What we weren't taught at college.

I'm all for education, but so much of life is learned at a different school. We attend this one every day whether we realise it or not - the school of life is a big one and it's international.

It's good to remember the type of thing we learn at this school and I've listed a few lessons that have impacted on my life below:

• Never think that life is an entitlement - there is no such thing
• Always remember to live for today, tomorrow will take care of itself
• The challenges we face now never look as big when we look backwards
• Get out and travel a bit, particularly to somewhere less privileged - it's a good leveller
• Don't listen to those who would try to put you down - this kind of person has deep issues
• There is bad in the best of us, and good in the worst of us
• We all respond positively to a smile - don't let someone hang their coat on your bottom lip
• The capacity of a human being to achieve greatness is amazing - never say never
• We are only as confident as the words we use
• Negative people can spread their influence faster than we think
• Positive people are contagious
• If money is our only worry in life, we don't really have any worries then
• Imagination can paint some scary pictures
• Helping other people is the most fulfilling thing we will ever do

The school of life has no fees and the learning is free but it can cost a great deal.  It can test us in every area and stretch us in ways we never knew possible.  It is however a great privilege and we should live it to the very maximum each and every day