25 life lessons that you need to learn before it's too late
A Life / / December 19, 2019
Chris Heard
Entrepreneur and blogger, writes about career and self-development for Medium.
25. Take care of your time
Time - our most valuable resource. Try not to waste it in vain, less sit in social networks and the front of the TV, because your time ago already not return.
24. Do not put off for later life
Live so that then it was something to remember. Doing things you love and spend time with those you love. You do not get anything, because all life suffered Society unpleasant person.
23. Think before you speak
Words can hurt, so always choose them carefully.
22. Think before you act
It is better to spend a little time thinking about your actions than sorry.
21. Give up alcohol
Alcohol clouds the mind and is not required to have a good time.
20. Listen to parents
Their advice was not so bad.
- School years and the truth is the best time in my life.
- If you study hard, then you will reap the benefits.
- Carefully choose with whom to be friends. In the words of speaker and author Jim Rohn, "you is the average of the five people with whom you spend most of the time."
- Whatever you do, always make every effort.
- Always treat people the same way as you would like them to treat you, and you will earn the respect of others.
- All the people at the same time different and similar. We are all equal regardless of race, culture, gender and orientation.
19. Shift into a hobby
Hobbies - the basis of longevity and prosperity.
18. delay money
Set aside a little each week or month. Financial stability will enable you to worry less.
17. Always learn something new
Constantly learn something new, such as reading books or listening to podcasts. Reading an hour a day, seven years later you will become a leading expert in your chosen field (no matter how you may have been the original level of knowledge). Of course, this requires diligence and persistence, but eventually it will go into a habit.
16. Do not follow the majority
If all doing something one, go in others. It is much easier to reach the top and become successful when you have fewer competitors. Be bold, take risks and seek new opportunities. Share your ideas and listen to others' opinions.
15. Practice
It is believed that you need 10,000 hours of practice to achieve mastery in some area. But better yet spend 1000 hours on 10 different subjects: so you will have knowledge in several areas. This will open the way to new opportunities.
14. Compete with people who are better than you
You can learn a lot from them and apply the tricks that they use in their own practice. You can miss this chance, if you always compete only with beginners.
13. Give yourself less time
Consciously give yourself less time for completion of the project. So you have to be creative and find new ways of solving problems.
12. Set yourself goals
recording their goalsWe greatly increases the likelihood of achieving them. Keep a record of short- and long-term goals and track your progress: it will inspire you to move forward.
11. Meet people
Take the first step. Connect with new people. Do not be afraid to ask for advice, even for those who have already achieved fame and success. If you do not ask, you never know.
10. Travel
Travel enriches our lives, broaden their horizons and learn new traditions and cultures, help to better understand other people. And in order to feel the atmosphere of the country, do not stop in the big hotels (the beaches and pools around the world the same).
9. constantly improves
Every day try to improve in some area. Not necessarily change radically enough day by day to become better at least 1%. So eventually you will reach significant results. The main thing - do not expect that everything goes by itself. To get better, you need to make an effort. No one has yet succeeded, sitting idly by.
8. Watch out for those who trust
Office intrigue has not been canceled. Adhering to the "not the" group at work, you can easily ruin your career.
7. find a mentor
It is very important to find the right mentor who can advise you on what is best to focus, and then - to avoid.
6. Not value income more than an opportunity to learn new things
At the beginning career it is important to gain experience in their field, to develop the necessary skills and learn new things. It's sure to pay off in the future.
5. Do not choose one activity too early
Explore different areas and give yourself the opportunity to accidentally discover what you have is the soul.
4. Do not wait for a successful event
Do not expect that your knowledge and experience will draw to you the right people. Instead, the crank pins themselves and look for new opportunities.
3. Learn foreign languages
Know one language, of course, is good, but the study of a foreign language not only allows you to communicate with the new people and broaden their horizons, but also makes us smarter (due to the fact that new neurons form in the brain way).
2. Do not work overtime
Value your free time and not to stay at work late. It will not help to win colleagues location, and you will only regret that nothing other than work do not have time.
1. Believe in yourself
Often we are limited only by the lack of faith in themselves. All around us was created by the same people as we are. So believe in yourself, dream, create and change the world.
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