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Advice my parents gave me and other lessons I learned from my mistakes

1. Take Action: Have courage to build your own ideas. If you do what you need today then tomorrow will take care of itself. Take action to realize a dream. You are the only one, who can make your dream become reality. Make the decision to change. Get up and start to move.

2. Don’t condemn: Don’t wait, don’t predict, don’t guess, but instead act. Action is better than reaction. Forget the past it is gone. Stop being the victim. We make excuses to feel good about ourselves.

3. Perception: Perception is about making choices. We are constantly making predictions, all of which are wrong to some degree. Action is the result of making a choice and learning from our mistakes. Reality is a perception or a series of choices. Feeling is a decision. Chose to feel happy, confident, and strong.

4. Fear is wasteful: Stop worrying about tomorrow. Fear is cold. Fear can freeze the spirit. Leaders generate hope, present alternatives, and give people choices and efficient leaders don’t lead by fear.

5. Visualize and image: Visualize the person you want to be.

6. Be a good Sport: Attitude builds confidence. Don’t think you’re invincible. Be confident and not arrogant. Bravery is the ability to move forward against fear. Fear causes caution but can lead too missed opportunities. Be confident in your decisions. Hard times build character. Value your life.

7. Don’t over react: Change how to you react to things. You don’t have to react. One strategy for dealing with stress is not to react.

8. Focus: Concentrate by reducing variables and focusing. Life is not chaotic, it is complex and simplicity is the technique for comprehending complexity. Focus on classifying, grouping, and organizing components to create visual models that explain complex systems. Concentrate on Goals. Goals provide direction into unified direction. Who are you not to reach your goal? Write down your goal and work with each day. Be alert and aware. Awareness is the first defense. Be proactive. Set big goals. If your not progress fast enough on big goals then set a series of smaller goals and accomplish them. Create a feedback loop that rewards, as you go. Success is the ability to reach goals. Don’t focus on being the best, instead, focus on doing your best.

9. Imagination: Imagination builds opportunity and don’t ignore creative work, instead, discover the intrinsic value of the ideas and concepts. There is no limit to what you can achieve. If you can dream it, you can build it. Imagination provides alternatives. Believe with all your heart you can accomplish your goal. Create a feeling like you have already achieved your goal. You have won before even trying, the power of imagination.

10. Learn by example.

11. Listen: Don’t become over preoccupied with the criticism of others. Listen to criticism and try to comprehend the message. People are hard to please.

12. Adapt: Adaption always occurs in complex systems: Change is good.

13. Work and Discipline: Push yourself. Be persistent. Be daring. Practice self-discipline. Inspiration comes from action. Practice until the action becomes a habit.

14. Inspiration: Take a break. Let your mind seek inspiration and guidance and come back with energy and motivation.

15. Teamwork: Surround yourself with good people.

16. Eliminated debt and money: Payoff your debt. You lose your right to spend when you have debt. Automatically save. Invest for the future. Pay off your home in seven years. Help other people by giving. Learn to plan and budget.

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