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Oh, one more thing about Tom Brady. Plus how to retire early. (Or at least, how one guy did.) Also, as always, 7 other things worth your time.

Two brief things today. First, we had some really great comments on Friday’s newsletter about staying relevant and excelling as you get older, and I wanted to revisit the subject quickly.

You might recall, this was prompted by Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady musing that he hopes to avoid retiring from pro football until age 50. I wrote about how his style of play has changed over the years, adapting to how his body has changed as he grew a bit older—and lessons we might learn from that.

However, a reader, Paul B. Johnson, made a really good point in the comments:

“His real secret to success was he made sure he had great people around him to help him. His offensive lines have helped him avoid getting hit.”

This, in turn, reminded me of a cool statistic from last year’s Super Bowl, which Tampa won 31 to 9. And that stat led me to the realization that there’s another big, under-appreciated lesson about success in life.

It’s that there were four Tampa touchdowns in that champions…