Ian WarnerIf you can get these life lessons down at as early of an age as possible, you will live a life full or more peace and joy. Most people learn from experiences. You touch a hot stove and it hurts and from that experience you decide that touching hot things is bad.
The problem with learning from experience is that its too slow and risky. You don’t get one life so you want to learn as quickly as possible without always depending on trial and error and the best way to do that is to learn from others.
The collection of life lessons come from people much smarter than you and I, and people who have live much longer lives. They have endured much pain and heartache to learn these lessons and yet the knowledge us passed down to you for free. the best thing you can do is take it serious
and make the changes needed for success.
Types of Life Lessons
15 Hard Life Lessons
Surround Yourself With The Right People
You become what you hang around. If you hang around smart people you value what they do and you act more like them. If you hang around criminals then you will adapt in the same way. Nothing has the ability to change you faster than the people you spend time with.
Take Care of Your Mental Health
Its easy to think about your physical health but your mental health is just as important. You need to find things that you can do daily to regulate your mind, and remove stress. The better you get at doing this, the less issues you will have with drug abuse and depression. Things like working out, meditation and having a good social life can help a lot with your mental health.
Learn How You Learn
The amount of talent that is wasted in school each year because children are not taught how they learn the best is unreal. I personally did not learn how I learned until I read the book “Managing Oneself” by Peter Drucker. If you don’t figure out how you learn best, you will never reach your full potential.
Benefit From Failure
Not only are you going to fail but you are going to have some failures that hit so hard that you will not be sure if you can come back from them. The only thing that makes failure worth is if you can find a lesson or a way to benefit from that failure. If not, you get to experience pain for no reason.
Live Life to the Fullest Without Regrets
There is no time for regrets when life is so short. Chase the dream and do the things you have always wanted to do. Why lie on your deathbed thinking about what could have been? If you’re reading this now it means you still have a chance to take action today.
Put Others First
Contrary to popular belief, people get rich by putting others first. Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are wealthy man because they provided the world with things that most people did not even know they needed. They focused on the needs of others and put them first and the result of that was wealth. In general putting other people first is a more joyful way of living life.
Life is A Bitch and Then You Die
My mom used to always say this to me and though it comes off as being negative, its true. Life is just really hard sometimes and it leaves no explanations. Sometimes you want reasons and the chance to understand what is going on and that is just not afforded to you. In life you’re guaranteed to struggle, pay taxes and die. No one avoids these things!
Comparison is a Bad Route to Take
Social media has changed the world drastically because it has made it easier than ever to compare yourself with others. The biggest problem with comparison is that you often lack context and when you lack context you can make a fair comparison.
People often don’t show you the full story. They will show you the good stuff and try to hide the bad. The best thing you can do is focus on yourself and encourage others as much as possible.
Pay Attention
Life will reveal so many truths and answers if you just pay attention. Not sure if you trust someone? Pay attention to how they act and treat others. Want more opportunities? Pay attention to all of the doors around you. Look up from your phone for a second and observe everything that is happening around you.
Contribute More Than You Consume
Too many people are lifetime leaches, sucking up all of the resources they can but never contributing anything back. You see this in churches, people look for what they can get instead of what they can give. People want promotions because they want more but don’t think about what they can bring to the table.
Instead of just looking at pictures and videos, create your own. Instead of just consuming articles, create some for others. It takes 0 courage to consume but it takes all of the courage in the world to create.
Eat Less Junk Food
Anything titled junk should not be consumed. The less junk you eat, the less health issues you will have and the better your brain will feel. This one is a given!
Eat Until You Are Content
If you are anything like me, as a child it was ingrained into your mind that you have to finish everything on your plate no matter how full you are. You were reminded of how some kids out there starve and would kill for your food.
The moral reason to never waste is good but the health reasons don’t make any sense. Put less food on your plate and eat until you are content. You will have more enrgy and your digestive system will not have to work so hard.
Don’t Strive for Average
I wrote the book Allergic to Average for a reason. One of the best things you can learn in life is that striving to be just like everyone else just to fit in will land you the most average life that you can get. No child strives to be just like everyone else. You were made in a unique way and you should want to see your talents shine.
Never Underestimate Things That Compound
The power of anything that compounds cannot be estimated or else it will cost you dearly. Think about things like interest or the power of habit. They start of small and don’t make much of a difference but when you keep saving or you keep showing up for your habits, all a sudden you are way ahead of people who did not take it seriously. Things that compound have the power to change your entire world.
Develop Great Habits
You are your habits. The results you see in your life is the sum total of your actions. The best way to ensure you take the right action is through habit. Habits are behaviors you don’t even have to think about doing. Once you get a certain cue, the behavior or habit is automatic. If you build your life around good habits it means that without thinking about it, you are moving your life in the direction that you want to go. That is powerful!
