com
Twitter:   / zachhighley  
Linkedln:   / zach-highley-gergel-44763766  
Business Inquiries: [email protected]
___
Listen for Free
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdE...
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
___
Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.

The best way to help the show is to share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!