It’s My Birthday. Here’s Everything I Know to Be True at 44
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What personal truths does Emma share as she turns 44?
Okay, so I did this for you, but I also did it for myself. I turned 44 tomorrow, and so I wanted to pull together 44 truths, learnings, beliefs, pieces of advice, the things that I have learned to trust, and just the stuff I know to be true from all of my life's experiences. This actually started off as a little journal challenge to myself. And I asked myself, like, what have I learned over the years? And in that very Oprah way, what do I know to be true at 44? Once I started writing, I basically just thought, I really need to share this because that is what life is all about. And honestly, the more I learn about this community, the more I understand exactly what you want. You wanna know what I've actually learned and how I learned it.
And you wanna know how I apply it to my life. And so hopefully I can take some of this. Forty four years of decision makings the good, the bad, and the ugly, and you will be able to apply some of the learnings to your life.
Here is something that I know for sure. Advice only changes your life when it changes your behavior. Now we're gonna move through this chapter by chapter. And by the end, you're gonna have my personal operating system for basically everything in life because I'm gonna talk to you about it all. I decided that we would talk about mindset and relationships, about meaning and time. As I was writing this list, it became about relationships. Relationships and motherhood and action and ambition and honestly how I think about failure and work and money, because come on now, you know I'm gonna talk about money. So, number one, we're gonna start at the start, which means you guessed it, you have to start with yourself.
So this has to be the first thing.
Why is taking responsibility for your life the biggest power move?
Taking responsibility for your life and everything in it really is the single biggest power move that you'll ever make. Because no one is going to come and organize your life for you. Now, I've heard what a lot of people have to say in response to this. Help matters, privilege matters, structural barriers are real, but your next move still belongs to you. And I think as someone who grew up with very little, what I've been able to do is turn what I did have into everything that I would ever need. I had me, and I knew from An early age that no one was ever going to come to help me. So I decided that what I want is so important. And I work tirelessly and consistently every day for years and years. But what I want to let you know is that once you've made that decision, it's so important.
Starting with yourself is the number one thing that you can do. And once you make that decision, the next step is my number two role.
How can you create a clear vision for the next 10 years of your life?
You have to have a vision for your life. Now, that's why I've got the book here, too. The first chapter in this book is where I take you through the questions. And I did a whole episode about this on the pod last year, so you can go back and have a look at my birthday episode. But I think that having a vision for yourself is one of the most important things you could do. I wrote an entire episode, I did an entire chapter on the book for it. You want, you can go through the whole thing. So I'm not gonna redo that here, but here's a little short version. Grab a piece of paper, write down what you want your life to look like in 10 years. Where do you live? Who's around you? What does a regular Tuesday look like?
And then what you need to do is look at what you did this week and ask if any of it is pointed towards that. Now, if you want to do the full exercise. exercise. All the questions are in start with yourself. The episode is in the feed. You can go and do it totally properly, but I promise you, if you do this, it will be the single best use of your time this week. And I don't need to say any more. Okay, we're gonna move on. Number three. The third thing that I wanted to share with everybody is that. Finding something that is just for you is really, really critical. Now, I did the Hoffman process and I came out of it with so much. And the one thing that stuck was this.
What daily ritual does Emma recommend to honor yourself every day?
You need a moment, ideally every single day, where you actually honor yourself.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What personal truths does Emma share as she turns 44?
0:09–1:58
2
Why is taking responsibility for your life the biggest power move?
1:58–2:55
3
How can you create a clear vision for the next 10 years of your life?
2:55–4:18
4
What daily ritual does Emma recommend to honor yourself every day?
4:18–4:54
5
How do you focus on controlling the controllable instead of the uncontrollable?
4:54–5:44
6
Why should you stop waiting to feel ready and start building confidence now?
5:44–8:10
7
What habits make you useful before trying to be impressive at work?
8:10–10:20
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Why is knowing your money numbers essential for financial freedom?
10:20–33:37
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