The document provides lessons learned from life experiences discussed over 4 main themes: creating a value system, dealing with others, staying on top of life, and creating lasting impressions. It describes experiences from the not so distant past that provided harsh realities and lessons, including mistakes made and realizations that there is no use crying over spilt milk. The overall goal is to avoid pitfalls and takeaways are meant to help achieve that.

1. Lessons From
The Trenches
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2. Takeaways from life’s hits and misses
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3. Some years ago (in the not so distant past) ....
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5. And then ... the harsh reality (it sunk in. kind of)
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6. Look out!
Uh oh!
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7. What was i
thinking?
Haven’t
you heard?
No use crying over spilt
milk
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8. The goal of this presentation?
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9. To Avoid This
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