If you're in your 20's you have an advantage

Summary

In this insightful video, Linval Williams explains why being in your 20s gives you an upper hand in life's game. With the internet offering unprecedented access to information and opportunities, young people have a unique advantage that previous generations did not. However, the key is focusing on long-term goals rather than immediate gratification like partying or socializing. Williams emphasizes that taking risks and making wise investments in education and personal growth during these years can lead to immense success later in life. It's a call to action for young adults to seize the moment and maximize their potential, emphasizing that everyone pays a price for their choices, and the sooner you start making wise ones, the greater your rewards will be.

Highlights

• You're in your 20s? Lucky you! You have access to all the information in the world at your fingertips. 🌟
• Forget about partying too hard; focus on acquiring knowledge and skills to build a better future. 📚
• Opportunities are plenty; it's time that runs out. Be wise and take advantage of your youthful years. ⏰
• Look, even Elon Musk started his entrepreneurial journey early – you can too! 🌌
• Don't be a bum! Use your 20s to build, grow, and lay down a solid foundation for success. 🛠️

Key Takeaways

• Being in your 20s offers a great opportunity for personal and professional growth due to the abundance of information and access to the internet. 🌐
• Focusing on long-term goals rather than temporary pleasures can set you apart and lead to greater success. 🎯
• Opportunities never run out, but time does – making the most of your youth is crucial. ⏳
• Taking risks in your 20s is essential as the rewards can be life-changing. 🚀
• Success doesn't come easy, but consistent effort and focus can lead to the top. 🏔️

Overview

Being in your 20s is like having a golden ticket to a world of endless opportunities! Linval Williams shares his insights, emphasizing how this crucial decade is the perfect time to capitalize on the vast amounts of information available via the internet. He points out that while many might prefer to party and socialize, those who focus on knowledge acquisition and personal development are the ones who truly win in the long run. It's all about setting the right foundation early on!

Williams dishes out some tough love, reminding us that time is fleeting. While opportunities keep coming, our time to take advantage of them doesn't. He encourages young adults to prioritize what's important, avoid the traps of temporary pleasures like partying, and instead focus on skills and investments that promise future pay-offs. The message is clear: make wise choices now, as they'll shape your tomorrow.

Citing examples like Elon Musk, who began his entrepreneurial journey early, Williams wants everyone in their 20s to understand the importance of risks. It's this decade where experimentation and bold moves can lead to significant rewards. While success isn't guaranteed, and the journey may be tough, every step taken towards personal and professional growth will be worth it. So, if you're in your 20s, this is your call to action to build, dream, and reach for the stars!

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: The Advantage of Being in Your 20s Being in your 20s provides a unique advantage in life, not only financially but also in terms of access to information. The internet is readily accessible, offering an abundance of information waiting to be acquired. It's essential to position oneself to utilize this knowledge effectively.
• 00:30 - 01:00: Opportunities in Modern Times vs. the Past The chapter explores the concept of opportunities in the present day compared to the past. It discusses the inherent advantages young people today have over those from decades ago due to advancements and societal changes. The narrative suggests that opportunities are always relative to the times, drawing comparisons across different eras to emphasize the progression and increase in opportunities for modern youth.
• 01:00 - 01:30: The Importance of Focus and Mindset in Your 20s This chapter emphasizes the abundance of opportunities available to individuals in their 20s. It suggests that while time is finite, opportunities are not, as they continually present themselves throughout life. The key takeaway is that young adults should be aware of where they focus their attention and energy, as their life span is limited, even though opportunities are not.
• 01:30 - 02:00: Changing the Perception of Success In the chapter titled "Changing the Perception of Success," the focus is on reevaluating common lifestyle choices in one's 20s, such as partying, drinking, and smoking. The speaker highlights that although there's nothing inherently wrong with these activities, paying attention to those who choose to focus on adding value to society instead can be beneficial. These individuals might stand out with their unconventional choices, often conflicting with societal norms, but they offer a different perspective on what it means to succeed.
• 02:00 - 02:30: Risk, Reward, and Opportunity The speaker discusses the societal perceptions of 'nerds' in the black community, noting that while initially ostracized, these individuals often experience greater success in adulthood compared to their 'cool kid' counterparts. This success is characterized by home ownership, stable families, advanced education, prosperous careers, and entrepreneurship. The narrative suggests that the resentment felt by some towards successful individuals stems from a desire to possess those same achievements.
• 02:30 - 03:00: The Cost of Success This chapter discusses the theme of success and the sacrifices often required to attain it. It highlights the pressure on young individuals, particularly those in their twenties, to conform to societal norms and follow the crowd. However, the chapter suggests that those who have achieved significant success and wealth likely chose a different path, deviating from the mainstream to focus on their personal goals and aspirations. The narrative emphasizes the need for focus and positioning oneself strategically to achieve success.
• 03:00 - 03:30: Regret and the Passage of Time This chapter delves into the journey of personal growth and self-improvement. It explores the necessity of starting early in life to practice and learn from failures in order to achieve one's unique goals and desires. The narrative challenges the reader to strive for a distinctive path that may lead to possessing what others aspire to but cannot attain. It also emphasizes the importance of honest self-reflection and the conscious decision-making required to not just blend in with the crowd but to stand out and achieve personal aspirations.
• 03:30 - 04:00: Focusing on the Present and Taking Risks The chapter discusses the importance of focusing on personal growth from a young age. Many successful individuals began pursuing their life goals seriously in their teens or early 20s. These individuals were often regarded as more mature and knowledgeable than their older counterparts due to their focus and determination. The overarching theme is the power of mindset and the significance of being intentional about where you direct your focus.

