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18 Lessons that life teaches Us

  1. Be adaptable.
  2. Stop using 18th Century wisdom for 21st problems
  3. Hard work doesn't pay, only working smart does.
  4. No matter how much you earn at your job, the company you work for always goes home with a profit. So start your own business.
  5. Giving is better than receiving.
  6. If you do not ask, the answer will always be NO.
  7. 80/20 rule. Most of the people in your life are useless. Less is more.
  8. If you do not step forward, you will always be in the same place
  9. I am where I am now because of my decisions.
  10. My destiny then is in my next decision.
  11. Don't compare your Chapter 1 to someone else's Chapter 20. Your own book may end at Chapter 7.
  12. Once you feel someone avoids you, never disturb them again.
  13. To be a burger, eat a burger. To be an apple, eat an apple. You are what you eat.
  14. Life doesn't give you what you want, it gives you what you deserve
  15. Treat people with respect, help them when you can, everyone has value, look down on no one.
  16. The gift of being let down is that you can find your own power to hold yourself up.
  17. Work hard at what you love. Never give up. Let your results speak louder than the hater’s words. Repeat.
  18. Sometimes you have to let go to see if you're the only one who's holding on...
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