If you were giving your best advice to someone who had their whole life in front of them, what would you say? The following represents some of the best advice I can give about life.

My Best Advice — Ever

1. Own your life! If you look in the mirror and don’t like what you see, don’t blame the mirror.
2. Make the investment. There’s only one investment that will never go down — an investment in yourself.
3. Make good choices. You have the freedom to choose, but you’re not free from the consequences of those choices.
4. Be careful what you wish for. Success doesn’t always guarantee happiness.
5. Keep good company. You determine the people you spend your time with. Choose wisely.
6. Know the true meaning of success. It’s not what you have, but who you are that counts.
7. Be realistic. It takes many years to become an overnight success.
8. Focus on the important stuff. Checking items off a list doesn’t determine progress; focusing on your priorities is what counts.
9. Make the commitment. You don’t get what you want; you get what you deserve.
10. Leave your comfort zone. If you don’t try, you forfeit the opportunity.
11. Stop procrastinating. Those who begin things, but never complete them, accomplish nothing.
12. Set your mind to it. Your mindset matters more than you think. Ability determines if you can; attitude determines if you will.
13. Invest your resources wisely. Saying “no” to one idea enables you to say “yes” to another.
14. Remain positive. “I can’t” and “I don’t want to” produce the same results.
15. Take baby steps. Incremental progress leads to long-lasting results. Focus on inches and you’ll win by a mile.
16. Set high standards. If you’re not proud, you’re not done.
17. Build win-win relationships. Winning doesn’t have to be at someone’s expense.
18. Keep your promises. Every time you give your word, you’re putting your honor on the line.
19. Don’t blame. Learn. ​Excuses can be habit forming.
20. Learn from experience. Lessons in life will be repeated until they are learned.
21. Show some grit. Determination is habit forming; so is quitting.
22. Start doing more by doing less. Subtracting from your list of priorities is as important as adding to it.
23. Learn to delegate. Although the costs of not delegating may be invisible, the price that you pay is real.
24. Stop whining. Self-pity is like a disease…the condition worsens with neglect.
25. You’re only limited by your beliefs. If you believe you can’t, you won’t.

More of My Best Advice

26. Plan for a rainy day. Don’t wait for a fire to locate the exit.
27. Raise the bar. When you tolerate mediocrity, you get more of it.
28. Make your priorities a priority. Don’t try to please others so much that you lose sight of your own needs.
29. Think before you act. Don’t do anything that you may regret one day.
30. Love, trust, honor, respect. It’s so easy to lose sight of the things that you can’t see.
31. Be grateful. Don’t take things for granted. As the saying goes, “Appreciate what you have before it becomes what you had.”
32. Forgive yourself. Mistakes don’t make you a failure, but beating yourself up makes you feel like one.
33. Be your own person. Think for yourself rather than following the herd off a cliff.
34. Check your ego at the door. Those who serve arrogance as their main course will eat humble pie for dessert.
35. Reject complacency. It’s easier to maintain momentum than to rebuild it once it is lost.
36. Be practical. You can’t control the uncontrollable, but you can control the way you respond to those situations.
37. Learn the meaning of enough. Set your sights on what you have rather than what you don’t 
38. Live within your means.When you run out of money, stop buying.
39. Be generous. You don’t have to be rich to give; your gift can be as simple as a smile.
40. Let it go. Forgiving doesn’t mean forgetting, nor does it mean approving of, what someone did. It just means that you’re letting go of the anger toward that person.
41. Make every moment matter. Moments, rather than possessions, are the true treasures of life. Material possessions get old and wear out. Memories last forever.
42. Raise good kids. Behind every good kid are parents who understand the importance of raising them that way.
43. Live with honor. Knowing what’s right isn’t as important as doing what’s right.
44. Lead by example. You’re a role model. Act like one.
45. Remain true to your values. If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.
46. Remain grounded. Never lose sight of the garden you grew in.
47. Live for a cause greater than yourself. You may not have the control to lengthen your life, but you can do much to deepen it.
48. Do good and be good. Karma is like a boomerang. I hope you have many happy returns.
49. Make a difference. You may not be able to change the world, but you can change the world around you.
50. Listen to your conscience. You have to live with yourself for the rest of your life.

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