Meg Jay

And so if you are feeling like that is really far off from you, you've gotta remember your own timeline is like absolutely fine, and you might actually be saving yourself from a lot of grief.

Dr. Meg Jay, who we know and love, she's the author of The Defining Decade, we had her on the podcast.

When she was on the podcast she said something really interesting, which is that from her experience, so many 20-somethings get in touch with her and they feel like they're behind, and the thing she always says is that, "This is your training wheel decade, and what you think is behind is actually saving you from so much." Our 20s aren't about getting everything done.

They're about getting things started.

Well, I, I'm gonna, uh, um, I'm gonna focus on maybe, um, one, because it's a book I give all my g- uh, college graduates.

So it may not be interesting to all your readers, but it's called "The Defining Decade," and it's by a, a author named Meg Jay.

And what it, it's about is she, she does not aspire to this notion that 30 is the new 20.

She basically says your 20s are your 20s, and it's about how to maximize your 20s.

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... by Meg Jay.

And in essence, what it says is the sooner you learn something, it's like investing.

It's the ROI of investing.

Most valuable transferable skills.

Meg Jay and her book, The Defining Decade, talks about identity capital.

So where can you go that's going to build identity capital? So just think about growing your network and not necessarily growing your job.

I think I got caught up in this and a lot of other high achievers do.