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The 12 Most Common Mistakes People Make In Life
3 min readFeb 27, 2024
- Unclear Priorities — Many people simply live assuming life works out, but never clarify what is important to them or why. This makes them make more sacrifices than they want to make, which often leads to regret.
- Unspecific Dreams — Generalized dreams lead to generalized goals. They end up somewhere within their generalization, but often that is not where they wanted to be. “Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it” — which is another way to say: If you do not wish for exactly what you want, you may get something else.
- Entitlement — You are alive. That is it. There is nothing owed, no payment to be made and no reward to be given. Life is not fair and the world does not owe you anything. Either you accept responsibility for where you are and for your own life or you continue to gamble with your future.
- No Backbone — Being too agreeable and too liked should be a red flag. Not everyone should like you, and no one should like everything about you. You are a person of positives and negatives, but if you stand up for yourself and for your boundaries, the people that truly like you will like you deeper, which includes yourself. Do not please others at the cost of you.
- Money Ignorance — Money is the currency of this game of life. If you do not learn the rules you cannot win in this…
