Harsh truths I know at 45 I wish I knew at 25: 1. You spend life...
Dan Go@CoachDanGo
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Jun 27, 2026
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Harsh truths I know at 45 I wish I knew at 25:
1. You spend life with one person, which is you. If you don't like yourself, you will have an issue.
2. Growth is painful. Staying in the same spot as last year is even more painful.
1. You spend life with one person, which is you. If you don't like yourself, you will have an issue.
2. Growth is painful. Staying in the same spot as last year is even more painful.
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3. You can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.
4. People who tend to hate on others on social media are usually projecting their insecurities.
5. People you admire in life carry the traits you have inside but are too scared to bring out.
4. People who tend to hate on others on social media are usually projecting their insecurities.
5. People you admire in life carry the traits you have inside but are too scared to bring out.
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6. To achieve a goal you've never achieved you need to change into a person you've never been before.
7. As you grow you will lose friends & find new ones. No one grows at the same rate. It is what it is.
8. Your parents did more with less. Give them the respect they deserve.
7. As you grow you will lose friends & find new ones. No one grows at the same rate. It is what it is.
8. Your parents did more with less. Give them the respect they deserve.
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9. We're growing up in a time dominated by social media & smartphones, which will have a profound negative effect on our brains.
10. The average person's focus is being trained by 15 second video clips. The person who can focus the longest without getting distracted wins.
10. The average person's focus is being trained by 15 second video clips. The person who can focus the longest without getting distracted wins.
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11. At some point we will look at smartphones and social media the same way we look at cigarette smoking.
12. The reason you don't have what you want is because you're not even willing to step into the arena & show up. You can't win if you don't show up.
12. The reason you don't have what you want is because you're not even willing to step into the arena & show up. You can't win if you don't show up.
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13. Behind every wildly successful entrepreneur is a trail of broken marriages & compromised relationships. Being obsessed comes with a cost.
14. When people become successful their ego thinks it makes them smarter in other areas of life when it's usually the opposite.
14. When people become successful their ego thinks it makes them smarter in other areas of life when it's usually the opposite.
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15. Kids shouldn't be touching anything resembling a smartphone until they're in their 20's but parents hand one to them when they're 2 years old.
16. Posting pictures of their children on the internet without their permission will come back to bite some people in the ass.
16. Posting pictures of their children on the internet without their permission will come back to bite some people in the ass.
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17. When people are metabolically unhealthy they shrink the areas of the brain responsible for emotional management & decision making.
18. The American diet was meant to put you in an American hospital for American health care so you can buy American Pharma drugs.
18. The American diet was meant to put you in an American hospital for American health care so you can buy American Pharma drugs.
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19. The pharma industry owns the major media companies & politicians. They use money to control the narrative.
20. Switching from one task to another is costing you hours of production. 2 hours of deep work will always be more valuable 8 hours of multitasking.
20. Switching from one task to another is costing you hours of production. 2 hours of deep work will always be more valuable 8 hours of multitasking.
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21. If you drink your coffee with milk and sugar, it's not coffee. It's a milkshake.
22. Saying "you need coffee to wake up" is a symptom of dependency & use of a drug to mask shitty lifestyle habits. Coffee is great. Dependency is not.
22. Saying "you need coffee to wake up" is a symptom of dependency & use of a drug to mask shitty lifestyle habits. Coffee is great. Dependency is not.
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23. Most people you think are friends are just transactional relationships. True friends are rare & should be appreciated.
24. Using food or alcohol to manage your emotions will numb them for a bit but make them worse over time.
24. Using food or alcohol to manage your emotions will numb them for a bit but make them worse over time.
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25. When people are unsuccessful they change their goals and keep their plans when it should be the other way around.
26. You can do everything right, give something 100% effort, follow all the rules, and still fail. This doesn't mean you should give up.
26. You can do everything right, give something 100% effort, follow all the rules, and still fail. This doesn't mean you should give up.
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27. Life is shorter than we think and this is a feature, not a bug.
28. The world won't wait for you to be okay. You gotta learn to pick yourself up and get better.
29. Poor people trade time for money. Rich people trade money for time.
28. The world won't wait for you to be okay. You gotta learn to pick yourself up and get better.
29. Poor people trade time for money. Rich people trade money for time.
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30. Use things and love people. Not the other way around.
31. The most important decisions you'll make are where you live, what you do, and who you do it with.
32. The quickest way to get from where you are to where you want to be is to invest in coaching.
31. The most important decisions you'll make are where you live, what you do, and who you do it with.
32. The quickest way to get from where you are to where you want to be is to invest in coaching.
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33. The more you outsource your thinking (to AI or other people) the more you atrophy your ability to think.
34. Successful people are those that did the work regardless of how it felt and didn't quit when it became hard.
35. The ultimate life experience is raising children. It's also the hardest thing you'll ever do.
34. Successful people are those that did the work regardless of how it felt and didn't quit when it became hard.
35. The ultimate life experience is raising children. It's also the hardest thing you'll ever do.
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36. If you want a good life, look at what the average person is doing and do the opposite.
37. If anyone has to convince you that they're happy, they are not happy.
38. The less you need to play status games the more you can enjoy life.
37. If anyone has to convince you that they're happy, they are not happy.
38. The less you need to play status games the more you can enjoy life.
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39. The older you get the more your body stop forgiving poor choices.
40. There will be a point of time where you try to balance building a career, raising children, and taking care of aging parents. This will be one of the hardest periods of your life.
40. There will be a point of time where you try to balance building a career, raising children, and taking care of aging parents. This will be one of the hardest periods of your life.
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What should you do with a list like this? Accept what's true to you and discard the ones that don't.
If it hurts bad enough then do something about it.
If you got value out of this follow me @FitFounder
If it hurts bad enough then do something about it.
If you got value out of this follow me @FitFounder
