Comments on: 20 Things I Wish I Had Known When Starting Out in Life

By: Simon Ho

Simon Ho — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:38:53 +0000

Thank You Leo,

Your post is very inspiring and has added great perspective to my life. Thanks again.

By: Bee Hoon

Bee Hoon — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:45:07 +0000

So many good advices and guidance yet equally or more mistakes made and repeatedly.
Maybe humans are prone to commit mistakes, regret, reflect and be wiser. Or maybe mistakes marks the turning-points in our lives?

By: monom

monom — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:52:43 +0000

“I was a good kid, but I wasn’t good at following advice. I had to make my own mistakes, and live my own life. And that’s what I did, and I don’t regret a minute of it.”

Same for me, but I think I could take the advice of someone who has the same approach to life as me. At least I can consider it, try to apply it, maybe cheat a little :)

Thank you.

By: Best way to stop smoking

Best way to stop smoking — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:36:00 +0000

I wish I started out with a lot of money in my life. Because money has proved very important in how successful someone becomes. It would have helped me from wasting a greater part of my life trying to get it.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:27:48 +0000

It seems that he was living my life. Finances are important and so is the life we are living, “TODAY” I can not get those days back at 51, but I can sure change my life to live “IN THE NOW.”

By: ignacio sagone

ignacio sagone — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:25:11 +0000

i was thinking just the other day in those mistakes i have done in my life, and believe me when i started reading this post i felt you were talking about me, you are damn right!!

thank you for letting me remember what i have done, what i do, what i want to do, and the most important thing: who i am

By: Chris Phone

Chris Phone — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:57:42 +0000

It is sometimes fun to make mistakes. Let’s face it, if we didn’t make a mistake or two, what a sterile, boring life it would be. The main thing to do is to learn from your mistakes.

By: Lily

Lily — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:00:26 +0000

@Dominic: in my experience, it’s the massive use of the internet which gives ADD. Before the net, I was more concentrated on things, I didn’t multitask, I was less easily distracted.

Instead of demonizing TV, let’s think of the pros and cons of ALL media please! This includes books, magazines, comics, etc. We should try to reduce and diversify our use of media and above all be have a CRITICAL EYE.

By: Candice Reyes

Candice Reyes — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:55:45 +0000

Thanks for sharing, Leo.

A friend shared this link through Facebook, and I just reposted it for my friends to read.

You’re right. If it weren’t for the bad days, the good days wouldn’t feel so good. :)

By: Gerry Alanguilan

Gerry Alanguilan — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:50:12 +0000

Of course, as kids we wouldn’t care about stuff like that. We’re young, immortal and can do anything. It takes age, maturity and experience to appreciate a list like that. Even if someone handed you that list when you were younger, chances are with your youth and inexperience you would just have rejected it outright.

I ain’t gonna grow up man. Aging is for losers. It’s better to burn out than fade away. That’s how a lot of young people think. Some of them keep on thinking that, unfortunately.

But it’s good to write this down because who knows, it could help some young person to decide earlier to be smarter than how smart he or she believes to be right now.