1. First impressions last long.
2. Dress well. Everywhere.
3. Half full always. A positive mindset is not a given, it is a way of life. You have to keep at it.
4. Know yourself and learn to leverage on your strengths. You can work on your weaknesses all you like but they will always be weaknesses in the presence of your strengths. What makes the difference is where you focus your energy.
5. Don’t compromise.
6. Expression is still very vital.
7. The more I learn and get to know a person, the more complicated and confusing it gets. Returning to the first opinion I formed at the initial encounter always seems to paint a more complete picture or give a better general, and possibly, accurate assessment of that person.
8. A healthy lifestyle and inner confidence are closely related.
9. Synaptic plasticity is trying to tell us something. The battle between long term potentiation and depression is unhealthy. Long term, there has to be some kind of goal.
Over the years, I have developed different skills and also accumulated a large amount of knowledge in different subject areas. And I keep learning more everyday. While the majority of my skills remain intact or at least accessible to an extent, I keep on forgetting garnered information which I don’t use on a regular basis and having to restrengthen those networks when I need them, sometimes from scratch!
While I still stand by my deep-rooted belief that education at lower levels (e.g. high school) should be more directed at consolidating the fundamentals in various essential areas (focused efforts at smaller but vital foundational knowledge in general subjects, with the aim of attaining understanding) as opposed to the voluminous, disjointed syllabus we are faced with at our early years,
there is more and more, a need for specialization and a narrowing of focus as one moves through adulthood. As far as I am concerned, 70% or more of an individual’s daily activities, thoughts and direction/tasks should be related in one way or the other. Not just daily, but weekly, monthly, and yearly. The older you get and the more you utilize broader regions of your brain, the more important it is that there is a connection in the things that you do.
Overall, this would facilitate extremely strong bonds between your neurons, immensely improve your cognition and conditioning, and most importantly, create an avenue for innovative ideas and increased problem-solving.
10. Follow your pacemaker rhythm. Not the environment, not another person, not external pressure, and not your fears. Follow your vibrations, your rhythm, your spirit, your inner compass. Follow you heart. It never gets old because it’s simply the most fulfilling way to expend your limited time here. 2018, 2019, December, January…, it’s all an illusion, the only real thing is your existence. Every moment counts. Live it ✌️.
