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Related: About this forumLife Lessons with Kareem
20 things I wish I knew when I was 30When I was thirty, I was living my dream. Id already accomplished most of what Id set out to achieve professionally: leading scorer in the NBA, leading rebounder, leading blocker, Most Valuable Player, All-Star. But success can be as blinding as Bill Waltons finger in the eye when battling for a rebound. I made mistakes. Plenty of them. In fact, sometimes I wish I could climb into a time machine and go back to shake some sense into that thirty-year-old me. If I could, heres the advice I would give him:
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Life Lessons with Kareem (Original Post)
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2013
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Great stuff. Some of it may seem cliched, but it's worth repeating even still.
nomorenomore08
Jun 2013
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Aristus
(68,357 posts)1. Very wise.
And I love the fact that he is a self-described history nerd.
mokawanis
(4,472 posts)2. I like #12
Compassion is more important then passion. People who lack compassion for others are a huge turn-off.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)3. Great stuff. Some of it may seem cliched, but it's worth repeating even still.
Easy to lose perspective in life no matter who you are.
fishwax
(29,325 posts)4. good stuff