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10 Life Lessons to Excel in Your 30s

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Over 600 people, age 40 and older, weigh in on what they wish they knew when they were 30. A few of them might surprise you.

A couple weeks ago I turned 30. Leading up to my birthday I wrote a post on what life lessons I learned in my 20s . But this time I did something else. I sent an email out to my subscribers ( subscribe here ) and asked readers age 37 and older what advice and life lessons they would give their 30-year-old selves. The idea was that I would crowdsource the life experience from my older readership and create another article based on their collective wisdom. The results were spectacular. I received over 600 responses, many of which were over a page in length. It took me a solid three days to read

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