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What are the most important lessons you’ve learned in life?

There are many things that we learned from life. Many of those things are not taught in schools or universities.

The lessons you've learned in life have a great influence in building your character. Sharing these lessons may affect others lives in some way. So, What are the most important lessons you've learnt in life.

The most important lessons I learnt in my life are :
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  • Mary M. 100+

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    Dec 27 2011: The three top lessons that have made me a content person are:
    1. I have no way of controlling what others say and do, I can only control my reaction.
    2. I might not be able to change my circumstances in life, but I can certainly change my attitude.
    3. People need to feel loved. Show others you love and respect them always.
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    Don Wesley 50+

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    Dec 15 2011: Hello fellow traveller,

    1 - To grow my awareness [educate my self]
    2 - To be humble; without pride
    3 - To Care with Kindness and empathy
    4 - To actively help individuals to become more competent and confident
    5 - To recognize my “Vices and replace them with Virtues.”
    6 - To see and hear and talk about Evil, and overcome it using the strengths that I have
    7 - To watch Children and learn from their Genius.
    8 - And so much more to come

    http://innjustice.blogspot.com/2011/11/hello-to-everyone-on-this-ted.html

    From The Silent Generation - 1930's]
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    mahtab sadr

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    Dec 14 2011: 1. Respect to all ideas even I do not agree
    2. always laugh and smile, especially in sad situation(sadness will go one day)
    3. never lose my hope

  • Elizabeth Albuquerque

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    Dec 14 2011: The most important lessons I learnt in my life (so far) are:

    1. You can't control everything. You can do what you can, but something might spring up that changes your life forever.
    2. Asking for help is completely okay--as long as you're polite about it, of course.
    3. The action of an idea is more powerful than an idea in itself.
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      Critical thinker and Proud :P

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      Dec 15 2011: Hello Elizabeth,
      Third world countries must learn your third lesson. Their ideas and projects don't leave the papers easily. Continuous meetings and nothing implemented.
      I'll have to learn your second lesson, as I don't like asking for help, unless I desperately have to.
      Thanks for sharing
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    Julius Newman

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    Dec 3 2011: the most important things ive leared in my life are that:
    1. selling(influence) is the key to all sucess
    2. leverage is the key to scalability
    3. inequality is the root of all evil
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      Critical thinker and Proud :P

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      Dec 15 2011: Thanks Julius,
      These lessons worked in the past, now, and certainly in the future.
      Thanks for sharing
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