Lessons learnt the hard way

Important lessons learnt today, the hard way.

1.

Never put off what you can do today, tomorrow or until it's too late. When it's not now, it's always too late and the effect will be more magnified than you could imagine.

2.

Never assume. Assuming is THE perfect recipe for disaster, THE perfect ammunition you provide to others to kill you off.

3.

Don't expect others to give or remember that you had given, even after they had taken what you had given, unconditionally. Everybody will still only remember what you had NOT given.

4.

Don't be naive to believe and accept everything. Everything has to be official in black and white, to close any gaps that might expose and ruin you. You may speak in the language but you may not understand the same thing. So, always protect yourself.

5.

No one is like you, so if you think you will react one way, always take the action for the opposite, more severe reaction. I think!

There should be more to add into the list, but I somehow cannot find the appropriate words to string them into understandable sentences. Lessons learnt the hard way, may I always remember them and successfully apply them in life!