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Mistakes we make

The biggest mistake we make in life is that we end up spending most of it trying to be who we are supposed to be instead of who we want to be. 

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  1. Diego Callegario says:

    June 17th, 2012 at 9:29 pm

    Om,

    It`s totally true! This is one of most commons regrets of the dying. (http://www.inspirationandchai.com/Regrets-of-the-Dying.html)

  2. Steven Chayer says:

    June 17th, 2012 at 11:09 am

    Yes. I am 58 and determined to spend the last 1/3rd of my life being and doing what I’ve always felt I should have been doing. Of course with age comes wisdom, experience and confidence. I’m ready to be me, build something big and have fun in the process.

  3. wernervogels says:

    June 16th, 2012 at 8:01 pm

    and totally forgetting who we are in the process

    1. Om Malik says:

      June 16th, 2012 at 10:51 pm

      Well said Werner. It is indeed the problem that gets acuter as we age and become more “successful.”

  4. George Fiala (@Brainwerx) says:

    June 16th, 2012 at 6:16 pm

    True, it took me a long time to start living up to my expectations of me. Instead of living down to others expectations of me.

    1. Om Malik says:

      June 16th, 2012 at 10:52 pm

      @Geroge

      Agreed. Paying attention to one’s own capabilities and only having expectations of thyself if the best way to avoid disappointments ;) Actually my grandfather taught me that.

  5. Noel Baron (@noelbaron) says:

    June 16th, 2012 at 5:32 pm

    Aye

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