1> Know thyself: There are three things extremely hard; steel, diamond and knowing one's self. But this is a sacred task you must achieve in your teens and twenties. On the doorway of the temple at Delphi, an inscription informs men to "know thyself". It was from this inscription that Socrates preached. Before the Athenian Age and after it, men have soughth to know the self. If you are within the ages 13-29, you should embark on the journey to know yourself.

2> Education: The word education is derived from the latin root word "Educo" which means to reach within and produce from the riches within, it means to educe. Education is everywhere and not only within the organised formal educational system. Get education from the formal and informal sectors. Be a student of life. Get education till you are so rich within and are able to create from the rich resources within.

3> Apprenticeship: this is the practice of subjecting yourself to the tutelage of a master in any field so called to attain mastery. Apprenticeship utilises the power of mirror neurons and ability to imitate innate in our being. Do you want to achieve something worthwhile as the great masters before you have done? Then submit to the lessons of apprenticeship.

4> Ethic and etiquette: At this epoch of your life, you must know how to conduct yourself. You must be in tune with the right character and character traits for you. Your manners as it touches dinning, conversation, grooming, etc., must be fine tuned.

5> Friends and acquaintances: you must at this epoch of your life determine the calibre of folks you permit around your space as friends and acquaintances. You must be consciously build your buddy system, support system and your social capital. It is imminent upon you that you set criteria to determine those who are to be in your first concentric circle, that is, your friends, and those who are to be in your second concentric circle, that is, your acquaintances.

6> Volunteering and avocation: Volunteering means giving yourself to a worthy cause without recourse to external motivation even if it exists. It is the ability to take the initiative, to take responsibility and to lead. Avocation or hobby on the other hand are those other activities you love to engage in outside your vocation or occupation. Volunteering and rightfully choosing and applying your avocations are a sine qua non for you at this time of your life.

7> Garner information: To succeed in the world today, you must be a universal man able to synthesise knowledge from all sphere of life to answer problems facing your life in particular and mankind generally. How do I become a universal man? By vorcious reading. Since Sumer, knowledge on all aspect of life have been documented. Read to learn, then remove the letter 'L' from the word learn and start earn-ing. When you stop learning, you start dying.

8> The numismatist: At this epoch of your life, you must be a numismatist. When you were much younger, you were encouraged to save a part of money given to you in your piggy bank. You were then only being taught to be a collector of money. A numismatist is a collector and student of money. Do not only collect money, learn how to put your money into good use, learn the laws and nature of money. Be a student of money now and enjoy an adulthood of financial literacy and freedom.

9> Give value and take value: when you want to refresh yourself with your favourite soft drink, you pay the sales person a sum, consume the liquid content after which you return or discard the container. The amount of value you have within you determines your worth and how indispensable you will be to your world. The history of the world from inception is one of adding value and giving value. If you do not have enough value innate in you, you will not be qualified to receive commensurate value in terms of the world's goods.

Well said. Thanks.

10> There are a host of other points to be imbibed but I welcome you to make your view known.
*Please, the mods can alway move the post to the right section if this section is not the right section for it. Seun, lalasticlala, oluwalebabs, fynestboi and mynd44, pls do the needful so our teens and twenty_somethings can be informed and inspired.

Great post with insight, I hope mods will do the needful.

Nice one... but OP please try to edit your post and space it instead of clustering everything together

Lalasticlala

Lalasticlala! Something good has been brewed here for our teeming teens and young adults.