Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

You are the CEO of your own health!

7 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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In this interview segment, Nick Hutchison asks at what age people should begin seriously budgeting for their health, noting that a $20,000 expense feels huge in one’s 20s. Speaker B clarifies that the goal isn’t for everyone to spend that amount, but rather to adopt incremental, preventive steps early on so that costly illness is avoided later. They reference a $25 book that outlines a simple, upfront health strategy focused on the fundamentals—8 hours of sleep, regular exercise, proper diet, and a constructive mindset—framed as the “fountain life” approach to avoid preventable death.

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At what age should we start paying attention to this? I mean, for me in my 20s to spend $20,000 is a big number, but I care so much about my health. Like, when does that debate start and when should people start paying attention to it?
So first of all, I'm not by any means recommending that everybody should spend this amount of money. It really— there are steps you can take that are incremental along the way. But at the end of the day, you're going to spend the money somewhere sometime. If you're sick. And the question is, how do you make it upfront? And the entire book, which is an investment of $25 and your time, really is about what you can do right now to maximize your health, right? And it really is the basics. It's 8 hours of sleep, it's exercise, it is diet, it is mindset. I put the fountain life element in the category of not dying from something stupid, preventable.