If you're in your 20's you have an advantage Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 If you are in your 20s, you have an advantage in life. Now, I'm not just speaking from a monetary perspective, but you also have an advantage when it comes to money. Obviously, I can just start off by saying the internet is easily accessible to everyone. And if you're in your 20s, the amount of information that is out there that you can get your hands on, I mean, we would just consider an abundant of information. But it's up to you if you put yourself in a position to acquire that information. Utilize that knowledge
• 00:30 - 01:00 to your advantage. Even if you don't, there is still the opportunity. Therefore, you still have an advantage versus someone who was in their 20s years ago, 30 years ago, 40 years ago, 50 years ago. And even in those times, one would say it's all relative because back then, whoever was 20 years old 40 years ago compared to someone who was 20 years 20 years old 90 years ago, they too had
• 01:00 - 01:30 an advantage because opportunity never runs out. You just may run out of time, but opportunity will always be accessible. Opportunity will always be there because it's just the way life goes. Yes, someone may not take full advantage. Yes, someone may not get the same opportunity, but opportunities will always be here. It's just we will not always be here. But at 20 years old, you may focus on certain things that are not
• 01:30 - 02:00 important. I'm not here to tell you not to focus on women. I'm not here to tell you you shouldn't drink, smoke, party. Most people in their 20s do that. But if you pay attention to the people that don't that were more focused on things that were bringing value to society, they're not perfect. They may say things and do things that the masses may not agree on. But these are the same individuals that didn't agree on the masses drinking, smoking, and partying, and having sex in their 20s. So, it's all full circle. But pay attention to
• 02:00 - 02:30 where they are at in life. I know coming from the black community, nerds, people who were nerds, the nerds typically do better than everybody else that was considered the cool kids. Right now, they probably have multiple homes, a family, husband, wife, children, educated, great job, careers. Some are even entrepreneurs. You hate what you can't imitate. People dislike what they don't have because they actually want it, but they didn't
• 02:30 - 03:00 do what was needed to attain it. You couldn't acquire it. You couldn't acquire it because you wasn't focused on putting yourself in a position. As a 20-year-old, you will always seem like the outcast if you don't go down the path of the cool kids. If you don't copy what everybody else is doing. Most of the people that are doing great in life right now, highly successful, wealthy as ever, they more than likely sacrificed going down that path to get to where they are at now. They acquired
• 03:00 - 03:30 information, they studied, they practiced, they failed. You could do the same thing, but it's what do you want out of life? Do you want to be like everybody else, or do you want to put yourself in a position to have what everybody else want but can't? That's the way I'm just phrasing it. You don't have to literally say, "Haha, I have what everybody else want but can't." It's just, we're being honest. We're being real right now. Most people want those things, but it starts early. You have to do it early. Most of those
• 03:30 - 04:00 people, most, not all, most of those people started maybe even in their teens. But more or less, when they was in their early 20s is when they really got serious on what they wanted out of life. They were even considered more mature, more educated, more intelligent than adults older than them. But it's just where their focus was. The mindset is to control where your mind is set. They will set on growing. So you may
• 04:00 - 04:30 have to cut off your friends. You may not be that guy that can talk to every girl. You can't re up every girl because you're not practicing talking to a lot of women. You may not be good at it. Now, it doesn't say you can't be charming to a woman that you eventually fall in love with. And this goes for women, too. It doesn't mean you can't be the girl that some man finds highly attractive. You know, you have charisma. You have chemistry with this person. But it will become more natural versus you've talked to 2,000 women. So, what's
