Persist, Simplify, Live to Impress Yourself. By Odilia Rivera-Santos

No good comes from trying to impress others. If you're running a race, every second counts and every second of losing focus could bring about an injury or a loss in ranking.

Live to impress yourself and no one else because what other people think about you never matters. It is only actions taken for or against you that matter.

Your own thoughts about you, however, are incredibly important. Words and thoughts are vibrational -- sometimes, it is only through paying attention to your gut feeling or a flutter in your chest that we can decipher what to leave and what to move toward, as far as situations and people. 

Persist - everything worth having requires sacrifice mediated by common sense. The possibility of death or grave injury in pursuit of a goal might quell your passion.

Simplify - meditate each morning to see, hear and feel more clearly. Your actions throughout the day are more likely to approximate sanity if you get in tune with the omniscient being of your choice -- instead of running from bed to front door with a cup of coffee clinging to your hand.

Live to impress yourself - you know where you've been, you know what you've done, you know what you're worth, and looking left or right to see how others see you is a waste of time -- time better spent considering where you're headed.