14 Life Lessons – Finding Peace
Walk As Much as Possible
Walking kills two birds with one stone and its easy to do. When you walk you improve your health, but you also give you mind a chance to think. Some of the best thinking you will ever do will happen when you are moving around not sitting at a desk.
Take Care of Your Health
There is no peace when you are constantly worrying about your health. Some health issues are unavoidable but you should do everything in your power to be disciplined and stay healthy in the long run. The easiest ways to accomplish this?
- Keep stress levels low
- Exercise regularly
- Eat as healthy as you can
Expect to Be Shocked
Expect people to surprise you. Sometimes they will surprise you in a good way, sometimes it will be a negative shock. Recessions will come, the economy will crash. Expect life to shock you every once a while. After you get over the initial surprise, decide how you want to respond. Life is less about what happens and more about the response to what happens.
Patience is Everything
Everything takes time to develop. A baby is not born walking, driving and cooking top rated meals. Success takes time to grow and develop as well and you need to have the patience to see it through until the end. Life will demand patience from you at every turn. The patience you develop the better you will be at weathering the storms. That does not mean you don’t work hard at the same time, but you’re just more willing to give things the time to develop.
Choose Kindness
Why choose any other way? You can be mean and treat people awful but that is not going to bring you any peace. It will bring you regret and later on you will look back on life and hate what and who you have become. Being kind is a universal language and everyone desires to be treated with respect and dignity.
Be Aware of Having Too Much
Everyone is told to go and get more! More money, more life, more time, more food etc… There are problems that come from abundance as well. Too much food can lead to being obese, time can provide the opportunity to engage in unfavorable behaviors. Keep your eye on the abundance in your life and make sure that you are making the most of it and not allowing it to destory you.
You’re Going to Lose
No matter how good you are, how much you prepare or how hard you work, you’re eventually going to lose. Be ready for that lost and know that some of the losses will hurt really bad. No one wants to expect to lose but you should be prepared for the reality that you could lose. When people don’t prepare for losses it makes them hurt so much more.
Learn to Love Silence
If you want to experience peace you need to learn to love time alone in silence. Most people today can’t deal with silence or just being in their own thoughts. Silent time is usually broken up with cell phones or some form of technology. There is a peace that can be found when you can spend time alone and just think.
Life is Always Moving Forward
Time never stops. Whether you decide to make the most of the day or not, time will continue to move forward. Time is not anyone’s friend and if you want to accomplish something in your time on earth, you need to take action and make it happen. Success takes time, so you better get started today.
Let Go of The Past
You can’t do anything to change what happened yesterday. The past is a great thing to learn from but a horrible thing to live in. You have to live in the moment. Making the most of this moment will allow you to build the future that you want.
Its Okay To Miss Out
The fear of missing out is real and it can leave you very unsettled and force you into some poor choices. Instead of trying to get in on every experience, come to grips with the fact that you will miss out on mist things. Be ok with that! Instead put your energy into making the moments you have as awesome as you can.
Write Daily
There is so much going on in life and in your head and writing is a great way to process a lot of this. Even if you hate writing, it won’t hurt to improve your writing skills when it is such a widely used form of communication because of the internet and technology. Writing gives you the opportunity to clear your thoughts each day.
Not Everyone is Going to Like You
You can be the juiciest peach in the world and someone is still going to hate peaches. You can be kind, nice, charming, it doesn’t matter because there is always going to be someone who hates everything about you. That is their problem not yours. The worst thing you can do is try please everyone because you will lose that battle.
17 Life Lessons – Mindset
Find Your Own Path
Take Action Right Away
Make Sure Today Matters
Act in The Face of Fear
Always Look For the Positive
Find That Thing to be Grateful For
Embrace The Simple
Live Outside of Your Comfort Zone
Always Be Hungry to Learn
Be The Best You
Work Hard to Achieve Your Dreams
Accept What You Cannot Change
Live For The Challenge
Read a lot of Books
Believe in Yourself
Stay Humble or Get Humbled
It Take a Decade of Work
10 Life Lessons – Money
Save Some
Give Some
Spend On What You Need
Live Below Your Means
Don’t Buy to Show
Don’t Wait for Retirement to Live
Outsource Things You Hate to Do
Time is More Important than Money
Always Have Financial Goals
Avoid Impulse Buying
15 Life Lessons – Relationships
Stand Up For People
God First
Family After That
Reconcile With Those You Love
Trust Your Intuition About People
Give People Another Chance
No One Loves Perfect
Deal With Problems Right Away
There is No One Who Does It Alone
Praise Those Who Have Helped You
Build Healthy Work Relationships
Stay Loyal
Communicate With Openness and Honesty
Encourage Others to Go For Their Dreams
Friendships Die if You Don’t Water Them
Marriage is Hard Work
Conclusion
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