14) Forgetting that family comes first
Those who supported you before you had a shilling to your name, deserve to be taken care of when you reach your success. If you aren’t doing this for the ones you love, then you’re not doing it right. Family comes first, no matter what happens. If you work for whom you love instead of just yourself, you will get far.
13) Blaming anyone else but yourself for anything in life
Hold yourself accountable for everything. At the end of the day, all you have in the world is yourself — so go hard or go home. Don’t look to anyone for answers and instead of making problems, create solutions. Whether it was that job you wanted, the funding you needed or the love you think you can’t live without, there is no one that can be held accountable in this universe except for you.
12) Getting comfortable like you actually deserve down time
Unless you’re fornicating with Victoria’s Secret models in Monaco this weekend or being a guest at the play boy house, you shouldn’t even be thinking about taking a break any time soon. You need a vacation? What have you accomplished? Scott Fitzgerald died before his book, the Great Gatsby, was adapted into a movie. Don’t get lazy now.
11) Sticking with jobs that don’t teach you anything
A bad job is like a nagging and bitchy girlfriend that gives u a cringe every time she opens her mouth. Truthfully, the only reason you’re there is because it is the safest and easiest thing you know. Any job or relationship that allows for you to get comfortable should be avoided at all costs. You don’t want to be a 40-something old man stuck in a dead-end career regretting what he did not do in his 20’s. Trust me, no one regrets not partying too much when they are past 35 years.
10) Following the crowd instead of forging against it
You can be aware of the trends, but never follow them. If all your time is spent trying to adjust to your surroundings, you’ll get lost in the crowd all the more easily. Success and greatness are constructed by trendsetters themselves, not those who latched on to what’s currently trending. Hope you don’t have any aspirations to look like your favorite rapper. Temptation to be influenced by those who you aspire to be like is easy, but no one finds their calling following in the footsteps of another.
Tom Myuinga
May 21, 2013 at 8:30 pm
great stuff
Supreme
May 22, 2013 at 10:37 am
Great Article…. Impressed you gave credit to the source of the article.
Aimmy
July 16, 2013 at 9:30 pm
great read!!