The Sooner You Can Let Go of What You “Could Have” Been, the Better

Stop climbing Mount Stupid

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“In your 20s you can be anything.

But in your 30s you are things.”

Fascinating quote, right? Guess who said it.

Confucius? Nope. Naval, the Twitter legend? Guess again.

Albert Einstein? No, although probably someone on the internet has attributed it to him at some point.

This pearl of wisdom came from HBO’s classic, Sex and the City.

Sarah Jessica Parker’s character said that after discovering her one-night stand used all the toilet paper as a coffee filter. While she wiggled and hovered over the porcelain throne, the words tattooed themselves on my brain.

And like toilet paper, they’ve been more meaningful than ever this year.

Imagine you’re building your first business. You could sell any product, but for the sake of argument, let’s reduce the number of choices available. Should you create an online course or start a paid newsletter?

Probably, you’ll run the numbers first.

“Okay, if I charge $5 per month for a paid newsletter, then I only need 20 subscribers to reach $100 running, but if I…