18 Interesting Advice's to Teenagers
Here some best tips which are most useful to teenagers to
lead a tremendous life.
Find
hard work you love doing. – If I could offer my 18-year-old self
some real career advice, I’d tell myself not to base my career choice on other
people’s ideas, goals and recommendations.
I’d tell myself not to pick a major because it’s popular, or
statistically creates graduates who make the most money. I’d tell myself that the right career choice
is based on one key point: Finding hard work you love doing. As long as you remain true to yourself, and
follow your own interests and values, you can find success through passion. Perhaps more importantly, you won’t wake up
several years later working in a career field you despise, wondering “How the
heck am I going to do this for the next 30 years?” So if you catch yourself working hard and
loving every minute of it, don’t stop.
You’re on to something big.
Because hard work ain’t hard when you concentrate on your passions.
Commit
yourself to making lots of mistakes. – Mistakes teach you
important lessons. The biggest mistake
you can make is doing nothing because you’re too scared to make a mistake. So don’t hesitate – don’t doubt yourself. In life, it’s rarely about getting a chance;
it’s about taking a chance. You’ll never
be 100% sure it will work, but you can always be 100% sure doing nothing won’t
work. Most of the time you just have to
go for it! And no matter how it turns
out, it always ends up just the way it should be. Either you succeed or you learn
something. Win-Win. Remember, if you never act, you will never
know for sure, and you will be left standing in the same spot forever.
Invest
time, energy and money in yourself every day. – When you invest
in yourself, you can never lose, and over time you will change the trajectory
of your life. You are simply the product
of what you know. The more time, energy
and money you spend acquiring pertinent knowledge, the more control you have
over your life.
Explore
new ideas and opportunities often. – Your natural human fears
of failure and embarrassment will sometimes stop you from trying new
things. But you must rise above these
fears, for your life’s story is simply the culmination many small, unique
experiences. And the more unique
experiences you have, the more interesting your story gets. So seek as many new life experiences as
possible and be sure to share them with the people you care about. Not doing so is not living.
When
sharpening your career skills, focus more on less. –
Think in terms of Karate: A black belt seems far more impressive than a brown
belt. But does a brown belt really seem
any more impressive than a red belt?
Probably not to most people.
Remember that society elevates experts high onto a pedestal. Hard work matters, but not if it’s scattered
in diverse directions. So narrow your
focus on learning fewer career related skills and master them all.
People
are not mind readers. Tell them what
you’re thinking. – People will never know how you feel
unless you tell them. Your boss? Yeah, he doesn’t know you’re hoping for a
promotion because you haven’t told him yet.
That cute girl you haven’t talked to because you’re too shy? Yeah, you guessed it; she hasn’t given you
the time of day simply because you haven’t given her the time of day either. In life, you have to communicate with
others. And often, you have to open your
vocal cords and speak the first words.
You have to tell people what you’re thinking. It’s as simple as that.
Make
swift decisions and take immediate action. – Either you’re
going to take action and seize new opportunities, or someone else will first. You can’t change anything or make any sort of
progress by sitting back and thinking about it.
Remember, there’s a huge difference between knowing how to do something
and actually doing it. Knowledge is
basically useless without action.
Accept
and embrace change. – However good or bad a situation is now, it
will change. That’s the one thing you
can count on. So embrace change, and
realize that change happens for a reason.
It won’t always be easy or obvious at first, but in the end it will be
worth it.
Don’t
worry too much about what other people think about you. –
For the most part, what other people think and say about you doesn’t
matter. When I was 18, I let the
opinions of my high school and early college peers influence my decisions. And, at times, they steered me away from
ideas and goals I strongly believed in.
I realize now, ten years later, that this was a foolish way to live,
especially when I consider that nearly all of these people whose opinions I cared
so much about are no longer a part of my life.
Unless you’re trying to make a great first impression (job interview,
first date, etc.), don’t let the opinions of others stand in your way. What they think and say about you isn’t
important. What is important is how you
feel about yourself.
Always
be honest with yourself and others. – Living a life of honesty
creates peace of mind, and peace of mind is priceless. Period.
Sit
alone in silence for at least ten minutes every day. –
Use this time to think, plan, reflect, and dream. Creative and productive thinking flourish in
solitude and silence. With quiet, you
can hear your thoughts, you can reach deep within yourself, and you can focus
on mapping out the next logical, productive step in your life.
Ask
lots of questions. – The greatest ‘adventure’ is the ability to
inquire, to ask questions. Sometimes in
the process of inquiry, the search is more significant than the answers. Answers come from other people, from the
universe of knowledge and history, and from the intuition and deep wisdom
inside yourself. These answers will
never surface if you never ask the right questions. Thus, the simple act of asking the right
questions is the answer.
Exploit
the resources you do have access to. – The average person is
usually astonished when they see a physically handicap person show intense
signs of emotional happiness. How could
someone in such a restricted physical state be so happy? The answer rests in how they use the resources
they do have. Stevie Wonder couldn’t
see, so he exploited his sense of hearing into a passion for music, and he now
has 25 Grammy Awards to prove it.
Live
below your means. – Live a comfortable life, not a wasteful
one. Do not spend to impress others. Do not live life trying to fool yourself into
thinking wealth is measured in material objects. Manage your money wisely so your money does
not manage you. Always live well below
your means.
Be
respectful of others and make them feel good. – In life and
business, it’s not so much what you say that counts, it’ how you make people
feel. So respect your elders, minors,
and everyone in between. There are no
boundaries or classes that define a group of people that deserve to be
respected. Treat everyone with the same
level of respect you would give to your grandfather and the same level of
patience you would have with your baby brother.
Supporting, guiding, and making contributions to other people is one of
life’s greatest rewards. In order to
get, you have to give.
Excel
at what you do. – There’s no point in doing something if you
aren’t going to do it right. Excel at
your work and excel at your hobbies.
Develop a reputation for yourself, a reputation for consistent
excellence.
Be
who you were born to be. – You must follow your heart, and be
who you were born to be. Some of us were
born to be musicians – to communicate intricate thoughts and rousing feelings
with the strings of a guitar. Some of us
were born to be poets – to touch people’s hearts with exquisite prose. Some of us were born to be entrepreneurs – to
create growth and opportunity where others saw rubbish. And still, some of us were born to be or do
whatever it is, specifically, that moves you.
Regardless of what you decide to do in your lifetime, you better feel it
in every fiber of your being. You better
be born to do it! Don’t waste your life
fulfilling someone else’s dreams and desires.
Talk
to lots of people in college and early on in your career. –
Bosses. Colleagues. Professors.
Classmates. Social club
members. Other students outside of your
major or social circle. Teaching assistants.
Career advisors. College deans. Friends of friends. Everyone!
Why? Professional
networking. I have worked for three
employers since I graduated from college (I left my first two employers by
choice on good terms), but I only interviewed with the first employer. The other two employers offered me a job
before I even had a formal interview, based strictly on the recommendation of a
hiring manager (someone I had networked with over the years). When employers look to fill a position, the
first thing they do is ask the people they know and trust if they know someone
who would do well in the position. If
you start building your professional network early, you’ll be set. Over time, you’ll continue talking to new
people you meet through your current network and your network’s reach and the
associated opportunities will continue to snowball for the duration of your
career.
But above all, laugh when you can, apologize when you
should, and let go of what you can’t change.
Life is short, yet amazing. Enjoy
the ride.
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