3 things I have definitely missed when I was 10 years old

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10 years old means that I was attending the first year of Junior High school or eventually Elementary school.

I have one clear memory from the Elementary school: I was selling to my classmates some drawings I made tracing ready-made drawings from Duck Tales. And I was selling them for the equivalent today of something around 1-2€. At that time, with this amount I would have been able to buy at least 4 coffee so with an actualized evaluation it should be around 3-5€ per drawing.

Not bad

But teachers told me to stop as it was not fair/correct doing it

WHY???

Luckily this early stop I received did not discourage me from pursuing my own ventures which went from good to bad BUT still, I had the courage to try chasing my dreams.

So the first teaching I would share with kids would be:

chase your dream: set a target, elaborate a path and then GO!!

Source: Author. Here, me and Mery were in Croatia at Krk National Park. The waterfall represents this first teaching: being fluid and persistent like the water in a waterfall.

The second teaching would be about reading a lot of self-development books. I started at the age of 24, as I felt much uncomfortable with society and I started reading a book about Body-Language, the one from Joe Navarro called “What Every-Body is saying”.

Self-development books are great tools to enhance independent attitude, expand the mind beyond the restricted teachings rom traditional school and trying to pursue personal targets.

Some books that definitely changed my life have been:

• Think and Grow rich by Napoleon Hill
• Relentless by Tim Grover
• Unscripted by MJ DeMarco
• Zero Limits by Joe Vitale

and a couple of books more, quite “hardcore” in its content about spiritual development, self-understanding and historical recurrences:

• The Yusa Guide To Balance
• The Mistery of the Shemitah

Source: Author. Here me and Mary were in Croatia. Lighthouses have always represented to me the reference point and knowledge will always be a reference point for the true students.

Another teaching would be about being theirselves avoiding too many compromises and being theirselves. Reading books and chasing dreams will put a lot of obstacles on the path of these young kids and there fore they must be aware of the amount of obstacles they will get and keep crushing it.

Source: Author. Me on a Tibetan Bridge in Austria. This bridge is more than 400 meters long and with a height of 150 meters from the ground.

Trying to be liked from other people will make them disliked from the most important person: themselves as they would be living other’s people lives and not theirs creating during adolescence even some conflict of identity and a lot of subconscious rage that would become eventually anxiety and panic attacks when grown up.

In the end, I would definitely try to teach them to be self-motivated and trying to trigger their sincere aspiration through simple guides like books. Financial awareness, inclusion and several other values are simply coming naturally afterwards.