https://financialpreparedness.substack.com/p/truths-you-will-learn-too-late

I bought the book a few minutes ago after reading this column, and I assume the book includes a lot more detail and commentary on each of the "Rules", but the column itself, with a selection of the "Rules" and minimal exposition and commentary, is a knock-out all by itself.

Last year I read the book 100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late by Luca Dellanna (4 stars). It's full of unconventional, deep wisdom that can help you live a more fulfilled life. I'd like to share with you what resonated with me.

“Rule 2: The very important never feels urgent....Make the very important urgent, now. Incorporate it within your schedule. Treat your family time, friends time, learning time, and workout time as if they were meetings with clients. Give them slots in your calendar and be inflexible about them....your schedule is where your real priorities show up.” And as Michael Hyatt says, “What gets scheduled gets done.”

Regarding finding a mate, Luca writes, “You will not attract a great partner with a bold approach and some well-chosen words. Instead, you will attract them by having worked on yourself so that you have become a partner of value.”

“Rule 9: What got you here won't get you there....People plateau when they abandon learning new things....To get 'promoted' to the next stage of life, do not do what got you to the current stage. Instead, do what people at the next stage do....strive to put an artificial limit to 'your current stage's work' and free up time to do 'the next stage's work'.”

Luca writes that the following “'wasteful' activities are actually great investments: taking breaks, learning, looking for new ideas, trying something that might fail, building personal bonds, and having fun. Should any of these go into your schedule or to-do list?”

Luca says that “One of our most painful feelings is regret. It originates from not having understood, in the past, how something would have been important to us in the present....” I have a book about regret that I regret not having read yet (ha!).

“Rule 24: If you cannot take a big step, take a smaller one....There is always a step small enough that our brain is willing to take. Getting unstuck is about finding that small step, taking it, and gaining momentum.” See the issue about Mini Habits.

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