Success Requires a Good Start
To be successful at many things in life requires a good start. Whether its school, health, money, career, relationships, raising children, starting a business, etc. Just like a sprinter running a race, he or she must have a good start to win, even if he or she is the fastest sprinter.
I often tell teenagers heading off to college to not “screw-up” their first two years of college. Many teens party their first two years of college and end up with low GPAs. By the time they realize their mistake it’s very difficult to raise their GPAs. The first 2 years of college is easier than the last 2 years. They screwed up the easy courses and now they have to work harder to get good grades in tougher courses. If they did well the first 2 years and didn’t do as well the last 2 years, their GPAs would not suffer as much. I explain to them that it’s imperative to have a good start!
The same goes with health. Maintaining your weight, exercising, eating right and not smoking early in life will benefit you in the long term. If you eat poorly, don’t exercise, smoke, gain excess weight early in life it will be more difficult later in life to reverse it than maintaining it earlier in life.
Money is also an area where it’s imperative to get a good start early in life. Once you are on your own, manage your money correctly from the start. Save to buy things and do not finance purchases using a credit card. Live below your means. Pay 0ff your bills on time to maintain a good credit score. Develop and follow a budget. Have an emergency fund. Put money in your company’s 401K plan. If you have a good financial start, you will reap the rewards later in life. Managing your money poorly early in your adult life will cost your dearly in the long-term. If your credit is low, you will end up paying much higher interest rates when purchasing a home or a car. Or you may be simply denied loans. Financing things with a credit card will cost you hundreds or thousands of dollars in unnecessary interest fees. If you have no money saved, when hard times hit (loss of job, illness, divorce, etc,) you may end up filing bankruptcy or losing your home.
There are many more situations in life that it’s imperative to have a good start. Starting off poorly quickly leads down the road of failure where it becomes hard to reverse.
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