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Today, I am exploring life lessons we learn too late.

Most of life’s lessons don’t come with an obvious price tag upfront. They arrive quietly through the mistakes we make ourselves or the poor performance of others, particularly our politicians.

What makes these lessons frustrating, or even painful, is realising that the signs were there all along.

We like to think that wisdom comes with age, but usually it comes from what we’ve done or what we’ve seen. It comes from getting our fingers burned or being far too trusting of others.

Such consequences might have been avoidable had we been willing to learn from others instead of insisting on learning everything the hard way.

My list today does not reflect either regret or blame. It’s about awareness, recognising the patterns that affect our lives, and understanding them before they exact their full price from us all.

Whether you’re at the beginning of life’s journey or deep into it, these lessons have a way of meeting you exactly where you are.

Life is hard for everyone. For some, it’s very hard indeed.

We must all tread carefully and protect our own interests, because one thing’s for sure: if we don’t, no one else will.

So, here are the 50 life lessons we learn too late.

Life Lessons We Learn Too Late:

Nothing changes until you do.

Where there is one lie, there are many.

Only fools tolerate those who would never tolerate them.

Control and domination are the basis of all power systems.

Of course, everyone agrees. When you silence those who don’t.

We must do what is right, even when doing so might come at a cost.

We cannot keep living beyond our means. That’s the road to bankruptcy.

However much facts hurt your feelings, they remain facts. That’s life. Get over it.

To be successful at whatever pursuit you choose, it must matter to you. It must really, really matter to the point of obsession. Success doesn’t happen by accident. It’s the result of dedication, focus, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to achieve your goals.

When a politician promotes a proposed policy as being in the public’s interests, there’s one thing of which the public can be 100% certain. If implemented, the policy will not be in the public’s interests. It never is.

The media is not there to tell you what’s happening. The media is there to tell you how you should think about what’s happening.

Tell a lie often enough, and people will believe it. In that fact, we have the nature of propaganda. It’s all about hearts and minds. Careful manipulation of the media will convince even intelligent people to believe what is entirely false, but which works in favour of the propagandists.

In his novel, 1984, George Orwell warned us of the evils of totalitarian rule, and yet, that’s the direction we’re heading. How stupid are we, allowing ourselves to be led by dumb people who have only their own interests at heart? The deplorable elite.

Today is your chance to improve your tomorrow. Your life can be better, but it won’t happen by accident.

With politicians, you can safely assume they are lying to you or, at the very least, they’re being extremely economical with the truth. In short, you’d be unwise to trust them.

You can’t debate issues with people genuinely unwilling to listen to and consider your point of view.

Keep doing what you’re doing, and you’ll keep getting what you’re getting. If you don’t like what you’re getting, start doing things differently.

The first step in dealing with your problems is to acknowledge you have them and accept you must deal with them, one by one.

A successful relationship is built on trust. Lies destroy trust. So, lies will destroy your relationship. The message is simple. If you value your relationship, don’t lie to your partner. It’s not fair, it’s not nice, and you risk losing what could otherwise be a good thing. Don’t think you won’t get found out; you will!

Change won’t happen unless you do. It starts with a shift in mindset. Followed by an acceptance that if your life is to improve you must decide what it is you want your life to be and then start making incremental changes. Above all, you must make the effort because it won’t happen by accident.

Throwing clutter away is not a waste of money. The money was wasted when you bought all the things you didn’t need and never used.

Politicians don’t answer questions; they respond to them with a lot of meaningless drivel. Honesty and integrity are concepts that are entirely alien to your average politician.

If excellence is not the guiding principle for every decision you make, then you can never achieve excellence. The results achieved will always be suboptimal.

Having qualifications is not the same as possessing knowledge and a mastery of your subject.

If you believe the murder of an individual can ever be justified, you’re part of the problem and not part of the solution.

It matters not what you do for a living. Only that you do it well and to the best of your ability. Every job is essential if it adds value to others’ lives.

There’s a difference between free speech and poor taste. Free speech is the right to say what others would prefer not to hear. Poor taste is failing to show respect for the dead, even when they were people you didn’t like or whose views you didn’t care for.

Life’s too short to be completely original. Find something that is currently being done that you could improve in some way. Then add a little value.

You can achieve more than you think. You can master things that appear complicated if you’re willing to persevere and keep trying until you can see what you couldn’t see before.

Politicians are people deluded enough to believe that they have all the answers but are not nearly smart enough to realise that they don’t even understand the questions.

Propaganda exploits people’s gullibility. Their willingness to accept whatever they’re being presented with without questioning its veracity. Don’t be fooled. Question everything, again, and again, and again.

The river doesn’t argue with the rocks; it flows around them. Life will always have its frustrations. Politicians will always promise much and deliver little. Like the river, we must work around them.

Digital ID will be the mass electronic tagging of the population. Once we’re tagged, we can be controlled. It’s all about control, remember that.

No country has ever taxed its way to growth and prosperity. Tax is a disincentive to hard work and enterprise.

Success comes not from being more intelligent than everyone else but from being more disciplined than everyone else. Know where you’re going, know why, and then focus on your goals with discipline, persistence and a willingness to do whatever it takes.

Support the country you live in or live in the country you support. Being part of a society entails obligations on all of us.

We don’t see the world as it is, but as we are. We see it through our own perspective.

The biggest lesson from history is that we never learn from history. Virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again.

Politicians are not ignorant of the problems, nor are they ignorant of the solutions. However, they know that dealing with them effectively will come at a personal cost they are unwilling to pay. They say they care, but it is only for retaining their powerful positions.

Death is nature’s way of telling you your race is run. Your contribution to life has been made, and it’s time for you to pass on to the next chapter.

Everyone’s an expert on every topical subject. Sadly, very few have the expertise to know what they’re talking about.

Revolution is just one elite seizing power from another. It never helps those it is promoted to help. Ordinary folk always suffer regardless of who holds power.

You cannot build a prosperous economy by taking money from the productive and giving it, without question, to those who are unproductive.

You can state as many facts as you like, but it won’t convince someone unwilling to listen and consider them without prejudice.

To live, we must all sell something. We must all exchange value in some way. Otherwise, we’re not contributing to this life.

When you’re deep in trouble, the only person you can rely on to get you out of it is yourself. That’s life. We live by our wits.

Your quality of life will be dictated by your willingness to work and exploit whatever talents you possess. Everyone has something to offer, but no one gets a free ride in life, nor should they.

You can pander to delusions, of course, but you cannot escape the consequences of pandering to delusions.

Never take any job based on money alone. However much they’re paying you, you still must do the job 8 hours a day. Eventually, the attraction of the income will be outweighed significantly by the tedium of the job. You cannot do a job well unless it matters to you.

Remember, when politicians tell you they care, they do, but only for your vote and securing power. Otherwise, they have no interest in your problems at all.

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