Are you in your early 20s?

You did everything your parents advised?

You’re focused solely on getting your degree?

Then let me present to you…

9 ways to screw up your future in your 20s

By Tamara Komatović

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1.Do only what you’re supposed to do

• Others have planned best for you

• You’ll do what others tell you

• It’s easier and more secure

• Inborn human laziness

• Life on auto-pilot

NO one else cares

YOU are the master of your own destiny

Incorrect!

2. Spend your 20s with same people

20s are most important and powerful years of your life

Yet you choose not to meet new people

Comfort zone

Like-minded people

Big social circle

Challenges

Success

Realize this

3. Complain, complain, complain

• Everything rotates around you

• You’re entitled to everything you want, because

You think:

Wrong!

Complaints

Personal effort

Instead

4. Hang out with negative people

• With some people you feel great andenergized

• With some people you don’t feel so great

• Over time, you become like them

You can’t do it!

I can’t do it!

Negativity

Useful feedback you can’t accept at that moment

You can’t do it!

There’s a better way to do it…

5. Do not travel

• You have everything you need in close proximity to your campus

• You need a lot of money for traveling

• You’d like to travel the world, but don’twant to make personal effort for it

Incorrect!

• Every trip is worth 100 books read!

• You can travel for free!

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• You need hardwork and patience – you might face rejections, but shouldn’t be discouraged

Enjoy the adventure, you’ll be a new person afterwards!

6. Seek an immediate gratification

• You always weigh the benefits you’ll get from any opportunity

• You don’t accept unpaid offers – they’re waste ofyour time and skills

Wrong!

• In your 20s priority is to learn, not to earn

• You’re missing valuable experiences

Benefits and rewards will come afteryou invest hard work over many hours

AND

Then they will come in a greater abundance than the initialamount you were looking for

7. Do not read

• Everything you need is in your textbooks

• You just have to go through these and they will turn youinto an expert

• Instant success in life after graduation

Wrong!

Our world has changed a lot in past 10 years

Internet – a source where you can find all the knowledge quicklyand freely

Yours is to search and read!

8. Do not do anything differentlyDo not risk

Just follow the rules andeverything will be fine!

Do not try anything bold anddon’t stick your head out!

Bad advice!

• Times have changed, it’s a different world today

• No such thing as a „secure job“, or „degree thatguarantees everything“

„The biggest risk is not taking any risks.“ – Mark Zuckerberg

9. Do not plan your future

• No need to plan anything, because theseplans always fail

• You rarely think more than one month in advance

• You’re too occupied with daily tasks to thinkabout future

You cannot hit the target if you don’t have it!

It’s impossible to plan in detail, but set long-term goals and work towards them.

You’ll accomplish much more than you initially planned!

We gave you all the clues

It’s up to you whether you want to screw up your life

If not, keep these advices in mind and start now

You can make it!

Text and design by Tamara Komatović

Based on an article from HeySuccess blog:

http://www.heysuccess.com/blog/view/9-ways-to-screw-up-your-future-in-your-20s-2