Quora精选|what do you wish you knew at the age20?

从2018年10月7号开始，我会不定期的分享自己看到的一些优质英语文章，我希望那些提高自己英语能力的人，能坚持看纯英语的文章，而不是问我为什么没有翻译。

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回答来自：Arthur Luke

As I enter my 63rd year of life I wish I had realised the following (in no particular order):

Never be afraid to start, but you must start today, now!

Most things in life are a matter of perspective. The moment you change your perspective, you become a different person”

Do something you love and are passionate about. Most (but not all of us) don’t, which is why we hate Mondays, long for Fridays and, as the years go by, slowly commute our way to retirement or death whichever comes first.

Always jump in at the deep end.

Don’t make someone a priority, when you are just an option to them

Read. Then read more and more and more…

Stop watching the TV. Apparently the average person watches 9.1 years of TV and you can bet most of it will be repeats!

Think hard about taking that 9 to 5 job unless it is a stepping stone to starting your own business. After all who wants to have to ask their boss if they can go to the toilet! “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

Trust people until they give you a reason not to

Entrepreneurs are no different to anyone else. You don’t set out to be an entrepreneur, it happens along the way. There is no special genetic ingredient and they don’t have magic powers – they are just like you. The only difference is they don’t just dream it, they do it.

Say no. “Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough”

Ask more questions

Don’t chase the carrots.

Visit Mum and Dad more often - this one is to my own children :)

Be patient. There’s no advantage to rushing through life “All great achievements require time” – Maya Angelou

People will try to discourage you. Don’t let them. Believe in yourself and don’t worry about what other people think.

Don’t compare yourself to others. Focus on your own game.

Everything is figureoutable (if that’s even a word)

Finally if you’re reading this and you’re much further down the road of life than you would like to be remember this wonderful quote:

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” George Eliot