hey tech light here and welcome back to
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have you ever wondered what those people
who climb Mount Everest when they make
it to the top what do they think about
what did they see
do they come to some grand realization
do they suddenly go I made it
I succeeded that life and when they come
down do you think there's newspapers
waiting for them to publish their
stories no I think what happens is they
get to the top and for a few minutes
they feel great until despair settles in
and they realize what now they've
reached a goal some ultimate goal in
their life and they were expecting all
sorts of great amazing things to happen
when they finally reach this combination
the whole time they were working on the
how how do I get to the top how do I
check the weather how do I make the
transportation logistics work how do I
take time off how do I raise enough
money how do I get my gear set up all of
this is about the how but it's never
really been about the why and I think
that a lot of people who were trying to
get to the top of Mount Everest there
were probably escaping from something
running away from life running away from
the problems in their own life hoping
that when they got to the top everything
else would be solved magically and you
know as we all know when they get to the
top no one cares when they get to the
bottom and tell people about the story
nobody cares you know I think that's
when they realize there's no escaping
from your problems they have to face the
problems in their life and just take
care of things and I think that's also
when they realize it's not about the
destination it's about the journey it's
about the process going through life and
people were hoping that when they
reached some level of success that
suddenly their life would become amazing
you know that's just not how it's gonna
turn out have you ever played those
video games where you finally reach the
highest level in the game or you finally
beat the game and you unlock new game+
and then you find out you've lost all
motivation to continue playing you
finally reached the goal the thing
you've been striving for so much and as
soon as you reach like
the highest level you just understood
the game immediately after that because
you're done and you just feel emptiness
and despair like there was no point in
the end and that's when you realize why
did you work so hard and struggle
throughout the whole thing only to get
to the end hoping that it was going to
fulfill you in some way and it left you
feeling just empty inside I think
there's one reason why a lot of people
who maybe climb Mount Everest it's a
good thing to put on your resume because
it shows that maybe you've come to this
realization and businesses may
appreciate that you understand it is
about the journey it is about the
process and it is about making sure that
your life is not just good but it is
great you know a lot of people go
through life and you're just struggling
all the way through hoping that when
they hit retirement they're gonna
finally be able to enjoy life but the
funny thing is I don't think that's
really quite how it pans out you know by
the time you get to retirement of course
you're going to be owed your body is
going to be fragile you won't be able to
do anything you may have time and money
but you won't have that youth that
energy to just do anything you won't be
bouncing around so if you were hoping
that that was going to happen just know
that that's not going to work out for
you but the funny thing is when I go
into the office I'm sure it happens to
you too you will see people who are
making twice as much money as you maybe
ten times as much money or a hundred
times or a thousand times more money
than you are and even these people who
have reached bewildering levels of
success that you can only dream about
you'll find that they seem to be living
very similar lives to you and me they go
into the office Monday to Friday they're
put in the same hours sometimes they put
in even more hours than you and I
they're eating the same food they're
using the same bathrooms and they live
in the same neighborhood as you and I
maybe their weekends and vacations are a
little bit more spectacular and they own
a few better things than we do but it's
really about that journey I think and
you may find that when you finally reach
some level of success and you just quit
everything and you go sit on the beach
you're going to find that you get bored
very quickly to make this realization
you can try doing it yourself just take
a three week vacation to Hawaii so I did
one time and by week 2 I was completely
bored out of my mind I just began
spending my days reading books because I
was looking for
or mental stimulation than just sitting
on the beach getting sunburned all the
time you know some people may think
they're gonna go buy some really awesome
car but you'll find that I think a lot
of the cars are not very interesting
because they take up so much time and
your time is very valuable you don't own
the car the car owns you and you become
a slave to the car you have to start
washing it taking care of it making sure
that you can protect its resale value
just keeping it well conditioned
well-maintained and all of that is going
to cost a lot of time you know if you
ask me what car I want to buy I'm
personally interested in the most
