Advice I was given by other people as an adult

 Advice I was given by other people as an adult:

1. What you see in the mirror is not you. It is a reflection of something more powerful than what you see in the mirror. Find that thing and you’ve ‘cracked the code’ of life.
2. I am a product of many teachers. I carry them wherever I go. I hear their voices whenever I try to do something wrong. My inner voice tells me to follow my instinct, which sometimes lands me into trouble, but in the end, I’m glad I’ve learned something new.
3. Don’t listen to something you’ve already heard three times. You’ll not only waste your valuable time but also valuable space in your brain.
4. Don’t carry an encyclopedia of facts in your brain. Neither store junk in your brain. Use your brain to think instead of a warehouse for facts.
5. Don’t follow a large crowd. Large crowds always follow a blind person.
6. When you meet a large crowd going a certain direction always go in the opposite direction.
7. The reason 99% of people will never become rich is not because they don’t try hard. It is simply because they keep repeating the same mistakes that everybody else is making.
8. The most difficult project on earth is not becoming rich. The most difficult project on earth is to change your mindset.
9. If you learn this one thing you’ll never go broke. Learn to convert yourself into value.
10. Happiness is the only thing you must work extra hard to have because it precedes success.
11. Good friends are assets but having a bunch of friends who are more knowledgeable than you is security.
12. Respect for other people ensures that you’ll never run out of people who treat you with respect and hold you in high esteem.
13. Minimize mistakes by reading biographies of other people who made a lot of mistakes.
14. Don’t fear failure. Instead, fear that thing that is preventing you from trying because, possibly, it’s also preventing you from your potential success.
15. When greater difficulties arise, try to remember all the smaller battles you’ve fought and won and the smaller giants you’ve killed. Small achievements always tend to be overlooked more easily whenever greater difficulties come to intimidate us, but it’s the smaller victories that give us the assurance to kill bigger giants.
16. Fault-finding kills morale and monotony breeds boredom. Why not give people recognition when they’re entitled and bring change when it’s the only option?
17. Before you start pointing a finger, notice that three fingers are already pointing at you while the thumb is pointing upwards. Adjust your mind so that you start with yourself first before blaming others.
18. The ear is the wisest organ of the body because it never talks back. This is proof that you will also become very wise if you use your ears to listen and shut your mouth.
19. Complaining about anything only makes the situation worse because it only proves that you’re waiting for other people to solve the problem while you sit idle.
20. Putting the best foot forward means that you should always think before you make a move. Those who move without thinking, fall into many traps and will incur heavy losses.
21. Overcome your emotions however painful they are. Learn to think with your mind instead of your feet. Think on your feet if the situation is bad, by pacing up and down to help your mind to think. A small adjustment to your brain and your thinking pattern can save your life.
22. Love is the ultimate emotion that controls the mind and soul. However, if you don’t love yourself first, how will you love your neighbor, for your neighbor is a reflection you?
23. If you neglect your love life, you will certainly neglect yourself for it is only when love is poured outwardly that it makes sense.
24. Ultimately, we all found ourselves belonging somewhere, which we can’t change; a geographical place, a society, a community, a family. Don’t rely too much on what other people created for you have no idea how they did it. Instead, you’ll probably be much happier if you created your own, which will reflect who you are.
25. There’s no blindness greater than a lack of vision. Find the meaning of life by finding something to do and getting busy. An idle mind blurs your vision and paralyzes your bones.

How much time do you have left?

If you don't develop the courage to do that which has given to you to do, or if you just go around trying to convince other people or get their approval, what will happen is you will lose your nerve, and other people will convince you that what you are doing doesn't have any value and you'll give up on your dream.

 How much time do you have left? 

When you start thinking about that you will realize that you don't know. 

Most of us don't use the stuff that we have brought into the universe, so stop wasting valuable time in the wake of others opinions. 

If you want something, you have got to be relentless. 

You've got to learn how to become resourceful. 

You've got to learn how to become creative. 

The power to hold on in spite of everything. 

In spite of every excuse your mind can conceive of. 

The power to endure, this is the winners quality. 

The ability to face defeat and failure again and again without giving up. 

There's greatness in you! 

And you've got to learn how to tune out the critics outside, and more importantly the critic inside! 

Most people give up on themselves easily. 

Did you know the human spirit is powerful? 

It's hard to kill the human spirit! 

You are unstoppable! 

Live your life with passion, and with some drive!

how successful people think

When you work smart, you work on the things that matter.

You work on the things that move you towards your goals.

And you can’t work smart, without dedicating time to think.

Warren Buffett is the CEO of the fourth largest company in the United States, and has arguably one of the world’s most successful business records.

By his own estimate, he has spent over 80% of his career reading, and thinking.

Warren Buffett keeps his schedule wide open.

This is absolutely counter-intuitive to what we think a successful CEO does, and especially with all the “rah rah” work harder gospel being spread around today.

Naturally, we are going to assume that Warren Buffet is an anomaly – and we’d be absolutely correct to think that.

But in the pat few years, this approach to strategy and uninterrupted thinking has gained popularity.

For example, Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL, makes his executives spend four hours per week, just thinking.

Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, schedules 2 hours of uninterrupted thinking time each day.

And even Bill Gates is known to take a week off twice a year, just to reflect deeply without interruption.

And I do the same – every morning, before I turn on my phone or computer, I spent 30 minutes just drinking my cup of coffee, and thinking uninterruptedly.

From there, I meditate for 10 minutes, and then journal my thoughts.

It’s a great way to get clarity in your life – for me, it serves as a sort of ‘inventory check’ of where I’m at now, and where I’m going.

Now, aside from carving out some time to “think”, you should have some intentions going into your thinking time…

Here are a few powerful questions to ask yourself and think about:

1. Am I doing the right things with the right people?
2. What’s most important to me?
3. What am I good at?
4. What am I bad at?
5. How can I spend more time doing what I’m good at?
6. How can I spend less time doing what I’m bad at?

Alternatively, you can write down a goal, and to think about how you will strategically move toward it.

And use your constant thinking time to monitor yourself, and adjust your strategy as you move forward.

Daily thinking serves as a sort of ‘accountability check’ and reminder --- are you moving towards what’s important to you?