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Advice For 20-Year-Old Me

Name: Advice For 20-Year-Old Me
Uploaded: 2025-05-03T00:00:10+00:00
Duration: 26 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this concise monologue, the speaker shares five core pieces of advice aimed at people in their 20s and 30s. First, they recommend building confidence…

3 May 2025 · 0 min

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In this concise monologue, the speaker shares five core pieces of advice aimed at people in their 20s and 30s. First, they recommend building confidence by gathering concrete evidence of one’s abilities. Second, they suggest reducing the number of people you try to impress, which paradoxically makes you more impressive. Third, they emphasize that any skill can be learned if you’re willing to appear foolish for an extended period. Fourth, they advise surrounding yourself with more ambitious individuals and refusing to let their ambition outpace yours. Finally, they assert that relentless learning makes it difficult for others to surpass you, regardless of where you start.

Advice I wish I had known in my 20s and 30s. If you lack confidence, build evidence. The fewer people you try to impress, the more impressive you become. And you can learn anything you want as long as you're willing to look dumb in front of other people for an extended period of time. Find people who are more ambitious than you and then stop letting them be more ambitious than you. And then no matter how behind you start, it's hard to beat a man who never stops learning.