10 Life Lessons They Don’t Teach You in School.

1 You don’t need anyone’s permission to chase your dreams. You only need your own permission because you are the one that can create the roadblocks in your life or open up the way for your success.

2 Time runs out quickly, but those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.

3 You are not born to work a job you hate but don’t quit your job without a plan. When you quit without another job lined up, your income will disappear, while your expenses continue to pile up.

4 The perfect time to start was yesterday. Today is already late, but if you can start now, you can still catch up.

5 Don’t follow your passion, follow your purpose. Passion is not an endpoint but service of ego. When you pursue passion, you are limited only to what your ego allows you to envision. Purpose is the reason, or the why behind what you do. Purpose is much more focused. Passions can also come and go, whereas purpose tends to be longer term.

6 Don’t waste years chasing the wrong goals. Many people chase the wrong goals, pursuing things for the sake of getting social approval. While impressing others may feel good in the short term, it will eventually make you feel miserable and unfulfilled.

7 If you don’t love the process, you won’t love the result. If you put all your energy and focus just on the final results while ignoring the process, you will never walk away fulfilled because your happiness will only be based on the results and not the process. Practicing the process is not always glamorous, exciting or thrilling, but it will get you to where to want to be if you learn to embrace it.

8 The goal is not about creating multiple streams of income, but about getting paid for your purpose in multiple ways.

9 Your potential is far greater than you can imagine. You have more potential than you can ever imagine, but every time you tell yourself that you can’t and don’t take action as a result you are selling yourself short. You need to believe that you can and always do. The more consistent action you take towards your goals the more likely you are to be successful.

10 Comfort is the single greatest threat to growth. Growth and comfort cannot ride the same Horse.

✍️ Ibrahim Atobiloye.