1. Know this “LIFE IS HARD, nothing comes easy”

2. Take time to know yourself. Knowing who you are allows you to live your life with purpose and meaning.

3. Be patient and persistent. Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.

4. Don't try to impress everyone. The unhappiest people are those who care the most about what other people think.

5. Don't make decisions when you are angry or ecstatic.

6. Use adversity as an opportunity. Every loss leads to an opportunity, and every adversity leads to new possibilities.

7. Treat others the way you want to be treated.

8. Never quit. When you do, you fail. The surest way to lose at any endeavor is to quit.

9. Learn something new every day. Have the mindset of a student. Never think you are too old to ask questions or know too much to learn something new.

10. Believe in yourself. The way you see yourself is the way you will treat yourself, and the way you treat yourself is what you’ll become.