"34 Essential Life Lessons Everyone Should Learn Early on in Life"
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1. Your entire life can change in an instant. So instead of passively taking what you have for granted, be grateful for it and do whatever good you can with it.
2. Chasing happiness will lead you to misery until you realize that happiness is the way.
2. Chasing happiness will lead you to misery until you realize that happiness is the way.
3. It’s okay to feel lost sometimes; the truth is that you owe nothing to your younger self, but you owe everything to your present self.
4. Action breeds more clarity than thought, so you can’t think your way into a new life, you have to act your way into one.
4. Action breeds more clarity than thought, so you can’t think your way into a new life, you have to act your way into one.
5. We breakdown little by little, day by day, but we also take care of ourselves, and build ourselves up, little by little, day by day. Why? Because your habits define you—what you do today is a reflection of who you will become tomorrow.
6. If you want to change the trajectory of your life, embrace these rules and apply them: Commitment is what gets you started, consistency is what gets you somewhere, and persistence is what keeps you going.
7. Share your progress, not your goals, and you’ll always be motivated
8. Every second you spend comparing your life to someone else’s is a second spent wasting yours; so stop comparing and create your own definition of success instead.
8. Every second you spend comparing your life to someone else’s is a second spent wasting yours; so stop comparing and create your own definition of success instead.
9. Designing a meaningful life you love is possible, but doing what you love won’t make life any easier—it will just make you more disciplined and it more joyful.
10. Whether right or wrong, everything you do is born out of a set of beliefs. This implies that self-care is not all roses and chocolates; self-care is going deep within to surface all the subconscious behavioral and thought patterns that are sabotaging your growth.
11. In an age of speed and acceleration, aim to slow down. When you live slow, you become more mindful and intentional about how to live your life, and you begin to take care of your body, mind, and soul so that they can then take care of you.
12. Journaling is the most timeless and priceless form of therapy that will help you think clearly, understand yourself better, and make better sense of life.
13. You grow rich when you seek new experiences, not material things.
13. You grow rich when you seek new experiences, not material things.
14. In today’s digital-first world, the greatest skill you can leverage is the power of focused attention, and the way to build it is through daily meditation.
15. The equation to financial wealth is quite simple: Learn how to manage your money, master a skillset that will make you valuable, and create more than you consume.
16. You’re a student of life, for life. Your sole objective, then, is to keep learning, evolving, and expanding your mind.
17. You have to believe in yourself before anyone else does. That’s the cornerstone upon which real confidence is built.
17. You have to believe in yourself before anyone else does. That’s the cornerstone upon which real confidence is built.
18. Fear is not there to stop you, it’s there to show you that you’re interested and you care. So befriend fear, don’t fight it, because once you do something that scares you, it becomes almost insignificantly small the second time around.
19. Nature, laughter, kindness, love, and self-compassion—the best and most beautiful things in life are imperfect and free.
20. Failure and adversity are the greatest teachers—there’s a reason we can only see the light of the stars in the darkest of times.
20. Failure and adversity are the greatest teachers—there’s a reason we can only see the light of the stars in the darkest of times.
21. Stay curious, question everything, and if you want something, ask for it. Live with such an attitude and you realize that when one door closes, another one always opens.
22. When you play the quick short-game you win small, but when you play the sequential long-game and allow yourself the time to grow, you win big. So be impatient with your actions, but be patient with your results.
23. True mental strength is a game-changer. You build it by consciously focusing on what you can control (your inputs and outputs) and ignoring what you can’t control (your outcomes).
24. You don’t only live once; you live multiples lives within one.
24. You don’t only live once; you live multiples lives within one.
25. Make time for the people you love and surround yourself with optimistic people that uplift you—it’s the people you share your life with that make living worthwhile.
26. Keep an open mind and act like an artist but think, fail, and learn like a scientist—recognize that your life is an experiment and you will live a life without fear or regret.
27. Be smart enough to ask for advice, but be wise enough to know who to seek it from.
27. Be smart enough to ask for advice, but be wise enough to know who to seek it from.
28. If you can drop anything from your world, drop the ego. And if you can be anything in this world, be kind.
29. Honestly, nobody cares what you do—everyone’s got their own problems to deal with. So stop belittling yourself and start being yourself.
29. Honestly, nobody cares what you do—everyone’s got their own problems to deal with. So stop belittling yourself and start being yourself.
30. Money comes and money goes in life, but time only moves in one direction. All you have power and influence over is what you decide to do with the time that you are given, today.
31. Self-love is born out of self-acceptance and self-awareness. And the only way to all three is through solitude—how else can you create the space to look inside yourself?
32. Sometimes the world is trying to tell you who you are, but if you don’t stop to reflect and listen, you’ll never be able to hear.
33. The more grateful you are, the more beauty you will see all around you, the more generous life will seem, and the happier you will become.
33. The more grateful you are, the more beauty you will see all around you, the more generous life will seem, and the happier you will become.
34. Life is what you make it; because the reality you experience is a direct reflection of the quality of your thoughts.
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