Intern: Go work for free for someone at least one month every year. Practical experience is what you sorely lack in school/college. Interning is how you ready yourself for the world.
Perform actively in school/college (in theater, arts, music, dance or even fundraising for a charity). Expand your horizons, build your self-confidence sooner than later.Learn how "finance" works (specially the power of compound interest and exponential function). Wealth ensures you more freedom to pursue what you want in life. Learn its basics.
Give 10% of what you are given back to charity. Make this a rule. True compassion lies in sharing what you have with strangers who may never know about your generosity.
Travel to a remote village in the mountains, hills and tarai and stay at least two weeks in each region. To know your country and your environment is to truly know yourself.
Mentor one junior a year. To show a path for one is to build a giant path for humanity.
Use your Right to Information (RTI) to find how your ward officials are solving problems in your tole. To hold your local government accountable is to become responsible yourself.
Build a club that solves a collective headache you all face in school or college. Together we build courage to face the fears we dare not face alone.
Fail enough times to fill a resume/CV with failures only. Behind every success is a series of failures.
Play in a sports team (or manage them). If you want to go fast, go alone but if you want to go far, go together. And success in life is all about going together.
Start a blog or keep a diary about your experiences and passions. Remember, constant polishing of your thoughts reveal your purpose in life.
Show grit: Use grit to never take 'No' for an answer. The secret to success (at least in Nepal) is not in being the first, but in outlasting everyone else.
Do these and I believe you will become an inspiration for not just your family, but much beyond.
Trust me.
This article was first published in Ujwal Thapa's blog whynepal.com. Social activist Thapa is the President of Bibeksheel Nepali.
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