35 things I've learned in my 35 years by Nick Loper on Sep 28, 2017, 11:36 AM Advertisement
 I wish I was half as smart now as I was at 16. But learning everything you don't know is part of the process. One thing I love about my work is I feel like I learn new things every day. Sometimes they're small little tweaks and hacks, and other times they're broader strategies or ideas. I originally published this post five years ago, after my 30th birthday, but decided it was due for an update. For context, that was pre-Side Hustle Nation, pre-podcast, pre-baby, and pre-almost everything I'm working on now. I'd been a full-time entrepreneur for four years already at that point, but my business had seen lots of ups and downs. Turning 30 hit me harder than I expected it to, and I'm guessing it was because I really wasn't where I wanted to be. I'd been battling with flaky developers, fighting with the state Assembly in Sacramento over affiliate marketing tax laws, and we were in the process of short-selling our home — which had been a major source of stress. Five years later, I'm not worried about any of that stuff. I'm still a full-time entrepreneur and get to spend my days working on stuff I really enjoy. My family is healthy and has even added a new addition. That's not to say I'm completely stress-free, but I'm incredibly fortunate, and I think each year that goes by makes me more and more aware of that fact. But the life I have today didn't happen overnight. It's the result of literally decades (well, at least 2) of entrepreneurial education, trial and error, hustle, and if I'm being totally honest, luck. In any case, here are 35 life lessons I've picked up in my 35 years on this planet. SEE ALSO: 32 life lessons I learned by age 32 1. There are only two ways to get rich. Youtube Embed:
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2. The best opportunities aren't visible until you're already in motion. I have Ryan Finlay from episode 72 of The Side Hustle Show to thank for this one. Although I don’t think I fully understood the advice at the time, I’ve come to see it hold true over and over again, both for myself and for my fellow entrepreneurs. It’s physics: an object in motion stays in motion. Once you get moving down the entrepreneurial path, no matter how feeble those first few steps are, it’s tough to stop. For example: • This website is the direct descendant of an old personal blog I had. • That blog was inspired by a friend of mine I hired to help with SEO for my shoe business. • The shoe business was born out of an internship I had in college. • Another friend pointed out that internship job posting because he knew my other one was over. In another branch of the side hustle tree: • I started a freelance editing business on Fiverr. • I learned about selling on Fiverr from an interview on the podcast. • I knew about Kindle publishing because I’d self-published a few books. • I self-published my first book because I wanted to make a website of mine appear more authoritative. • I first built that website after getting inspired by a similar site in a different niche while researching yet another website. These words from Ryan are probably the “#1 tip” I return to most often. Start today. You never know where it will lead you!
3. Want to 'make money online?' Help someone. There have volumes of content written about how to make money online, but the simplest answer is usually the one that gets overlooked: help someone. I’m reminded of The Rule of the Internet, which was explained to me by Jim Kukral at a conference a few years ago. He said, “People are only ever online for one of two reasons: to solve a problem, or to be entertained.” I think solving problems is generally easier (and perhaps less competitive) than being entertaining, so what problem(s) can you solve? Money only follows value. Like Zig Ziglar said, “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.”
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