What are the 'must know' things before turning 25?

1. I’ve attached a list of 26 things I’ve learned, each one representing a year of my life.
   
2. Youth doesn't guarantee innovation, and experience doesn't guarantee wisdom.
3. If you follow advice from the 99%, you'll become like the 99%.
4. Be careful who's counsel you seek. Many people have opinions on what should be done, without ever doing something themselves.
5. Wisdom is knowing how to work around your own limits.
6. Make mistakes early and often. Failure to learn from your mistakes is the fastest path to failure.
7. "Men put their money where their heart is."
8. Getting too comfortable hinders progress more than hardship.
9. To achieve excellence with big things, we also develop a habit of perfecting the little things as well. It all adds up.
10. Bringing out our primal instincts can help us cut to the truth of what we need. Fasting is one way to clear the mind for important decisions.
11. Butterflies all started off at caterpillars. Be patient, we’ll all blossom in our own way.
12. Our youth flies by quickly. Dive into your passions and learn everything there is to know about it. It will either become good memories or will be useful eventually.
13. Never giving up is just as important as knowing when to give up. However, too often we do the latter.
14. If you run with wolves you'll learn how to howl. If you fly with eagles you'll learn how to soar to great heights. Associate yourself with those you want to be like.
15. Our lives are only getting shorter.
16. Philosophy attempts to teach us through beliefs. Poverty teaches us through reality.
17. Talk to yourself. It helps verbalize your thoughts and stimulate an internal dialogue.
18. Don't bother competing with everyone. Just focus on playing your best game.
19. You can learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
20. Length of a relationship doesn't determine the depth. You can know of someone for years but never really know them.
21. Your bank account will remain empty until you do something about it.
22. Treat life like a science experiment. Your failures are experiments that guide you what to do next.
23. Don't depend too much on anyone. Even shadows disappear in darkness.
24. Sometimes the bad things in life put us on track to the good things. Trust things will work out in the end.
25. Appreciate and be thankful for your family. They'll always be there for you no matter what. Just don't forget that they're also human and try their best in their own way.
26. Sometimes the person you want the most, is the person you're best without.
27. Laughter and silence are powerful tools. Laughter can solve many problems, and silence can avoid them

Credit: Joseph Cho on Quora

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