 When you are young, you have a lot of time. You can make mistakes and learn from them. Take advantage of this and try out different things. In trying out things, you may end up doing very stupid things, but it is okay. There is a time for being stupid and a time for being wise. In this video, I am going to share with you 9 stupid things you should do before you age 30. 1. Apply for a job you are not qualified for. Have you ever applied to Google before? I know you think it is only developers and tech people that work there, but some people simply have transferable skills. Transferable skills are skills that apply in multidisciplinary settings. For example, an average HR deals with people daily. He manages their payroll and updates their information on the company's records. A senior manager, who wishes to start a career in human resources, will probably take some certification courses. However, he will have the people management skills which are transferable to his new career interest area. If there is a role you are interested in, apply. You never know whether it is your type of person the company is looking for. Most millennial multinationals embrace diversity and give opportunities to people in all disciplines. This makes it even more encouraging to send your resume. However, before you send in your resume, get experts like Flourish Consult to go through it or polish it to perfection yourself. Don't make half-hearted applications. You may not be accepted for the role you apply for, but the recruitment agency might refer you for another job you are qualified for. When you are young, apply for any role you are interested in. Whether you are qualified or not, you lose nothing and have a chance you might be picked. What do you have to lose? 2. Decline a promotion to pursue a business idea. You can get several promotions in life when you work hard and consistently meet deadlines. Promotions are highly competitive in workplaces. It would seem irrational to turn down one and resign at that. The pathway to success is not a popular one. According to American football coach Vince Lombardi, the price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. When you are young, decline a promotion to pursue a business idea. You may end up jobless, sometimes even homeless, but if you are convinced about the idea, don't let it go until you birth it. Many have, for the comfort of salary deployments, missed out on an opportunity to join the world's most successful men. There are lessons building something that can teach you that working for someone can never teach you. Get used to disappointments and forge ahead. Do not ever stop to consider whether you made the right decision. Instead, work hard and excel at the choice you made. 3. Confront your fears for a year. We sometimes live in fear of the unknown. This fear makes us to not try out a lot of things. When you are young, try out different things. Gain some experience. Life is boring when you do only routine things. Try saying yes to everything for a year. I know it sounds crazy, but it can transform your life. Imagine saying yes to the girl you admire who keeps asking you to go with her to the park. Imagine saying yes to go watch the games with your friends. Imagine saying yes to a corporate executive role at a multinational you have always admired. Remember, the idea is to transform you into a doer. The next step is becoming an achiever. Don't just say yes and do. Instead, say yes. Do and achieve results through your actions. It is pointless applying for a job simply to have one. You should add value by doing what others are not doing. 4. Watch your favorite TV show every day. Watching TV can be time consuming. When you are young, you can afford such luxuries. You can watch your favorite show every day when you are young. When you are older, you will probably have to allow the kids to watch theirs. Sometimes they might even require you to watch with them. Your favorite TV show can be anything. Remember not to watch it all day long. Work very hard and play hard. According to American author and businessman, Darren Martin, work hard, play hard. Love big, leave big. 5. Write letters to former buses, telling them how you have fared. Have you ever been fired on a Monday? Some of us know that feeling. It feels like you have been rejected, that you are of no value to anyone. It can stay with you for a while. Fast forward to a while later, when you are settled in and enjoying yourself in a new job. When you are young, you can write a letter to your former bus, telling him how you have fared. The letter can also contain the fact that you now have another job and inquire about the well-being of your former company. It holds little value, rationally speaking. But it can be fun. 6. Clean your apartment once in a month. When you are a super busy computer programmer, you can have one million lines of code to write. This can make everything else seem less important. Guess what? They are. You can clean your apartment once a month and pile up heaps of laundry while you continue to work. Do what you have to do to get the job done. 7. Hitchhike to another city. Being young is a time to be wild and adventurous. If you are not now, it will have no fun stories to share when you are older. Try hitchhiking to another city. This is a stupid idea. But then, are all ideas meant to be reasonable? Doing something like hitchhiking can teach you people skills. When hitchhiking, you have to convince the person going in your direction that you are going there too and need help. It can be a tiring but adventurous experience. If possible, hitchhike in pairs. The world is still a dangerous place, and going in pairs improves chances of safety. 8. Eat your favorite food daily for a year. A balanced diet is the best type of diet. Not adhering to a balanced diet for some time is not so detrimental to young people. Hence, as a young person, you can eat your favorite food daily with virtually no consequences. This too is a stupid thing to do, but it is something you can choose to do all the same. 9. Take a loan to fund the business you didn't research. You can take a loan to fund businesses when you are young. Loans can give you the necessary income and capital you can use to start when you are going to take the loan and devote to ensure you state what the money will be used for. Researching the business is important, and not researching is a stupid thing to do. However, when you are young, in trying out things, you can start without doing a lot of research required to figure out the business. In conclusion, we all do stupid things once in a while. Since you are young, do as many stupid things as you can before you get older. You will feel a stronger sense of adventure and have a lot of happiness. But be wise in your choice of stupid things to at least be alive to tell the story. If this video inspired you, subscribe to our channel. We love you.