Young people chase quick wins like becoming a millionaire or getting on "30 Under 30" lists, but the speaker argues for slowing down. Warren Buffett made 90% of his wealth after age 60. Real returns, whether in money or habits, come from compounding over decades, not from rushing.
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I don't know what it is like we're trying to race towards. It's like to be a millionaire as quickly as possible, to get all these, like, become like 30 Under 30 years. I don't know what it is, right? For whatever reason, and I see this with a lot of 20-year-olds even today, like that there's just this rush, you know, people wanna just drop off outta college to just do their thing. And then, you know, as I've been aging, I've been realizing like, what's the rush, right? Just like, you know, just enjoy the journey a little bit more. Yeah. And also, you know, When it comes to things that compound, compounding just really starts to shape itself towards the latter part of your career or your life in terms of the habits that you develop. I mean, there's that famous statistic, I think I'm going to botch it, that Warren Buffett made something like 90% of his wealth after 60 or something like that. Right.