I heard this idea on the radio this morning - what advice would you give to your younger self?
Friday OT #2 - To A Younger Me
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Slow down and listen more.
Also, the Cubs will win the World Series in 2016...put all your money on that bet.
Also, the Cubs will win the World Series in 2016...put all your money on that bet.
Don't do it, dumbass. That goes for pretty much everything until my late 20's.
Be satisfied with who you are. Slow down and get it right the first time. Ask Susan on a date, she will go out with you.
I'd go with "Put all your money on Apple once they bring Steve Jobs back."
I'd tell myself to be more outgoing and adventurous. I was pretty shy in college, and looking back, have regrets on certain events in college (both social and career). I probably should have done a study abroad and joined more business clubs in college.
It wasn't until my last semester (fall of 2010) where I was more outgoing and had a more typical college experience. But it was kinda too late.
It wasn't until my last semester (fall of 2010) where I was more outgoing and had a more typical college experience. But it was kinda too late.
More psychedelics less cocaine.
More nice girls less mean girls.
Always make your teammates and friends look better than yourself.
More nice girls less mean girls.
Always make your teammates and friends look better than yourself.
This is tough, I always look at the prism of if I changed anything before I got married, would I have married someone else due to living in a different town or such.
If I just look at life advice, be like I was the last 2 years of college and not party as much as I did early on. May have lead to a different life, maybe not.
For overall, be less self-conscious.
If I just look at life advice, be like I was the last 2 years of college and not party as much as I did early on. May have lead to a different life, maybe not.
For overall, be less self-conscious.
Travel more. Be smarter with money (debt reduction, saving, investing). Care less what others think. Surround yourself with people who are good for you and drop the ones who make you and others feel less than.
BTW, most of the small tidbits of advice that I'd give myself, I give to my kids when I see them following routes that I did and didn't think they were the best route to take.
Try more things. Listen to new ideas.
FIND and FOLLOW your passion unless its something really stupid like ribbon dancing, or anything involving a costume.
Find a way to be comfortable in your skin as early as possible.
- Be more social and build a better network. Who you know matters a lot more than what you know.
- Don't care what other people think.
- To my athletic self: Go harder, do one more rep, have a better diet, never give up.
- Don't care what other people think.
- To my athletic self: Go harder, do one more rep, have a better diet, never give up.
Slow down and take things in. It's easy to get caught up in the moment and not fully appreciate what's around you. Right after college it was thinking back on college realizing how good you had it. Now with kids you watch them get older and realize how fast time passes by.
To quote the Nard Dog: "I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them."
To quote the Nard Dog: "I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them."
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Care less what others think. Do the study abroad instead of prioritizing other things. Also, stay in the dorms for sophomore year instead of moving in with a budy off campus.
Explore other majors while at ISU. I stayed the same major all the way through without even considering others. I don’t hate my career but I wonder if I would be happier in other fields.
Don’t worry so much about getting to 4.0. Do well in your classes, but balance that with social time and building friendships.
Explore other majors while at ISU. I stayed the same major all the way through without even considering others. I don’t hate my career but I wonder if I would be happier in other fields.
Don’t worry so much about getting to 4.0. Do well in your classes, but balance that with social time and building friendships.
We should have hung out together and maybe a little of each other would have rubbed off in this department.
Enjoy your metabolism while you have it.
