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Olugbemi. Adeyinka Ogunleye
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Don't Make These Mistakes: 24 Bitter Lessons I Learned In 2024.
1. When you have verified that someone genuinely loves you, don't break that person's heart. Choose death rather. Or, end the relationship early.
Because not all lovers are weak. Betrayal may trigger their vindictive instinct and they'll come for your jugular like a vampire.
2. Don't bank on promises.
See promises as mere talk. Never abandon your path because someone promised you a brighter future.
3. Have a clear map of what you are doing. Have a plan.
What do you want in life?
Once you answer that question, you'll be able to see all the channels that lead to your destination.
4. Don't care what people will say.
They will mock you. They will ridicule you.
Don't pay attention to their statements. Follow your plan to the end.
5. Seek truth.
If your heart is always in the pursuit of truth, you'll gain knowledge and learn wisdom.
You don't need a preacher or counselor to constantly be on your doorposts advising you.
6. Appreciate beauty.
Stay away from ugliness of any form. Ugliness will always make you dwell on the negative side of life.
Appreciate beautiful nature. Stare at beautiful people and architecture.
7. Be kind.
8. Eye for eye. Tooth for tooth.
Don't allow criminals or sociopaths to go scot-free.
Forgiveness should come after punishment.
9. Learn to see the light in people.
No one is utterly useless.
However, don't pay attention to the unrepentant fool.
10. Learn to provide value.
Value will give you what you want or attract you to the people you admire.
11. Don't beg for food.
Don't beg for money.
Better to die poor and broke than to become a beggar.
Refuse to see begging as your last option.
Your ego should block you from begging.
It is better to do the dirtiest and most dangerous work to put food on your table than beg people.
Begging will hinder you from creating value and achieving freedom.
12. Always be optimistic.
No matter how tragic your travails are, be optimistic that one day you'll overcome.
Pessimism is a joy spoiler. You'll end up corrupting your soul and never see good in yourself or others.
13. Don't be an introvert.
Be part of a community.
No man is an island. Among others, you'll find a solution to some of your problems.
14. Learn to give. Be hesitant to receive.
The giver is always higher than the receiver.
Givers are lords over receivers. Just as it is better to be a lender than a borrower.
15. Dress nice. Smell nice.
Luxury isn't only in the cost. How you wear luxury matters.
Hardly anybody will ask you the cost of your shoes and clothes. So, you don't need to break the bank.
16. Life is a marathon. But it's better to run like a cheetah than walk like a snail.
Resources in life are scarce; first come, first serve.
Make smart moves always.
17. Avoid procrastination.
What needs to be done today should not be carried over to tomorrow. Because tomorrow might be too late.
18. Think in years, not days, weeks, or months.
This will help you know how to calibrate your time and work.
If I continue doing this for 5 years where will I be in the next 5 years?
It's important to curtail your foolishness early.
19. Hope is not a strategy.
Good work is.
Make sure you are doing something meaningful instead of wishing for a pool of Bethsaida miracles.
Those who work have no fear of the future.
20. Value people that value you.
Don't waste time on people who see you as trash. Except you are making money from them. However, dignity is better than the price of labor.
21. Don't just learn a skill.
Learn a skill you can easily leverage before the big success.
22. Humans are cunning and manipulative. Even you.
Learn to understand the game. And learn to protect your integrity.
23. People want you to fail. Because your failure will prove their points against you.
It's more reason you must work hard to prove them wrong.
They are your motivating factor for success, albeit from a contradictory angle.
24. Don't be afraid of failure.
You'll fail. So, allow yourself to fail.
Failure is part of progress. Life circumstances are not linear. It's haphazard and random.
Failure will teach you a good lesson.
Thanks.
Credit: CaveAdullam on Nairaland