• 04:30 - 05:00 the next 2,000? It's easy work now. You've been doing it so long. This same approach is what you can do in your 20s if you're focused on things that other people are not focused on. The internet is easily accessible for you to gain information. It's also easily accessible for you to put out something that can generate a lot of money. A lot of people love to downplay money. But when you're drinking, smoking, partying, you're spending money. When you get older and you're broke, that's your fault. You understand what I'm saying? We're going to get real here. You spend money on
• 05:00 - 05:30 drugs, alcohol, and partying. You could have been saving money and spending money on education and taking risks, putting money into things that would be of value 10, 20 years later, but you weren't. Whether you were aware or not, a lot of people don't have that mindset. You right now, if you're 20 years old, I'm speaking in reference to people who haven't done what you can do right now. So, it's going to be people that watch this video that's not going to like that. saying you were smoking, drinking, and partying and spending money on
• 05:30 - 06:00 entertainment while the the anomalies of the world, they weren't doing that. In fact, Elon Musk, I remember reading a story about him when he was in college, he rented out his room. Well, he had his room, he turned it into a nightclub and he he charged people to come into his room to party. So, although he wasn't studying all night, he was making money to then fund his future projects, which are now what they are. I mean, he's involved in a lot of things we know, but it's the stepping stone. It's the foundation. He was an entrepreneur
• 06:00 - 06:30 basically while he was going to school to be a genius, per se. If you're in your 20s, everything is risk if you don't know. And you have an abundance of opportunity, but you have to literally understand what comes with that. That risk to reward. It's not just you taking a chance. It's what you're giving up to fully go all in on those chances. You're probably going to miss out on all the girls. Let's look at the men that had all the girls. Some people turn it into a career. They're
• 06:30 - 07:00 entertainers. Most people don't. They just got a lot of stories about how many women they slept with. Most people just got a lot of stories about how much weed and alcohol they smoked and drink. Most people will never tell you how much money they made because the figure is not enough for them to brag or use as an accomplishment that someone else would want to achieve. But the people who had the same amount of abundance of opportunity as the people that are successful today, they won't admit that they wasted time. So one thing right now
• 07:00 - 07:30 I want you 20 year olds or you teenagers that's watching this, you have to use your time. You have to understand time. You can never get time back. You will never be able to go back and go talk to all those women you wish you talked to, but you will never be able to go back and change the way you live life based on your results you have now. I'm speaking as if you was 30, 40, 50 years old. We I can't go back. But see, everybody's an expert on the internet. Everybody can tell you how to do something. Nobody tells you why you should do something. Don't be a bum.
• 07:30 - 08:00 Most of us are bums. A lot of people will tell you. We're bums. But this is where our emotions step into play. We say things like, "Everybody can't. Everybody's not meant to be rich. Everybody's not meant to do this." The problem with that is everybody is saying that. You got people that's saying that that didn't even try. So, I'm here to tell you don't be a bum. I'm not coming at you as an expert. I'm coming at you as someone that has experience because I'm older than 20 and I was there. I know what I missed out on
• 08:00 - 08:30 because I wasn't focused when I was there. Don't be the person that plays victim when in that moment you spent money and involve yourself in entertainment as a victor. You thought you was on top of the world. the party and the drinking, the night life, the women, and now when it's done, it's gone because it's a period of time. You're losing. Don't be a loser. You have to focus. You have to understand what you have. You understand what I'm saying?
• 08:30 - 09:00 Listen to me. Opportunity is everywhere. If the people you are around are not telling you this, if they're not coming at you with this type of mindset, if they're not focused on where their mind is set, that's what mindset is, you have to take it upon yourself to remove yourself. You can't tell them what they should be doing. You can't force them to do what you think they should be doing. You can only do it for you. The next 10, 20, 30 years of your life will directly
