How to Live Life to the Fullest

1. Decide What’s Important To You

It doesn’t matter what it is. Don’t do what you think people want you to do. Your
parents, friends, community, and society in general all have their opinions, but at the
end of the day, you’re the only person who will be around for every moment of your life.

Do what makes you happy. Everything else will fall into place.

2. Take More Risks

Sometimes there’s danger involved in life, but every reward carries risk with it. If you
never take risks, you’ll never get anywhere in life.

When people look back on their lives, they regret the chances they didn’t take more than
the ones they did.

3. Show Your Love to People You Care About

Family will always appreciate hearing you love them. It will brighten a stranger’s day. If
you have a romantic interest in someone, just go for it. There are a lot of ways it may
end, and only one of them keeps them in your life forever. Just go for it. You have
nothing to lose.

4. Live in the Present

Your past is important to learn from. Your future is important to work towards. At the
end of the day, though, the only thing that exists outside of your head is the present.

5. Ignore the Haters

No matter what you decide to do with your life, there will always be someone around to
point out the many ways you’ll fail.

Know that every winner loses, but not every loser wins. Successful people don’t start out
successful. What makes them successful is that they keep pushing through failure.
6. Don’t Compromise Your Values
If something doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. Don’t compromise on your internal code of
ethics.

Life doesn’t work like a movie. It’s filled with gray areas. Trust your instincts. Do
whatever you want so long as you can look yourself in the mirror.

7. Be Kind to Others
Every day, you’ll see someone who could use help. It’s easy to look at a homeless person
on the street and think, “I wish I could help him.” What will happen if you do? If you
gave $1 to that homeless person every day, you’d be out $365 a year if you worked every
day. It doesn’t take much.

8. Keep Your Mind Open

Having an open mind is important for your growth. Just because you’re right about
something doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways to look at it.

Listening to ideas you don’t agree with or understand keeps your brain active and
healthy.

9. Take Action for What Matters to You

You’ll hear people say, “I had that idea,” every time you see someone create something
great. Everyone had the idea for Facebook first. The reason Mark Zuckerberg got rich off
of it is because he went out and did it while everyone else was talking about it.