Trustme2:
Fear women

fear men

1. Learn a skill

2. Don't procrastinate.

My advice, focus more on yr goal, u are not too young to achieving anything, stay away from relationship, no girl will want to be in a committed relationship with a broke nigga, save and invest, don't smoke don't drink and don't move with friends that will influence you negatively, I was already 27 b4 I had a serious relationship, and don't forget nothing good comes easy, work hard to better your life

BuddhaPalm:


There's no "destination".

We'll go the same place plants and animals go when they die.

We become one with all.

That's the biggest deception of all times. Ever wondered why man is different from them, has higher intellect, body, soul and spirit?

Better accept Jesus otherwise you will die and 'wake up' (soul) to suffer torments.


You have been told.

Focus. Learn a trade to make money. Start your hustling early, no income is too small, no revenue too low. Save and invest at least 20% of any income you make; aim for 50-75% since you are not married. Don't aim at working and sweating for others, aim to be your own man. Leave negative friends, as well as relationship and woman palava aside for now, they are a major distraction. Above all, maintain your honesty and integrity. It may look like it does not pay in the short term to be honest, but by the time you need corporate loans, supplies to your business on credit, connections and contracts, your integrity, habit of keeping promises and truthfulness will be remembered more than your efficiency or effectiveness. But that doesn't mean that you should neglect those either.

Also, a most important point; learn how and when to say "no".

I wish I had asked this question when I was your age. Good luck.

abluck:
Do Yahoo
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VANITY
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VANITY guy

Ucee1999:


VANITY
VANITY
VANITY guy

Wettin VANITY do you?

LordFriar:
Some of us just turned 20. Is there anything you wish you knew when you were 20 that you know now and would like to share?

Kindly share your mistakes made, lessons learnt and practical approaches you've employed to fare nicely in adulthood.

Serve God
Have a dream,
Focus,
Work hard,
Run away from bad or unserious friends,
Defer pleasures,
Humble yourself

Twenty is an old age now? Try forty then come back to me.

MadelnNigeria:
There is no definite path to greatness in life but try your best to gain admission into University but concentrate more on learning a skill than what you are being taught in school(when you grow up you will understand my submission better)

Make sure you have a child before 25
If you can't do baby-mama, please marry before 25. I know you think you are still very young but trust me, by the time you are 30 years old you won't regret it.

As at 20years old, my friends were getting thier girlfriends pregnant, I thought I was wiser and more sensible than they were by not getting a girl pregnant.
Now I know I was foolish.

No wonder Nigeria is the country suffering from multidimensional poverty! The vast majority of Nigerian men at that age don't have a bearing or stable source of financial resources but they should become fathers?!

I told my brother this ,Left home on his own last last year,talking about pursuing his dreams he will be 19 in 5 months

Stay away from gambling of any form, porn & masturbation,womanizing.


Eat healthily, practice mindfulness/meditation(find a way to squeeze it into your daily life).

Learn a skill. Preferably an IT skill because it is the future and almost everything you see around you now would go online and into the virtual world/cloud real soon.

Stay Woke and Go close to God personally.

This may be for you...

Read the book The Rational Male 1 2 and 3 by Rollo Tomassi. You will forever be grateful.

Do not procrastinate and always plan ahead

LordFriar:
Some of us just turned 20. Is there anything you wish you knew when you were 20 that you know now and would like to share?

Kindly share your mistakes made, lessons learnt and practical approaches you've employed to fare nicely in adulthood.

Advice I'll give a 20 year old?

First of all; learn the art of self control, especially in the modst of opposite sex
Without self control you will not go far.

Second, get a formal education and back it up with a soft skill of your choosing. This way you will not be taken unawares.

Third, you still have a lot to learn.
Don't think you know everything
Open yourself to learn from elders so that you don't repeat their mistakes

Thsse are the few I remember

deltateam:


That's the biggest deception of all times. Ever wondered why man is different from them, has higher intellect, body, soul and spirit?

Better accept Jesus otherwise you will die and 'wake up' (soul) to suffer torments.


You have been told.

Have you seen your spirit or someone else's soul?

The Christian God loves you so much that he will sadistically burn you for eternity – for infractions you committed in finite time.

That's not consistent with being loving.

Don't fall for the scare tactics of manipulative people who want to compel you to certain actions.

And speaking of accepting Jesus...

So what becomes of everyone from your Adam to the Sumerians, Baylonians, Assyrians, Persians, Egyptians, etc

And of course the almost 6 billion living persons who are not Christians?

Draw closer to GOD If you are not closer to him.

Hardrive:
Read the book The Rational Male 1 2 and 3 by Rollo Tomassi. You will forever be grateful.

can you please drop a link so I can download them

disvirgin

Time waits for no one, make yours count

LordFriar:
Some of us just turned 20. Is there anything you wish you knew when you were 20 that you know now and would like to share?

Kindly share your mistakes made, lessons learnt and practical approaches you've employed to fare nicely in adulthood.

