The 6 Life Lessons You’ll Learn Too Late In Life
Did you know Billie Bob Harrell Jr. killed himself within just 2 years of winning $31 million?
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When I asked my friend — who runs a few businesses — whether he would still be an entrepreneur if given a second chance to start from the beginning, he said, “Hell! No.”
Last week while I was sharing a lovely afternoon with one of my friends, all he talked is how happy he was during those early years in college. Now life is all about earning money and having family responsibilities.
Another friend of mine, Tina, will soon leave the country for the UK as she believes the grass is greener in London. I can only wish her a less troublesome life there. But who knows what tomorrow holds in its invisible hands?
Well, I know a little bit of life.
And from my experience, I’ve seen that we often misjudge ourselves and situations and learn crucial life lessons when it’s too late.
This article is about those life lessons you should learn as early as possible.
Earning money is one thing; living a meaningful life is another.
Did you know Billie Bob Harrell Jr. killed himself within just 2 years of winning $31 million?
Before winning the lotto jackpot, he was just a common Joe struggling to maintain his family with little money. But when he got tons of free money, everything fell apart. Not because excess money is bad, but because he had no idea how to live with it. He started buying fancy things and eventually, ended up killing himself.
I’ve seen people who work multiple jobs only to maintain their social status. They steal the time their wife and children deserve, miss social gatherings, and slowly become aliens to their own families.
It’s a fact that the system we live within requires money every second. Without it, no one can live a decent life. But it’s equally true that when you blindly run after money, slowly you lose the grip of life.
A good house, a nice car, a decent lifestyle, a connection with the knowledge world, food on the table, and good relationships with others —…
