What to Expect in Each Decade of Life with Bobb Biehl—Executive Mentor, Author, Sage

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

What if life wasn’t nearly as unpredictable as we think? That’s what executive mentor, Bobb Biehl, believes. After 50 years working with some of the most successful executives and brands on the planet, he’s uncovered patterns, challenges, and opportunities that every person will face in life—and he’s organized them by decades. According to Bobb, your 20s are for discovering what you don’t want to do; your 40s are about survival; and your 60s are the most impactful decade of your life. In a world that leaves us all feeling perpetually behind, Bobb’s learnings are a breath of fresh air.

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0:00.0	So a lot of people feel overwhelmed and guilty because they don't have it all worked out by
0:05.0	the 10, they're 21. Your 20s are a time when you're deciding what you don't want to be the
0:09.9	rest of your life, not what you do want to be the rest of your life. Try it. If you don't like it,
0:14.4	get out of it. So hopefully by the time you're 30 years old, you've got more of a feel for it.
0:20.2	But most people, the average person, don't have it
0:24.1	worked out until they're about 50. The most productive decade of your entire life is your 60s.
0:33.7	And so a lot of people feel tremendous relief from that because they've spent so far their first two or three decades feeling guilty and frustrated and angry and driven to change the world already.
0:47.6	That's just not realistic. Welcome to the aggressive life.
1:06.7	A recent Forbes magazine article from last year found that 76% of people think mentors are important,
1:12.9	but only 37% of people have one.
1:16.5	That's just one example of our saying doing gap.
1:19.6	I hate that.
1:20.9	I hate we say one thing and do something else.
1:23.9	It's a matter of passivity instead of aggressiveness.
1:28.0	The guy that I've got on today is a guy I've been looking forward to talk for a long, long, long, long time.
1:35.9	He's actually been a mentor from afar.
1:38.5	Dirt, I don't know if you know this.
1:39.4	This guy had an impact on me when I was about 25.
1:41.8	No, I didn't know that.
1:42.7	Yeah, when I was 25, I started doing a deep dive into leadership and what that all means.
1:46.9	And he had a couple little books that impacted me then.
1:49.9	And then I didn't think about him or hear much from him for literally decades.
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