A KNOWN

𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟐 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤: “𝟏𝟐 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞“
𝟏) 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤
🟠 The poor and stressed always die first, and in greater
numbers. They are also much more susceptible to non-Infectious diseases. When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.

𝟐) 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠
🟠 People are better at properly administering
prescription medication to their pets than to
themselves. Consider your future and think, ‘what might my life look like if I were caring for myselfproperly?

𝟑) 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
🟠 Friendship is a reciprocal arrangement, you are not morally obliged to support someone who is making the world a worse place. Quite the opposite, you should choose people who want things to be better, not worse.

𝟒)𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲
🟠 You’ve got specific problems. Run your own race and avoid peering in the lane next to you.

𝟓) 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦

🟠 Many parents want their children’s friendship above all, and are willing to sacrifice respect to get it. That’s not good.

𝟔) 𝐒𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝
🟠 Consider your circumstances, start small, have you taken full advantage of the opportunities presented to you? Start to stop doing something that you know to be wrong.

𝟕) 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭

🟠 Follow your impulses and live for the moment.
We should delay our gratification in service of what is
meaningful. Means that something may be better
attained in the future by giving up something of value in the present.

𝟖) 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞

🟠 Those are not merely two different choices. They are different pathways through life.
If you don’t reveal yourself to others, you can’t reveal yourself to yourself.

𝟗) 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭.

🟠 If you believe every person can teach you something, you open yourself up to growth and learning in every encounter with another human being.

𝟏𝟎)𝐁𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡

🟠 Specify the problem, is to admit that it exists, which can be confronting.

𝟏𝟏) 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞
𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠

🟠 As you age without maturing, you will become
worthless and bitter, but you will never have to take any responsibility, and everything you do that’s wrong will always be someone else’s fault.

𝟏𝟐) 𝐏𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭

🟠 Wonder of being might make up for the ineradicable suffering the accompanies it. Noticing is better than thinking.
💯 You can't improve if you don't know what you're doing wrong.