1. Fulfillment can't be found in a career. It won't be discovered in a relationship. It's not the result of a good deed. It is the sum of all parts. Fulfillment is a lifestyle.
2. All my favorite life memories involve mistakes.3. Work to improve your weaknesses, but build a life and career around your strengths. Otherwise, you will never be the best possible version of yourself.
4. Never cling to dignity at the expense of a worthwhile laugh.
5. It is better to say "I love you" too early, rather than too late.
6. Embrace the weird. It's just more fun.
7. It's true - things happen. It's up to us to determine the reason why.
8. Within each of us is the power to inspire, but that power is never so strong as during childhood.
9. We can either choose to be noticed or choose to fit in. No one ever made a difference by trying to fit in.
10. Any good plan for the future requires embracing every moment as it comes.
11. If kids made the rules, we'd all pick our noses and fart in public without judgment. And we'd all be really happy.
12. No one person can change the world. But one person can inspire 100 people to action. And 100 inspired people working together towards a common goal can do anything.
13. The things that get us picked on in junior high and high school often become the things that make us cool when we're adults.
14. We give words far too much power. Don't allow yourself to be easily offended. It gets in the way of progress.
15. Words are really powerful. Use them wisely and sensitively.
16. There is no such thing as altruism. And that's ok.
17. Holding back is normal. Honesty is good. Authenticity is better.
18. Every hero has the ability to break our hearts. We are best served to live as the hero we wish to look up to.
19. Hard times suck, but they always come to an end. When they do, I'll either be a better person or I'll be dead and won't care.
20. The lack of a solution should never get in the way of doing things a better way.
21. Doing things a better way should never be confused with being the solution.
22. The 2nd most important people in the world are teachers.
23. The most important people in the world are their students.
24. Sometimes it's just as important to learn what we DON'T want in life.
25. Take chances. Try new things. Put pineapple on your pizza.
26. Love cliches are true. And they're awesome.
27. The most important things we learn in school rarely come from a book.
28. Sometimes lost causes are the causes most worth fighting for.
29. Among the many balances required for life, it is important to balance every moment as a learning opportunity with equal knowledge that every moment is an opportunity to teach.
30. Sometimes it's okay to leap before you look.
And one to grow: 31. Life is thoroughly entertaining.
Now it's your turn. What advice do you have for my next 30 years?