Learn a skill and be good at it
Then read your books

frugal:

You have only 10 years to make it; 20-30. Don't waste it.

Please discard this advice. KFC was in his 50s when he created the business. Your whole life is ahead of you, you can still make it at 60, no go do yahoo to hammer by force, slow and steady wins the race.

I'm 14 but I have been told many times I have the wit of a 30 year old man so I may just be as qualified to dole out my own advice as some of the older folks on here.
My advice will be based on what I intend my life to be like when I am in my 20s

At 20, I'd have learned so many skills to keep me sufficient and move out of my parents house whether I am in the university or not, at that age I definitely would be self sufficient to be on my own. I have picked up some coding skills already like python and java in my free time. I hope to further expand my horizons before I clock 20

In my 20s, I'd know better to remove any form of distractions that may hinder me from attaining my goals, be it family or friends or even boys(I'm gay) I would certainly cut whatever affliction i have with anything or anyone hindering my goals from being achieved

In my 20s I will want to be very healthy -- mentally, physically, emotionally and otherwise. Getting adequate sleep, eating right, exercising , etc will be priorities. Taking care of my body, practicing safe sex, avoiding drugs, avoid taking alcohols or taking occasionally if I choose to take, avoiding cigarette or smoking cannabis if I choose to smoke

In my 20s, I will want to be very picky with the people I roll with; people who share the values as I do. People who will uplifting me, support and encourage me to be better than who I am. People who are goal driven and focused so that the I aura can rub off on me if I loose trajectory.

In my 20s I will want to invest and save so I can retire in my 30s and travel the world. I will want to buy lands, golds, bitcoins, invest in the stock market; buy shares, become an expert Forex trader and also a bitcoin expert -- trading and mining

At 20s, if I decide to go the university, I will graduate top of my class and pick up certifications in related fields before and after I graduate. I will go for internships whether unpaid as long as I am garnering experience and expertise in my field. I will volunteer for free for organizations to hone my skills . Bro anything worth doing I worth doing well. If you are the university already please strive to be best. Graduating with a very good result will get your foot at the door of whatever career path
you wish to follow

At 20s I will have discovered myself and known which direction I want my life to head. A lot of people in their 20s are at a crossroad; lost and confused. Discoverimg yourself is very vital as to whether we make the right choices in life. If you are in the university and you feel you haven't discovered yourself yet, you can take a break off one semester, travel away from home and dedicate the entire semester to knowing yourself from the outside to the core of your being. Spend time with yourself , read diverse topics and find the one that interests you the most, spend time with yourself self reflecting, meditating and day dreaming.

At 20s I will want to be emotionally intelligent. Emotional intelligence is the ability to discern the feelings of people in order to be empathetic towards them and better at interacting and dealing them. A lot of people lack emotional intelligence that is why some friends, families and countries are at war with themselves. Emotional intelligence is a necessary skills for bonding with people and building friendships and of course friendships leads to establishing connections which are necessary to survive in a competitive labour market. In order words be a people person, be affable and interesting and smart and people will pique interest in you. Establish connections wherever you go, you never know where or when you may need it in the future.
Meeting people and learning about life from the perspectives and travelling and reading very wide is a good way to increase emotional intelligence in my own opinion tho

To summarize , now that you are in your 20s, I will advice you to break your long terms goals into short terms it will help you be more productive and not to be overwhelmed by them. Don't try to do everything at once, stretch your goals out. Let's say you want to be a computer scientist, first, identify the languages required to be a computer scientist and set short terms goals to learn the languages one after the other and not at the same time. You can have a goal to to learn a language under 3 months within the 3 months focus on that language alone when you are done set another short term goal for the next one and so on for the others...

When working towards your goals, identity weaknesses and turn dealing with them into goals. For instance if you want to become a doctor but you find that you dont have a good memory to pass medical school, look for ways to deal with this problem and make them a goal. "In the next 3 months I am going to meditating 1 hour a day to improve my memory skills" I hope you have caught my drift.

Lastly, finding your passion and following it is good but in world with scarce resources, following your passion don't always guarantee success, sometimes we need to dabble into fields we have no interest in to put food on our table and afford the lifestyle we want, it is after we have created the life we want that we can decide to follow our passions.

Happy 20th. Coming to meet you in your 20s

MadelnNigeria:
There is no definite path to greatness in life but try your best to gain admission into University but concentrate more on learning a skill than what you are being taught in school(when you grow up you will understand my submission better)

Make sure you have a child before 25
If you can't do baby-mama, please marry before 25. I know you think you are still very young but trust me, by the time you are 30 years old you won't regret it.

As at 20years old, my friends were getting thier girlfriends pregnant, I thought I was wiser and more sensible than they were by not getting a girl pregnant.
Now I know I was foolish.

Best advice on nairaland

Really interesting post.

UyaiIncomparabl:
1. Stay away from Porn sites.
2. When cold catch you, Vaseline is always handy for youuuuuu.

Ndi Ara.

1&2 actually goes together...