In youth, the first thing to do is build systems.

Further along, when you're young, the first thing you need to do is build a cash flow system (a financial security system).

"Lifelong I've never strayed from the saddle, my thigh muscles wasted away; now that I don't ride anymore, flesh has returned to my thighs." Liu Bei wasn't complaining about gaining weight and needing to lose it—he was lamenting that he was growing older and still hadn't established his own power base.