My Advice To Youths: 22 actions to redeem your future

Today, many young people have grown wings and will not take advice. Many of them have outgrown advice and want to live their lives anyhow. Well, a life lived anyhow will lead to an anyhow future. It may be true that someone lived his or her life and became somebody but how sure are you that by living your life anyhow and making wrong choices, it will end well for you?

This My Advice To Youths is a post that captures 22 actions needed now to redeem your future as a growing adult. It will also be very useful to you as a reader if you can apply them to your life.

What are My Advice To Youths: The 22 actions to redeem your future are below

My Advice To Youths 1: Your control of your sexual urges will be the reason you are either successful or a failure.

Life is more than just sleeping around. Some of you have turned it into competitions and are constantly changing partners and chasing them around as though it were something of low cost.

Advice 2: Porn and masturbation are the greatest killers of success.

They stunt and destroy your brain. Some of you have it on your phones and walk into the church and mosque with it in your pocket. You are only destroying your life little by little.

Advice 3: Avoid drinking alcohol like a camel drinking water. Nothing worse than losing your senses and acting a fool. If you can, run away from alcohol entirely. I remember growing up as a young person; we saw it as fun to meet friends in a drinking spot and have some drinks. A female friend who is not an associate professor at the University of Ghana joined us for a special reason. She had a chat with us and explained the future impact of the choices we are making by ending up on Fridays at the spot. None of us ever went there and nearly all of us ended this stuff. Today, every one of the group that took the advice has gone far in life. Be wise.

Advice 4: Keep your standards high and don’t settle for something just because it’s available.

You need to know your worth and who you are. This is not arrogance; it is self-value and self-worth.

Advice 5: If you find someone smarter than you, work with them; don’t compete. Some of us have become bitter and enemies to ourselves and our own progress because we have met someone who is better, smarter, and more intelligent than us. Such persons must be your friends from whom you learn and not your enemies you target to destroy.

My Advice To Youths 6: No one is coming to save your problems. Your life’s 100% responsibility is yours.

Remember that this life is filled with problems and everyone either shows off their problems or carries them along every day. You must face your challenge and make efforts to deal with them. If you get people lending support to solve them with you, be happy and wish them well, but know that if they leave you along the way, they did not leave their problem but yours, which you must deal with.

Advice 7: You shouldn’t take advice from people who are not where you want to be in life.

Why must you take advice from those far lower than your level? Well, sometimes such persons may be good advisors but better consider advice from experienced people. In doing so, also watch out not to confuse old age with advice. Sometimes some older people are not also good enough to Advice. Not everyone can give good advice on all matters of life, education, work, and more, so be careful.

Advice 8: Find new ways to make money. Make money and ignore the jokers who mock and make fun of you.

Money answereth all problems and money is the root of all evils are two common statements from the Bible. Money keeps the mind, body, soul, and spirit of humans healthy and can build courage and bring many other good things your way. It can also destroy you if not sought after the right way, if not used the right way.

Keep in mind that you must find good ways of making money; you must make money to take care of your needs and those of others who will depend on you. If you are young and not yet married, know that your future children and spouse will need you to be financially strong to take care of them and give them a future better than yours.

Advice 9: You don’t need 100 self-help books; all you need is action and self-discipline. Be disciplined!

Discipline is the bedrock of successful people. not plenty of money and not plenty of good advice is enough without a life filled with discipline all through the way.

Advice 10: Avoid drugs. Avoid weed and others in their category. 

All kinds of drugs exist and if you give in to them, you will mess your life up. They will steal yourself from you and hand over a messed-up life to you.

Advice 11: Learn skills on YouTube, not wasting your time consuming worthless content on Netflix.

Some of us consume so much from Netflix and we are ready to even buy accounts that have been hacked at a fee. Why not spend your time studying, say, AI, YouTube, or robotics and see how best you can leverage these to make some money, for instance?

Advice 12: No one cares about you. So stop being shy, go out, and create your chances.

Remember that no one actually cares about you if you decide to act shy and be shy. Opportunities will pass you by for being shy. I am yet to find a talent for shyness in this world. You have to come out of your shell and face the world to be recognised.

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My Advice To Youths 13: Comfort is the worst addiction and a cheap ticket to depression.

Comfort is the worst addiction and a cheap ticket to depression suggests that constantly seeking ease and avoiding challenges can lead to dissatisfaction and depression, like when young people might choose endless gaming or social media over engaging in new, potentially difficult but rewarding experiences.

Do not always look out for your comfort. Always look out for challenges in business, in school, and at work, and challenge your challenges. For instance, you may be more comfortable playing the guitar than the piano but probably, challenging yourself to master the piano may be what will bring your breakthrough. Life is not one way; it is a mixture of ups and downs.

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Advice 14: Prioritise your family. Defend them, even if they stink or are idiots. Cover their nakedness.

Advice 15: Find new opportunities and learn from people ahead of you.

In what ever field you find yourself. What ever your interest is, there are aleways news opportunities you can take advantage of and to better yourself. Find them, and try out your hands.

Advice 16: Trust no one. Not a single person, no matter how tempting. Believe in yourself.

“Trust no one. Not a single person, no matter how tempting. Believe in yourself” advocates for self-reliance and caution, suggesting that while you can seek advice or support, ultimately, you should trust your own judgment, like when deciding on career moves based on your own research rather than solely on others’ recommendations.

Advice 17: Don’t wait for miracles; make them happen. Yes, you can’t always do it alone, but don’t listen to the opinions of others.
Advice 18: Hard work and determination can make you achieve anything. Humbling yourself only takes you higher.
Advice 19: Stop waiting to discover yourself. Create YOU instead.
My Advice To Youths 20: The world won’t slow down for you.
Advice 21: No one owes you anything.

“No one owes you anything” means you must take responsibility for your own life and achievements, like learning to cook for yourself instead of expecting others to always provide meals for you, teaching independence and self-reliance.

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My Advice To Youths 22: Life is a single-player game. You’re born alone. You’re going to die alone. All of your interpretations are alone. You’re gone in three generations and nobody cares. Before you showed up, nobody cared. It’s all single-player. Life is a solo journey where your actions and interpretations are yours alone, so make them count, like choosing to pursue your unique passion in coding rather than following the crowd into a popular but unfulfilling career just for social acceptance.

Now, it is your turn to take this advice now or forever regret.

Written by Ghana Education News Editorial Staff

The Ghana Education News Editorial Staff is comprised of seasoned education consultants, policy analysts, and verified journalists dedicated to providing accurate, timely, and credible updates on the Ghanaian GES curriculum, WAEC updates, and academic leadership.