10 Things I wish I could tell myself in early 20
These 10 things are my most valuable questions and recommendations that I wish someone else might have told me in my early 20.
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One Quote : Powerful Quote from the great writer of all time C.S.Lewis that teaches us the most Important part of our life to go ahead at times of struggles.
One Article : 10 things I wish someone might have told me in my early 20's.
One Tweet : Navalism on 100 mental models that’ll track, routine and change your willpower to do a great head-start.
One Quote :
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start at where you are and change the ending.” ~ C.S. Lewis
C.S.Lewis is one of the greatest writers of all time. His quotes and writing still distills me with purity, gratitude and immense pleasure.
One Article :
Life is the best teacher and experience is the best classroom that teaches every individual the most valuable and resourceful elements about life.
In today’s article , we’ll dive deeper into the valuable resources that everyone should ask and immerse in them if they want to be successful in their career .
So without any further ado , let’s get started with 10 things that I wish I had told myself in my early 20’s.
Learn to SELL yourself :
Selling yourself means - to acquire every skill that will make you to go atop everyone else.
Learn to sell yourself .
There's a fine line between arrogance & confidence.
That said, don't be afraid to let people know what you bring to the table.
If you're not willing to sell yourself, don't expect anyone else to be willing to buy.
Say “ I don’t Know” :
Learn to say that you “Don’t Know” . By saying that you don’t know this , will evaluate yourself to dig deeper into the concepts or skills that you are not perfect at and will make you more diversified into these fields .
Don’t be afraid of what others might think of you.
If you don’t know it , admit it , learn it , polish it and make a better version of yourself by learning.
You'll earn more respect admitting where your knowledge lacks, than pretending to understand things you don't.
Time flies :
It’s good to be ambitious , but it’s more important to catch the time too because the most important power of time is that it flies .
Be Ambitious , but be cautious as well.
When you get caught up in spending all of your time worrying about what tomorrow brings, you'll miss today.
Be patient, enjoy where you're at.
You'll get where you're going soon enough.
Seek knowledge over entertainment :
Learn to seek knowledge over entertainment . Entertainment will make you nothing , but a better and perfect Knowledge will.
Don’t quote me wrong on this - I’m not saying that you should completely eliminate entertainment and fun away from your life . You should make fun , enjoy and entertain yourself ( and it’s important too) .
But always remember to get back at your desk of passion and perseverance after every play .
Time invested in Knowledge and learning will always pay dividends for your entire life.
Anything , not Everything :
You must remember that our life isn’t fair for everyone.
You should be prepared for anything that happens in your life , not expect everything .
We're often told we can be anything we want to be...
While I believe that is true, anything & everything aren't the same.Learning to limit your commitments is a skill most of us acquire far too late.
Try to please everyone and you'll please no one.
Let things go you can’t control :
This is the most Important and crucial advice I want to make myself learn in my early 20’s .
We should let things go which are not under our control OR which should harm us most often , our lives.
Grudges , hatred , Temperament will not be good for you.
People might commit some wrong for you , Things might not go as you wish it to go , somethings will not be in your CONTROL …. Life isn’t fair for everyone .
So , you must learn to let things go most often . It will do no one harm , except you and yourself.
Trust me, learning to take the high road and forgiving those who've transgressed against you will lead to a far happier life.
Go and get IT :
There are many people who are willing to want something , but are not willing to get those things by themselves .
Nobody will serve the full platter in front of you , You need to go and get it all by yourself .
“If you want some , go and get some”
Keep on hustling , pushing your limits until you do not finally reach there where you aspire yourself to be.
Believe me it will be worth one day.
Admit every time when you’re WRONG :
By admitting everytime , when we are wrong , it gives us a better sense of clarity for our purpose and goals .
“Ohh I’m wrong here …. So what should I do? I need to first admit that I’m wrong and must learn from this mistake and move forward.”
You can take the credit for everything that you’ve done right and correct , but you must also take the accountability of every wrong that you are also doing ….
It will make you a better person day by day .. and will make you learn from your life.
Build SYSTEMS rather than GOALS :
I have been fascinated by this idea of James Clear in his book - Atomic habits .
We should be more clear on our systems rather than to be too much on our goals.
Goals = Meant to be completed
Systems = Maintained long-term.
Small steps, repeated consistently over time, lead to large-scale change.
Simplify not complex :
You must simplify every concept that you are immersing in yourself .
Don’t complex it by overthinking too much on the prospects , and finding flaws in those .
Simplicity makes everything look great because simple things are well and beautifully to learn and grasp.
The world isn't that damn complicated.
•Work hard
•Provide Value
•Be kind to others
•Do more than what is asked
The rest will take care of itself.
One tweet :
In the above tweet, Naval talks about his 100 mental model for how to think better in this complex world. This gives us the great start to track and progress our willpower to achieve more in less time.
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