Dylan Vergara walks through a deathbed exercise: imagine what mattered most at the end, then reverse-engineer your career to get there. For him, being a good father and providing for family meant choosing sales for quick income. He maps three pathways for your twenties and thirties based on what you actually value.
All right, Jesse, I'm not going to tell you what to do, but I'm going to provide you a perspective that hopefully makes you think, and whoever else is watching this. The default response is get a sales job, make money, stop thinking so hard. But we're not going to do that in this one, because when I was 18, my vision was not clear either. This is how I found it. Imagine right now you are on your deathbed, like you are going to die, and you're thinking back at all the things that made you happy, made your life worth it. Maybe it's family, maybe it's friends, maybe it's your religion, maybe it's your art. Think about how those things came into your life and why they stayed and why they were worth it to you, and then reverse engineer to build that outcome. For me, It was being a good dad, providing at a high level, and spending time with my loved one. I knew the foundation of getting there was to make money. Without money, none of that's possible. That's why I got into sales, because I knew I could make a lot fast. Now pause this and look at this chart. I know it says 20 to 30s, but it doesn't matter. Realize what's important to you on your deathbed. Understand what's required to get those things. Then pick one of these 3 ways to get there. Hopefully that helps.
