[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  WellBuiltStyle [@WellBuiltStyle](/creator/twitter/WellBuiltStyle) on x 73.2K followers Created: 2025-07-13 18:57:47 UTC What can you learn about life, success, and happiness from a 109-year-old former anesthesiologist? I just finished reading a short but impactful read: The Book of Charlie (affiliate): It’s basically a condensed biography of a Kansas man who lived to XXX. He was a doctor by profession, but more importantly, he was a man who lived through it all: world wars, the Great Depression, the cultural revolution of the '60s, the tech/internet boom of the 90s/2000s etc. He also went through his share of hardships too: Lost his father as a boy, one wife to suicide, another to divorce. He's a crazy thought that struck me from the book: he was born when horse-drawn carriages still outnumbered cars... and died in the age of smartphones. Okay, so what was his secret to the “good life”? Surprisingly simple. #1) He just did stuff. In his words: “I just plowed along.” He didn’t waste much time thinking about happiness or over-analyzing life.  XXXXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/WellBuiltStyle/status/1944471333683048499)
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WellBuiltStyle @WellBuiltStyle on x 73.2K followers
Created: 2025-07-13 18:57:47 UTC
What can you learn about life, success, and happiness from a 109-year-old former anesthesiologist?
I just finished reading a short but impactful read: The Book of Charlie (affiliate):
It’s basically a condensed biography of a Kansas man who lived to XXX. He was a doctor by profession, but more importantly, he was a man who lived through it all: world wars, the Great Depression, the cultural revolution of the '60s, the tech/internet boom of the 90s/2000s etc.
He also went through his share of hardships too: Lost his father as a boy, one wife to suicide, another to divorce.
He's a crazy thought that struck me from the book: he was born when horse-drawn carriages still outnumbered cars... and died in the age of smartphones.
Okay, so what was his secret to the “good life”?
Surprisingly simple.
#1) He just did stuff.
In his words: “I just plowed along.”
He didn’t waste much time thinking about happiness or over-analyzing life.
XXXXX engagements
