I turned 38 earlier this year and didn’t really think about it. But I’ve been taking some time off lately and started reflecting a bit.
There are many things I’ve learned from others, mostly by reading books. But there are some things that you can only learn the hard way. By just going through life.
Let me share these lessons with you here. Not so you can learn from them (because I bet you already know these things), but just to remind you of how important they are.
The first time I heard about manifesting was when that documentary The Secret came out. I always thought it was kind of silly. Just visualize success, and it will happen by itself?
Yeah right.
Meanwhile, the real world was full of gatekeepers, job interviews, unpaid internships, and rejections at every step you tried to take. That version of manifesting always felt disconnected from reality.
But I’ll be honest, I never completely dismissed the idea. Something about it stuck with me. Maybe not the mystical part, but the part about belief.
Two new books are coming this April.
One is a direct follow-up to Do It Today. The other is a curated collection of the most impactful ideas I’ve written about over the past ten years.
Let me tell you what they’re about.
I was watching LeBron James after he scored his 50,000th career point against the New Orleans Pelicans on March 4th.
Hitting 50,000 points is almost impossible. To put that in context, Michael Jordan—widely considered the greatest by many—finished his career with 32,292 points.
In the post-game interview, Lebron was asked, “How are you doing this at such a high level, at this stage of your career?”
Lebron is 40. And he still plays the game with the enthusiasm of an 18-year-old.