ANDREW J SIMPSON

Every year I share my top lessons learned from my life. Since I am now 34, here are the top 34!

34 lessons in 34 years:

1. Proximity is power. What we get closer to, changes us. Which leads to #2…

2. Real laws won’t change. The law of the inner circle reigns true. You are the average of the 5 people you spend most of your time with.

3. FIRE, ready, aim. PFP, my books, and my marriage likely wouldn’t exist if I did not learn and apply this lesson. Don’t overthink everything. Take risks.

4. Choose courage, fear not. Most decisions we stress about making are reversible and rarely catastrophic. See lesson above.

5. At some point, addition becomes subtraction. Adding “more” – more stuff, more roles, more responsibility, more activities, actually takes away from the things in life that matter most....