Shine With Grace

What you wish you knew when you were 16?

Met with my high school teacher the other day who invited me to give a talk to my junior in regard to their career development.  In stead of going into the specifics, I suggested to share my experience from a boarder perspective with the theme, “What I wish I knew when I was 16″.

What I wish I knew at 16? 

Initially, they include:

• I am as good (or bad) as I think I am
• The law of attraction
• My niche
• What makes my heart sings
• My interest could be the best starting point of my career
• The world is much bigger than I think it is
• The world changes faster than you can imagine 
• Curiosity pays off
• Time is the only resources that I have - which is too precious to be wasted
• Gut feeling is trust-worthy
• What goes around comes around
• Trust is the cornerstone of every relationship - therefore honesty is the best decision
• Make a living by trading time / labour is a bad idea. 
• Sales skill is a basic skill in every profession
• Passive income is the most important income
• EQ is more important than IQ
• There is magic in thinking big.  BTW, the extra mile is not that crowded
• Chances favour prepared minds
• It is what you are unwilling to do holds you back
• 80/20 rule
• The Parkinson’s Law
• First things first
• What you focus on, expends
• Work smart

Wow, this is already a pretty long list and I may not be able to cover them all in details during my 45 mins talk.  Anyhow, while I have already discussed some of the above in Shine With Grace here, I will further elaborate the rest starting next week in this blog, while I am preparing my speech at the same time.

Your lessons

So how about you?  Looking back, what lessons you would like to share to the teenager you were? 

[Note:  The talk has been delivered successfully on 18 Oct 2007 and the gist is at my post Don’t You Know Where You Are Heading To?] 

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• Are You Working For Work’s Sake?
• Work Smart - And You Don’t Need To Work That Hard
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