life advice from someone who knew how to

I don't post links to other sites on here very often, at least without further comment, but I'll make an exception today, as this is so just worth a read: 

http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/03/16/10-lessons-from-einstein/

I am happy to recommend (but doubt that I really have to) the rest of Paulo Coelhos blog, too.