reliable car that I can get that needs
as little maintenance as possible maybe
something like the Prius now I haven't
actually bought that thing a few years
back I had the chance to drive a
Lamborghini and an Aston Martin and the
Lamborghini completely smoked the Aston
Martin and I just felt that the Aston
Martin was complete garbage compared to
the Lamborghini and as soon as I
realized well hey the only car I would
actually maybe want is a Lamborghini but
that's like pretty up there it's like
500k for something like that I just
thought what that's not even realistic I
don't even really want to take care of
something like that so that's a funny
thing is when I think about cars I just
think about well yeah all you guys do is
just step on the pedal and see who can
step on the pedal the hardest that's all
it is
and that's why cars are so appealing to
the mass public it's something that
requires no skill that anybody can do so
it's really not about the cost of money
it's about that cost in time that's
going to end up hitting you pretty hard
and the funny thing I mentioned about
cars by the way is there's something
that once you get to a certain level and
you start expanding your horizons you'll
find that it's not so interesting a
hobby right like motorcyclists for
example will make fun of car people as
caterers because they're driving around
with a cage around themselves
motorcycles can smoke any car in terms
of acceleration and speed if you're
looking for the thrill of speed you want
to get a motorcycle you don't want a car
you know same with selling right once
you got into a sailboat no car will be
able to match the exhilaration of
selling on the open ocean with music and
friends around you houses too for
instance you may be dreaming about
buying a house
but you know for me I'm in the situation
where yeah I can go out and buy a house
if I want to but it's just gonna take up
so much time I'm not relishing the idea
of giving up say a day a week just to
take care of housework maintaining the
house repairing things doing yard work
gardening painting the walls you know I
think that's fine and certain people
really enjoy doing things like that
that's not something that I'm prepared
to take on at this point in my life I
realized that homes on an investment but
it's also a second job and you work for
that additional income that you may be
getting so I just don't want a second
job right now and I think that anybody
who wants a second job can get one if
you wanted to you know it's not that
valuable of a thing all you have to do
is just go start driving uber cars with
uber anyone can get a second job that
pays decent so if you're looking for a
little bit additional money that's one
way to do it what you realize is time
can be traded for money they're both the
same you know I remember when I was
living in New York and the city can be
very expensive right like there are
people who are making tons of money over
there restaurants can call certain
events can cost a ton and I remember my
sister would say she doesn't want to go
to New York until she's earned it until
she's earned that financial level of
success such that she can actually go
live in the city properly and you know
what happened she never came to the city
she never went to live there
you know because you never reached that
level of financial success I think the
truth of the matter is she never really
needed to reach that level of success
before she started enjoying her life
I've seen my father - my dad would say
one day he's gonna go to South America
on a multi-month
backpacking trip it never happened and
by now he's getting old and his body is
getting fragile you don't know if it's
ever going to really happen anymore a
lot of people just struggle throughout
their whole lives thinking that this
isn't their real life yet things haven't
started yet you know and they keep
thinking as soon as they get to this
level of financial success as soon as
they get promoted as soon as they get
that job then that's when there are
actual life is going to start you know
there's always going to be some goal
that you're trying to reach and it's
never quite going to be enough as soon
as you get there you'll find you know
just like when people get to the top of
my
first they find ok there was nothing
really there that wasn't quite enough
you know people who are hoping to find
likes a a treasure box at the top of
Mount Everest it's empty at the top and
so that's when you realize you want to
make the whole journey good your life
has already begun this is your life this
is your 20s this is your 30s this is
your teenage years your 40s or 50s and
life would just move on like that you
know for me my 20s have already come and
gone and it was over in the blink of an
eye I had always thought that I would do
more there was so much more I wanted to
do and to be able to say that I did in
my 20s you know I like to think of
myself as the author of my own life and
I'm writing the story but and I want to
be able to go back and recount that
story and be proud of the steps that I
had taken throughout it so I would
encourage you to focus not just on the
goal but also on the journey remember to
protect your time because it is one of
your most valuable assets and to make it
not just a good life but a great life
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