So, I hit the big 30 on Sunday...

I had a celebratory coffee with my boi Safwaan at Kings Cross WeWork.

It's a big moment. And I'm feeling blessed.

One of my goals was to turn 30 looking less like a cooked ramen noodle, and so I started working out a year ago.

Another goal was to build an impactful business where I helped people in the real world, and I'm grateful to have done that too.

And I want to share one important takeaway from my 20s that I hold dear to my heart. Which I am bringing into my 30s.

When I was 19, I was talking to my dad about the book Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

He said to me "Tintin, the favourite of all my 4 children, all those self-help books are the same, they all boil down to the same core message..."

"That core message is Dream and Take Action".

Dream, and take action. My dad synthesised all the wisdom of the gurus into one iconic phrase.

Think about what you want to do, and do it.

The one rule is you can't just think about it, that's the easy bit. You have to actually do it!

As I came into my 20s, my dad gave me the playbook for how to operate.

The reason I found it works so well is that as I take action, I learn more and more. I learn about everything.

How the world works, what I'm capable of, what I like doing, and over time stuff just happens.

But you have to do stuff. Whenever I find myself waiting for stuff to happen, nothing ever does.

And I saw this graph today which I think perfectly captures the Dream and Take Action philosophy.

The more you fuck around, and the more you do stuff, the more you find out.

Another very similar concept is "you can't steer a stationary ship".

Here's a drawing of this I made a couple years back:

They all have the same core message.

One of the primary missions of my 20s was to try lots of things. Because I knew I'd learn a tonne.

And I've been documenting this journey too for 5.5 years now. For a while on my personal substack, and to this day on my YouTube channel and this email list.

I can see all the various experiments, tests and actions that I've taken.

The plan is not to lose that energy going into my 30s.

While I'm committed to this specific business, I want to maintain a level of messing around and taking fast action.

I'll make sure to report back when I turn 40.

For now, we're very much sticking to the vision of building the best place online for educational YouTubers to scale.

And I'm honoured to have you here.

Tintin 🫡

P.s.

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