#11 - Advice to Your Younger Self

Jaemin and Gabe answer the question: "What advice do you wish you could've given yourself 10 years ago?" They also share a bunch of answers from their online community (including Gabe's mom), as well as discussing what alpha males can learn from alpha wolves, and why you should pancake surprise your friends. Send us thoughts, feedback, and Quick Picks of your own at [email protected] ### Show Notes (2:50) Jaemin's video for Planned Parenthood [got nominated](http://shortyawards.com/2nd-socialgood/the-abortion-pill-in-clinic-abortion) for a Shorty Social Good Award! (4:03) Jaemin and Gabe's [video for Flippable](http://www.imaginarylava.org/project/flippable/). (9:00) **Deep Dive: What advice do you wish you could've given yourself 10 years ago?** (9:20) Our online community shares their advice. (11:48) Gabe's mom shares her advice. (13:29) Shane's letter to his teenage self. (16:51) Gabe's #1 Advice: To really look for and build community. (18:57) Jaemin’s #1 Advice: To not try and do it all on your own. (23:33) Gabe's #2 Advice: Be careful what percentage of your sense of self you tie up in your job/career. (28:37) Jaemin’s #2 Advice: Creativity should be for you - not for others. (35:46) Eric shares his advice. (41:42) **GWF Read of the Month:** [Tapping Your Inner Wolf ](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/opinion/tapping-your-inner-wolf.html)(NYTimes) (48:02) **Quick Picks** Gabe: [Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City](https://www.amazon.com/Evicted-Poverty-Profit-American-City/dp/0553447432) by Matthew Desmond (52:00) Jaemin’s: Pancake Surprise your friends. ### **Find Us Online** [Gabe’s twitter](https://twitter.com/gaberose) > – Gabe’s latest post: [Asking Different Questions](http://www.gaberose.com/blog/asking-different-questions) [Jaemin’s twitter](https://twitter.com/jaemin_yi "Link: https://twitter.com/jaemin_yi") > – Jaemin’s latest post: [How to Survive Working from Home](http://www.jaeminyi.com/survive-working-from-home/) Music for the podcast: “As Colorful As Ever” by [Broke For Free](http://brokeforfree.com/ "Link: http://brokeforfree.com/")