10 most important things I have learnt as a teenager
Danilo Monaco
Result-driven Executive | People Leader | Sales and Growth | Localization Expert | Certified Business Coach?
During the past years a lot of changes have shaped my personal and professional life.
This has tested me repeatedly and has made me reflect about who I am, what I have become, as an adult, and how I have changed.
Which are the principles that - either consciously or not - I have been following and applying as the roadmap to adulthood? How did I decide to adopt them, and to stick to them over and over again? How do others perceive me? Are the two things related?
Most of what could be called my personal “imprinting” can be summarised in the 10 fundamentals below. Surprisingly enough, they all can be traced back to my teenage years: in many respect the most significant time of my life, which has undoubtedly, deeply shaped me into the person I am.
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They are:
1. Don’t expect life to be fair.
2. Be well-behaving even when you are not nice.
3. Don’t assume people will come to rescue you, but never refuse a selfless hand.
4. Keep secrets.
5. Don’t let people ”bigger” than you, intimidate you.
6. Lend only things you don’t care to have back.
7. Be a good looser, but being a good winner is more important.
8. Speak up.?
9. In a fight, hit first and hit hard.
10. Family comes always first. Friends are a distant second. All the rest ain’t that important.
Don't forget: do you and don't try to be someone you are not, it NEVER works!
VP Europe, Acolad Group
2 年Very triggering to reflect ??!
“... I never looked for or found national differences in the various places of the world, only common features—eternal human nature.” ― Kató Lomb, Polyglot
2 年Don't get into fights, violence is no good answer. / Not all family deserves to come first.
Head Hunter for the Language Services, IP SaaS and Data for AI Industries - Sales/Business Development, Project Management, Operations and Technology
2 年Inspiring Danilo, thanks a lot for sharing!
Building Scalable Solutions | Data Engineering | R&D Manager | Strategic Product Vision | CTO
2 年...for my catholic culture and my nature I am going to substitute the 9 with "turn the other cheek". ;-)