10 Cool wisdom of an old man

Stop spending time with the wrong people. If someone wants you in their life, they will make room for you. You shouldn't have to fight for a spot in their life if you’re not wanted. It's not the people that stand by your side when you're at your best, but the ones who stands beside you when you're at your worst that are your true friends. Don't waste time explaining yourself to others, your friends don't need it, your enemies won't believe it.

Stop running from your problems and stop lying to yourself. It won’t be easy don't expect to instantly solve the problems. Because that's the purpose of living - to face problems, learn, adapt and solve them over the course of time and find a way to make income on what you learn. We are made to get upset, sad, hurt, stumble and fall. Our lives improve only when we take chances, the first and most difficult chance is to be honest with ourselves. Life is not easy, especially if you plan on achieve something worthwhile. Don't take the easy way out. Do something extraordinary.

Help others, but help yourself first. Losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much and forgetting that you are special too. Follow your passion and do something that matters to you, and they will come to you, that moment is now. Be responsible, don't blame others for what you're going through, you give others power over that part of your life. Narrow your focus. Making one person smile can change the world, maybe not the whole world but their world.

Stop trying to be someone you're not. Someone will always be prettier, smarter, and younger but they will never be you. Don't change so people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you. Don't worry about what others are doing better than you. That's jealousy and envy. Focus on beating your own records every day. Success is a battle between you and yourself only. Then ask yourself: What do I have that everyone wants? I was in the Marines and few of my friends dream to be one when I already lived it. The real world doesn't reward perfectionist, it rewards people who get things done.

Stop trying to hold onto the past. You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading your last one. Don't reject new relationships just because old one didn't work. There is a purpose for everyone you meet. Some will test you, use you, and teach you. But most of all some will bring out the best in you. You'll often see that eventually they led you to a better place, person, and state of mind or situation. So smile. Let everyone know that today you are a lot stronger than you were yesterday, and you will be. If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you're getting. Sometimes you need to climb the mountains to see things in a bigger pictures and clearly. Enjoy the little things, one day you may look back and discover they were the big things. The best portion of your life will be the small, nameless moments you spent smiling with someone who matters to you.

Stop Being Scared to make mistakes. Doing something and getting it wrong is at least more productive than doing nothing. Every success has a trail of failures behind it, and every failure us leading towards success. You end up regretting the things you did NOT do far more than the things you did. Mistakes help us find the person and things that are right for us. You have the power to shape your days and future. Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come. Don't worry so much. Ask yourself: will this matter in 1yr, 2, 3 years? If not, then it's not worth worrying about.

Money cannot buy happiness. Many things we desire are expensive. Once you acquired that thing, it will only seat and collect dust. The trust is, the things that really satisfy us are totally free - love, laughter and working on our passion. Because if you’re not happy on the inside, you won’t be happy in a long term relationship with anyone else either. You have to create stability in your own life first before you can share it with someone else. Be positive thinking, focus on what you do want to happen. If you wake up every morning with plans or a goal of the day, wonderful will happen in your life.

Stop being idle. Making progress involves risk. Don't think too much or you'll create a problem that wasn't even there in the first place. Make smart plans, just like this one. I don't have any kids yet but I'm already planning a head. I'm already looking ahead, asking myself what i what to achieve by the age of 80yrs old.

Stop thinking that you are not ready. Opportunity only comes in a blue-moon, take a chance/risk to grab it. Make mistakes and learn from it, so next time you won't do it again with the same approach. Instead of thinking about what you're missing, try thinking about what you have, that everyone else is missing. So don't be ungrateful.

Fall in love when you're ready, not when you're lonely. Read number one and three again, to remind yourself that you run your life not your partner (bf/gf).