My Top 10 Ways I Stay Current,
Feel Young, and Continue to Grow
(MY SECRETS FOR STAYING YOUNG, CONFIDENT, AND PRODUCTIVE.)

In August, I’ll be 62. I can’t believe it. It’s pretty awesome actually. I feel great.

I graduated from Chiro school 33 years ago, I practiced for 8 years and have been a marketing addict / workaholic for the last 25.

…and thanks to my dedication to health, wellness, fitness, and regular lab work, I should be able to work ’til the very end.

Same businesses, same pace, same level of intensity.

Along the way, in all aspects of my life, I’ve had a lot of homeruns, base hits, and a few strikeouts. I wouldn’t have changed a thing.

…and I’ve adopted an attitude and some habits that I’d like to share with you today:

1. By choice, it never gets easier. – By pushing myself and by keeping things challenging, I haven’t experienced decline. Keeping the external the same, I believe, has helped me stay young. Those my age and younger who have retired, or who have made their life easier for themselves, have lost their edge. Their mind and body simply adapted to their new existence. What used to be a difficulty of “6”  (out of 10) for them, has now become an “8”.
2. My friends vary in age. –  I mentor and manage young people, I pay attention to the perspectives and opinions of the new up and comers in the spaces that are of interest to me—primarily entrepreneurship, technology, and lifestyle hacking.  This keeps me from trusting my opinions or becoming a stick in the mud.
3. I Supplement– If I had to guess, I ingest at least 30 supplements per day. I push my mind and body. I doubt I can get enough of the essential macros and micros with diet alone, especially because of the calories I burn and the calories I don’t exceed. Also, I consume one gram of protein per pound of body weight. (6′ 1″, 186 pounds, 186 grams of protein.) My online mentors are Peter Attia, Rhonda Patrick, and Bryan Johnson. (THE BLUEPRINT).
4. Student for Life– I use my TV for YouTube only. I have no paid subscriptions, no NETFLIX, no TV channels. Just YouTube. I spend at least an hour each day on YouTube listening, note taking, and learning. I take this seriously and consider it a part of my job.
5. 60-Minute Walk and Workout 7 days a week. – As a wannabe minimalist, I limit my use of equipment and gear. No gym membership. I walk 50% incline daily, and use my kettlebells, X3Bar, pull ups, push ups,  lunges, and I stretch. That’s about it. I’m kind to my joints the entire time. I don’t push too hard. I don’t try to break “PRs”.
6. An Attitude that Serves Me and Others. – To have control over my life, I take as much responsibility as possible for what “happens” to me. There is no such thing as success or failure. Just results. Just information. Just feedback. Nothing is good or bad. I just continue to move forward. I don’t judge outcomes. I know that it might take years or even decades to accurately judge the value of what is occurring today.  I try to maintain a Stoic attitude about all aspects of my life.
7. I Never Let People See Me Sweat– The average person would not want my life. It’s hard. I intentionally keep it that way. I lick my wounds in private. Happiness, fun, and fairness are not what I strive for. I live for meaning, impact, and to be in alignment with my values. Some days are easier than others and I’ve trained myself to not be impacted, affected, or reactive no matter what.
8. I Remind Myself How Unimportant I am. –  At the end of the day, it’s all just a game to me. If I died tonight, it would take a few moments in time before I am forgotten by everyone but my few loved ones. Adopting this point of view makes it easier for me to live boldly, to take what others consider “risks”, and be more process/experience driven than results driven.
9. Fast Decisions– I pride myself in how fast I can make a decision. From ordering food to buying real estate. I don’t labor over decisions. Big or small, most of my decisions are made in 5 minutes or less. I rather make a lot of decisions and have many not turn out, than batting .1000 on a few. I have found that those who can’t make a decision rarely live the life they want. Simply put, the more decisions that you can make quickly, the more successful you will become. (Honoring your word for your decisions is equally as important and valuable.)
10. I Control My Time and Value My Time– Nobody pulls my strings. I manage expectations so that everybody wins. Each day is pre-planned the day before. I would estimate that over 90% of all humans waste their time yet wonder why life is so hard. I have no respect for money. Money doesn’t control me or my decisions. But I do respect time. With time, I can make money. The opposite is not true.

LASTLY…

In this society, money is overrated.

90% of the wealth that I have created came almost by accident. I will never need it, never spend it, or ever think about it. It’s merely the byproduct of only doing what matters to me.

You need to decide what matters to you and what price you are willing to pay to create your own reality, your own experiences, and your own life.

Everything comes with a price.

The key is to be willing to be what it takes to get what you say that you want.

…and, if you put your health and your family first, you will regret not.