• 09:00 - 09:30 be correlated with what you're doing right now in your 20s. The way you carry yourself, conduct yourself. Whatever you use to put yourself in a position to succeed. If it's drugs, if it's fame, if it's crime, it will come back full circle. If it's education, opportunity, networking, risk-taking, it will come back full circle. But you have to be comfortable. Responsibility. This goes into becoming a man. Being a man is not just walking around considering yourself
• 09:30 - 10:00 an alpha. Being a man is you take responsibility for your actions, your decisions. If you commit a crime, you're going to do the time. If you get married, you're going to be in a relationship. It comes with something. If you want to be rich, it's going to come with risk. That involves something. If you're going to be broke, it's going to come with risk. It involves something. I read somewhere being poor is extremely expensive. Being rich comes with an extreme amount of risk that can be expensive. Either way it go, I think
• 10:00 - 10:30 this follows through with the fact that no matter what you choose in life, it's going to be hard. So, choose your heart. Being in shape is hard. Being fat is hard. Being rich is hard. Being poor is hard. Being alive is hard. Death may not be hard for the person that died. But your loved ones, it will be hard. Everything is difficult. I don't know who came up with the word easy. I can only assume easy is the person that done it so much that it's like second nature. So the people watching that person will consider it
• 10:30 - 11:00 easy. As in you make it look easy, but in reality they've done it so much that they're just good at it. It's still difficult. They just got better along the way. So when you're in your 20s, have that same approach. Everything is you getting better along the way. nothing is it's going to be easy. You understand what I'm saying? You have an advantage because when you're 30, 40, 50 years old, you can't go back. And we all wish we can go back. Don't wish you can go back. Just wish you had more time
• 11:00 - 11:30 because you're sitting on top of the world. You climb that mountain and once you got to the top, that view is so beautiful because the higher the mountain, the greater the view. And you only wish the mountain was higher so you can climb higher and have a even better view. But you're at the top of the mountain. You've made it. But to be in that position is going to cost you right now. And if you're not willing to pay that cost, that price, then you really don't want success. Because every man that wants success, every woman that wants success, they will pay a price.
• 11:30 - 12:00 And everybody will pay a different price. It will cost the cost will be different for everybody. But you will in fact pay a price. So instead of sounding like an expert to all of you guys that are young, let me tell you something. Everybody can be an expert on social media. Everybody loves to show you the good side. That's all people show you. No, I'mma show you. But I can't show you the bum side because I'm not living in that time anymore. But coming from a man who can admit on the internet, I was a [ __ ] bum. Listen, everything you do right now is going to
• 12:00 - 12:30 cost. But the price you pay later will be of more pain than the price you pay now. So you want that pain to be tears of joy. You don't want that pain to be tears of regret. Whatever you do now, it's very important for you 16 year olds, you 18 year olds, you 21 year olds, man. Listen, when you turn 30, you turn 40. I mean, I'm not 40, but when you turn 30,
• 12:30 - 13:00 it is different. I can only imagine when you turn 40 and 50, it's going to be even more difficult for you to understand how much time you wasted because you wasn't focused on the time at hand, present moment. You can't predict the future, but it's coming. You can't change the past. It came and went. So, you can only focus on right now. And right now, if you're younger than 20 or right at 20 or in your early 20s, even mid 20s, take the risks, man, because the reward is worth it. Don't let someone tell you who don't have the
• 13:00 - 13:30 reward tell you it's not worth it. And even then, if they have the reward and they say it's not worth it, that's on them. You go see for yourself because it's your life. But you have an opportunity. Take full advantage, man. I'm telling you.