[extropy-chat] youth of today

[Acy James Stapp]

Natasha wrote:
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My initial list would look like this:

1a. Put aside 10% of your income for yourself and invest it.
1.  Do your best to find peace and joy in life.
2.  Exercise and eat well.  
3.  Write a mission statement for your own life and your future.
4.  Ask several friends who are as objective as possible to review your
mission statement and give you feedback.
5.  Establish a Plan of Action for achieving mission statement goals.
6.  Laugh whenever possible.
7.  Surround yourself with supportive and caring people.
8.  Never stop learning.
9.  Explore the world.
...

I would make 5:
5.  Establish a routine of setting and achieving goals
5A.  Set goals that will advance you in your mission
5B.  Work towards those goals
5C.  Feedback! Whether you succeed or fail, evaluate 
     your goal setting and fulfillment routines and always
     be improving and refining. Without feedback, you
     don't have a control system (in the control theory
     sense of the word), and you're running open loop.

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again 
and expecting different results." -- Albert Einstein