LinkedIn recently asked its network of influencers what they wished they had known when they were 22 in an article series named “If I were 22”. The idea was to learn from their experience and let the world know what some of the world’s most significant people think they had learnt long back in their early phase of life. Here’s what some of the most known faces of today wished they had done back then -

5. Ban Ki-moon – Secretary General at United Nations

Ban Ki-moon’s if I were 22 messages primarily highlighted the importance of Travel. Travel transformed my perspective and my life, he wrote. “From my dusty village in Korea, I opened my eyes to the wider world…I have learned that it is never enough to simply parrot principles without activating them through concrete steps – but at the same time, concrete steps will take us off the right path if we do not hold fast to our principles as we pursue them.”

6. Deepak Chopra – Founder at Chopra Foundation

“The Wisdom of Uncertainty”

“At the outset of my medical career, I had the security of knowing exactly where I was headed…Yet what I didn’t count on was the uncertainty of life, and what uncertainty can do to a person.” said Deepak. “I thought security was my friend and uncertainty my enemy. If only I knew then, as I know now, that there is wisdom in uncertainty.” He particularly focused on the idea of going free and accepting the different facets of life without complaining. Read more here.