Will It

Words mean the world. Language and terminology shape how we see the world. Calling something a problem means one thing. Viewing and calling the same thing a challenge makes a huge difference - it makes the thing itself different because of how we view it with different eyes.

Calling something a drag imbues that thing with problems at its core. Getting old. What a drag it is getting old. Yeah, for sure. That's self-fulfilling. It almost doesn't matter what follows, unless it's ice cream. Say it: what a drag it is getting ice cream. Nah, still sounds pretty good.

Living has its inherent problems and challenges. But living, which is basically what aging is, is not a problem. Unless we view it as one, as a thing to be solved.

It's just a part of life. One we all need to prepare for, in many ways. And like life itself over the last decades this part of life has changed dramatically. And the share of those over 65 still at work has grown immensely. We're in a different world than the one we grew up in.

Is 65 the new 45? Who knows?

Some will work because they want to, some will work because they choose to continue living their life without this arbitrary separation point that was created in totally different times, in completely different circumstances. But we have continued to put everyone on the same conveyor belt kind of life that, if you veer from it, you're viewed as having some kind of problem.

There are many challenges that face us, but we can and must overcome. The only constant is change and these days it's happening faster than we are able to handle.

But if we will it, it is no dream.

We can get ahead staying on the sidelines. we need to engage and be engaging - in all the ways these word mean. We need to be willing to accept the world as it really is and work for a better future, work to have more control over each of our own futures; so we are in a position to take on and overcome the inevitable challenges that will come our way. Be "too" ambitious!

One of the best ways to do this is to create some structure and use the lessons of those that came before us. To learn what to do. And what not to do. One of Charlie Munger's biggest lessons was to avoid dumb mistakes and let the simple, good stuff compound.

We all have lessons to learn and to teach. Showing other people that you are able to learn, to change, to grow, to develop may be the greatest lesson you can provide them. And that can compound.

Learn from one of the best to ever truly secure the bag:

And share what you've learned with me and with your friends, your family, your partners, and the world. Pay it forward and help others or else this was all without purpose. And we can't accept that as our legacy.