​Seniors Matter(s)!

Things I wish I had realized before:
 

• One of the benefits of getting older is getting wiser!
• Few things make you more foolish than the belief that you need to have an opinion on everything.
• If you want to be right, don’t try to be right; try to be less wrong. If you want to be smart, don’t try to be smart; try to be curious and humble.
• No one is paying as much attention to you as you are. People are too concerned with how they appear to others to care much about how you appear to them.
• Every “overnight success” is probably the result of years of thankless work. Success comes not from great acts of genius but from doing lots of small things consistently.
• Failure is a mark of courage. It means you risked failure.
• Many of the people you disagree with are not stupid, evil, or insane, but have had thoughts and experiences you haven't, which led them to different conclusions.
• In the long run, a lazy lifestyle creates more work and stress than a disciplined one.
• A lot of the time your feelings are invalid and you should feel differently.
• You should just be yourself, not because it will make you more likeable (it won’t) but because it's only by being yourself that you'll find people who like you for who you are rather than for who you're pretending to be.
• Never argue with stupid people. It's easier to win an argument with a genius than an idiot.
• If you can’t state the opposing view as well as the people who hold it, you shouldn’t feel entitled to your own view.
• Don’t believe everything you think. The voice in your head is not you, and it’s not honest.
• Make a habit of reading writers you expect to disagree with. One idea that challenges your beliefs is worth 100 ideas that confirm them.
• Be careful who you spend your time with because you’ll become like them.
• Don’t create the content you think people want to consume; create the content you want to consume. If it interests you, you’ll make it interesting to others.
• You give the power to whatever you blame.
• Avoid people who love to gossip about others. They’re almost certainly gossiping about you.
• When faced with misfortune, you can pity yourself for suffering it, or commend yourself for surviving it. The first option will extend your suffering, the second will shorten it.
• Don’t take people too seriously – including yourself.
• Your future-self would do anything to be you again. Treasure the time you have like you treasure the good old days, because today and tomorrow are the future’s good old days.

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