Birthday Post: 10 Lessons Life has taught me │ Muyiwa Olasehinde

1. Age is just a number.

Nobody should be limited because they are young. You are not too young to begin. You are not too old to embark on your achievements. Brace the odds and set on the path to success.

2. The best life centre is God

There will be a lot of factors appealing to you - money, fame, possessions, friends family...But trust me, if your life is centred on God, the storm will only blow, you will have peace.

3. How you react to life and 'lifers' is entirely under your control.

No one will tread on you without your consent.

4. Take the relationships (people) in your life seriously.

They are there for a purpose. Your relationships are your most important assets. Family. Friends. Partners. Mentors. Adopted family.

5. Books! Books!! Books!!!

No knowledge is a waste. You definitely are gonna use them someday. Be a sponge for knowledge.

6. Learn from the mistakes of others; you will not live long enough to make them all by yourself.

7. Someday, Someone special will walk into your life and you will wonder how you had managed survived without him or her.

8. Take pleasures in the simple things in life - a baby's laugh; a quirky smile; strange coincidences; seeing old movies. You shouldn't take life too seriously. You won't come out alive...lol.

9. Delay is not denial.

The fact that the things you desire do not seem to be happening today doesn't mean they won't eventually happen. Keep at it. It will surely come.

10. It is not the end of life. Pick up the pieces and move on.

I have failed before. I have made mistakes. Yet, every time I have fallen, I picked myself back up and continued to press ahead. I have been "mudslinged" many times, but I have always managed to dust it off and move on.

The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct it, and learn from it. This literally turns a failure into a success. "Success," said IBM founder T. J. Watson, "is on the far side of failure." But not to acknowledge a mistake, not to correct it and learn from it, is a mistake of a different order.