Don’t panic! You’ve got plenty of time.
1. Be patient! - You are where you are, and that’s OK.
There’s no advantage to rushing through life. At 23 you’re just at the beginning of the journey. At 23 I didn’t have a clue what I wanted to do!
As Maya Angelou once said, “All great achievements require time”.
2. Try stuff - During my 62 years, I have been a bus conductor, a shipyard worker, a welder, a plumber, a government cog. I’ve had countless temp jobs, I created my own publishing company and run my own design company. I have been creative director of the world’s biggest branding agency, a space tourism expert, a blues musician, an author and a lifelong entrepreneur, as well one or two jobs I’d best not mention in public.
My point is they all got me to where I am today. So if you don’t know what you should do – try stuff!
And if nothing else you will end up with a lot of eye watering after dinner stories.
3. Make a decision - Do something, anything, but make a decision and move forward and if you stay curious, keep your eyes open and listen more than you speak (at least in the early years) opportunities will come your way. I know that for sure!
4. There are opportunities everywhere.
See difficulties as opportunities and challenges as a gift.
Remember opportunities present themselves in many different forms. History is full of people who succeed against all the odds. So whether you are 16 or 66, you have a lifetime to succeed (and you can, because you can).
Whether you’re a university graduate, just been made redundant, just retired or you’re an overworked mother with a mortgage and can’t remember the last time you had any time to yourself, you can do it ‘if’ you want to.
5. Never be afraid to start, but you must start now – today, as soon as you finish reading this ☺
6. Don’t dwell on your weaknesses!
You already suck at them. Instead, concentrate on what you’re good at and get better at it.
7. Be disciplined. Discipline is doing something you might not like to achieve something you love.
8. Be kind to yourself. Give yourself a chance to get there.
When the going gets tough, we all have self-doubts, and our confidence is put to the test.
Remember: we are much stronger, tougher and more resilient than we give ourselves credit for.
And finally - we’re not put on this earth to get a career, or make a shed load of money, we are here (in my opinion) to experience life and you don’t need either of those for that.
There is a beautiful quote by Mufasa, in the Disney movie The Lion King that goes:
“Look inside yourself. You are more than what you have become.”
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*If you need a little inspiration along the path of life grab a copy of ‘LIFE - has ‘if’ in it for a reason’
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