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Walk Your Own Path

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\u201cWalking your own path \xa0is getting off the moving walkway at the airport. On the walkway, you may be moving but you are not the one driving the motion nor are you in control of where it is going. Instead, choose yourself \xa0where to go and how to get there. It\u2019s more work than the moving walkway, but the payoff is worth it.\u201d Dennis Worden

Usually on the podcast we hear amazing stories from NextGen Natives around the country. This episode I discuss some concepts and ideas that I think are relevant for NextGen Natives. They are things I have been thinking about recently.

A bit of background: the original idea for this episode came from a negative experience that occurred recently. I was going to turn around the negative experience and discuss the upside of why it didn\u2019t bother me as much as it could have. It was then I realized the episode was much bigger than a single incident. It is about how we shape our lives, and choose to respond to the world around us, particularly when things are beyond our control.

We control more about our lives than we may think, and we can then influence how we live our life. It is an intimidating realization. But it\u2019s intimidating because it\u2019s powerful.

I\u2019ve been doing a lot of self-reflection about where I want to go in my personal life and in my career. Over the last few years I\u2019ve been introduced to several different resources and ideas that are finally becoming a coherent philosophy for me. And I wanted to share these with you.

In this episode I discuss a few key concepts that are influencing me right now:

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• Plan beats no plan. It may not be perfect, but it\u2019s better than nothing.
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• You can\u2019t judge a decision by outcomes. You can only judge decisions based on the information at the time a decision was made.
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• Creating your life builds conviction about what you are doing. Don\u2019t let critics get your down. It is not the critics who count.
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• Stoic philosophy as introduced to me by Tim Ferriss.
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• Some thoughts and resources on personal finance as described by Mr. Money Mustache. Including The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Early Retirement.
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• I\u2019m listening to some personal finance podcasts including Scott Alan Turner and Farnoosh Torabi.
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Have you had similar experiences? What has helped you find your own path?